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[not_heavens_adam]

[No theatrics or flamboyant language today, just one tired vampire. He'd like to say he's only tired because he just woke up from one of those comas that aren't actually restful, but that's not the case.]

It's been about twelve days since Rinoa Heartilly left the city, I meant to say something but then, well, I wasn't available.

It's been nine days since Sola vanished as well. Considering the usual three-day rule, I suspect it isn't a temporary thing for either of them.

I still have access to Rinoa's apartment and much, if not all, of Sola's things are still here at the house. If either of them had something that belonged to someone else, let me know and I'll see if I can track it down.

[And with that exceedingly clinical and neutral announcement made, he just shuts off the recording.]

Comments

[Action] because you can't really hide from him

[behind_my_smile]

[Fai has been well aware of the absences but because of Johnny being asleep he has tried very hard to not think too much about them. He knew Johnny was going to be upset when he finally did awaken. Fai has been checking on the other every day, waiting for the day when his fellow vampire would finally awaken. Today when he went in to the room, Johnny was already gone. It isn't too long after that that he hears the broadcast.

There are only a few places that Fai knows Johnny would go. So he takes his chances and goes out on the hunt. It isn't long before he finds the other at their workplace. Sliding in quietly, Fai pauses by the door, unsure if his presence will really be welcome. He hasn't had to experience much loss on this world, but he knows it isn't easy and Johnny is a lot like him in many ways. Wanting to be alone is exactly how he would want to be...but he also knows how self destructive that can be.

He knows as well that his presence has probably already been discovered and so he moves softly across the bar.]

Johnny..[What can he really say?]

[Action] Maybe not, but he can try

[not_heavens_adam]

[Even with the bottle of vodka lodged in his head, Johnny could sense someone coming and was able to smell who it was as soon as Fai stepped inside. He couldn't really decide if he wanted the company or not, but he wasn't about to kick the other vampire out.

Either way, he knew he didn't want pity, it wouldn't get him anywhere and he was too angry at himself to accept it.]

I don't think I realized how easy it is to get comfortable here, how easy it is to take things for granted.

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[shippingmath]

Damn.
Didn't see that one coming.

[It's a genuine disappointment for Dirk. He's gotten pretty fond of Sola by now.]

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[not_heavens_adam]

Neither did I, it was a well orchestrated plot twist.

[Because nothing can convince him this wasn't the Head Nurse's doing in response to him mouthing off to her.]

[Voice]

[fightforastar]

Maybe it's best for her, if she went home. She seemed pretty down lately.

[Voice]

[not_heavens_adam]

Perhaps you're right. She was homesick and still had things to do. She's probably happier for it.

[That didn't mean he wasn't going to miss her like crazy, though.]

[Voice/Private]

[seaborg]

[It's hard to tell without being able to connect the voice to a face, especially when the conversation happened a few weeks ago, but Pyunma is fairly certain he remembers who this is. The names he lists are unfamiliar, but loss he's familiar with. And this man has tried to help him before- he'll try to return the favor.

He spends a few minutes figuring out how to set his response to private, and double-checking that. And when he does respond, he does his best to echo their previous conversation.]

Sometimes it's difficult to get close to strangers. But it can help, if you're willing.

[Voice/Private]

[not_heavens_adam]

[Johnny was lucky he was the type who was good with voices, names, and faces alike because, if not, he might not have placed it. When he does, he smiles a bit, even if it can't be seen. The attempt to help was appreciated.]

Yes, I suppose it can. It has before. It's just hard when you keep losing them once they quit being strangers.

[Voice]

[makainoou]

What three-day rule? Nine days is barely more than a week.

[Voice]

[not_heavens_adam]

The three days that seems to apply when people vanish from this place temporarily.

Granted, there have been some that have vanished for longer, but rarely longer than a week.

[Voice]

[coolerthansora]

I'm- sorry.

[They seemed so happy together. Well, Sola seemed really happy about it anyway.]

He could still come back.

[Voice]

[not_heavens_adam]

As am I.

I wish I could hold hope in that, however...

[He hesitates, but then decides it doesn't really matter if he's being listened in on or not.]

However, I believe this was different than what normally happens.

[Voice]

[closedcircuit]

I'm sorry.

If you'd like to talk, or spar, I'm here.

[Voice]

[not_heavens_adam]

...there's nothing to talk about.

Sparring I would be up for.

[Video]

[double_edged]

...Colonel Jade Curtiss has also fallen comatose.

Not the way I planned to have this curse end, in all honesty.

[Video]

[not_heavens_adam]

Ah...I'm sorry.

These curses only seem to end well half the time, if even that. Perhaps that is just the trouble with living in such an unstable place.

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[dontsaymyname]

[ Barry listened to the message with a mix of pleasure and sadness. Pleasure because he'd been proven right, sadness because he knew his Addy was hurting.

[ He went over to his window and focused on where Johnny was. In an instant he'd dematerialized into a flurry of bats, and landed again right outside the bar where Johnny was. He walked in quietly moving till he was right beside Johnny. ]

Addy...

[Action]

[not_heavens_adam]

[The scent hit him before the voice, but it was the voice that made him tense up. Johnny kept his eyes on his glass and kept his tone the same clinical neutral it had been during his post.]

What do you want?

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[onlyasign]

Oh no...

[This is what Sola always worried about, what he feared... going back. Going back and not knowing if he would be just gone, or into the Neverending Light, or... nothing at all.]

I'm so sorry, Johnny.

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[not_heavens_adam]

[Johnny's been keeping his voice even and clinical, almost detached for almost every other conversation he's had. He doesn't try to pull that with Sufferer, he knows how close he and Sola had been; how much the troll meant to him and how much Sufferer must be hurting as well.]

Me too...I'm sorry as well.

I know he loved you very much.

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[p2iioniicii2t]

He was a good child. His loss is to be considered a loss for the whole of this city.

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[not_heavens_adam]

Yes, I agree...He talked a lot about you. Thank you for being there for him, I know he appreciated it.

[Voice]

[ourfirststeps]

[There was a pause coming Bianca before she could say anything.]

...I'm sorry...

I...I just hope that they're going to be okay back home...

[Voice]

[not_heavens_adam]

[Johnny hesitates before he responds.]

I'm sure Rinoa will be, she has a lot of friends to help her and she's strong.

Sola...I don't know.

[warriorofwinds]

Sola's gone too?

[not_heavens_adam]

Yeah...sorry.

[Voice]

[wavesofjade]

[There's just a soft sigh at first. She's been lucky until now not to lose anyone she'd become close to, but this loss stings more keenly than many others might.]

I am sorry to hear about Sola... If he truly has left here permanently, I shall miss him very dearly. He was-- he is an important part of the family I have gained here.

[Voice]

[not_heavens_adam]

I am sorry as well.

[Especially since he sort of feels like it's his fault for pissing off the Head Nurse.]

I know he loved everyone he considered his family very much. And perhaps there is hope that he will return.

[Even if Johnny doesn't believe in that hope.]

[voice]

[bufudine]

[...Troubling. Though he had returned after much longer than three days. Still.]

Thank you for letting us know.

[He knows how close they had been to Johnny. And himself, though he hadn't known Sola very well.]

Would you like company?

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[not_heavens_adam]

I'm sorry, Serph.

[He felt a little bad, he hadn't thought to contact anyone in the Embryon first and he really should have, knowing how close they'd been with Rinoa.]

I wouldn't be opposed to it, no. I'm in my tavern.