[Aefenglom IC Inbox]

[judgementor]

"Leave a message. If it's important, I'll get back to you."

*beep*

Comments

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[battlebound]

why did i listen to that nonsense again?

( yo. )

[judgementor]

[There isn't a word in any language Red Wine knows to explain the drop in the pit of his stomach when he sees that name. Like something painful. The jerking motion of a carpet being yanked out from under his feet.

Oh, he knows that people come back. But--]

This isn't funny.

[battlebound]

( unfortunately for us all, Steak is... well. a moron. and text is not the best method for understanding the whole meaning behind those three words. )

you don't need to tell me that. that speech takes too long.

[judgementor]

[...

God, he's an idiot.

Red Wine doesn't reply right away. He puts the device down and doesn't look at it for a few minutes, then picks it back up.]

You have no idea what's going on, do you.

[battlebound]

i was on tierra for five minutes. what else?

( and it's reset all his monster changes. what a pain. )

[judgementor]

You've been gone for almost two months.

1/2

[battlebound]

( ...

give him a minute. )

don't be ridiculous.

[battlebound]

( wait. didn't he hear something about this? time not playing nicely between Aefenglom and people's homes? )

...seriously?

[judgementor]

Yes.

[What else can he say? It isn't a joke, and he doesn't feel like turning it into an argument.]

[battlebound]

( he can already see a few ways this will become incredibly frustrating. but most importantly; )

my changes have disappeared.

[judgementor]

Congratulations.

[battlebound]

is that all you have to say?!

( not just about that, but in general. it's been like texting a brick wall. )

[judgementor]

What were you expecting?

[Is he a bit peeved that Steak gets to have the mutilations of this place 'reset'? Maybe a little.]

[battlebound]

( consider: he thinks he has to live through them again.

but honestly, that question gives him a moment's pause. he was hardly expecting Red Wine to roll out the red carpet and hug him, but the terseness is another thing entirely. )

nothing.
is there still room at the house?

[judgementor]

There's room.
It's just Prompto and I at the moment.

[battlebound]

the other one disappeared too?

( sry, noct. )

[judgementor]

Noctis.

Yes, not long after you did.

[battlebound]

that's strange.

( is it too much coincidence that two of them disappeared at the same time? )

[judgementor]

It's a coincidence.

Others have gone too. Nobody I knew well.

[battlebound]

( Red Wine is probably right, but still. a strange enough coincidence. )

i'm going to walk around the city.

[judgementor]

Alright.

Nothing should have changed dramatically.

1/2

[battlebound]

it seems like that.

[battlebound]

( and then, a moment later; )

i dreamed about this place, somehow. everything was wrong.

( and the countess' palace was there, but we won't go into that. )

[judgementor]

And that is different from the usual, how?

[battlebound]

why you... you know what i mean!
the buildings were different, and there were some from home.