006 ▪ video (or action for roommates)

[grimreaping]

[ The Seal doesn't seem to know it's not supposed to be in use at the moment, and is showing Kid sitting in the exact middle of his bed in Rotterdam. What little can be seen of the room shows that it's obsessively symmetrical and the nightstand, lamp and clock which had once been Izaya's now make both sides of the room perfectly mirrored

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voice

[foreseen_future]

[She's reciting the numerals in Interlac, with a hint of soothing tones of Naltorian.]

video;

[grimreaping]

[ Kid shivers a bit, but his eyes don't track the voice coming from the Seal. ]

voice

[foreseen_future]

[She continues in Interlac, using softer tones. Soothing tones. Hush tones. She's calmed the most tumultuous mind of the Legion with her tones. She can do this.]

voice;

[grimreaping]

[ somewhere deep under the trappings of his paranoia, he's recognizing her voice and switches numbers sequences to consecutive perfect numbers, hoping to make it go away ]

6, 28, 496, 8128, 33550336, 8589869056, 137438691328...

voice;

[truthsfortune]

[UH OH.]

Kid-san....?

voice;

[grimreaping]

[ oh no oh no oh no, something interrupted him. now he's got to start counting all over again. ]

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36...

voice;

[truthsfortune]

[c-concerned....

but she doesn't want to bother him again.

stays quiet for now...?]

voice;

[grimreaping]

[ eventually he either runs out of numbers or simply the will to speak them aloud and sits quietly on the bed, head bowed ]

[Video]

[assassinmvp]

Kid? Hey, are you okay?

[Normally Yamamoto would steer the hell clear of complicated-sounding numbers (WRITE THE FORMULA FOR THIS SEQUENCE, NOOOO) but Death the Kid over here sounds like he's ten kinds of traumatized.]

voice

[grimreaping]

[ Numbers make sense. Numbers are predictable. Numbers certainly don't pick him up and try to squeeze the perfectly respectable symmetry right out of him. ]

Nn...

voice

[assassinmvp]

[That is not a reassuring response to "are you okay"]

H-hey- Are you hurt? Do you need some help? I can get you a doctor or come over there right away!

Re: voice

[grimreaping]

[ noisy ]

I'm not hurt.

[ damn, now he's forgotten where in the sequence he was. deep breaths. try again. ]

0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36...

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[skirtindanger]

[... ooooh boy, he's having another one of those moments again, isn't he]

Kid? Hey-- snap out of it.

video;

[grimreaping]

[ he's been doing remarkably well since his arrival, given Splendor's natural chaos? but it was only a matter of time. and aliens, time and aliens. ]

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[skirtindanger]

[a frown, and again, a little louder:]

Kid.

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[grimreaping]

[ very long pause. like possibly he hung up on her.

but then, mechanically: ]

Maka.

[ video ]

[twilightelement]

Er...are you okay? [and is he really reciting all the square numbers?]

[ video ]

[grimreaping]

[ Yes he is, and Kid's got a good memory so this could go on for a while. ]

[ video ]

[twilightelement]

Uh...hello? [maybe she should just leave him alone. but she'll at least say this much.]

Well I have to say I'm impressed you could recite the perfect squares so, well, perfectly! I don't think even I could do that.

Re: [ video ]

[grimreaping]

[ what a perfectly nice compliment you just paid him! ]

You... think so? That I'm doing it perfectly? [ he sounds flattered ]