THE TOWN SQUARE.

[atrueheroine]

[Page silently watches the church burn for a little while, once she's emerged safely from it, before turning away and heading to the town square to meet up with everyone else. It makes sense to rest here, as they did last week, after another town with another tragic story to tell.

At least that time, however, they'd all survived it unscathed.

Once she's made it over to the group, she drops her pack onto the ground and collapses next to it, staring at her feet. It's going to take a bit to...process all of that, and while she'd love to get up in front of everyone and make some kind of rousing speech, she just doesn't have it in her at the moment.

Instead, she'll look up from the stone of the square, eventually, casting her eye over everyone and saying (almost to herself)-]

...I hope everyone is all right.

[That is likely far from true, but...well. They're all alive, Wesker is dead, and that's something. She's trying her best not to look at that little tree-sculpture with the key around its neck.


OOC: Second verse, same as the first! Here's our post-event mingle post, to talk about what the hell just happened in there, lick our wounds, and beg forgiveness from...from Flower Girl. Top-level away; Page will have her own up, if you'd like to talk to her.]

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[blunders]

I'm glad to hear that, at least.

[Felicia gets that much out before Lancer turns the question back on her and her eyes widen, briefly. Her gaze darts as she considers what to say; this isn't about her. She shouldn't be selfish, and she's probably being silly overall at being so screwed up about this...but...

...Well, he asked. Felicia's attempt at maintaining cheer goes right out the window and her expression just goes deeply gloomy.]

...I guess it is fair, but...I'm not doing great. I'm glad that we managed to save Gabriel and Garma, and with any luck, they'll make a full recovery with enough time to heal.

But it was rough out there, dealing with that. [...] And I...I really feel guilty that we couldn't save her.

[The flower girl, she means.]

[aokisouhei]

[ He's watching her expression that had first surprise; he wondered if she thought she wasn't going to have the question turned back on her like that. ]

...I don't think there was really anything anyone of us could've done about her. It's going to feel hard, but don't judge yourself too harshly for it at least.

She already looked like she'd been progressing far enough with the Shimmer that she would've already changed before she left.

[ Lancer wasn't great at sounding or being comforting. If anything, despite how friendly he could be, usually he's a little too blunt for that. But, he'll attempt to take the edge off in anyway he could. She seemed like such a nice lady, so he could at least do his best to do that. ]

I'm grateful, though, that you and the rest of the team were able to save those two. I can't imagine how difficult things would've been with two of our people dead.

[blunders]

[...Maybe she is being too hard on herself, honestly. It doesn't make Felicia feel any better, but she does glance away again. Maybe she was just too hopeful about being able to save somebody from the Shimmer, but...]

...I guess I was just hoping we'd be able to rescue somebody from this mess.

[But, Lancer does have a point, and it sees Felicia looking back at Lancer with a bit of a smile, slightly determined.]

It would've been awful. If we lost any of our number here today, I don't think it would have ended well for us at all. But...I'm glad we saved them too. We weren't going to let them die because of someone so...so horrible--much less at all.

[aokisouhei]

[ She really was a kind woman, and though Lancer didn't think that they would be able to save any of those people hanging around here, he's not above thinking it to be an impossibility if they do happen to run along others. Well, that'd depend on their circumstances as well, so even then the chances were slim.

...But, one day at a time.

So, he watched the signs of determination come a bit onto Felicia's face and thought that was at least a good thing. ]

I'm sure you guys weren't; you all are the reliable sort. I know I'm not the only one who's seen it too.

But, no matter what, we're gonna continue counting on you, alright? Let's work hard on doing what needs to be done and making sure we get out of this together.

[blunders]

Don't worry; I promise we all will. We're going to make it through this alive, and we won't stop until the Shimmer is gone for good. Promise!

[It's easy to say that now, but with the weeks ahead so up in the air...well, maybe she shouldn't say stuff like that.

All the same, she honestly needs to hear that herself, and she's sure he might too. So the determination train rushes on.]