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CHARACTERS: All
WHERE: Bearings
WHEN: Day 052
SUMMARY: Aoba's late to get back from the party with intel that may not matter anymore.
WARNINGS: Will update as necessary.
[ Visions of the fund raising party are still in his head, dreamlike as he struggles to wake himself from a heavy sleep. From admist the swirling lights and silken fabrics, there's a sense of urgency. He needs to reconnect. Fragments of memory are flung haphazardly through the network, frantic and scattering. Shards of a broken ice sculpture slide across a ballroom floor, cold, worried.
A string quartet mixes oddly with an off-rhythm beat as his thoughts try settle back into some semblance of order. Thud, thud - his pulse and the threat of a headache mix with the memory of a dreamed up applause in a theater. One not his, but of the man whose mind he entered that night. He had tried to get the information he found out to at least one other host, but there's no recollection of success in his half-awake state.
Finally, a connection is established. A somewhat coherent thought, as he jolts up- ]
Goram Saffit is in contact with H+H1...!
[ He's a little late to leaving the party and joining the current time. A groggy look around his empty room and the pristine state of his bed are a clue. ]
Ugh... I'm afraid to ask, but... how long was I out?
WHERE: Bearings
WHEN: Day 052
SUMMARY: Aoba's late to get back from the party with intel that may not matter anymore.
WARNINGS: Will update as necessary.
[ Visions of the fund raising party are still in his head, dreamlike as he struggles to wake himself from a heavy sleep. From admist the swirling lights and silken fabrics, there's a sense of urgency. He needs to reconnect. Fragments of memory are flung haphazardly through the network, frantic and scattering. Shards of a broken ice sculpture slide across a ballroom floor, cold, worried.
A string quartet mixes oddly with an off-rhythm beat as his thoughts try settle back into some semblance of order. Thud, thud - his pulse and the threat of a headache mix with the memory of a dreamed up applause in a theater. One not his, but of the man whose mind he entered that night. He had tried to get the information he found out to at least one other host, but there's no recollection of success in his half-awake state.
Finally, a connection is established. A somewhat coherent thought, as he jolts up- ]
Goram Saffit is in contact with H+H1...!
[ He's a little late to leaving the party and joining the current time. A groggy look around his empty room and the pristine state of his bed are a clue. ]
Ugh... I'm afraid to ask, but... how long was I out?
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What? Again?
[ He realizes a second later he shouldn't be or sound judgemental, not with the way he drops in and out of consciousness too. ]
N... never mind. Are you alright?
[ The concern behind the question is genuine. Petre's been without any brood for at least a couple of days. ]
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Petulantly, he answers. ]
( No. I didn't ant to be alone. Then you both fucking left me. )
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I'm sorry. I never meant to... I'm sure no one in our brood meant to.
[ Their states of mind are so beyond their control now with the symbiote attached, it hardly makes sense to apologize for it. But if it helps even a little, he'll apologize again. ]
I'm almost afraid to ask, but... what kind of sleep does it feel like to you?
[ Because if it's the same kind he's feeling... no, he doesn't want to dwell on it, but he'll let Petre confirm it. ]
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( It feels like she's gone. )
[ His heart, if he has one, sinks. ]
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[ It's not so much a thought as it is a repeated feeling. A stubborn refusal to believe, though the empty void Angel has left behind is already proof. He thought Petre confirming it would be an acceptance, but he's diving headfirst into denial. ]
She's... she's felt far away before. I'm sure she'll...
[ He has to believe that she'll come back. Otherwise, he's trapped in his own mind with the member of Adara who has always frightened him the most. ]
I... need to go get some air.
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[ It angers him, because he's a selfish little shit, that Aoba would grieve about Angel being gone too. He still thinks she was his more than she was Aoba's, despite all of them being in the same brood. ]
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[ He just needs to go outside, though Petre finds something unrelated to accuse him of.
His denial quickly flares to anger, temper beginning to smoke and smolder. Angel isn't here to stamp it out this time. There's an effort beneath his mental voice to keep it calm, level- ]
I can't exactly do that, so... if you're worrying, don't. I've been asleep for a while too, I just need some fresh air.
[ Despite the forced calm, his tone and mood imply his desire to be alone. He needs to grieve in his own way, whether Petre likes it or not, whether he believes it or not.
Perhaps they could cope faster if they allowed themselves to grieve together, but... part of Aoba's denial is rejecting this idea too. ]
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[ An annoyed protest. ]
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[ It's a quick comeback, not very thought out and childish. A stray ember leftover from the flare of his temper. ]