Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

[zerotohiro]

'Busy, leave a message!
...oh, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Whatever. Still busy!'

Hamada art by D-Joel, found on tumblr

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[faithfulflame]

[It's...hard enough to talk about this with her people from home, but there are a lot of people she needs to check up on. Hiro's one of them.]

Hiro, are you around?

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[zerotohiro]

[It takes time for him to respond due to the combination of sleeping for a long period of time and visits with people, but when he does respond he's focusing all of his attention on this conversation.]

Hi. Sorry, it's been...kind of a long morning. Are you okay? How are you? I'm glad you made it back.

[Slow down, kid.]

[faithfulflame]

It's fine. I haven't left bed yet.

[And it's...probably mid afternoon.]

I've been better. Ami's gone. Kael'thas is gone.

[bropane]

[ what he doesn't know won't hurt him. :) ]

[ to retaliate, he sends hiro a screencap of his thread with him. at the top is supposed to be his brother's name, but nope... it's "ruby's nerdfriend".

he just changed it just 5 seconds ago, too. ]

[zerotohiro]

[WOW???]

THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!



Man whatever, just text me when you're on the way home okay? [A pause. And then:] Please?

[zerotohiro]

...wait what? [Shit.] When did you find out, as soon as we got back? I...don't know who Kael'thas is. Sorry.

[faithfulflame]

She vanished last night I guess. Just...gone. I woke up, and her presence was gone.

I didn't think you knew him. He was the elf I mentioned. He made my bracelet.

[bropane]

Sure, will do, bro.

[zerotohiro]

I had no idea. I hadn't checked Tadashi's app. I'm sorry.

Two of them gone just like that. Were they in that place with us too?

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[mombastic]

Hello, Hiro! I was told you might be injured-- is that true?

[ said somewhat lightly, but there's still some concern there. ]

[undaunts]

[Hi...ro..........

She can't help it. She snorts a little under her breath, and then she's coughing a little because pizza cheese down her windpipe, but then when she's caught her breath, she just...has the most absurdly fond smile on her face despite herself. She's not really sure what she was expecting, but this...

It's just like Hiro, isn't it? To worry about other people, to be totally giving and selfless, and to not realize that the person she's talking about--]

I meant you, silly.

[She shifts to curl up a bit more on the couch, both because it's comfortable, and as a statement of intent. She isn't going anywhere.]

Didn't I say I wasn't going anywhere...? Just like this is fine, I think.

[If Hiro's ready to talk, they'll talk, and if not, they won't--but even so, it's a start and she's content with this.]

[faithfulflame]

It's fine.

They were, though I lost track of Kael after the first day.

Did everyone on your end make it back alright?

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[zerotohiro]

[He should have expected this call but somehow he didn't.]

Otome, hey. I...[And he stops. How to explain this...] It should be okay. Everything stopped bleeding I think.

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[mombastic]

... If the wound is still there, I'd like to see it.

[zerotohiro]

[He looks marginally bewildered when she starts to choke but she fixes that easily enough and he fixes with with yet another perplexed look.]

...oh. Right. [Blushing? Very lightly blushing. Is he ever going to get used to this? Probably much, much later. But okay...he can handle that. Curling in toward her and drawing the blanket-nest around them a little more even as he thinks of how to talk to her about everything that's happened.]

I'm really glad you don't listen to me when I say everything's fine.

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[zerotohiro]

It's mostly closed up. I got a friend to help heal a lot of it when we were out there but...do you want me to send you a picture to prove it? [A pause.] And how'd you find out anyway?

[zerotohiro]

Fine isn't really what I'd consider that, but if you say so.

We got back alive if that's what you mean. [Well. Almost all of them. But he's just not going to mention that. It's not his place to say.] We're all sort of in a state of recovery right now.

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[mombastic]

If you don't need it completely healed, that's fine, I trust you.

... and let's just say I have my sources.

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[zerotohiro]

[There's a short pause.]

So, I actually can't really get my arm angled to take a picture of it. But it's okay! [Another pause.]

...up for a house call?

[faithfulflame]

There's nothing I can do to change it. I have to be fine, and there's no other way this can be.

[For Minako and Usagi, if nothing else.]

That is good to know. No major injury?

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[mombastic]

Of course! I can head over immediately.

[2cool4guardian]

Would you really go around announcing out of nowhere that you died to everyone you know?

[zerotohiro]

Let me know what I can do for you guys. If anything. I know things were sort of...you know. Because of Ami. But just saying.

What would you count as major?

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[zerotohiro]

Cool. I'll send you my address in a sec. Just let me know when you have time. I appreciate it.

[And soon enough there's an address texted to her.]

[zerotohiro]

Well no but...[There's really no excuse. He's quiet again, frowning at Jack as he scrambles for a response.]

Sorry. I'm just surprised, okay? They keep bringing dead people here and I don't know what their game is. ["And it's not fair to those people."]