01 ♪ video/action ♪ wake up sleepyhead!

[wildsaber]

[The feed shows a nice view of absolutely nothing. There is, however, the sound of someone spitting. Very lovely. He just woke up with a mouthful of dead rotting leaves. His day is off to a great freaking start, that's what.]

Ugh, nasty! Ow--... ow... ow. [Don't let the nonchalance fool you. He's realizing he's alive. Taking in a deep breath, and letting it out.

He's alive.

... And also FREEZING COLD. But wait until he finds a way home! This is impossible, but maybe-- just maybe--]

Hahah... jeez, it's c-c-cold. Am I in K-Keterburg or something?

-- Hey, what's...

[And here's when he brushes the journal off. Hello, there's a half-naked redhead getting up close and personal, and turning it upside down, and then shaking it out a bit. What is this strange and mystifying technology? It sure as hell isn't his journal.]

Weird.

[Feeling something tickle his shoulder, he reaches over to brush it off. And then he notices the wings, red with gold tips just like his hair. He has wings. This is not a drill. Luke drops the journal in favor of screaming like the grown man he isn't.]

W-what the hell is going on!?

[NO LUKE DON'T PULL ON THOSE--] —OW! [Yeah, that hurt more than anything else in his life. Now he's curled up over his knees again, trying not to cry. He almost blacked out there.]

G-guess they're real...

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[wildsaber]

[That was a weird silence. He's about to ask if she's okay, but then she says she doesn't remember the promise at all. Somehow, Luke didn't consider what might happen if he was the furthest one along, if he made a promise that the other half doesn't remember. It's always been the other way around. He was always chasing the ghost of a promise as a child, which he later found out was Asch's all along. Is it the same here?

... No. No, it's not.]

I-- ['I might have just fucked myself over.']

I'm sorry. [That stammered apology is really all she needs to know about what happens.]

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[seleniahymn]

Don't apologize. [Her tone is firm, because even knowing the future she still wants to believe in those words they shared. And even if it would turn out a different future, or it plays out exactly as she's been told, he has to come home. He has to.]

You said you would keep it, didn't you? So don't apologize. Wherever home is, what's important is that you are with... [A breath.] with us. The people who care about you.

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[wildsaber]

[He's going to come home, even if that means staying here with his friends.

He notices her hesitation, but he's not totally sure he understands it. He closes his eyes and nods.]

... Yeah. You're right.

[He still feels bad for letting that slip, but he doesn't elaborate on the details. She can imagine what happened, and that's more than he wants her to know.]

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[seleniahymn]

[And again Tear nods, though she also tries for a smile again. The past moments were heavy enough for the both of them, and there was still so much more to say.

But for now they had time, even with this awkward air between them. How to ease it...?] If you drop by the house most of us have taken residence in... you'll be able to meet Colonel.