018 ♠ video ♠ just one more disappearance

[ragnalol]

[there's the sound of wry laughter, and the screen's view is limited to his gaudy purple suit. he's sitting on the windowsill.]

'Made me not mind being cursed.' Idiot.

Oh, well. I hope that old fogey finally gets what he wants back home.

[his voice cracks a little, and he laughs again - a little more quietly, this time. ]

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[47_l0w]

Naoya's...left... Right?

[ragnalol]

...pretty much, yeah.

[47_l0w]

[It's not that he likes Loki, but he's gotten a pretty good idea of what Loki meant to Naoya, and the other way around. And Atsuro knew from experience that Naoya wasn't an easy person to get close to.]

...I'm sorry.

[ragnalol]

Why're you apologising, Atsuro? Not like it was your fault.

[always_forgot]

Do you want me to come over?

[ragnalol]

...nah, I'm fine.

[lol, lying through his teeth.]

You?

[always_forgot]

Uh-huh.

[A face of disbelief, you can has.]

I'll be okay.

[ragnalol]

[pot....kettle...black -- ] 'course you will be, he's been in your life for only like...what...a decade?

Of course.

[charientisms]

[A pause and then...what might be a tsk.]

It could be considered a shame, certainly.

[ragnalol]

[turns the dreamberry's screen away; seeing someone with white hair and red eyes is too much at this point in time.]

Missing that old bat already, snow rabbit?

[charientisms]

[He simply smiles slightly.]

I rather imagine that should be my question.

[A pause. He is not here to comfort Loki, but--]

He shall be pleased to be able to now complete what needs to be done.

[ragnalol]

Still --

[doesn't mean it doesn't hurt to be left behind. sarcasm, you can have it.]

I imagine you know what it means to have a mission above everything else.

[knifenut]

[Sigh]

What happened?

[ragnalol]

[too drained to come up instantly with snark]

Naoya left.

[knifenut]

[Be glad that Mai likes you a little more than the average person, Loki, because otherwise she'd probably be saying something possibly jerkass-ish.

But even though she knows what it's like to have a loved one disappear, sympathy isn't really her thing, so all she can say is--]

Oh.

[ragnalol]

[lmao. like he expected anything else from you, Mai. still, it's appreciated.]

A woman of few words, aren't you?

[takatori_heir]

Loki-san...?

[ragnalol]

...hey, Omi.

[notice lack of suffix of endearment >:]

[takatori_heir]

[Yeah, he did...]

I-is everything okay?

[he's got a sinking feeling, but...]

[ragnalol]

...I'm fine.

[...]

Naoya's gone back home.