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[flaredo]

"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"

[ Please specify VOICEMAIL, TEXT or CALL. ]

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[flaredo]

You are the best boyfriend and I love you forever.

[ SHE'S STARVING. ]

[masakados]

[Ha-- He laughs and moves the pot he put the meat in, scraping out a small pit in the ground with his foot.] Mmhm, I love you too. I'll keep you fed as best I can for the rest of forever.

[Who needs firewood when you can just use your own fire? No wood required, just the occasional burst from his fingers to keep it going.]

[flaredo]

[ Heater, fire-starter, nightlight... what can't he do (except keep people alive)? ]

That's a pretty important promise, you know.

[masakados]

I figured it was a given by now.

[He'd dedicate his whole life to her lbr--]

[flaredo]

Mm, yeah, but I still appreciate hearing it.

[ Seriously... how lucky is she? ]

[cryptologic]

[ He loads his plate with a slice of pizza before settling into a seat in the living room.

He doesn't start talking. Not yet. He may need a little nudge. ]

[flaredo]

[ AN ACTUAL NUDGE-- ]

So the actual reason for skipping...?

[cryptologic]

[ He swallows a bite of pizza, glancing down at his plate instead of meeting her eyes. ]

...One of my...friends went missing yesterday.

[flaredo]

... A good friend, huh?

[ Well, she's been there before. ]

[cryptologic]

Yeah. [ A beat. ] I guess she was...kind of...more than a friend to me. Not that it...really matters now.

[flaredo]

Sure it does.

[ REACHING OUT TO PLANT A HAND ON HIS HEAD. ]

We're going to see them all again anyway.

[masakados]

[That's-- warming.]

I like saying it just as much. [It's true, he does. Even at a time like this, there's a unwavering warm feeling.]

[flaredo]

Then! Feel free to say it whenever you want.

[ She won't mind at all. ]

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[undaunts]

[SO LIKE... first, Ruby drags herself out of the fountain.

Then she finds her way home, feet dragging despite herself. Even Ruby's exhausted now, but she has to doublecheck.

Which is why as soon as she finds Yang at home, she's just kind of...zombie-flopping on her.]

Yaaaannnnngggg.

[cryptologic]

[ Aw man, the head pat... ]

How can you be so sure? She's not even from the same world as me.

action; endure it

[flaredo]

[ There's a groan from the zombie-flopped victim, as she buries her face further into her pillow. ]

Ooooof.

[flaredo]

Neither is my boyfriend. But right now, your friend's probably in that weird... code-y place, and all we have to do is bust her out of there, like everyone else.

[cryptologic]

If it were really that simple, wouldn't someone have done it already?

[ Even Hiro hadn't figured it out, though he'd said he would try. ]

action; wow rude

[undaunts]

[It's fine... she can just flop here like this.]

Mmhmmmmm. Me too.

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[flaredo]

You can't just flop by me? I'm still ten kinds of sore...

[ She worked hard, dammit. ]

[flaredo]

No one said it'd be simple. But I don't think it's impossible, either.

[undaunts]

[Just have a muffled:]

No.

[And then, after a moment...]

I lost you.

[And she couldn't find Yang again, after that initial meeting.]

[flaredo]

...

[ Well, she's just going to roll over and sling an arm around her sister.

Yeah, she'd been worried too. ]

You know you'd never really lose me, right?

[undaunts]

...I know.

[But it was still scary, even if she's fine now, even if she knows that Yang would never disappear on her. They're fine now, and that's what matters, and Ruby just sprawls out on the bed with a sigh.]

But I just wanna lay here like this for a bit.

[masakados]

I might exceed my allowed sap quota if I do that, though.

[Waxing poetic and such at Yang.]