IC CONTACT; ASGARD [CLOSED]

[bondsofsuffering]

Sorry, sorry, looks like I missed your call! Just leave me a message and I'll get back to you, 'kay?

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[bondsofsuffering]

[Wow, screw you too Eyes. He was awake (going to sleep again after spending an hour in nonexistence from dying is tough) but he'll take a bit to reply.]

Hel's hall. Why?

[bloodypocket]

[Try being there for three and see if you're able to keep a good mood.]

Stay there.

[... And after another moment—]

Please.

[bondsofsuffering]

[...? Just what is this about?]

It's too late to go anywhere anyway.

[It's curfew, after all.]

[bloodypocket]

[Curfew or not, Hizumi won't be getting a text back because Eyes so happens to be on his way to Hel's house.

At least when he arrives he's quiet, mindful of the other residents.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Hizumi, for his part, settles down to try to sleep again. Eyes should still be at the battle anyway, so why would he be on the lookout for guests?]

[bloodypocket]

[Hopefully he didn't try too hard, because Eyes isn't going to go out to figure out which one of the rooms is his.]

Come out.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Christ can't a guy get some sleep around here.]

You just told me to stay here.

[...Though he will drag himself out of bed, because it's only after sending the message that his weary brain puts it together. He's on the second floor; it doesn't take him long to make it to the first, a serious, if tired expression on his face.]

[bloodypocket]

[When Hizumi comes out he'll find Eyes sitting on one of the couches with his hands folded together in his lap, the expression on his face pensive. While he hears Hizumi coming down, he doesn't look up at him.

Hizumi should be able to figure it out easily enough.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[...Well shit. Hizumi stops in the doorway connecting to the common living space.]

When did you get here?

[bloodypocket]

Do you mean when did I leave the battlefield, or when did I leave Gladsheim?

[Either way, the answer isn't a good one as he raises his gaze toward him.]

[bondsofsuffering]

Either. Both.

[Shit. He's rapidly losing his composure.

If both he and Eyes are here, then--]

--Ayumu's alone out there.

[bloodypocket]

Midnight, and only just now. He's alone. [Though more importantly than that—]

He was there and saw it happen.

[bondsofsuffering]

[There really is no good news about this, is there. He leans against the door frame, raising a hand to his head in his frustration.]

--He was the one who found me, too. Right before I--

[Dammit.]

[bloodypocket]

[... He knew Ayumu had been the one to find Hizumi, but to know he had witnessed that as well? Eyes runs a hand through his own hair, breathing once.]

Sit down.

[bondsofsuffering]

[It's a reluctant movement, but he does eventually seat himself in one of the chairs. The motion is agitated; violent.]

So what are you proposin' we do?

[bloodypocket]

[He stares at him silently, making note of every movement. Though he didn't expect Hizumi to try anything, he couldn't stop being cautious.]

Who can say? The Ice Queen fell, and her city crumbled with her which prompted the immediate evacuation of our forces. If the majority of the remaining giants retreated, then they may be on their way back now.

[bondsofsuffering]

[What is there even for him to try?

As usual, his hands are tied.]

So basically, we're stuck 'till they get back.

[bloodypocket]

Yes, we are. I can't tell you what the conditions were afterward. [So for all he knew there could have been another wave of fighting—and Ayumu would have been at the front of it. Unlikely, but it was still a possible outcome.]

You said he was with you as it happened?

[bondsofsuffering]

[...]

Yeah.

[That's all Eyes is getting. The situation is bad enough as is-- he's understandably reluctant to go into much more detail on the hows or whys of his death.]

[bloodypocket]

[Fortunately for Hizumi, Eyes has no intention of pressing the issue; even with three deaths on him now, he was still reluctant to discuss any of the details.

For now he crosses his arms, looking away from him and toward the window.] He'll seek both of us whenever they do return.

[bondsofsuffering]

And then what? We all go on our merry way, like nothin' ever happened?

[He knows, logically, that there's no point in taking it out on Eyes. But knowing now that Ayumu is dealing with not just one, but two deaths of people he knew, with no one to support him...

He never should have strayed from that damn camp, duty or not.]

[bloodypocket]

That's when you stay with him. [He doesn't even try to be subtle about it. Ayumu may care about the wellbeing of them both, but ultimately they would benefit more from each other.]

Unless you would prefer to help him cope in that matter, but forgive me for saying it's not likely to be effective.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Tch.]

It's not like I was plannin' to leave him on his own once he got back.

[Leaving him at all had never been his intention.]

[bloodypocket]

I know. But whether you like it or not, there are limitations.

[And Ayumu wouldn't take kindly to them now more than ever.]

[bondsofsuffering]

I can deal.

[He'd endured up until Eyes brought it up, hadn't he?]

'Sides that, there are other places we can go.