[ voice - forward-dated to morning ]

[underachieves]

[He sounds hoarse, like he just woke up. Or maybe a little worse than that.]

I'm here, um, if anyone...

[- cares, he means, but he doesn't finish the thought. There's some shifting of sheets, because he's in bed still, and he sniffles like he has a cold.]

...

Is the power out?

[He's at his factory loft, not the boarding house.]

Comments

video

[yosukecantstop]

[The first thing you'll see is the floor. Yeah, dude, you've just been dropped. Then shakily picked up again. He can't see you, but he's staring anyway. He's as pale as he was the first night you met him, but not nearly as loud. It takes him a few dry swallows to even get anything out.]

Here where?

[underachieves]

My place.

[yosukecantstop]

...So you're safe? Never mind. It's like I could-

[He'd started putting his shoes on, but stopped halfway through. Sigh.]

I...where were you, dude?

[underachieves]

Sorry. I was gone a while, huh?

[tinderfoot]

[Oh, hey there, familiar voice that sounds a bit worse for wear.]

What happened to you?

[underachieves]

Nothing.

[tinderfoot]

[Yeah he's not buying that.]

You sick?

[underachieves]

Yeah.

voice | private

[regeneratesalot]

Where were you?

voice | private

[underachieves]

SERO.

voice | private

[regeneratesalot]

[ That was what she had been afraid of. She hesitates before speaking. ]

Are you okay?

voice | private

[underachieves]

Yeah.

[action]

[sequincy]

[guess who's also coming to the factory loft?]

[action]

[underachieves]

[He's still in bed, curled up in the blankets because it's fucking cold.]

[action]

[sequincy]

[he lets himself in, but stops at the bedroom to rap his knuckles on the door.]

[underachieves]

You know... you don't have to knock.

[troublesmells]

H-hey...what d'you mean? Where'd you go? [Larry isn't the best at keeping tabs on people. Although he gets better when he gets to know them better.]

You sound horrible.

[underachieves]

Nowhere. It's nothing.

[troublesmells]

Whaddaya mean, nothing?

[underachieves]

I mean nothing. Just that I'm here, if anyone was looking.