April catch-all ♫

[traceofeffort]

⭐ Who: Lisa and you! Yeah, you, I see you on your phone over there, come on, sing along! Junna will be along for at least one of these, I expect, You'll Know.
⭐ When: All through April! Especially earlier in the month, though.
⭐ Where: Asagi Public Library, DU HQ, Tsubaki Department Store, the park, and probably other places too
⭐ What: After last month's roller coaster of emotions, Lisa's doing her best to keep her head and embrace her vision for the future, with everything preparing for adult life entails. She's also got some slightly esoteric shopping to do.
⭐ Warnings: Early in the month, nothing, for once! Tooth-rotting fluff, perhaps. Later in the month, Lisa will be somewhat less cheery for Obvious Reasons.

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[reluctants]

[ That.. is a lot. Probably? Some of it is relatable, given Illya's own past - and sometimes current - struggles with fighting as a Dreamer, and some of it is utterly foreign. What does Illya know about adult stuff like finding apartments, really..

Maybe that's why her mind instead lingers on the first part of what the older girl says, asking her: ]

Senpai.. You mean everything that's going on with Ai-san?

[traceofeffort]

[Still too much, maybe? She'd almost expected Illya to say something about the girls living together, but still, Lisa's grateful for the (slightly) easy out, and she nods.]

Mm, yeah. I just... I know she is what she is, and the idol industry attracts the wrong kind of attention sometimes, but she's also a powerful, successful woman who's earned our respect. She's not someone we're meant to keep in a box and never let change. It makes me really mad, but there's nothing I can do about it, so I just have to... sit on it. If the rumors are true, I'd like to meet her children one day, but I'm not entitled to that, even if I'd like to offer them help while things are, well.

[Lisa gestures outside, where there are still one or two idiots camped out to see if they can get information for some sleazy tabloid or another. She glances in that direction, and the look on her face suggests she'd love nothing more than to manifest her Sandglass bass on this side and do something ill-advised. But she shakes her head, and her slightly-stressed, pasted-on smile returns.]

But all this also means I can't try to help Senpai right now, no matter how much she may or may not need it. I don't know where she lives. I couldn't try to defend her even if I did. And I can't even offer her sweets or something as a token "please try to take it easy" gift because she's not coming here to see it. So I'm angry for my Unit leader, and those feelings are just... sitting there. It means Hibiki and I can't really go off adventuring in the Dream Sphere either, since, well, no Ai-Doll-senpai, and the two of us can only make so much music without our lead vocalist.

[reluctants]

...

[ For a moment she's quiet.

She does turn her head to look when Lisa looks off too, even though Illya wouldn't even really need to see those people here to already know what the other girl was looking at. It sucks. Even though anger isn't the main emotion this entire situation inspires in Illya, she still gets it, really..

After that moment she turns her head back to Lisa. ]

I think.. Knowing Ai-san, she wouldn't want you to worry about her. [ Not that Illya isn't also worrying about Ai, but.. l-look, she's trying to focus on Lisa right now, that's the important part! Forget about anything Illya is thinking or feeling! ] She'd probably just feel bad knowing that any of us are feeling bad about it..