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[devotedtothecore]

Who: Chrys, Apartment C residents, other passersby
When: Day 49, morning
Where: Apartment C
What:

[ so the guy who's been unconscious on Aerta's floor since yesterday afternoon is up and...... examining the backside of the fridge intently, though his face stills looks like the winner of the World's Worst Migraine award ]

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[devotedtothecore]

.....



[ heads over and opens the door ]

[followthewind]

[. . . swallows hard when he does, but doesn't move]

Chrys.

[devotedtothecore]

[


this. this is a long, blank stare. ]

[devotedtothecore]

[ ---PUNCHES IN THE FACE ]

[followthewind]

[PUNCHED and knocked down with a curse.

. . . d . . . doesn't get back up . . . ]

[devotedtothecore]

[ ...I guess I will just watch your prone body for a moment and flex my mechanical fingers


and then bend down and hold out a hand ]

[followthewind]

. . .

[takes it ;;]

[devotedtothecore]

[ ...pulls him up and into a tight bro hug ;; ]

Don't say I never warned you.

[followthewind]

[stiffens, breath hitching . . . then just slumps into it, hugging back tightly ;;]

[devotedtothecore]

Lightdamned bastard.

[followthewind]

[UGHHH I HATE YOU AND THESE FEELINGS]

Screw you, Cephean.

[devotedtothecore]

[ DEAL WITH IT ]

Now there's words I haven't heard in ages.

[ pulls back a bit with both hands on your shoulders ]

[followthewind]

[not quite meeting Chrys' eyes]

Haven't said 'em in ages.

[devotedtothecore]

By all accounts... there'll be time for that again, now.

[followthewind]

. . . so it seems.

[swallows]

'm - I'm sorry.

[devotedtothecore]

...




[ raps metal knuckles against your forehead, lightly ]

Heh. I don't doubt it.

[followthewind]

[. . . god I haven't seen you smile AT ALL in forever and ugh noooo

HUGGING AGAIN ;;]

[devotedtothecore]

[ ha ha :') hugging back ]

[followthewind]

[soooo many feelings. Thunks his head against Chrys' shoulder]

You - were unconscious, when I got here. You feelin' better now?

[devotedtothecore]

[ ...doesn't answer for a few moments, just standing there. ]

I'm awake.

[followthewind]

. . .

[steps back and looks up at him finally, though one hand remains tangled in his shirt]

Better'n nothin', I guess.

[devotedtothecore]

[ and from this close, it's clear to see the lines and patches of scars over his jaw and neck... marks all too unfamiliar, even remembering his face in the last days. ]

...

[followthewind]

[now that he's looking . . . reaches up, almost to touch them, but draws his hand back instead]

. . . what happened t'you?

[devotedtothecore]

[ the smile levels out... he doesn't move away from the hand, but looks away, down the corridor. ]

...let that be a tale for another day.

Have you seen the sky, Raven?

[followthewind]

[. . .]

I got a lot of stories in my future. Yours better be first.

[nods] First thing most people did when they saw me was drag me out there.