<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Fuchsia Fox and an Artifact Absent</strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rrbvOfC.png)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Nerissa<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>December 26th, 2018 |<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>SOPHE, Second floor balcony<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Toshiro | Mentions: Albion<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>A new day<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong><br/><br/><hr/><br/>This was all so confusing and sad! Had this human gone insane? Maybe whatever had happened to him, leaving him in his miserable state, was too much and his mind shattered? Or maybe this was part of Toshiro? He just became a delusional and scary man sometimes? Should she just call Albion and tell him to come take care of Toshiro? If this was something that happened often, surely he would know that to do. What if this was something Toshiro had tried to keep as a secret? She couldn’t go asking help from anyone else in the SOPHE. From Albion maybe… Perhaps Toshiro had some medication and he had forgotten to take it? Nothing he said made sense!<br/><br/>“Because it’s the truth…” Nerissa mumbled quietly when he refused to look at her phone. She wanted to be friends with Toshiro because they worked at the same place and they both were friends of Albion. And because she had thought that Toshiro was a kind and good person.<br/><br/>“I… what…? I-I-I didn’t use his body!” Nerissa shook her head vigorously and turned quickly to look away. Her face was burning red. It was supposed to be a secret, dammit! “I did just the bare minimum that was necessary and he told me do that… and it’s not like someone got hurt…” Her tail was swishing from side to side.<br/><br/>However Toshiro’s following words made Nerissa realize that they were talking about different things. She sighed and looked up at the sky. This would be a stupid thing to do, but she couldn’t just stand there and look him suffering like that.<br/><br/>“Marceline, I’m sorry but I need to move you a bit…” The fox demon came to Toshiro and moved the cat by his side on the bench. She ignored all the mean words the man said, his threat. “There is no one else but us here. No one can hear you.” Nerissa said as she sat on Toshiro’s lap and gently, but with determination, pulled his head against her chest. They wouldn’t negotiate about this. “I can see that you are in pain. It’s not just physical pain, but your heart is being tortured. There is no one else here now, so I will be the one to comfort you. Let it all come out Toshiro. Let all the pain and sorrow pour out. If you want to throw threats at me, hate me, curse me after that, I’m still here and you can do so, but right now… You need this. Don’t even try to push me away. I’m not letting you go.” Her warm, tender voice whispered. Her words were filled with compassion. Her fingers moved on Toshiro’s hair and started to stroke his dark hair slowly. Her smaller body leaned lightly against the man, offering her warmth in his comfort. Nera pushed aside her own feelings in order to be there for Toshiro. He probably didn’t want her anywhere near him, but she wasn’t going to move away easily.<br/><br/>That was something Nerissa wished one would do to her if she was in same situation as Toshiro was now. The fox demon knew that she putting herself at a risk. This might be the last drop for Toshiro and push him over the edge, making him attack her. Even so she couldn’t just be there and do nothing, or walk away. Good things in life required hard work and sacrifices. If she wanted to befriend this human, she would need to take risks.<br/><br/>The things Toshiro said started slowly make sense to her. “Toshiro, when you are ready… when you are feeling calmer, I will explain this all to you. Things aren’t as you think they are. Whatever it’s that you have lost, I will help you get it back.”<br/>