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[toplay_thefool]

[THIS POST IS BACKDATED, AND FOLLOWS DIRECTLY AFTER THIS THREAD!]

[The screen is a blur at first. Not much can be seen, really - the moonlight isn't quite generous enough to illuminate the scene, especially not with the trees towering all around, and instead there are only highlights, silver slivers running along rocks and dirt and bracken, and

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[protectsfools]

Souji-san.

Please, may I come and see you?

[toplay_thefool]

Aigis. [He hisses a breath, but maintains that composure. He might be trying to smile, reassuringly.] You're - welcome to.

[protectsfools]

Thank you. I'll come find you soon.

[toplay_thefool]

Are you okay?

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[a_la_turk]

[ And Valeria hears his words, feels the weight of them against her heart and mind sharply and can't help but stop in her tracks as their meaning catches up to her. She knows it, what it means Souji did when he caught up to Adachi, and she knows all too well how he must feel in that moment. Like he looks. Possibly, probably worse. He's that kind of person and it's because he's that kind of person that she finds herself tripping over her words in an attempt to find what it is she needs to say. ]

Souji, you...

[ She swallows. Shakes her head, though he can't see it, and forcibly reminds herself that there's a time and a place for everything. This isn't the time for talk, it's the time for action, so she ignores the tightening knot in her stomach and exhales softly, her voice calm. ]

Where are you, Souji?

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[toplay_thefool]

[It's almost easy to say this now - automatic.]

Forest. Not far in - a little past the temple path. People are coming.

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[a_la_turk]

I'm coming, too.

[ She says as much perhaps too quickly, but she's scarcely concerned with the matter of her verbal demeanor at the moment. People aren't her and she's concerned. She's going, no matter what he or anyone else says. ]

So just hold tight, okay?

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[toplay_thefool]

Mm. Okay.