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[He hadn't been planning on weddings and picket fences and two children and happy endings, since that wasn't the sort of person he was, and it wasn't the side of humanity he had ever chosen to imitate. He had, however, pictured friendship and clear, pretty smiles and learning exactly what each of her expressions meant, memorizing her favorite things, getting to know her as well as he knew Liz and Patti.

Little ideas, nothing to really dwell on, quick "what-ifs" about bringing her back home with him, once they all got out of here. He had thought of how she would fit in in Death City, had attempted to go over how she would interact with Kid's closer friends, with Maka and Soul and Black*Star and Tsubaki (and even for a second, the thought of Nill and Crona smiling quiet shy smiles at each other, but Crona was gone, and you can't always get people back).

Nill was gone, and maybe if he had talked to her more, maybe if he had decided that it was okay to offend her father in order to try and make her smile, maybe if he had done something, anything to get to know her better, she would still be here.


And then he'd tried to check on Jackie Estacado.



]

Nill and Jackie Estacado are no longer in Discedo.

[He walks (walks, not runs) downstairs to the apartment to see if Liz and Patti are still here.]

Comments

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[carrythesin.livejournal.com]

Re: [text]

[symmetryguns]

Kirika.

[text]

[carrythesin.livejournal.com]

[When ever he gets back, there will be tea ready for him.]

[text]

[symmetryguns]

It wasn't your fault.

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

... Are you serious?

[That's two people he basically considered family members, both in one go.]

[symmetryguns]

Yes.

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

[There's a pause while he verifies it himself.]

Damn it... I'm gonna look around, just in case.

oh derp text

[symmetryguns]

Do what you have to.

[audio on his end]

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

Same to you, I guess.

[text]

[symmetryguns]

I will.

[Text]

[of-wild-clay.livejournal.com]

Jackie-san is gone?

And Nill as well? You are sure?

[Text]

[symmetryguns]

Yes, I'm sure.

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[of-wild-clay.livejournal.com]

Then...|

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[of-wild-clay.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[Text]

[symmetryguns]

[A pause, trying to think of what to say.]

I'm sorry.

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[of-wild-clay.livejournal.com]

You don't have to say that. They are home.

[He just doesn't want to think about what kind of home they're going back to.]

[Text]

[symmetryguns]

It's still a loss.

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[of-wild-clay.livejournal.com]

It is.

But it can not sit in your heart. Esseru would not want that for anyone who cared for her.

[is-the-eldest.livejournal.com]

Discedo has lost their piccolo angelo. [He hadn't know her terribly well, but they had both helped each other out during a difficult time... he would miss her. He was sure someone else he knew would as well.]

[symmetryguns]

Yes.

[is-the-eldest.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about the other person, Jackie. I don't believe I ever spoke with them, or knew them.

We're you close?

[symmetryguns]

Not very. Were you close to her?

[is-the-eldest.livejournal.com]

In some degree, perhaps, but we did not know each other that well.

She was however a good friend to someone I know.

[origamikillah.livejournal.com]

[Patti's still around, finding small things to occupy herself with. This time around she's laying on her back making shadow puppets.

She not aware about what happened to Kid yet.]

[symmetryguns]

Patti?

[Kid's not quite sure what she's doing.]

[origamikillah.livejournal.com]

[She is doing whatever she wants. Hearing her name, she leans back so that she's looking at him.]

Hey Kid!

[symmetryguns]

[He leans over slightly to look at her.]

What are you doing?

[origamikillah.livejournal.com]

Shadow puppets!

[Trying to make a bunny now.]

Wanna help?

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[spectrophobic.livejournal.com]

... Oh man...

[Pinged by her Meister, Liz decided to read the post from Kid's frequency out of habit. The only problem was that it left her feeling pretty crestfallen once she did.

Jackie was a fellow New Yorker, and a friend. She never really minded talking to him, and kind of looked up to him for all the things he did for that apartment building over by Horton Lane.

Then there was Nill. What Liz knew about Nill, she knew through Kid. Both in the way he was before and now. Kind of shy, quiet and a little pretty. She never saw her much, but this kind of makes her wish she tried to get to know her better.]

[spectrophobic.livejournal.com]

[Speaking of Kid, just how was he taking this?

Sitting at the kitchen table, Liz quickly looked up from the communicator once it sounded like the front door was opening.]

Kid? That you?

[symmetryguns]

Hello Liz.

[If she hadn't been here when he'd come inside...]

Nill and Jackie are gone.

[spectrophobic.livejournal.com]

[She stood up, pushing the chair back under the table as she did.]

I know.

I saw your message.

[Liz slowly walked over to him, trying to remain aloof. At least for now.]

[symmetryguns]

[Aloof was fine. Kid's grasp of physical affection was limited at best, and he was more used to communicating emotion or sympathy through soul wavelengths than touch. It's hard on him here, with his soul perception entirely gone.]

They should give us some warning.

[He doesn't know how to handle loss (irony, Death can't handle loss) and so he's trying to be angry instead.]

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[hereoverthrown.livejournal.com]

[there's a silence for a moment; he pressed the reply button before he had come up with a real response.]

...What?

[ Text ]

[symmetryguns]

Nill and Jackie Estacado are no longer in Discedo.

voice;

[hereoverthrown.livejournal.com]

I can read, that's not the--

Maybe she's just-- maybe her communicator isn't working. She's always been here, why would they take her away now?

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[symmetryguns]

I don't know. Ask the scientists if you're curious.

voice;

[hereoverthrown.livejournal.com]

Like they'd give me anything.

[he doesn't want to hear them say for certain that she's gone.]

I'll look myself since you're obviously not doing a good enough job.

[ Text ]

[symmetryguns]

[He has to be civil. There's no point in getting angry with this person.]

Were you friends with her?

voice;

[hereoverthrown.livejournal.com]

Yes. And I know you were--

But I liked her too, and she was the last friend I had left here.

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[symmetryguns]

She's gone now.

voice;

[hereoverthrown.livejournal.com]

[there's nothing but a shaky breath and a sniff on the other end before it clicks off.]