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Goddamn.

[How long has it been? A week? It's been one short week. Not even. Since whatever peace he's had in years was swept away from him, only to let him be thrust into another battle. One battle which he had to surrender to protect his people. Did he have to? Maybe it was giving them unnecessary leverage, but at least it got them off the colony for now. And for now, he needed time to think. So many questions, so little time to get answers. Duo had his wrists bound in front of them when he dropped onto the Plane, his lip busted open and he was sporting a nice shiner.

Duo could not for the life of him catch a break. And that was starting to wear him down and the stress was beginning to build. He fumbled with the doors to the bar and staggered off to the side to start picking the cuffs. Once he heard that satisfying clip he threw them aside in frustration, pulling both hands to grasp his head. Noin had said he was brave, but she had no idea how foolish he felt right now.]

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Duo!

[Conan had been poking around the storeroom attached to the bar when the metallic click and subsequent rattle of the cuffs caught his attention. He couldn't immediately identify the sound, coming out of the room to catch Duo clutching his head. That was blood -- and in the corner, there, handcuffs? --]

Ha.

Bad day?

((ooc: assuming that 'dropped onto the colony' is meant to be 'dropped onto the plane'?))

[ooc: fixed. Gotta stop rping so late at night!]

[Bad day? He grunted and looked at the kid with only mild recognition. It'd been a bad week. Perhaps Conan would notice that he was missing that long braid of his this time too?]

Tch. You... Yeah. Bad day.

[The lack of the braid was a pretty noticeable difference, yeah. Conan hesitated before disappearing back into the storeroom, but when he returned it was with a bag of ice which he wrapped in a dish cloth and held out to Duo.]

[He held his palm to his forehead and slowly turned to look at the kid again when he returned. Hm. He took the bag and the cloth and tenderly placed it to his bruised forehead, wincing at the cold before leaning into it.]

Thank you.

You're welcome.

[Conan determinedly scrambles up on to the barstool next to Duo.]

Things ... aren't so peaceful at the moment?

No. Not really.

Kinda in the middle of a war here. [Surely his power of deductions could figure that things are amiss. He let his shoulders fall as he pressed the icepack against his forehead.]

[Conan's not sure if he's relieved or not. On the one hand, except for a handful of magicians, the only time he's encountered handcuffs has been on a case (and some of those magicians had turned out to be accomplished murderers to boot) and he's rather relieved Duo wasn't a criminal. On the other hand, a war ...

He notes the fall of Duo's shoulders, wondering if he should even ask ... But if he doesn't know, he can't help.]

What happened?

[Duo looks down to the bar top and frowns. To be honest? Probably should leave that one alone, Conan.]

There was a battle, and I surrendered. So they took me as a prisoner so they could get a tactical advantage over their enemies, but at least they stopped attacking the colony. Guess that's a good thing. [Oh yeah. Let's talk it out. But then he didn't really much feel like talking.]

[This is not sounding good, no.]

Your world's back at war?

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[A bottle of rum and two glasses are set on the bar in front of Duo. Shortly after, a familiar demon settles beside him.]

Fancy a drink?

[He didn't see the rum or the glasses at first, still holding his throbbing head. Ow. Huh?]

Crowley? [He blinked and cracked a very short lived smile.]

[He's only out of his room for more booze. But seeing Duo at the bar is enough to convince him to stay for a bit.]

Looks like you must be having it rough on your world again.

Yeah. Just a bit. [He couldn't help but smile then. He took a cup and offered to let Crowley fill it.]

They were attacking the colony.

[His brows furrow as he pours the rum into both their glasses.]

Bloody hell. So the war's back, I take it.

[Duo nodded and took down a gulp of the soothingly bitter liquid.]

There's some soldiers in OZ rebelling and trying to take over on behalf of the foundation. Not much I can do about that.

[He downs his glass and refills both their glasses.]

Sorry mate.

Guess we're almost even.

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Back to normal I see. [He sits down on the stool beside Duo. Always the bar.]

[The bar is a safe haven. It had what he needed. He shifts his eyes to look to Heero.]

Normal? What?

[But always the bar. What about the hangar, forest, or Colosseum?]

You look like hell. [Pause.] Another fight?

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They attacked the colonies. [The livid tone hinted at a few more things that he had wanted to say-- but he held them back. That is all that is needed.]

What happened?

I went to talk to Trieze. He knew what was going on now, that Une's some how been swapped with her Preventer counterpart.

[He stiffens.]

Then there was an altercation on the colony where they took my Gundam, and I took Deathscythe back. Got between OZ and the preventers and stopped a fight from breaking out...

The people are on our side. Nice to know, right?

[Riight. Duo shook his head.] So OZ, or some bastards loyal tot he Romefeller foundation decided to attack the colony to draw me out and get the gundam out of the way for good.

[Well, that certainly explained Une's odd behavior lately.]

And you gave in to their demand.

It's a ploy. I needed some more time. That's all. They can't keep me there and they know it. I just need something to counter their threats with.

[Or they will destroy the colony, he was almost sure of it. Even then, if it was a strategy, didn't make it any less stressful.]