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[wilder]

[Private]

It's been three nights now. Something's off. But what?

[A pause as he thinks about it. ]

...Whatever. I got time to figure it out. I should probably say something.

[/Private]

[dictated; he sounds pretty blasé]

Yo. I'm back. Miss me?

Also, whose the wise guy that shoved us in with the food? If that was some tradition of burying us with things we like, I'd say you missed the mark. [Though let's be real, it was probably the castle that put that stuff there. ]

Anyway...[What the hell does one even say to this] hi again I guess?

Comments

Zelos

[i_got_this]

You woke up where?

[More disturbingly, he died too?]

South

[wilder]

In a big freezer. There were a few other people there too.

[whistles_the_blues]

I'm sure someone did.

...Welcome back.

[He's bad at this.]

[wilder]

You didn't? That hurts.

[therealrisette]

[Wait... she knows that voice. It's been a while, but she's pretty sure it's...]

... Zelos-kun?!

[But... Colette said he was...

... She's really not sure how to feel about this. Or what to say. Or what to think, even. She just stares at the journal blankly while her brain desperately tries to make sense out of this.]

[wilder]

[And here it comes. Newer residents marveling that he's not a corpse anymore. Zelos isn't sure how to really handle it. ]

Ahaha, the one and only.

[ino]

[ there's a voice she's eternally grateful to hear. she'll try to be just as passe back, but she's relieved as hell ]

Casual, aren't we?

[wilder]

[a shrug; or there would be one if you could see it]

I had a few days to get freaking out of my system. [or learn to play it cool, whatever]

action because eff you that's why

[wolfchild]

Zelos!

[ Arya calls up from the bottom of the stairs. She cranes her head to listen towards the kitchen in case he happened to be there. ]

so nice and friendly

[wilder]

[And he'll actually be in the living room, lounging on a couch]

Hm? Yes, my little wolf?

[encryptedlock]

Well, it was either that or let your bodies rot in the heat. I made a coupe of chambers in the basement for a cold storage more like we have back home, but we ran out of room.

[wilder]

Yes, okay I get the rotting problem- but did you have to leave the food in there? I mean, you're not planning on still eating that stuff are you?

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Well there was a voice she hadn't expected to hear from her journal today. Nora starts, dropping her paintbrush.]

Shit [How the fuck is she supposed to pick that up? She is SO over these crutches. She'll figure that out later, right now she's got more important things to deal with - like her friend coming back from the DEAD.]

Zelos?!

[wilder]

[And in an awkward fashion!]

Hey Nora.

[luxe_can_kill]

[Mitsuru quietly chuckles upon hearing Zelos' voice in the journal. She may not know him much, but she has some respect for Zelos as a fighter.But being a woman of a few words, she just said one word in greeting]

Zelos.

[wilder]

Heh heh, that's my name.

[yay_heiress]

Hi again?
Where did you go?

[A lot of things are lost on London considering she was in Stasis.]

[wilder]

[Wow. Um...]

Oh you know..the afterlife.

[commandsthewind]

[She cried so many tears over you, you silly man. Why does she like your pretty face so much when you do this to her?

But you might of actually made her smile, maybe.]

My lord Zelos, it is good to hear from you again.

[wilder]

[He can't help dying okay!! Don't worry, his pretty face was not ruined in death]

Your Grace. Glad I could be heard from again, are you alright?

[hard_talker]

[you know, he was just about to meet Katniss to go out and pick flowers to put out for all the dead people.

how is he supposed to do that when you JUST SPOKE UP?

either way, his heart lurches at the sound of his friend's voice, and he reaches for his journal]

Zelos! [a pause. no seriously, what DOES one even say to this? he grasps for the first thing that crosses his mind]

I --

Dude, I ---

I'm sorry. I should've been there.

[wilder]

[Mark...]

[It's okay, it's not like he knows what to say either. The idea of dying was something he had been used to all his life. The idea of coming back? Not so much]

[And so, he'll scoff a little and make a joke.]

Been there?

Dude, unless you got some power to control bullets you've been holding out on me, I'm glad you weren't there.

[whichwayyoulean]

[He's been waiting to hear this voice. Staring at the journal (because there wasn't much ELSE to do anyway) just...hoping. When he'd first learned about people returning from death in Paradisa, he'd been rather disturbed by it all. Actually, he'd be horrifically disturbed. Dead things stay dead.

But now...well, now there was something stupid like hope hanging onto this. That they don't HAVE to stay dead. The Once-ler lets out a steady breath, lying back on his cushion and closing his eyes. One back]

I think the naked women would have objected to being put in the freezer with you.

[It's easier to joke about this, than face the horrible reality of it all]

Hey.

[wilder]

[Zelos meanwhile is still torn on the feeling of deadness. The dead should stay dead, but at the same time...he can't deny he's glad to be out of that void. Real death isn't like that, right? That was just...Paradisa, right? ]

[Either way, he's heard bits and pieces about Once-ler since coming back. That he was alive, that he apparently couldn't walk. Vague information really, enough to make him to worry. It feels...weird, like he's completely out of touch with everything because he died]

But I would've made great company.

[So much easier to joke]

...Yo. You alright?

[not_mafia]

[His breath catches a little when he hears Zelos' voice, and then it comes out in a deep, relieved sigh. It feels like a weight has been taken off his shoulders.]

Zelos...

[What does he even say? ... Zelos has never been one for touchy-feely things, but Tsuna still wishes he could see his face, hug him and feel the solidity of his warm body...

When did he like hugs so much, anyway? Grandpa, you're seriously ruining him.]

I really missed you.

[He takes a deep breath. He's already cried a few times about this, and he doesn't plan on doing so again. ... at least, not over the journal of all places.]

Welcome back.

[wilder]

[Ah, there's the last student. He knows this one was on the Event Horizon, so he can't help but feel relief when he hears him. ]

Heh heh...good to be back.

[not even touching the missed you part, since honestly he'd just be uncomfortable and turn it to mocking- so he'll be nice just this once]

You get through that thing alright?

dictated;

[rightchoices]

Hey.. welcome back, I guess.

dictated;

[wilder]

Heh...thanks I guess. Good to be back?

[ladywinter]

[There's a little sigh of relief.] Welcome back.

[wilder]

[Yeah, he's gonna have to get used to this huh]

Thank you, Lady Stark.