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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]

Then... I don't see why it wouldn't be.

[contract_star]

[Fidgets a little. GODDAMN CHILDHOOD HABITS.]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Sits up on his elbows and tilts his head.] I'll be alright... if you don't want to hang around.

[contract_star]

Well, I'm starting to think that I need to babysit you or something.

...

That reminds me...who has Deneb contracted to them right now? You or Jack?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I don't need to be babysat.

[Although he wonders if he should resent the fact that led to Deneb... >->;] Um... the Captain. It seems we traded off.

[contract_star]

Right.

Is that alright? Are you and Deneb okay?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I don't.

... I assume he's fine, if the Captain could tell they were contracted now. [Avoiding Hei's gaze a little though. :\]

[contract_star]

Oh, I believe you. [LOL NOT.]

You're not telling me something.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Hei-san... [That almost came out as a whine, but not quite.]

Eh...? Like what?

[contract_star]

[Can't help a little smirk. Whines right back,] Ryotarou-kun...

I don't know.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[>:! Ryotarou pouts just a little, although he's kind of trying not to smile too.]

... Then maybe there's nothing to tell.

[contract_star]

[Yay, Hei's bad mood is gone! Mostly.]

I don't believe that, either.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Well, that's good, because Ryotarou is sighing a little and sitting up fully now.]

It's... nothing.

[contract_star]

[Sighs.] Fine, then.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Small sigh back.] Sorry. [And now he's murmuring something to himself, since Hei had to bring up Deneb.]

[contract_star]

What was that?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Just, um... [deliberating pause] Deneb kept most of the money.

[contract_star]

...The money? Then where have you been staying? What have you been eating?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I stay on ZeroLiner. I have some money, just... not much.

[contract_star]

[A bit worried now.] ...You didn't answer my second question.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Eh? Oh. ... I've been eating. [shrug?]

[contract_star]

... [Facepalms.] You really are hopeless, you know that?

[Jerks his head in the direction of the kitchen, since there's NO WAY he's going back to his own reality :|] Come on.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[... blink.] Eh?

[contract_star]

I'm going to feed you before you starve. There'd better be a step stool...

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to starve... [Yet, he stands up slowly, and a bit shakily. A sharp intake of breath, but it's more pins and needles than anything.]