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[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[On the Plane appears a large mound of rubble, shifting uneasily as though it were just placed there and didn't have time to settle. A slightly corroded pillar stands next to the mound, teetering back and forth before it balances and stays where it is.

For a moment, nothing happens. Then... the rubble shifts and a hand pops out. It waves around before it finds good purchase among the rest of the debris, and soon, Ryotarou pulls himself out of the mess and rolls off the mound, stopping on his side. He's dirty and bloodied, and there are rips in his clothing where the sharper pieces broke through. The smaller cuts have healed already, but the larger ones are taking longer.

As it is, he just lets his head fall to the 'ground' and breathes in the fresh air.]

(ooc: ... This time, it is the fault of AIM dice.)

Comments

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

If I do.. I don't think it would last long.

I'm not sure. I was walking past, but then... the building collapsed.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

It's nothing, all right? [fffff]

Just like that?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

But... you look...

[Sighs.] As far as I can tell, at least.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

I look like myself. [Irrrritated]

Are you going to be all right? [Checks his cuts]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Yes, but... younger.

I think so. They're healing.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Ugggh] Like I said, you're probably seeing things. It's Jack's immortality, right? His head is probably the last thing to heal.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[... amused little smile, though he tries to hide it.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Really, though. Are you all right?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I am. It's healing already, see?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

I have to say... I'm glad you still had the immortality.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

A-ah... Me too. [... Ish. He's still not quite happy being stuck with it for now, but he knows Jack's happy having some not-immortal time, so.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Gentle hand on his shoulder and in her young, worried voice.] Ryotarou-kun?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[flksdnl Touching. He flinches just a bit, not from the rapidly disappearing pain, either.] ... mm?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Drops her hand from his shoulder immediately, remembering what Hei was like when he came back.] What's wrong?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

N-nothing. [Tries to smile a little.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[This is Mini!Misaki, making a face of I Don't Believe You]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[But she didn't say anything, so Ryotarou doesn't reply.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Ryotarou-kun. [Sigh] I don't believe you.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[... and now he's looking away.] What do you believe, then?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Don't try to evade me with existentialism. What's wrong?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

It wasn't— [cuts himself off, and sighs] I just... don't like being touched.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

All right, fine. That's part of it. What else is bothering you?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

What else?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Yes, Ryotarou-kun, what else.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter.