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Busy, no not at all. I just finished my last chess lesson. I would love to meet up!

Okay, cool. Can you meet me at the shopping district? I'll wait for you by the metro.

Alright, see you in a bit!

[Ami put on her shoes and a simple day dress before heading out to go see Tadashi. Ami left a note for Rei and Minako so as not to worry them.

She got lost only once but turned herself around quickly enough with directions to get to the metro. She looked about for the older Hamada, and then smiled as she waved, seeing him.]

Tadashi!

[ tadashi is, as usual, donning a t-shirt and a cardigan, along with a pair of pants and sneakers. (what do you see in this guy, ami?) there's some scratches on his hands when ami sees them, as well as a cut on his cheek. jungle expeditions, you understand. ]

Hey, nice to see you again. [ he smiles. ] You look nice.

Have you disinfected those wounds? [She asked immediately when she saw them, frowning at the sight of him being injured... but she also knew it could be much worse.]

[ ah... he lets out a chortle, then pocketing his hands. ]

Demo took care of me already when we got back yesterday, don't worry.

[She is who she is, still, knowing that they were seen to eases her a bit.]

Well, at least it was only a few scratches this time... how about Hiro, is he okay?

[ he nods towards a certain direction, gesturing for them to start walking. ]

He's... only hurt a little bit, but some things happened in that jungle.

[She walked beside Tadashi, but stopped at the way his voice... She grabbed his hand.]

What's wrong? [Rather than worried, though she was, it was clear that Ami really was a warrior as she instantly became calm and seemed ready to fight. Her hand not holding his clenched.]

[ looks like there's no hiding how he feels. watching people die before his very eyes was traumatising, to say the least. but he's trying to put those feelings aside because he just grew up having to be strong for people. being the oldest guy in the hamada household, he had to be some sort of pillar of support, even for their aunt cass.

he doesn't stop walking when ami grabs his hand, though what he does is look away. ]

I'll tell you later. It's pretty noisy here.

[ and indeed, it was. but tadashi knew a cafe nearby that was a quiet place for relaxation. he wanted to go there with someone just to vent. it shouldn't be hiro whom he'd bring along with him since the boy's grieving on his own. hiro doesn't need a worked up tadashi right now. ]

[She doesn't become more relaxed, far from it, actually. Whatever happened requires privacy. She nods and allows him to take her to the cafe in question. Despite being tense, she's good at hiding it and waits until their seated in a private booth, single-paged menu in hand. She set it down on the table and looked at Tadashi patiently, though expectantly.]

[ with him being more comfortable around ami now, he rolls up the sleeves of his cardigan (thus revealing his scars again), because if they were going to get some hot tea, he'd eventually feel warm sooner or later. he's only trying to make himself comfortable before he starts talking.

he looks at the table as he speaks: ]

We had some casualties.

[She inhaled deeply, unfortunately, she didn't know everyone who was going besides the Hamadas and Dipper. Still...]

Were any of them fatal? And... may I ask who?

Yeah, they— [ he rubs the back of his neck. hiro's noticed it, but ami probably hasn't. this seems to be a habit he's developed upon arriving in cerealia. it's something he does when he's stressed. the back of his neck was still painful from when he had arrived and he started rubbing it to make himself feel better, but eventually, it grew into something he just does when he's feeling uneasy.

he doesn't even finish the sentence. he can't. ]

It was Link and Minato.

[ they're kids. if only tadashi was the one who had died instead. they didn't need to die at such a young age. it's just too much for him to handle, especially when he's never really experienced somebody dying before him at his age now. ]

[She suddenly got up and moved to sit next to him. She didn't hug him, those were reserved more or less for just the girls at the moment. Still, she gently pulled his hand from his neck and just held it. She didn't know Link and Minato, not even a little bit. However, she knew that death was never easy. No matter how many times she went through it, or the others, she still felt her heart torn out and destroyed at just the thought of Usagi or the other girls hurt or worse.]

You don't have to tell me what happened, but if you want to, I will listen.

[ a small smile crosses his lips when ami takes his hand, and at this moment of vulnerability, he clasps his fingers with ami's. ]

It's- It's fine. I just need a distraction, you know?

I was hoping you'd want to learn about what we found out.

Of course. [She doesn't blush at his holding her hand (alright, she blushes a teeny tiny bit). But right now her focus is on making Tadashi feel better, especially at the loss of those he was with.]

Whatever you may want to tell me.

[ he gives a detailed summary:

They are natives of Occidi's clan, the Earth elemental. For the most part, Ardeo's people live further north in the volcanic area, and Caeli's people live in the mountains even further north. Maris' people can be found further south by the ocean.

The natives entered a contract with CERES -- only some of Ardeo's people and Occidi's people agreed. Maris' people refused, and Caeli's people were never found.

This contract involved agreement to allow CERES to build on Tellus, but they were unaware that it would involve a colony such as Cerealia, and the destruction that building that involved.

They will also bring up "sacrifices", but can't seem to articulate who is doing the sacrificing and why. ]

It's not a lot, but we definitely learned more about CERES now.

[She stayed beside him the entire time he talked. She didn't ask any questions, holding all of them until later so her could get it all out. She merely keeps a hold of his hand, allowing him to just talk until there's nothing more to be talked about.]

That's wonderful, I suppose the question, then, is what will we do with that information. CERES knows now that you know, the question is now whether they care. Were you able to get any more information about the alien race CERES claims destroyed the planets?

[ he shakes his head. ]

They stopped talking about anything after they mentioned sacrifices.

.... Then we'll have to figure out what bothers them about sacrifices, and just who was doing the sacrificing. Who gave you the most information of the spirits?

The villagers. We stayed at their village for a little while and camped out in the evening. They were trying to kill us at first, but Hiccup and Toothless were able to get them to talk to us.

[ he reclines in his seat and lets out a deep sigh. it's pretty nice having somebody to talk to about this. he just needs to release his stress. ]

Ah, I am familiar with Hiccup-san, I'm glad he was there. [Though she had no clue who "Toothless" was.] I'm gladder still that the villagers could-

Wait... [Her mind suddenly realized.] You understood the villagers and they understood you?

[ he tilts his head a bit, confused. ]

Yeah. It's been that way since our first time in the jungle.

[ when they were asking what kind of people they were, etc. but maybe it was just for those who were with occidi. ]

I assure you, that is quite new knowledge to me, there were no villagers when I was on the beach, only a kraken, and he was not inclined to listen to polite conversation.

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