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folklorist) wrote2012-01-30 10:01 pm
folklorist) wrote2012-01-30 10:01 pm
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ϡ - Chapter ThirtyThree; An Unusual Return [Action|Voice] (backdated to early afternoon)
[Action: Locked to Robert and Helios]
[ It’s a normal day and everyone has gone back to their own worlds. The cacophony of unknown voices over the journals has ceased and there is simply silence. But it’s not as if either of these two would have remembered. They were both taken by the droids just before such events took place, and were replaced with ones that looked and acted just like them. No one knew they were gone and no one would have to.
Except…except things weren’t exactly right upon their return. They usually never were, to be fair. But this, this was something beyond anything Helios thought the Malnosso were capable of.
He was… he was warm...and the pain... The pain was gone; that constant dull pain that had been a part of his life for as long as he could remember...for as long as Elise has been gone. It wasn’t right.
Something is so very wrong right now, and he doesn’t know what to do.
Helios looks over at the scientist lying off to the side and he finally realizes that they’re in some random, empty, unclaimed house. Robert is sprawled on his side, wings twitching a little under his lab coat, but he otherwise looks normal.
It's only when Helios stoops close to shake him gently awake that he realizes something is wrong with him, too. Robert's hands are deathly cold against his palms...just like his usually are.
...They're going to have to talk.]
[Later action: Open to all]
[Eventually, Robert and Helios walk out of the building together, composed (enough) and ready to face all the inevitable accusations...though they will be very careful and recalcitrant about any major questions. And also a little reluctant to leave each other alone...especially not in their current conditions. Feel free to run into either of them on their meandering way back to House 55...they'd love the company.]
[Eventually, however, they'll get inside and be able to fish out Robert's journal...and then Helios fetches the journal to say a few words.]
Where is it? Oh! Yes it's on. [ He's always a bit more absentminded when there's a lot on his mind, forgive him. ]
It's b-been two days? N-No…around three, I believe. Ah, well, we’re both back. We’re both f-fine and, and there’s nothing to worry about! [ Oh yes. Nothing at all. ] W-We meaning Robert and I. H-He’s fine and-and if you want to speak with him you can. The Malnosso left us in better shape than usual. Ha...perhaps they are learning how to be compassionate. [ A light chuckle. ]
Yes, well, d-did anything happen? Is everyone…is everyone alright? [ A lot can happen in two days in Luceti after all. ]
[ OOC: Robert and Helios return from their mallynap! Feel free to specify in the subject line of your reply where your character is and who you want your character to talk to – either will talk if asked, though most action replies will probably be three-way threads.]
[ It’s a normal day and everyone has gone back to their own worlds. The cacophony of unknown voices over the journals has ceased and there is simply silence. But it’s not as if either of these two would have remembered. They were both taken by the droids just before such events took place, and were replaced with ones that looked and acted just like them. No one knew they were gone and no one would have to.
Except…except things weren’t exactly right upon their return. They usually never were, to be fair. But this, this was something beyond anything Helios thought the Malnosso were capable of.
He was… he was warm...and the pain... The pain was gone; that constant dull pain that had been a part of his life for as long as he could remember...for as long as Elise has been gone. It wasn’t right.
Something is so very wrong right now, and he doesn’t know what to do.
Helios looks over at the scientist lying off to the side and he finally realizes that they’re in some random, empty, unclaimed house. Robert is sprawled on his side, wings twitching a little under his lab coat, but he otherwise looks normal.
It's only when Helios stoops close to shake him gently awake that he realizes something is wrong with him, too. Robert's hands are deathly cold against his palms...just like his usually are.
...They're going to have to talk.]
[Later action: Open to all]
[Eventually, Robert and Helios walk out of the building together, composed (enough) and ready to face all the inevitable accusations...though they will be very careful and recalcitrant about any major questions. And also a little reluctant to leave each other alone...especially not in their current conditions. Feel free to run into either of them on their meandering way back to House 55...they'd love the company.]
[Eventually, however, they'll get inside and be able to fish out Robert's journal...and then Helios fetches the journal to say a few words.]
Where is it? Oh! Yes it's on. [ He's always a bit more absentminded when there's a lot on his mind, forgive him. ]
It's b-been two days? N-No…around three, I believe. Ah, well, we’re both back. We’re both f-fine and, and there’s nothing to worry about! [ Oh yes. Nothing at all. ] W-We meaning Robert and I. H-He’s fine and-and if you want to speak with him you can. The Malnosso left us in better shape than usual. Ha...perhaps they are learning how to be compassionate. [ A light chuckle. ]
Yes, well, d-did anything happen? Is everyone…is everyone alright? [ A lot can happen in two days in Luceti after all. ]
[ OOC: Robert and Helios return from their mallynap! Feel free to specify in the subject line of your reply where your character is and who you want your character to talk to – either will talk if asked, though most action replies will probably be three-way threads.]
[Voice] | Separate thread is a go! <3
S-Stop... stop doing wh-what...?
I... I am s-sorry, I... [And trailing off uselessly, now. Mostly because Robert doesn't know what else to say.]
Re: [Voice] - Apologies for Giles, he just woke up from being dead.
Don't apologize, Robert.
[Voice] | We're all allowed some crankiness after dying. |D
I... I...
... a-alright.
[Softly:] A-Are... a-are you... alright, Giles? D-Do you need something...?
[... Even in his current state he'd rather focus on someone else.]
Re: [Voice] And, y'know, being mentally tortured by a goddess of suffering.
Now, of course, he just sounds as tired as he feels. There's really no hiding it, not just yet.]
...s-suppose I, um, m-must have gotten kidnapped as well. Only, um, only sensible explanation.
You, you say you both have been gone three days, is that right?
[Voice] Oh yeah. Can't forget that. Robert escapes it by virtue of not existing anymore.
... A-Approximately, yes. Technically speaking, it was... about two and a half...
... N-Not the most... unpleasant stay, to... to be completely honest.
[For whatever reason, the rogues were gentler with them this time.]
... But, at the same time... it is n-not exactly something I... wish to repeat...
Re: [Voice] Lucky bastard. Of course, there was also Grell and Mirror!Helios...
...that must have been it. [It wouldn't be the first time he returned from the Malnosso feeling like this, although memories of the last time still make him sick.] Certainly not, not the first time someone's come back not remembering their stay there.
...are you all right? Actually all right, I mean, and not what Helios calls 'all right'?
[Voice] And Robert got Fell. And Monster Leo. And some others.
[Robert doesn't answer that at first, but...
... he really can't lie to Giles.]
... N-Not... not particularly...
[... His voice hitches, there, as another wave of the constant pain hits him. He doesn't even understand how Helios deals with this without going insane...]
... ... It has been... d-difficult... But please d-do not trouble yourself...
Re: [Voice] Except it wasn't actually him, so there!
Giles keeps his voice very slow and deliberate, so as not to snap again.]
Robert. I am hardly troubling myself. Not when someone has just been kidnapped, and particularly not when that someone is you or Helios.
[Besides. It's easier and the world seems to have less jagged edges if he's focusing on their problems.]
What can I do to help?
[Voice] True! 8D ... poor Giles.
...
Robert really doesn't know.]
...
I am... u-uncertain...
... Other than... m-making sure Helios is... a-alright, as much as p-possible...
... B-But. ... As for, er, m-myself... I do not th-think there is much that can be done...
Re: [Voice] And he got off lightly. No one brought in any of his villains.
There's always something that can be done, even to mitigate the damage. What, um... [Here he sighs, mentally cursing himself for how much difficulty he's having in keeping up at all.] What...has happened to the both of you, then? If, if you don't mind my asking, of course.
[Voice] :'[ Gods know he doesn't need anything worse.
"I don't want anyone to ask questions."
And of course someone has to ask them. And that someone has to be Giles.
... Derail...?]
Y-You mean he... has not mentioned himself...?
Re: [Voice] Well, no, when does he ever need to get hit with someone like Mirror!Helios?
...Giles does not mention here that he hung up on Helios and isn't quite in any fit state to advise or assist anyone directly right now. Robert isn't the only one who can derail.]
I haven't asked. Um, not yet, at least.
I thought I could ask you first.
[Voice] Never but we're all very cruel. |D;
... I... I d-do not think I am... a-able to say...
[The tone here suggests that it's something Robert would say if not for someone else.]
... B-But... I, I can a-assure you that... that it is nothing serious.
[Except it is. But it isn't likely to result in anybody's death, and Robert doesn't want Giles to worry more.]
Re: [Voice]
Not..."able" to say. Yes. [The suggestion is taken, Robert.] Is there anything you can say, then?
[Voice]
It depends how that thread goes.Either way, he is understating the harmfulness of this on purpose.]...
That I am... F-Frightened. And... and I m-might need... time to a-acclimatize to this.
... B-But... it could be w-worse.
[Helios could have gotten his body too, with its hideous scars.]