Ninety-Seventh Explosion

[god_is_a_dude]

[Action]

[In the likely empty (what with having no manager left to it) Seventh Heaven on this fine day is a boy that many people know and have many varied opinions of. He seems to be in tip-top shape, no injuries or anything, right? His face is distant, however. He looks around the place and then down at the book on the table. He opens it

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[book_of_chaos]

[Leon's toting a bag of groceries on his way to the item store and back to the house. Now that it's just him and Rena, he's trying to be more helpful by doing some chores and such.

Of course, along the way, he has to pass the Seventh Heaven, and he stops when he sees something in the window. He has to do a double-take, since the strange "experiment" going on lately has him seeing and hearing things. His parents. Claude's voice. Claude's mom's voice. Precis.

But Haruki...?]

[god_is_a_dude]

[Haruki by now has made himself a bowl of ramen, but there in the window... Leon? ...Heh. Leon. Leon is here.

He doesn't do much beyond wave at the guy, probably trying to not even make eye contact]

1/2

[book_of_chaos]

[He's ... waving.

He's. Waving.

It'll take a moment for this to completely compute.]

2/3 okay I lied again

[book_of_chaos]

[He stands out there with an annoyed expression for a few seconds, then walks over to the door and enters the restaurant.]

3/3

[book_of_chaos]

What kind of greeting was that?

[god_is_a_dude]

A normal one. [Of course, that's as good as muttered as he keeps focusing intently on his ramen]

[book_of_chaos]

Not from someone who's been missing for the last two weeks. Unless you're trying to act cool. [In which case, you're kinda failing, staring at your ramen.]

[god_is_a_dude]

It's been two weeks, huh? [...] Sorry.

[But he sounds not apologetic at all as he keeps staring at his ramen]

[book_of_chaos]

It's fine. [He looks at the still restaurant, then walks closer to the table.]

It's been quiet. No New Feathers again.

[god_is_a_dude]

Again? [...Weird. That's weird, isn't it?]

[book_of_chaos]

...Yeah. And it sounds like people are still disappearing at the same rate. So there's outflow without inflow. [Meaning the village is getting smaller.] It's still hard to tell right now, though.

[god_is_a_dude]

That means, naturally, that either the damned aliens are doing something right, or the fourth force is somehow satisfied, right? [...Smaller, huh? He's not sure how to feel about that]