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[ he almost types out "someplace with alcohol," but no. he knows that won't make it easier. ]

somewhere outside. maybe that park again.

[ levi, remember the last time tadashi got hammered? never again. he won't be a good listener if he was drunk, anyway. ]

Alright. I'll be there soon.

[ ...true. it was funny, though,

at the park, he meanders around mindlessly a little bit while he waits for Tadashi. he looks like he hasn't slept in... awhile. to be fair, he always sorta looks like that, but it's more noticeable now. he may have come back without any side effects, but that doesn't mean their little trip didn't take its toll.

on the plus side, being able to move is amazing. ]

[ tadashi goes alone this time around. no demo or no hiro to accompany him. it didn't seem appropriate to bring anything or anybody with him, so all he has in his pocket is his cerevice.

contrary to his usual big motioned waves, this one is a lot smaller in contrast when he sees levi. still, it's a greeting.

weakly: ] Hey there. Tadashi here.

[ you didn't have to introduce yourself, you nerd. ]

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[ he can't help but snort a little in amusement at that. at least Tadashi's his favorite nerd. ]

Hey. I think we may have met once or twice before.

[ he laughs and combs his hair with his fingers awkardly. ]

No idea why I said that.

[ he shrugs, sighing inwardly. ]

It's... been a long day.

[ he'll just. stay quiet until levi wants to talk, then. he doesn't want to dawdle too long. ]

Yeah, I guess. [ a pause. ] So...

[ what the hell happened to you, bro? ]

[ he takes a deep breath and blows it out. okay, here we go... ]

I got a message a few days ago, in the middle of the night. From "a friend." They wanted to meet me at the air shrine. It sounded sketchy as hell, obviously, so I thought about ignoring it. But I also thought maybe I might be able to get some answers, so I went.

...When I got there, it turned out to be Mosley. There was another guy there that I kinda knew, and three girls I'd never met before. He shoved us all into the shrine and we ended up in an underground passage. That's where it started to get weird.

[ he can't help but feel like "weird" is an understatement here. ]

Then what happened?

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[ he crosses his arms and looks at the ground. no wonder Tadashi didn't want to tell people he died. this is awkward and unsettling. ]

There were a bunch of animals down there. We just kept going until we eventually heard giant footsteps. It turned out to be a big, ugly monster. It was blocking out way, so it had to go. Fortunately it was blind, so taking it out wasn't very hard. The others took out its legs and blocked it from biting anyone, and I killed it. Just... opened its throat. There wasn't much else I could do.

[ he pauses for a moment. here comes the fun part. ]

In any case, it bled all over me. I tried to get some of it off, but it was... oddly sticky. Not like human blood at all. One of the girls walked ahead and the ground gave out under her. It was a long way down, and she died from the fall. But we had to keep going, so we jumped the gap. By that point, though, the blood I was soaked in was starting to harden as it dried, and it was getting harder and harder to move. Soon enough, I was completely unable to move. The others had to go on without me.

...I'm not sure how long I was stuck there. Eventually I started to see things, and I think I passed out not long after that. I died down there, I guess. Then I woke up today in my apartment.

[ jazzhands!! ]

[ it really is awkawrd, isn't it. and now he feels terrible for telling people he died, too. it's just as awkward as telling the story.

shit.

not that he thinks of that word exactly, but he still can't believe that levi died. of all people, it was levi. ]

... sorry.

[ he waves it off. he's just glad the story's over. ]

You of all people shouldn't have to apologize. I'd love to have a little chat with Mosley about it, though.

[ do not let him do this. ]

... sounds like a bad idea to me. What if it's a trap?

[ he's not letting you do this!!! ]

Oh, it doesn't have to be in person. Though I can't say the urge to punch him in the fucking face isn't very real right now.

[ ...yeah, probably best not to let him do this. ]

[ he closes his eyes for a few brief moments before he exhales. ]

Calm down.

[ ...ah. yeah, probably a good call. he sighs, rubbing his eyes tiredly. it's been a long week. ]

Sorry. I'm just... really angry. Like I said, I wasn't the only one who didn't make it out of there.

Sorry to hear that.

Have you talked to them since?

A couple of them. The girl who died seemed fine, and the other guy checked in on me. Whatever small amount of information they made it out of there with wasn't worth one death, though. Why did he lock us in there?

[ he knows Tadashi doesn't have the answer, but he can't help asking out loud. ]

[ he swallows at that as he looks away. ]

Nobody should be dying in the first place.

[ not that he should be talking, mr. running into the fire. ]

Maybe Mosley just didn't know what to do with himself.

That's what I'd like to think... that maybe he didn't send us down there knowing some of us wouldn't make it back out. But I had a hard time trusting people like him before this. It's a hundred times worse now. If he needs people to go on death missions for him, he can get volunteers and actually give us an objective. If he can't even do that much, then he can do them himself.

[ there's definitely the implication that he would volunteer, having a lot of experience with such things, but he's still turbo-mad. he had plenty of time to think about these things while he was very slowly dying, after all. ]

[ he looks away then and buries his hands further into his pockets. ]

I'm sure his motive will come to light eventually.

[ he scoffs at that. not derisively, just... well, it's the scoff of the recently dead. ]

It'd better be a good one. Otherwise...

[ ...actually, he doesn't know how to finish that. not in a way that Tadashi would approve of, anyway. ]

[ he can't help but arch an eyebrow at that.

go on, levi. you can tell him. ]

[ er, uhh, well... does he have to?

...guess so, judging by the look on Tadashi's face. he sighs inwardly. ]

Otherwise, he needs to go away.

[ feel free to interpret that in a non-violent way. ]

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