For Lacrima, It's feeding night. Jiaying-chan knows she won't be home until late on feeding night. The limiter Riventon made is helping to keep her usage down- but she still is needing to feed at least once every other night.
Lacrima is currently in the subdued version of her form- just wearing normal clothes- so to speak- the usual floral button up blouse, skirt , etc.
She still has the pale skin. The purple hair and eyes. The somehwat pointed canine teeth. Right now she is lagging behind two girls who seem to be leaving a movie. To anyone else, she's just happens to be walking the same way-- but it's easy to see she's more stalking them. She's waiting for the two to part. Waiting to get one alone.
This doesn't seem to be happening yet. She's a little annoyed.
Last night is still weighing heavily on her mind and well- it's more or less the reason why she needs to feed. She more or less wasted energy then threw it into the sky. Stupid. She's so stupid. She thought. Useless. Worthless.
Split paths already, she thinks under all the bad thoughts, to the two people she's stalking.
Amu Hinamori was walking along, normal like. She was eying something held in her hand, so simple and small. Would something like that reach Lacrima's heart? No. Probably not. But it was the first step. Besides, this was what she did. Marched head long into stupid decisions and made everything work out under the sheer force of her iron will. Still, she couldn't help but feel a little doubt.
Then Ran and the others alerted her to something being up. She frowned and started making her way towards the source, just a little hint of dark energy. Something... else. She didn't character transform yet, but she had to--
Then she saw her. The couple passed her by and she saw Lacrima, walking behind them. was she stalking them? Was it something else? What was... wait, no. Now was the time to act. She glanced back, before turning to Lacrima. "Wait! Don't go! I-I won't come any closer, I swear." Oh dear she was going to do something stupid, wasn't she?
Lacrima is following intently. Much like a shark chasing a school of fish, waiting for one to sort of move off from the main group. She's not making a move to feed yet, not trying to shove them into an alley. She doesn't want to deal with two people right now.
Then there's a voice. And the shock of pink hair and-- it's that girl again. That stupid girl. That ruined everything. A friend of that idiot, Kukai.
She mutters under her breath... 'Idiota, Estas arruinando las cosas de nuevo.' You Idiot, you're ruining things again.. It isn't meant for Amu's ears, she might hear it anyways.
Lacrima has, for the most part, been delightfully deadpan for the past months. Until last night. She isn't stable yet from it.
"Don't you have anything better to do, then to try to ruin my dinner again?" she asks, with a hint of upsetness behind it. "Leave me alone!" she insists.
She tries to move forward, before the couple gets more distant. They're far enough away now that they're not noticing the small exchange between Lacrima and Amu behind them.
Amu Hinamori gulped and then... walked besides the girl. Not too close, mind you. But besides her. She didn't try to stop her or anything. She just kept walking besides her. "Lacrima... I... I got something for you." She held out her hand. "I know things are hard for you. I can't understand them. But... I want to try. I promised I wouldn't purify you again, and I meant it. But... if there's any way I can help, please tell me. This... is... to represent that." She let it dangle in her hands.
A.. .friendship. Bracelet. "Me and my friend made it. It... matches our. I thought... if... if the two of us made it together it'd help you know... understand. That you're not alone. That you don't have to be alone for any of this." Well, her heart hadn't been torn out yet, so... that was something. "And... I wanted to ask you... something... else."
Amu doesn't seem to try to directly stop Lacrima. This means Lacrima doesn't try to do something rash. Prescence is just an annoyance. Action- a little more than that. "You can help by leaving me alone, and let me do what I have to." she insists. She of course means. 'Feed off one of the people she's stalking tonight'.
Amu says she has something for her. She, grits her teeth and just clenches her hands into fists. She stops and turns to Amu. "You probably shouldn't talk to me. Kukai doesn't like it when I talk to his friends." she insists.
She looks at the braclet, and blinks, deadpan. No reaction- but there is a pause. She lifts her right arm and looks at the braclet around her wrist. It seems to be dotted with Mid-childan Runes, and a mix of other Runes that sometimes glow softly. The one Riven-sama made for her- one that is helping her, and easing some of these problems she has. She frowns and lowers it.
She seems to carefully pluck it from Amu's hand. Like it's a trap. That she expects a bolt of purifying energy to shoot from it into her. This doesn't happen. She frowns a bit.
So many people want to 'help' her. But they either can't. Won't stay out of her way when she has to feed, or thier attempts fall flat, like with Jia-chan. The only one who's done /anything/ to directly help her is the one that the others call a liar. A cheat. A bad person. Riventon.
She does not put the braclet on. She doesn't however, destroy it or throw it on the ground either. Her and jewerly/assesories don't really have a good history. So it just dangles there from her fingers for the moment.
The couple is out of sight. Around a corner. Lacrima seems not to care right now.
"You can't help me." she mouths. "You'd fail. Then I'd become irrational. And upset. Like I do about Kukai." she says cynically.
"Fine." she says, flatly to Amu's request about asking her a question.
She does need to feed at some point within the next day. But it isn't a dire situation yet.
Amu Hinamori smiles to her. "If I fail, I'll just keep trying. And... if you get mad and hurt me, that's fine. I'm very stubborn ,you know." "Ain't that the truth," Miki said flatly.
She blinks and then coughs. "W-well. My friend and I. We're going to go clothes shopping sometime soon. I thought you... might want to join us. You know... a friendly outing. Nothing fancy, no magic or anything like that. Just girls having a bit of fun together. I might not have the best fashion sense, but i assure you my friend does. She's one of the prettiest girls I know and she'd be able to find us the best dresses possible, I'm sure." She just keeps giving that genuine, friendly smile. There was no danger, no threats. Her guardian characters were there. But that was normal. She wasn't transformed or anything like that.
Lacrima frowns at the Guardian Chara. She doesn't like those things. Especially the one that tries to hug her face all the time. 'Just trying to be friendly' her butt.
She does however, keep her straight, slight frown of an expression on her face the whole time. Lacrima doesn't really. Smile.
"Who." she asks. "Lots of people don't like me. For obvious reasons. Quite frankly, I think you're wasting your time." she says. "I think Kukai isn't going to be happy. But suppose I entertain the idea. Why?" she asks.
She narrows her eyes. "Are you saying my fashion sense is horrible...?" she suddenly asks as she narrows her eyes. Like she's taking offense to this insult that was never ever said or came out of Amu's mouth ever.
Amu Hinamori gulps and gives a nervous smile. Oh she was going to die. "N-Nadeshiko-chan. She's my friend and... Kukai-kun's girlfriend. But you'll like her, I swear! It'll be fun, I promise." She gulped nervously. "I, errr... I'll even pay?"
"Amu, no! You'll never be able to get something nice then! You'll need to get something second-hand!" Miki rebelled.
"Miki, quiet," she said. "A-and of course not. Your fashion sense is great. But... isn't it a lot of fun to go out with friends and just have a fun, girl's night? Come on, please? Pretty pretty please? Pleaaaase?" She clasped her hands together and pleaded. Internally she was soooo certain she was going to die.
Lacrima expression sours a bit. "Ah. The one who chopped off my arm one time." she says matter of factly. "Well. Helped Kukai chop off my arm." she frowns. She clearly has two arms. Then again, she did mention she was just a mass of dark energy that can rebuild itself. So maybe that isn't surprising.
"Fine I will... consider. Going." she says flatly. "I can pay for myself." she says also flatly. Because working for Eclipse means you usually have a small six figure bank account in a few months.
"If this is a trick. I will not forgive you." she finally adds, at the end, ominously- a grave promise it seems.
Amu Hinamori gulped and chuckled nervously. "No, no!" she said quickly, shaking her head. "Eh... heh. Trust me, I promise there will be no stabbing or fighting, nothing like that." She then sighed softly. "You know, between her and Eilam, it's like the old days with Utau and Ikuto, isn't it?" Ran asked. That just made Amu blush and shake her head.
Yep, very, very Utau from the woman. She could almost see her in front of her. 'This is stupid and you're stupid for suggesting it'. She gave a little sigh as she envisioned that. "If... you'd let me. I have another question I'd like to ask. You said before you had to... feed. The others told me you were a vampire and..." She closed her eyes before looking to her a moment later.
"You... don't kill people, do you? I know I've only known you for a short time but... I think... when we first met I was wrong. I don't think you were trying to... well... I'd like to know more about that. If you'll tell me and-- oh! Ummm, about the store." She pulled out her cell phone. "My number is X-XXX-XXX-XXXX."
Lacrima head tilts. "Kill...?" she asks. "I haven't... killed anyone... I don't think...." she says softly. "Someone is in a coma. Because of me. But. I was not. Controlled. At the time." she says. "It's the reason Kukai is.... upset. At me." she says matter of factly.
"I am a vampire. I need to drain... energy... from others. To keep myself in a lucid manner. Otherwise I'm.. not better. Than a monster in actions and thought." she insists. She frowns. "It is an awful 'catch-22'." she insists. "I did not want to drain people. But if I do not drain people, I become an irrational, feral monster that will attack people until I drain enough energy to become Lucid again."
"I didn't ask for this curse." she frowns.
She idly adds the number to a phone that looks like one of those cheap prepaid ones. It's the same one she uses to text Kunzite. Burner phones are a thing she learned to use fast.
Amu Hinamori gulped and then held out her hand and smiled. "Then... I was right about you. You're not bad." She took half a step forward, then pulled back. She eyed the woman for a moment. Could she? Should she? Tadase and the others would be furious. But...
She wouldn't be Amu if she didn't. "If it's something you have to do... I'm sorry. But if you can control it and... it doesn't really hurt anyone..." She took a slow, deep breath. Okay, no. She was scared. This was stupid. Her charas were getting worried. She wouldn't do it. Would she?
"You said... you needed to feed. So... if... you want... you can drain some of my energy." And her charas looked shocked. no idea WHY. It's not like this was the kind of stupid, dangerous decision she made all the time. "AMU!" they cried at once, but she shook her head.
"What? It's something she needs to do to stay lucid. To stop herself from hurting others. Besides, keeping people safe is my duty, right? And if this helps... how can I say no?" She gave that smile, before holding out her hand. "Besides, Lacrima. I... hurt you once. Just think of this as one step towards trying to make up for that." Her guardians did not look happy. But they were staring.
Lacrima frowns and leans forward and instantly answer. It's an easy answer. "No." she says plainly. "No, because if Kukai finds out, he's going to come and try to /kill me/ again." she spits. "He doesn't care if... 'you allowed it' he only cares about what /he/ allows." she says. "It's the whole stupid reason my fri---- Kukai's friend is in a coma!" she spits. "Because he couldn't accept that she'd let me feed from her."
"So all it's going to do is cause more problems!" she insists.
"-and most certainly if you don't tell him, one of those little devils of yours /will/."
Yes, she is entirely confrontational about this. "Offered energy is nothing but a /trap/." she spits. "People seem to be more upset at me when I take it freely then when I take it against thier will!"
Amu Hinamori was taken aback, pulling back slightly. "I... I just... I just..." There it was. 'my friend'. Partial or not. This woman was definitely not as she'd first thought. She slowly pulled her hand back. "My... offer will stand. But I won't force it. I promise I won't tell but..." She glanced to the three. "You're right. These three can rarely be trusted." She made a mental note before looking to her.
"Is there any other way I can help? If you can't accept my help? Energy freely given is far better than energy stolen, right? And if it keeps you being you, that's a good cause! Because I like you, Lacrima! Just like I like Utua and Usagi and all my other friends! Even if... sometimes they don't like me. So... any help I can offer, just ask." She held her hand out again, gingerly.
Lacrima seems to wear that same dour expression as Amu talks. It straighten's a little when Amu mentions the name Utau. "You know... Utau-chan?" she asks. She frowns. "I have not. Seen her. For a little bit. I understands she's on some sort of tour." she says. Idol Life, etc.
"No, there's nothing you can do." she states. "For me." she says.
"Various people have tried... finding a replacement for what I need. Including trying to drain a ghost. It did... not go very well." she says.
"You are better off asking Jiaying-chan about things in that regard. She's the one that's tried the most things so far. Though none have worked."
"You should... try to avoid telling her you.. hurt me in the past. she adds ominously.
Amu Hinamori nodded. "Yeah, I haven't seen her in a while either. She's..." She frowned. "Difficult. Not always the most... fond of me." She gave a nod. "But she's really a good person deep down. And I kind of hope I can be as pretty as her when I grow up, heh." She nervously scratched her chin.
She then frowned and crossed her arms. "I... guess. But... I just..." She sighed. "I don't think you need a replacement. You don't need to kill people, right? You just need enough to get your energy back, right?" She took another step forward. "And they can get their energy back! Really, as energy needs go it's not that bad. You don't need to drain a person's life. Just some energy. And if it means you can be yourself, it's worth the price." She gave her a smile.
"So here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to talk to Kukai and get him to let you drain some of my energy, okay? That way you won't have to hurt anyone or attack anyone. Then we can keep being fri--" Then the color drained from her face.
"D-did... did you say... d-drained a... drained a ghost?" Oh she squeaked. Seems Lacrima found a fear.
Lacrima blinks. "Well that's what..I've been saying. I don't...kill people. When I drain. They just...fall asleep. And wake up tired. I will admit. I am told the process hurts. I've had it described as... feeling like tiny ice crystals forming inside you and trying to sharply poke out from you."
"Yes. Jiaying-chan hunts ghosts. She captures them in these charms and then she can boss them around if she has to." she says plainly. "There was apparently the ghost of a murdered libraian in the basement of the library that became very active and angry and she caught it." she says.
She head tilts. "Do you not think ghosts are real?"
"Vampires are real. I'm one. And there was one before me. I also know a werewolf. Why are you surprised about ghosts?" she asks suddenly.
Amu Hinamori nodded. "T-then i can.... I can see if... he'll let you d-d-d-drain me." She said weakly, her entire body shaking.
"S-s-s-she captures ghosts? R-real ghosts? A-and she makes them.... do things? A-an angry murdered librarian?" she asked, her eyes wide with horror.
She then eeped and shook her head. "O-of course I-I knew that ghosts were real. I-I'm not some l-little k-kid or anything who gets worried about t-those kinds of things." Oh she was terrified. Her legs were shaking.
Lacrima frowns and head tilts. "You can go ahead. But he'll just get upset. Or someone else will get upset. It's stupid." she insists.
"Besides." she says. "If you're anything like 'Sailor Moon' then draining your energy would just be the same as purifying myself." she says. "So we should test that first." she frowns.
She blinks once. She's become more deadpan again. Which is good, at least.
"Why are you shaking?" she asks. "Are you cold?" a pause. "I don't know if it's cold or hot out. I just. Always feel 'cold'." she says. "No blood. No heartbeat. No pulse. Not a warm body. Undead." she says. "So. Expected."
Amu Hinamori blinked a few times. She then sighed. "Nevermind I guess, then. I mean... I don't... well..." She blushed and crossed her arms. I'm not quite like Sailor Moon but our powers can be... somewhat similar? In certain areas? So if draining her hurt you well... I... I'd rather not risk hurting you again. I think once is enough? Eh... heh heh... sorry." She lowered her gaze. "I guess I really... can't help you."
She then blinked. "Cold?" She reached out. "Honestly, it's a little. But not much. I barely noticed. I..." She paused then and turned to her. "I'm sorry. I... I wish I could tell you I knew how that felt. That I could understand your suffering or do something to reduce it. But... I... I really can't." She shook her head. Then... "But... do you want to talk about it? I have some free time. We could go catch a movie or get something to eat? Or maybe just go for a walk somewhere? Eh heh?"
Lacrima frowns. "We can walk. I'm going to need to feed at some point tonight. As a warning. But I'll.. go someplace else for that now." she says frankly.
"Not like you can chase me around to the other side of the city if I teleport over there." she says insistently.
She head tilts. "I don't really. Need to eat. If you see me 'eating' it's because it's one of the few... 'human' things I can still do without hinderance or anyone thinking ill of me. Though. Apparently. I overdo it." she says, miss 'Five dozen donuts and fifty candy bars and twenty five ham and cheese burritos'.
"I'd prefer if we just walked." she says flatly.
"You may ask me questions." pause. "I may not be able to answer all of them." she insists.
Amu Hinamori nodded and walked with her for a moment, glancing over. "I... won't stop you," she said after a few minutes. "I'll be honest. Since all of this started happening, I've felt kind of... overwhelmed. Theres a lot I still don't understand. Your powers are one of them. Your suffering another. I never thought there was someone I'd hurt with open heart." She then paused and glanced over.
"You won't kill anyone. Can you control how much you drain? Draw it over multiple people so... they wake up? So no one gets too just, just tired?" Then after a few seconds. "And... can you promise me... that you'll take care of them? If you have to drain them, I don't like it but... I'm not in your shoes so I don't really have a right to complain, right? But... if they're that tired, they'll be weak. They'll need someone to get them home or at least somewhere safe. That way nothing bad happens to them until they can take care of themselves, right?"
She gave her that smile. That super sparkle 'I believe in you' smile. Then walked to a nearby stand and got two hot cocoas. With marshmellows. IT wasn't that cold, but it was getting there. She held one out for her. "Here."
Lacrima frowns. "Because of.. what I drain... it may not be a good idea to spread it out over multiple people. I can control the drain. I try to... make it quick. I know it hurts. But... better a second of pain and unconciousness then... the freezing agony of feeling like you're turning into ice." she says.
"I usually do?..." she asks. "I leave people, where they can be found. Usually. By a passerby." she says. "A bus stop. In front of a store front on a usually busy road even if night." she says. "I don't get that choice when I get attacked though while I feed." she says. "But then I'm usually chased away and the.....heroes." she says a little annoyingly. "Usually handle it from there." she says.
Hot chocolate? Hot chocolate. She does accept the cup and looks down at it with a blink like it's some sort of alien substance. She does eventually sip it a bit. Hot drinks aren't really her thing.
She head tilts. "Why... are you so set on helping me?" she asks quietly. "I don't think I can actually be helped. I am just trying to manage my 'symptoms' as it were, of what I am." she says softly.
Amu Hinamori smiled softly to her, before sipping her coffee. "You could have blasted us last night, you didn't want to. You stopped yourself. Even though I hurt you." She gave that smile to her.
"You could kill people. In fact, it'd probably be easier if you did. LEss things for you to worry about. Probably quicker. But... you don't. You're trying to keep yourself in control." She glanced down at her drink.
"I think you're in a lot of pain, Lacrima-chan. You didn't ask for this, but you had it thrust on you. You don't want to hurt people, but you have to do it a little or you'll hurt them more." She then sighed. "Besides... I... know how it feels when people don't try to see how you are on the inside. When they just see your outer character and assume that's all you are. But... I want to get to know the real you. Not the you that has to drain people to survive. But the you that tries so hard to keep control, even though it can't be easy. Even though people likely won't always judge you fairly. Even... though i didn't judge you fairly."
"I mean, I don't think it's good you have to hurt people a little to survive. But... if that's all you have to do, there are worse things, right? You're at least trying to be as good as you can. And don't you have just as much right to live and be happy as anyone else?"
Lacrima frowns. "My inner character isn't all that great either." she asides. "I can't feel happiness. or safe. or....." she trails off on the last one as she just frowns. "It's not that, I don't want to, or refuse to, it's that I can't. What I am doesn't... process that. Very well. I can remember. How it felt. To be happy. It's really the only reason I know I should or should not be enjoying something." she says matter of factly.
"I don't get to dance much. Dancing used to be what I enjoyed most, in school. I don't have many dance partners nowadays. Just Natsu-chan..." she says quietly. Amu can swear for a moment, there's a trace of a blush across her cheecks at the mention of the name, but it's really only for a moment. And her experssion doesn't change much.
Another sip of hot chocolate. She's taking it slow, it seems.
"I don't know what will... set me off. Either. Like last night." she says quietly. "The... anger..and... sadness and.. confusion just...boils over everywhere and before I know It I'm... trying to hurt someone when I don't mean to... or saying things I don't mean..." she frowns.
"This power, I have. It names you. It's former owner was... some sort. of Spanish Noble. He /wanted/ the power, to hurt people, to revel in it and live forever. So the power named him 'Poderoso'-- or-- 'Powerful'--- So after living for hundreds of years- some-- I dunno. What you'd call them. They were... Itallian.. Vampire Hunters? Or Hunters of some sort. Seperated that power from him. Made him not so immortal. Killed his body and mind." she says. "I know this because I dream of events in his life often. Like some sort of ... imprint? Like that." she frowns.
"Anyways. It ends up.. in a secondhand shop. For some reason..." she says. "I'm the unlucky one who just got money for her birthday- enough to buy something nice like that. I bought it. I got really sick a few days after. Week later I was just.."
"Magical okay it seemed." she says.
"Then... I.. wake up and.. I'm... this." she says. "and the power names me... 'Lacrima' or... 'Tears' because it knows I don't want it and it will make me unhappy." she says flatly.
"I assume the power has a twisted sense of humor." she insists.
Amu Hinamori nodded, sipping her cocoa as she listened. She walked besides the girl. "You can't feel any of those? I'm... so sorry," she said softly. And she sounded genuine about it. "I wish I could help. I wish I could take some of this pain away and... make you not suffer." She still sounded genuine. She smiled to her.
"There's a dance coming up, next month. Why don't you come? I'll talk with the others." She paused. "And... you don't have to bring anyone. If you can't find a partner, you can dance with Tadase a few times, okay?" "He's not going to like you volunteering him like that," Miki said with a sigh.
She moved a little closer. Not touching, but close. "I'm sorry. I wish I could hug you. I wish I could hug you and pat your back and say everything is going to be okay. That I'll chase away the bad feelings and you can be who you were. But... life doesn't work that way. What you did... what you had to suffer through... it's horrible." She paused and sipped the cocoa again. "But you're still doing good in the world. I know you don't see it but... you're trying. And that thing could have ended up with someone far worse. Someone who used the power to kill and destroy. So... I... I don't think you're bad at all, okay? And I'll help you however I can. I'll try to get the others to listen too. Maybe we can find a way to help you. I don't mean cure you!" she said quickly. "I mean... people you can draw from. People who you can willingly draw from, who no one will get mad at you or them for doing it. And you won't get hurt by, okay?"
She kept smiling to the girl. "But, before that... I need to know. I'll have to talk to Kukai about it so... the girl in the coma. What happened? Not what he'll say. I want to know your side of what happened. The things you, personally, know."
Lacrima frowns. "Her name was... Sachiko." she says. "She was a friend. A small girl. We met, she claimed she was a magical girl and wanted to help me. Like you." she says flatly. "We met... because I.. felt homesick. For the dance studio I used to go to." she says quietly. "She offered her energy. Claimed she was a magical girl so.. had plenty of it. She lied. She just /thought/ she was one. I ended up draining her into unconciousness. and I felt really bad." she says.
"We still.. met. I ended up. Well... delveloping a taste? For her energy. But she was willing-- she wanted me to take it." she says.
"Kukai. Didn't like this. He fought with me a few times over it. Tried to stop me.. launching his stupid.. soccer balls at me from his stupid sky board." she says. Clearly, she knows Kukai is Sky Jack.
"One day. I visited her. and her girlfriend was there-- who uses. Magic like yours... but. Exclusively positive. Something about... Prism Keeping? She's very pink." she says. "Makes... cameras. Out of thin air."
"Kukai did his usual.. fighting me mid drain. But... the positive energy peppering me from the pink one... it.. doesn't. Make me think very straight. They hit me. I'd drain her more to replace what I just lost. And this continued until... she just.. fell.. unconcious. But I didn't.. even stop then..."
"Like... survival...instincts. From the positive energy." she frowns heavily.
"A dance..?" she taps her bottom lip. "I should bring.. Natsu-chan then. If she'll go with me." she says quietly. "Natsu-chan is... my girlfriend?" she says more like a question. "It is confusing. Because. As I said. Positive feelings do not come well to me. She knows what I am. What I do, but she still... cares for me. I know I do feel something like... comfortable... when she's around." she says quietly.
"Anyways. That's why... I don't want people helping me. It usually just. Blows up in thier face. Because of something unexpected...or because I act unpredicatbly to certain stressors." she says.
Amu Hinamori nodded. "I... I see. And now she's in a coma." She crossed her arms and frowned. She reached up and touched the humpty lock around her throat. "Maybe I should meet her. Maybe I can do something?' She cringed. "I-I mean... I don't know? My magic can sometimes help, though. Maybe it can... help her some way?" She asked with a little nervous chuckle.
"Sorry, that's probably a stupid idea. But... it sounds like you made a mistake. And they made mistakes. And it just... spiraled out of control." She shook her head. "I have a lot of energy, too. But... I imagine mine would hurt you." If nothing else it might give her cavities. "Especially with the humpty lock. So it's probably best not to risk it. And I'll talk to the others. As long as you can promise you'll be lucid through all of it, I can promise I'll get the others to behave. Every girl should be able to go to a nice dance, right?" She hummed. "And if you really like dancing, Nadeisko is the best dancer I know. Maybe she can teach you a few new dances you'd like."
Lacrima frowns. "You appear to use a lot of positive energy. I'm just assuming that your energy would do the same to me as Sailor Moon's might. Kunzite... warned me about it. I don't..like Kunzite. Very much. But. He seems.. to care? too? I'm not sure." she says quietly. "He was asking after me to other people. 'How I was doing', etc." she says.
She head tilts. "You'd have to ask Kukai about that. I... refuse to.. go near that room in the hospital. For obvious reasons." she says.
"People tend to leave me alone if I leave them alone." she says quietly. "It's why I keep to myself." she says. "Nowadays."
A pause. She gently tosses the empty cocoa cup into a trash bin. "I.. need to go. Now." she says. There's a little twitch in her neck. She needs to feed sooner than she thought.
"I apologize I will... call. Later. Maybe." she says.
With this she walks into a nearby alley to let herself be cloaked into the black mist that whisks her off into the Dusk Zone, and across to another part of town. Where she'll find someone to drain eventually before the night is done.