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[scientificlee]

[In a certain dusty, quiet hall, there stands a telephone on a small table. It looks like a normal phone - one which wouldn't be out of place in the Black Order, perhaps. Almost totally normal, except that stamped unobtrusively on the side is Line to the Dressing Room management. And that no matter who is called or how long a person waits, the

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[fallforthesky]

[There's something... so strangely nostalgic about this. The phone antics, the familiar tone of voice that means Brother is two steps from doing something regrettable, and that's what gets her, really. It's only been a few weeks since she last saw her own Komui, but the effect hearing his voice has on her is the same as when she found him after eight months of solitude.]

Brother...? Brother!

[Komui will shortly find his complaining interrupted as she promptly dashes over and curls her fingers in his sleeve to get his attention.]

[scientificlee]

..Lenalee!

[Hearing the voice of his sweet little sister instead of the unending nightmare of muzak is like escaping from hell. And more than that, now she's here he doesn't need to call anyone for help with directions...But she looks surprised, somehow. He puts the receiver back.]

Lenalee, what's wrong?

[fallforthesky]

Nothing- nothing's wrong. [It really is him, isn't it? She takes a breath, then gives him a very genuine sort of smile.] I just... I didn't think I would see you here. You know where here is, right?

[scientificlee]

Not...exactly. I might have got a teeny, tiny bit lost again. But I'll be fine now you're here.

[It's not his fault the Order moved to the new building and he still doesn't know his way around fully, really! He smiles back at her in return, not knowing why she's pleased - but there hardly needs to be a reason.]

Did you know, nobody's picking up the phones! They're all slacking off! I've been waiting forever.

[akumaindisguise]

[Has sorta been standing behind him waiting her turn the whole time.]

I had no idea this place had a direct line to them, cho. I certainly have a few questions for them myself.

[scientificlee]

It's not a direct line to anyone! They must all be napping.

[Napping like he'd like to be napping, damn it. He slams the receiver down, then looks at Chomesuke with a double take. She doesn't look familiar to him at all.]

...Which division of the Order are you with?

[akumaindisguise]

Order? Er... Wherever Cross Marian is, cho.

[scientificlee]

[...But Cross Marian is missing, presumed dead. And everyone at the Order knows that, of course. So...]

Can you tell me what your job is?

1/2

[scientificlee]

Could be. I'll give it a...

2/2

[scientificlee]

General Cross!

[Komui looks just as if he's seen a ghost, and from as certain perspective, he has. Going pale, he waves an arm, pointing a shaky finger in the direction of the other man.]

Y-y-you..! You're alive!

[onthelastbreath]

[That voice, that uniform and everything it once stood for, that silly beret. It all serves to incite a quick but heart-stopping rise of sentimentality in this particular Allen, crashing over him like a wave and leaving him with the oddest urge to resume addressing Komui in the language of sir's and mister's. He'll watch for a moment before approaching in a quiet sort of wonder, each footfall calm and light, as if he's trying not to disrupt an illusion.]

[ waves a hand when he's close enough, then cups it around his mouth, keeping his voice low and unobtrusive in case the call goes through: ] Having trouble, Komui?

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[scientificlee]

[He looks over in response to the motion and voice and stares, dropping the phone without even noticing it's fallen from his hand. It's not just that he's been forced to give unpleasant orders concerning Allen's recapture to the Exorcists, and it's not just that Allen has apparently just strolled on into the Order again: what's happened to the boy? Why does he look so much older? Or is this person somehow not Allen Walker at all, no matter how unmistakably alike they look?]

A-Allen...?

[onthelastbreath]

[Komui's surprise is mirrored on Allen's end by a quick beat of white eyelashes, and just like that, he's aware. Truly aware and living his strange new reality and oh, that uniform could mean so many things, he can't decide where to slot Komui's reaction for everything to start making sense.]

[ automatically raising his hand in a calming gesture ] Ah, sorry, I didn't mean to-

[Realising he doesn't know how to end that sentence out of a myriad of possibilities, he just smiles as kindly as he can and goes for the mundane. Maybe it'll help ground them a little.]

That's me. [ bending to retrieve and offer the receiver ] Here, you dropped this.

[scientificlee]

...Oh.

[Komui's tone is a tad blank, but his head's whirling. Allen's back, and what's going to happen to him now? A real heresy trial, probably. Prison, definitely. But if Allen is with the Order, maybe he can be saved from the 14th, and...

He clears his throat. As the Supervisor, he's got to do what he has to do.]

Why did you come back, Allen? And that...that appearance. Did the 14th do that...?

[promisedlotus]

[This is one hobo/exorcist Kanda, just kinda.... (unsure) over here.

Oh hey that's Komui. But does Komui know what he did with Lenalee?

[scientificlee]

[IF KANDA'S DONE ANYTHING WITH LENALEE, HE WILL DIE. And Komui still hasn't forgiven him for the drinking out of her hand, oh, he hasn't forgiven him at all. It's just rather hard to contemplate killing Kanda when he's still so happy he's alive.]

Kanda...If you want the phone, you'll have to wait. Nobody's picking up at the other end. I'll see to it that they work overtime for a month. Did you get lost, too?

[promisedlotus]

[HE ONLY DRANK FROM HER HAND. Thank god there's no Bak around too.]

I doubt anyone will. This isn't the Asian Branch.

[scientificlee]

Of course it's the Asian Branch. Unless I went through the Ark gate... [Well. That's vaguely possible, he supposes, if he really, really wasn't paying enough attention and people just let him past.]

You should go and rest. It won't be long before we have to send you on missions again.

[And since Kanda seems to know where he is, that means Komui can follow him back to the main areas of the building.]