Shine 4 | Insecurities
Apr. 28th, 2012 12:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
[1 - Action]
[Music can be heard from an empty corner of the hangar; eventually it traces to Sora, practicing a dance routine. Some of you might recognize it as the one Eri had been running some time ago, except Sora is very much alone. There's a stack of additional CDs next to the boom box Sora's using. The redhead, for her part, is working up a sweat in a well-worn exercise outfit, and her routine looks great... but she's not practicing with a group, which was the point of the exercise. After a while, she stops the music and picks up a water bottle, taking a break. She's got a bit of a distant look in her eye, though...]
[2 - Action]
[A new day brings Sora to the arboretum to take a look at the plants. As she dons gloves and a watering can, she's reminded of Hana's various lessons on how to take care of this flower and that tree and that one weed that only shows up if the sun's just so for a day or two, a smile coming to her face. Then she frowns again, as more memories come to the surface. Several different occasions of Hana with various bruises and wounds from the other pilots. Laura's reassurances that her failures would fade in time. Seiren's stinging dismissal after Sora tried to offer everything she could.]
I'm glad I can help people, but... maybe I need to help myself before I work with everyone else. I'm here to be a pilot, not a therapist, no matter how much everyone else needs it.
[Music can be heard from an empty corner of the hangar; eventually it traces to Sora, practicing a dance routine. Some of you might recognize it as the one Eri had been running some time ago, except Sora is very much alone. There's a stack of additional CDs next to the boom box Sora's using. The redhead, for her part, is working up a sweat in a well-worn exercise outfit, and her routine looks great... but she's not practicing with a group, which was the point of the exercise. After a while, she stops the music and picks up a water bottle, taking a break. She's got a bit of a distant look in her eye, though...]
[2 - Action]
[A new day brings Sora to the arboretum to take a look at the plants. As she dons gloves and a watering can, she's reminded of Hana's various lessons on how to take care of this flower and that tree and that one weed that only shows up if the sun's just so for a day or two, a smile coming to her face. Then she frowns again, as more memories come to the surface. Several different occasions of Hana with various bruises and wounds from the other pilots. Laura's reassurances that her failures would fade in time. Seiren's stinging dismissal after Sora tried to offer everything she could.]
I'm glad I can help people, but... maybe I need to help myself before I work with everyone else. I'm here to be a pilot, not a therapist, no matter how much everyone else needs it.