023 - [Video] - Backdated to early morning

[capuletnomore]

[From the picture in the feed, it's clear Juliet isn't at home. It's far too dark for it to be home. The glow from the PCD shows her shivering in a corner, hair singed and covered in ash and dirt, with a large bruise on her forehead. She's trying her best not to cry and failing spectacularly at it.]I - I just w-wanted to check on th-the peaducks

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[blamelessguilt]

[ O-oh no. This was bad, so bad. ]

A- are you alright?

[capuletnomore]

[Sango's brother. She doesn't want to frighten the boy. She gulps air and tries to show a calm she doesn't feel, and only partially succeeds.]

I - I will be, Kohaku. I - am trapped, a-at the moment, but Fran is coming to get me, and he will b-bring me to Riku's. Do not worry about me.

[blamelessguilt]

[ Worry? That was hardly something Kohaku wasn't going to do. She was so kind to him, it was only second nature to feel this way about her.

And trapped? ] ... Alright. Just please try to be careful. [ He wants to help her, but at the moment he doesn't know what he can do. Actually-- ] I'm living with Riku, so I can take care of you when you get here.

[capuletnomore]

[She manages a smile for him.]

I will be glad to see you, then. It - it should not be long.

[blamelessguilt]

Alright... please take care until then.