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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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[dielectrics]

Ugh, why is even your message annoying?

[ And that's it, he hangs up. Because clearly he called just to complain about that. It's totally not like he had an actual reason to call and then changed his mind halfway through. ]

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[flaredo]

[ ... okay, you're getting called right back. ]

I can't believe you got beaten by voicemail.

[dielectrics]

[ Hey, at least he answers! If only to argue. ]

Who got beaten?! Your stupid pun was so bad I didn't wanna talk any more!

[flaredo]

Which means you lost! And here I thought you were finally getting cuter...

[dielectrics]

I didn't lose, that's— forget it, you're so annoying.

[ But he doesn't hang up on her, just shifts his weight, like he's got something more he wants to say. ]

[flaredo]

... So? Why'd you call me, anyway?

[dielectrics]

[ Wow that sure is a lot of silence going on before Killua actually spits it out. And when he does, his voice is almost too casual. ]

I just had a question, and you've been here a while, so I figured you'd know. It's not anything that important, just... do people disappear sometimes or anything like that?

[flaredo]

Disappear... actually, yeah.

[ and from the way he ever so nonchalantly asks it-- ]

Did you lose someone?

[dielectrics]

It's not like I just took my eyes off him and he wandered away while I wasn't looking!

[ Could he make it sound like his friend is a pet dog any more than this? Probably not... ]

[flaredo]

My sister's done that before, just saying... but if you're saying he just vanished--

... Did his contact info just blink out too?

[dielectrics]

Yeah, or else I'd be calling him, not you.

[ And yelling at him very, very loudly, his irritated tone implies. ]

[flaredo]

[ ... fair point. But then-- ]

If that really is the case, then he... probably [ definitely ] isn't here anymore.

[dielectrics]

You mean he's back to whatever mess our home is.

[ He'd kind of figured, but he's not pleased to have the confirmation. ]

How'd that happen, anyway?

[flaredo]

You're asking the wrong person. Just asking the guys in charge will get you an excuse like a glitch or terrorists or something just as idiotic.

[dielectrics]

That's crap, how can somoene just disappear like that?!

[ He snaps the words out, voice raised, then cuts himself off with a jerk. He hadn't meant to show just how much this is bothering him. How not having Gon here any more is... basically one of his worst fears come to life. ]

[flaredo]

[ There's a long pause. Yang's expression has become strangely thoughtful. ]

... He might come back. But that doesn't solve the question of where he's gone.

[ she knows that. ]

[dielectrics]

[ He takes a slow breath before he answers, forcing down his emotions, the well of desperate anger that keeps bubbling up to the surface. ]

It's stupid. How can they be so bad at this that you can just... fall apart or something once they've put you back together?

[flaredo]

Good question. [ one she doesn't have the answer to right now. But instead, a question of her own: ]

Hey, Killua. Where are you right now?

[dielectrics]

[ At least he manages something approaching his usual suspicious stare at that question. He has too good of an idea why she's asking it, after all. ]

Why do you wanna know?

[flaredo]

Because asking you is a lot easier than tracking you down blind.

[ implied: she will. ]

[dielectrics]

[ Urgh. Exactly why she thought he wanted to know, and he knows that she really will spend days trying to track him down. It's not worth all the effort to hide from her for that long. ]

Fine, I'm in our— my room.

[flaredo]

Which is where? Work with me here.

[ and she's already moving, from the looks of things. Well, Yang didn't like to sit still, anyway. Might as well multitask. ]

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[dielectrics]

[ He heaves a much put upon sigh, but says: ]

I'll text you the address.

[ And hangs up. But he does at least text her with directions.

When she gets to his room, though... Well, Killua's looking kind of put upon not only because of the whole bff vanishing thing, but also because the bff has left him with seven cybuddy companions of various sorts of robotic animals. All of which are crowding around the door at his feet, making his eyebrow twitch when he answers her knock. ]

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[flaredo]

[ She's not sure what she expected when he answered, but all the little woodland robots clustered adoringly around him definitely wasn't on the list. ]

Well, geez, if I'd known you already had company... [ but she'll check to make sure there isn't an underwear-stealing snowman among his buddies. ]

[dielectrics]

They're Gon's.

[ He says plaintively, much aggrieved by his inherited robot buddies' continued existence. ]

Anyway, what do you want?