Forty-Fourth Theory [Voice]

May 17, 2011 11:48

Filtered to Friends and Love Interests of Hamatos || Not Up to His Usual StandardRaph is back ( Read more... )

just another disaster, not my family, forget what i said about home being safe

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[Action] | Jumping in here 8D semper_cogitans May 20 2011, 01:49:40 UTC
[And it is precisely this moment that an extremely-distressed-looking Robert comes out of Don's room and staggers into this one through a haze of tears. He's just dealt with this reply from Adell on Vivi's whereabouts, and all he can think about is the fact that his daughter is gone.

He's obviously trying to contain himself, but his voice is still breaking and his apparent distress should be obvious even to Isamu.]

D-Don... Don, M-Miss Aislinn... is gone...

S-She, she was sent home... [And then his voice breaks and he sobs softly into his shaking hands a moment. After a full-body shudder, during which he manages to stem the tide of pain enough to get himself under control, he mumbles:]

Sh-she... she left s-something for m-me... at House 44... m-may, may I... g-go retrieve it, please...?

[Even that is an immense effort to say, and the end of his sentence dissolves into a teary whimper. He doesn't look up at anybody.]

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[Action] meanandgreen May 20 2011, 01:56:41 UTC
[Robert's disruption only makes Raph sulk harder against his nest of pillows, muttering more to himself than anyone in particular.]

Just what we need, more freakin' dramatics.

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[Action] i_speak_softly May 20 2011, 02:09:54 UTC
[Don turns to Robert immediately, his question to Isamu forgotten. Sent home. He knows what that feels like.]

[He glances around quickly. Raph is stable and in good hands. Vivi's disappearance is, right now, the more pressing emergency.]

[His bo is leaning against the wall - he grabs it and slides it into his belt.]

I'll go with you.

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[Action] ingrate May 20 2011, 02:12:47 UTC
[Isamu's thoughts somewhat mirror Raph's, and he takes a seat next to the injured turtle.]

I'll stay with Raph, then.

[Even if there really wasn't much he could do. How did one transfer magic? All he can think of is an MP drain spell.]

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[Action] semper_cogitans May 20 2011, 03:09:25 UTC
[Robert isn't looking for sympathy from either Raph or Isamu - the former he would never expect it from, and the latter he doesn't know at all.

Still...]

A-Are you certain, Don...?

[He doesn't want to go alone, but he doesn't want to endanger Raphael more, even if the turtle looks a little better than he did.]

I, I w-would need to... i-inform the residents of House 44 of... m-my arrival, then...

[Which he obviously isn't in much of a condition to do while choking back the occasional watery sob.]

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[Action] i_speak_softly May 20 2011, 15:21:16 UTC
[He nods.] Isn't 44 all the way at the north end of the village? I'll take you there. It will be faster and you can call them on the way.

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[Action] semper_cogitans May 20 2011, 17:36:06 UTC
I-It is... [And yet Robert had planned to try to half-lope there. Yeah, that wouldn't have ended well.]

I-I... ... a-alright.

Th-thank you... [Robert heads only briefly back to Don's room to snatch up his journal and nanocomputer - more for the sake of comfort for anything - before turning with bleary eyes to Don.

He's glad that Don's here, now.]

(OOC: Going to jump back to thread with Adell now? o/`)

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[Action] i_speak_softly May 20 2011, 19:27:07 UTC
[Don uses Robert's brief absence to track down the rest of his family, and let them know what happened and where he's going. When they reconvene in the living room, he turns his back to Robert and crouches down in front of him.]

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[Action] semper_cogitans May 20 2011, 19:38:03 UTC
[It takes Robert a few seconds to realize what Don wants him to do... and he's a little skeptical of it in all honesty.

... Still, he's kind of beyond the point where he's going to question it now, and at any rate emo is making him want to cling to Don anyway. So he is totally clambering up onto that broad shell and clinging.

He may or may not sniffle pathetically against it a few times. Your boyfriend makes a terrible jockey, Don.]

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[Action] i_speak_softly May 20 2011, 19:46:13 UTC
[Don reaches behind Robert's knees and hoists him up into a position that's more-or-less comfortable for both of them, before straightening up and navigating carefully through the front door. Once outside, he takes off at a run.]

[Robert will find the ride surprisingly smooth.]

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[Action] meanandgreen May 20 2011, 19:52:10 UTC
[Soon as Don's out the door, Raph turns to Isamu, looking even more perturbed than before. Don, Robert, you guys are freaks. And that's coming from Raph, for cripes sake.]

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