epidemiology | and if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?

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and if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?

CHARACTERS: Sonia Nevermind, and assorted others!
DATE: January 6th - 31st
WARNINGS: SPOILERS for Danganronpa 2 are heavy in here, but I will mark individual threads for it. Also cw things for violence
SUMMARY: Just putting all my log plans for this month in here! If you want to do something just drop a prompt, hit me up at

serves to work something out or there are 2 open prompts inside!

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[ There are three different reasons why she's found herself in here more often than not. The first, as it is, is just because it's familiar to home. Outside of going to school either at In Utero when will the nirvana references end or Hope's Peak Academy, she'd studied extra hard at home in the castle or in her dorm room too. They'd had a private library with an assortment of language learning tools, law, medicine, economics... the whole shebang. The library in Oska is a lot like that.

Secondly, as it had come up in conversation before she's picked out a book in a different language that is completely different to anything she's seen on earth, using it as a starter to try and decrypt the language and maybe try and learn it over time. There doesn't seem to be anything as a guide though, so on papers stuffed into it on the table, there are lots of notes where she's tried to figure out the words that are repeated the most. Part of the paper is hanging out though, in her hurry to rush back to her main "project".

The third, and last, thing is that she's dived straight into studying medicine again for all she's forgotten. On the other part of the table are sketches of anatomy. It's pretty detailed, along with a list of drugs and problems that match up.

Anyone walking past, however, will find that while she's standing up and staring at the papers--she doesn't seem to be taking much in anymore. ]

One more chapter... Then I shall stop.

[ Only even her make-up is starting to fail to hide how tired she is. Nightmares are pretty common for her, but they've been worse lately. ]

[ The deep quiet is actually a relief after all the bustling of the party before, and how the halls are still full of life from the holidays. It's almost like there are few places for solitude, and this is one of the few left. She's brought her new katana with her, resting across her lap as she stares down at it.

It's actually heavier than she expected, yet somehow intricate all the same. She's used the knife before back at Perdition's Rest, but it had been sloppy. Something, one of the few things, she hasn't been trained for.

Tonight, she has no plan to use it, but she does want to get used to carrying it with her.

A few frogs croak and splash into the lake, and a few birds chirp as they skit from tree to tree. Quietly, Sonia holds out her hand with one of the hamster's seeds placed upon it. It takes a short while, but a bird does flitter down to peck at the seed. ]

You must be hungry... [ It's a soft whisper as she reaches into her jacket pocket, and moves to pick out another seed, holding it out for the bird to take another. ]

[ It had taken a few days even after their conversation on the network to bring herself to have the courage to ask Nami to meet her here. The hot springs had seemed like a good idea, as medically speaking they were good for relaxing muscles--though it isn't like Sonia's really had the chance to experience them properly before.

This is a first.

When she arrives she has a bag of way too many belongings with her. Her spare clothes, her hair products, her make up... in fact it probably looks like she's going on holiday rather than to a hot springs. She'd arranged to meet her in the early evening, before it would get too busy. Sonia has, as per usual, turned up 13 minutes early though, just as a force of habit.

When Nami arrives she'll see Sonia looking out towards the forest nearby, her hand over her heart, her expression worried. ]

[ At this point, the training room isn't new to her. She'd gone there the other day with Julius and he'd helped her with the knife. Today, she's testing out the new katana she received though she's still in the set up stage. It's hard to say what kind of level she will need to start with. Her instincts are good enough, body remembering more than mind, but her will power might falter if too many memories flood in the middle of the training.

The katana is still in her hand, still sheathed, as she stares at the activation panels. She knows it's waiting for her voice, but she doesn't know where to begin. ]

[ Her bones still feel cold and like hell from the day before with the snowball fight, having not been dressed appropriately enough, but it's after all of that she's come to realise she's put this off Long Enough. She waits outside Lance's door for over fifteen minutes, hesitating with her hand raised to knock multiple times by now.

It's a strange thing that it has been a long while since she's been this scared. Back when they'd been in the trial and Makoto, Kirigiri and Togami turned up and told them everything that had really happened, she had been terrified. In fact, leaving the Neo World program at all felt like an awful idea. Like they should just stay in here forever, live the Island Paradise dream and never face the problems they'd apparently caused. Staying strong as a group, the five of them together, was what had helped her keep strong to make the choice best for everyone. Best for the world.

None of them were here with her now. She had been awake long enough until those three had left, had the chance to see her friends in the pods while who knows what was happening to their minds, but not long enough to truly grasp or recover from everything that had happened.

It feels like she never got to say goodbye, just in case the others really never do wake up.

By the time her knuckles land softly on the door, she's almost crying already. Diversions work best, but guilt eats up at her nontheless. The fun yesterday can only last so long when it feels like a lie as well.

Her hand drops soon after, head lowering as she braces herself for the door swinging open. Clasped between her hands is a dried bunch of the mistletoe from the party, a red ribbon wrapped around the leaves to hold it together. The leaves rustle together as crisp as they are now. The magic on it has long gone, so that's no problem, she'd brought it here as a momento of that night for if he was still willing to accept her after what she's about to tell him. Her half is left on her dresser, wrapped in matching ribbon but ready to tuck into a drawer should none of this end well. ]

[ It's been over two weeks since the ball, but Sonia hasn't forgotten her arrangement with Lucina. Sadly, she's kind of lost her sense of time while here. After studying too much about Graham's condition, studying about different medicinal things, trying to come up with a cover story for the new mission they have... things ended up being put on the back burner. She's just finished showering after being in the training room, when she notices her dress hung up on the closet and decides to leave Lucina a message. ]

Good day, Lucina. I hope you are well? I have not forgotten about our meeting, however I do admit I have been caught up in training while I have had the time. When will you be free? I would like to see you.

Sonia.

[ Their meeting time isn't for another fifteen minutes, but as always her habit of showing up early is in full swing. Sonia doesn't even double check the time, and merely waits by the entrance to the training room. She's ensured she's gone over the information he gave her too, wanting to be well prepared so she doesn't let him down.

The only problem is that she isn't on her top form as she hasn't been sleeping well -- but she's clearly trying her best to be awake and as alert as possible.

When he arrives she gives him a wave. ] Howdy Howdy Ho!

[ The medical centre in Oska is somewhere she's visited, simply to see what is available. She wasn't sure what to expect when she first visited, but the technology is still more than she's seen before. It's just severly lacking in other ways.

She arrives fifteen minutes early, waiting for the door with papers in her hands with all the notes she took from Sieglinde, along with some of her own notes on what happened to her. She can't divulge all the details simply because she doesn't know the full extent of how it all worked. She just knows enough to compare to Graham's experience.

When he does arrive she'll glance up from her papers, offering him a small smile. ]

Thank you for meeting with me.

Threaded | Flat

OTA | Library

OTA | Forest/Lake

CLOSED | Nami

CLOSED | Arima

CLOSED | Lance