XXXIV

[wilder]

[Private]

[Zelos with Arya and Dany, even without the TARDIS, managed to beat the rest of the group in getting back. Thank goodness for little girls who really want to see their mother? Either way, after dropping the kid off, Zelos headed back to the house in the city.]

Wow, being 23 sure feels just like being 22-

Oh wait. I know why! Stupid castle.

Whatever, at least from now on I can make sure never to eat horse jerky ever again.

[a pause]

Okay, I should probably get stuff over with. [a sigh]



...Some stuff anyway. Squirt can hang in there until the others get back.

[Lloyd]

Since I'm sure you're losing sleep over missing the great and wondrous me, I thought I'd throw you a bone and let you know we got back safe and sound. You know, since I have such a kind heart and all.

[a beat]

Oh, and you forgot my birthday. ♥

[Never mind he didn't even TELL you when it was 8D;;; ]

[Uru]

As promised, darling, I'm back safe and sound.

The others should be getting back a couple days from now.

Did you miss me?

[Spike]

Yo lil bro!

[Galadriel]

Hey---

[And then he promptly chickens out. He had been contemplating asking for advice about things that have been pestering him for awhile and Galadriel seemed like a good choice...buuuut now he's remembering he has absolutely no idea HOW to ask for advice and therefore it's better not to]

-- Actually you know what? Never mind. Sorry to bother you!

Comments

Zelos

[inafadingcrown]

[Unfortunately, he has piqued both the curiosity and concern of one of the most persistent women in the world.]

You are no bother, my friend. Please, speak your mind.

Galadriel

[wilder]

[....crap. Why is he such a moron?]

Heh, don't worry about it. It's nothing.

Zelos

[inafadingcrown]

I am seldom filtered to with no topic in mind. If I may help you in any way, it would be both a pleasure and an honor.

Galadriel

[wilder]

[There's a pause on his end; maybe he's debating shutting the journal and chickening out completely- who knows]

[On the other hand, then his question will never get answered. And what's the worse that could happen? She stops talking to him again? He doubts that'd happen with her, and if it did...well he's not too attached yet to have it be...well, you know.]

[He lets out a sigh] Alright.

Can I ask you something? I mean, just between the two of us.

Zelos

[inafadingcrown]

Of course. Whatever you say will remain in confidence; you have my word.

Galadriel

[wilder]

[Words don't mean a whole lot to him. Too many broken ones, only coming from the young who have yet to realize how easy words break have any sort of validity, from Zelos's experiences. Anyone else could be saying it to simply placate, to get their way, only to throw that spoken bounding the moment it was no longer fortuitous- ]

[Zelos forces himself to take a sharp deep breath, to stop that line of thought. He wasn't in Meltokio anymore. He was in a strange world, where simply he wasn't as useful a commodity. And even if she could find a use for this, at least Galadriel was much too intelligent to be a common gossip.]

Say...you did something that was really stupid back home. Bad, actually. And it was for a long time. You even knew it was wrong, but...well, let's say you had your reasons and it's not like you can change the past or anything anyway.

And back home...your friends found out about it, okay? Yeah they were mad about it, but they were able to forgive you after you did a lot to make up for it. [Saving their lives, getting the item necessary to get the deus ex machina sword, killing mart- oh right :x ] So everything's fine in your time.

But then you get here...and one of those friends, shows up before that all happens. In fact they show up right when a...well a friend of theirs showed their true colors, so they're still reeling from that. And on top of the stuff you did, there's a whole bunch of other bad news to tell them too. Stuff that's a lot worse...

What would you do?

Zelos

[huffythedragon]

Zelos! You're home early! [He has missed you SO MUCH bro]

Spike

[wilder]

Yep! I just got in earlier today!

Zelos

[huffythedragon]

You're okay, right? I heard there were birds.

Spike

[wilder]

Ahaha, of course! Birds aren't gonna be enough to take out the great Zelos Wilder!

Zelos

[huffythedragon]

I'm glad. I was really worried about you.

Spike

[wilder]

Well don't worry so much! I had it covered! [IT WAS FUN EVEN! 8D]

Zelos; 1/3

[gentleidealist]

I figured you ran off again. And you call me impatient. Just don't bother Genis too much while we're gone.

2/3

[gentleidealist]

Wait.

3/3

[gentleidealist]

What?! No freaking way!

[wilder]

You are impatient. And don't worry! It'll be like he won't even notice I'm here!

Way, bud. It was last Tuesday.

[gentleidealist]

You should've said something!! Why didn't anyone else say anything?!

[wilder]

[snickering a little] No one really knew it was to say anything about it. [Except Sheena who drew him something, but he's gonna keep her tsundere pride intact to be nice!]

And I did, I wouldn't have gotten that great reaction!

[gentleidealist]

[Trolling successful.]

... Seriously? You just wanted to see me freak out?

I'm not sure if I'm mad or if I just feel sorry for you.

Zelos

[amiable]

[ What a good friend. ♥ ]

Welcome back! How'd you get back so early, though?

Uru

[wilder]

[He likes not getting lectures ALL the time]

There was someone who wanted to get back quickly, so a smaller group of us went on ahead at a faster pace.

Zelos

[amiable]

Is that really okay, though? To split off from the others...

[ A pause as she wonders who it was. ]

Was it Once-ler?

Uru

[wilder]

It was what it was, we got back safe.

[a snort] Like we'd let him escape that quickly. He's still back there with Ino.

1/2

[amiable]

[ Poor Oncey... ]

Zelos

[amiable]

He said there were birds! Giant, evil birds or something...

What happened there?