34 [voice/action] forward-dated to tomorrow morning

[falenandawn]

[Good morning, Luceti. A nice day isn't it? A bit nippy, though. It's a good day to go picking up some clothing more suitable for the cooling weather. Though those who go into the clothing store this morning for just that purpose might get a rather awkward surprise if they choose to rummage through that pile of very nice winter jackets.

Namely, a

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[tsuntrader]

[...Well that was fast. That is Frey, right? It has to be. Looks and sounds just like him.]

A few days. [...A few too many days for a couple of people in the house, he'd imagine, but a few days nonetheless.]

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[falenandawn]

A.... few days? [There is surprise clear in his tone.]

It's been a bit longer for me.

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[tsuntrader]

...How long? [A few weeks? Months? He doesn't look that much older...]

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[falenandawn]

Several weeks have passed for me.....

Is everyone alright at the house? [Was Kaori-.... She wouldn't have taken that well. Or would she?]

[Voice]

[mischiefbreeder]

Oh, you're back, huh?

[Voice]

[falenandawn]

I'm heading to the house now.

It's only been a few days, Silver tells me?

[Voice]

[mischiefbreeder]

Four days.

[Voice]

[falenandawn]

It's been several weeks for me. The war back home has ended.

At least I remember this place clear enough....

[Voice]

[falenanthief]

...You're back.

[Voice]

[falenandawn]

I am......

The war is over.

[Voice]

[falenanthief]

[...]

That's great, Prince. Guess you're no longer that far behind from me.

[Voice]

[falenandawn]

I think so, yes.

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[lunarianlegacy]

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[Is that...]

Frey?

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[falenandawn]

[Smiling a bit and switching to video for this conversation.] It's me.

Hey.

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[lunarianlegacy]

[That's different, but Ceodore's never been all that perceptive or aware of things like clothes, hair or makeup changes. There's a big relieved grin straightaway.]

You're back.

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[falenandawn]

I am.

It's been a while.

[ a much later voice ~]

[seiriald]

[Guess who has been listening in on all of the conversations you've been having since you asked that question? Honestly, there's a part of her that half-expected this to be one of those sick dreams she had so often, and even though she had hoped just a little that maybe she would get to meet him again. Except that wasn't what usually happened, those who left her rarely, if ever, came back to her.

It's when his voice doesn't come up again that she considers speaking, to wake herself up from this cruel dream. It had gone on long enough.] E'thaji...

[ a much later voice ~]

[falenandawn]

[He knows that voice.... and to hear her call him 'brother' again, even after he let her down.... it was a welcome thing.] Kaori? Where are you?

[ a much later voice ~]

[seiriald]

Sleeping. [That made the most sense anyway, right? And even if she did stop deluding herself that she was dreaming, she had resumed wandering about the outskirts of the village alone since he had left.

After a moment she shrugs, her voice rather monotone and devoid of emotion. That alone is unusual enough from her.] Alone, what else?

[ a much later voice ~]

[falenandawn]

[Sleeping? She was sleep talking....? No... She was speaking so...

His tone when he responds is confused, yet worried.] Kaori?

Can I come see you?