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[somekindofsin]

--how on earth you managed to shatter it! I didn't even know that lath was capable of shattering! Honestly, if you would stop using your crossbow as a cudgel, Van Helsing, we wouldn't have to endure these long--you're not even listening to me, are you?

...Van Helsing?

Oh, Heaven damn it all. How I'm expected to get anything done while moving from

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[valentineluke]

*not thrilled to see the friar's back*

Then neither does this one!

[somekindofsin]

*not thrilled to be back with evil vampires, kthx*

[pinkikemenhero]

.. Carl-san?

[somekindofsin]

Don't sound so surprised, Hiiragi. I almost had to come back, didn't I? I'm hardly done with this City, and heaven forbid you and Jun be left without responsible adult supervision.

[pinkikemenhero]

.. Heh. It's good to have you back.

[somekindofsin]

It's good to be back, although I do wish Uta hadn't left. A goodbye would have been--no, maybe it wouldn't have been all that pleasant.

[rockstar_otouto]

Carl-san! You're back!

[somekindofsin]

It seems so, yes! Really, it's wonderful to see you again. You can't imagine how dull my company usually is.

Have I missed anything?

[rockstar_otouto]

Umm. Not much besides the usual curses. .. And Uta-chan's gone home.

[somekindofsin]

Nothing of note, then? That's for the best, I suppose.

What? When did this happen?

[horrible_phd]

Carl!

[somekindofsin]

Ah, so a month isn't long enough for my name to be forgotten entirely, is it?

[Private // Unhackable]
Some of my notes seem to be missing. You wouldn't have them by any chance, would you? Not that I mind, of course, but I'd rather know they were in safe hands.

How are you, and what alias are you going by at the moment?

[Private]

[horrible_phd]

I kind of borrowed them. You weren't here. I tried not to knock too much other stuff over getting to them. I can give them back right away.

I'm okay. I think. Maybe not. I sort of...anyway it's nothing to worry about. And I'm going by Dr. Horrible. Except sometimes, when I'm not. Not with Penny, but I'm just sort of waiting to see if she figures things out on her own because I still haven't worked up the nerve to tell her.

[Private]

[somekindofsin]

Don't bother returning them, really. I've taken to hiding copies here and there after the last flash fire, so it's no loss at all.

That makes absolutely no sense. Don't you think, perhaps, that she would be more receptive to the truth if she heard it from you rather than discovered it for herself? It's not as if you're committing heinous criminal acts in the City. The secret identity isn't really necessary.

[favoritetraitor]

Carl? You were gone? That would explain why things were so quiet... Ah, Marishka won't be pleased...

[somekindofsin]

For very nearly a month, yes. How goes life in the City, then? The clock's still ticking, curses are still afflicting the populace regularly...?

[favoritetraitor]

Life in the City? Yes, things are still affecting the populace as before. Some more so than others...

You've been well?

[somekindofsin]

Oh? How so?

Of course, yes. And you?