005 ✗ VOICE

[shamlock]

 ... feels like I overslept a bit.

[ someone's sounding a bit croaky after several weeks in stasis! neil's pretty out of it-- doesn't know the date, or how long he's been 'asleep', only that it's pretty cold and he doesn't really like the labs all that much. ]

Did I miss much?

Comments

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[eltneg]

How dare you

Why didn't

Are you even aware of how

Where have you been.

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[shamlock]

A quarantine, by the looks of things.

text.

[eltneg]

Our area of residence has not changed. Return promptly.

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[shamlock]

Once my legs start behaving again, I'll do just that.

[ ... about thirty minutes later, guess who appears in their apartment looking quite disoriented with the current state of things. god, it felt like he hadn't walked anywhere in forever. ]

... hello?

JHASDKSJAHDKJHFJSHF

[dislocked]

[... see title of comment for what he's feeling right about now. there are no words. you can write an entire goddamn book on it.

hello, brother. hello, crapload of lifelong issues that has long since evolved into a subscription. how the hell, even.

he fumbles, clumsy, accidentally activating and deactivating the device so that the briefest moment of his own face is captured before it's shut off.

....brother. ]

video.

[shamlock]

[ ... okay, neil swore that what he just saw couldn't be some sort of hallucinogenic side-effect from being in stasis, but... him? here?

a few moments pass as he stares at his device, purely dumbstruck and wondering whether or not that had been a figment of his imagination. ... only one way to find out, huh? calling back. ]

...

Re: video.

[dislocked]

[ he stares down at the beeping device, sees the name there - and suddenly it's as if he's back in the time where his brother had always tried to reach him, when he willfully ignored him until it all stopped and eventually, it all became too late. he's thought of his brother, a lot more than he lets on. there had been bitterness, but that had been mostly moot - you just don't resent the dead. reminiscing, memories that had not been unpleasant, that he had not allowed himself to think of for ages.

but he doesn't budge, he can't. old habits had always died hard, even now.

even when his finger still hovers above the 'TALK' button. ]

voice;

[alleviatingly]

...Overslept?

voice.

[shamlock]

Yeah, if you can call it that-- not exactly the best night's sleep, though.

voice.

[alleviatingly]

[She paused for a moment then it finally clicked what he'd meant]

Ah- that's...you're feeling better now though, right?

voice.

[shamlock]

Much better!

[ a beat. ]

Thanks for asking. It's nice of you.

1/2 voice.

[airfoils]

[LAB DUTY FOR THIS MEISTER. it's been more frequent lately, reducing the time he's been able to stay in their room. by the time allelujah's seen this, he's sure tieria has already ... well.]

It's been some time.

2/2.

[airfoils]

Welcome back.

voice.

[shamlock]

Allelujah.

[ neil doesn't know why, but there's something reassuring about the familiar voices. at least some things hadn't changed while he'd been in stasis and, well... that was a good thing. ]

Yeah... looks like I was down for the count for a bit there. Sorry about that.

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[airfoils]

[he'd been worried though not as worried as a certain someone, so this is quite the relief. it's with that in mind that he mindfully bypasses any apologies.]

How are you feeling? Being released from stasis isn't really pleasant.

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[shamlock]

Still not entirely sure whether it was my decision or not... but let's go with that.

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[shamlock]

If I was being honest, I'd say I don't really remember. I guess it was bad enough for me to end up there, though.