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[twicebonded]

WHAT In person or texting, I don't know, I'm not your boss
WHERE Wherever you'd be at night
WHEN Day 1, night
NOTES aj said i was allowed to make a new post

[So, you've survived your first—or fiftieth, or five-hundredth—day in Quiet Mounds. Tonight, it's raining—or, it's not. Maybe you're trying to get used to your new, quiet apartment. The electricity is buzzing in that way that's hard to ignore, a silence so loud it's deafening, in that poetic sort of way.]

[Or maybe you're one of the sad sacks still working at the 24/7 joints. Or their why-am-I-even-up-this-late customers. You're the reason why capitalism does this to people, you know.]

[☽ ☽ ☽]

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[twicebonded]

[well, this guy is bedraggled and wet, dragging his feet as he makes his way through the dark street at night, hands in his pockets, not really watching where he's going. sad boy? danger to society? lost and confused? who knows]

[chasethedragon]

[ guess what im dressed fancy now i mean. bumping into him is fine, it's dark, he's in a good mood for once. but also staring down at him. ] Boy.

[twicebonded]

[draws in a quick breath]

Oh—I'm so sorry . . .

[chasethedragon]

... [ waves a hand, vaguely, and the rain slows above the two of them into a light drizzle. ] Don't humans catch cold, like this?

[twicebonded]

I'm—I'm fine, how did you do that?

[chasethedragon]

[ headtilts, not unlike a dog or lizard. ] I can stop it entirely, if it is not sufficient. I did not suppose it would matter much, when you are already soaked.

[twicebonded]

[he tilts his head back to peer at the sky, droplets tracing back into his hair]

I haven't attempted major weatherworking. It's possible, of course, but usually not without considerable repercussions, I was led to understand.

[abardacttofollow]

[JINGLE JINGLE says your pocket]

[twicebonded]

. . .

[he ducks under an awning before pulling out his phone]

[abardacttofollow]

Awake?

[twicebonded]

[goes through, like, a complete range of emotions all in one disorienting sweep. heart lurching with excitement, then a shock of joy, then crushing guilt, then seeping despair]

[he takes a while to respond because he's trembling and trying not to cry. eventually:]

Not asleep?

[abardacttofollow]

I have mastered this well enough to message you even in my sleep.

[twicebonded]

Oh. So impressive.

[cinnaponroll]

[He knocks into him in the darkness, then reaches out to touch his shoulder.]

Oi - sorry about that.

[twicebonded]

—Tsuzuki!

[cinnaponroll]

Vanyel? I didn't see you there.

[looks him over]

[twicebonded]

[wearing a very wet hoodie]

Sorry. I was just . . . taking a walk.

[at midnight. in the rain.]

[cinnaponroll]

Same here.

[Concerned tho]

Are you okay?

[twicebonded]

. . . yes. I—just couldn't sleep. In there.

[eforeveryone]

[WHO IS YOU. Also soaked. you look uh, not great. or like people who secretly want to ambush Link. Link taps him]

[twicebonded]

[he jumps. bananas spill out of his bag]

—oh. Yes? I'm sorry . . .

[eforeveryone]

? Sorry?

[twicebonded]

Did you need something?

[eforeveryone]

Whatcha doing?

[twicebonded]

Just—walking. I think . . . I got distracted.