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Nux

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R - U

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Rapunzel

Remy LeBeau

Riku

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Santanico Pandemonium

Shawn Hunter

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Steve "Orion" Rogers

Steven Quartz Universe

Souji Seta

Stiles Stilinski

Syeira

Tadashi Hamada

Tekhetsio

V - Z

Wrath

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Yeah?

"Sakura" is another name for the cherry blossom.

[ It's partially a joke, but ... ]

She's one of the most talented warriors in the village. Her talent with healing is second to pretty much none.

Kind of sounds like Prim. Well, except the warrior part. But the flower and the healing.

Oh ... so "Prim" is short for "Primrose", then?

Yeah, exactly.

Huh.

[ She has to take a moment to remember the meaning. Primrose ... "I can't live without you".

... Well, that's just cruel. ]

It's a pretty name.

I guess I thought you knew that.

I guess I never thought to ask.

Oh, yeah, of course.

Anyway, maybe I should pick another flower?

Sure, if you want to. There's plenty to be picked at, as you can see. [ Makes a little gesture at all the flowers left ]

[ plucks one of the lilies ]

[ Ah, well. Okay. Not the best choice, but it won't be too personal for Nova, at least.

The orange lily represents revenge, and the first feeling associated with this memory -- before the image becomes clear, even -- is an overwhelming burst of anger, barely controlled, ready to burst at the seams.

Slowly, the scene in front of her comes more into focus. It's a town square of sorts, with a large fountain in the very center. There's a person in the fountain, bathing in the water -- though it's clearly cold outside, not yet spring, it's warm enough for the water in the fountain to be running.

The person in the fountain has long, wavy white hair, and it's hard to tell whether it's a man or a woman -- even as he turns to face her, the face is misleadingly and almost blindingly beautiful. But there are a few signs on his naked body that decidedly pinpoint him as male, after a moment.

He doesn't seem to recognize Ino, but she recognizes him, her mind going a mile a minute as she recalls a hundred terms for his kind, but one stands out above all:

Murderer.

You made him suffer.

It takes her a moment to keep her voice under control, before she speaks: ]

You're ... Griffith.

[ He laughs, looking convincingly sheepish and chattering about how he didn't know there were ladies present, but Ino is having none of it.

Murderer. Murderer. MURDERER.

You sacrificed every single one of them and didn't even care.

It takes an amazing amount of willpower not to pull a knife from the pouch on her leg and stab him. She could do it, she could do it in a single flick of her wrist. But strangely, the thing that reigns her in isn't something like "you shouldn't kill people", but rather ...

"He deserves to be the one to kill Griffith."

She takes a step back, relenting, and the memory ends, the brick patterned ground giving way to the soft wooden floor of the flower shop. ]

[ feels more than a little like a voyeur ]

Sorry.

[ Sorry Nova, she probably should have put a NSFW warning on that one.

She looks a little sheepish now, though, mostly because that memory requires some context, and it's ... not exactly something most people would want to hear about. ]

I did say you could look at them. Uh, some things might be confusing or a bit overwhelming, though ...

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Yeah...

I don't know. It feels kind of... invasive.

You don't have to if you don't want to, either.

[ She shrugs a little ]

But it's fine by me.

[ She just might not like what she finds ]

[ twirls the flowers she's holding in her hands ]

We just don't know each other that well.

[ She likes to think she actually knows Katniss pretty well, but ... it's true, she supposes, that Katniss doesn't know her all that well. ]

Does it bother you to see memories like that?

I just wouldn't like it.

Hmm ... I just think it's easier to get to know someone that way, personally.

Not that I would do that to you, of course. I'm just used to this type of thing.

It's not the first time I've been in a situation like this. It just never sits well.

If you don't care, though— I mean, it's not that I don't want to know you better.

I find the more guarded you are about the things in here -- [ She taps her head ] -- the easier they can be used against you as a weapon.

So -- if people want to look, they can. I won't give them the satisfaction of me being anxious or afraid for people to see who I am.

[ it's like you're trying to speak to me ]

Maybe.

That's just the way it's been, over the years I've been in places like this.

[ She shrugs ]

Like I said, it doesn't bother me. I trust you.

Why? Because you knew me?

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