Voice

[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

[Voice]

[not_heavens_adam]

We don't really have a choice on whether we'll be alright or not, do we? Whether we are or not, time will keep going no matter what we feel.

...but I appreciate you asking.

[Video]

[double_edged]

...Colonel Jade Curtiss has also fallen comatose.

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

[Voice]

[not_heavens_adam]

Heh...I'll miss him too.

[He's lived with a raging tsundere for over a hundred years, Laharl, he knows these tricks.]

[Action]

[not_heavens_adam]

[Part of him was tempted to reach out to his companion and find some comfort in contact like he sometimes did, but he restrained himself. This was his fault, maybe not Rinoa's disappearance, but Sola's, so he didn't deserve comfort right now.

Instead, he took a sip from his glass and stared ahead at the lines of alcohol on the far wall.]

Yeah...Maybe it is easier to just stay away. Detach. It didn't hurt to lose anyone back then cause no one was close enough.

[He downed the rest of the contents and left the glass on the bar so he could bury his face in his arms.]

[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.

[Action]

[behind_my_smile]

[Johnny didn't have to reach out. Instead Fai leans over and rests his head against Johnny's.]

That's hard to do..even if we want to do it. And in some cases it's too late.

[Fai relies on Johnny a little more then he would like to admit. He isn't sure how well he would hold up if the older vampire suddenly disappeared one day. The first time he had only been gone a little while and it had been rough enough.]

[Video]

[double_edged]

And we're meant to simply put up with this, if I'm not mistaken?

[Action]

[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]

Yeah...

[And it was too late, he certainly wasn't going to pull away from Fai or his brother or Ky just because it might hurt and the problem with having friends is that, often times, you don't realize how close they're getting till it's too late.

He shifted and turned and buried his face in Fai's neck. The other vampire was the only person Johnny felt he could actually afford to be open with now.]

Fai...I don't know what to do now.

[Video]

[not_heavens_adam]

As I've understood it. It's been the same for the last two years, and some people have been here longer than I; I'm certain they would attest that that has always been the case.

[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?

[Voice]

[coolerthansora]

Even- if he doesn't remember, he'll still be Sola.

[Voice]

[not_heavens_adam]

...I'm not so certain.

He wasn't Sola when he first arrived here, not in his own mind.

[Voice]

[coolerthansora]

I think there's something deeper than that.

The memories are important, and the connections, but- there's still something else that makes him him.

voice, filtered

[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.

voice;

[p2iioniicii2t]

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

[Action]

[behind_my_smile]

[Fai reaches up and slowly pets Johnny's hair. He wishes he could fix things but he really doesn't know how to help in these kinds of situations. But he won't leave Johnny's side.]

We do what we always do when someone leaves..we accept that pain and then keep moving forward. It's all we can do.

[Voice]

[makainoou]

I never said I'd miss him!

[Shut up these are totally his real feelings okay.]

[Voice]

[fightforastar]

We may not have a choice in how we feel, but we have a choice in how we deal with it.

So if you need some company, I don't mind.

[Video]

[double_edged]

...and how long does it take, for one to wake out of these 'comas'?

[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...

[Text]

[shippingmath]

[So much for Sola's praying to the coral. It wasn't likely to work anyway, but it's kind of a disappointment to see that kind of naive optimism proved wrong.]

I'll keep an eye out around the Plaza.
Dirk Strider, by the way.
Sola's a friend.

[Action]

[dontsaymyname]

I think you know.

[ Barry reached over to put his hands on Johnny's shoulders and wrap him in a light hug if the vampire would allow it. ]

I heard about Rinoa, and Sola...

[Video]

[not_heavens_adam]

It just depends, unfortunately. I've seen them last only a matter of days, I've also seen them last up to a full month if not more. There doesn't seem to be a real pattern for it.

[Video]

[double_edged]

I'm willing to remain at his side for however long it takes.