[ action post + phone call to Zack ]

[iluphone]

[ Kunsel's feeling better. Given the state he was in before, though, pretty much anything is better in comparison. But he's clean, he's (arguably) fed, and he's called Angeal back to tell Angeal where to find him. (He's at Kira's cafe now, Angie.) So, he's better. The chocobo egg is clean now too, and he's got it swaddled in a towel Kira was kind

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[iluphone]

A hotel in Edge. Figured... Figured a change of scenery wouldn't hurt anyone. And hey, hot showers. Heat. Those tiny bottles of shampoo that magically last for days. Can't go wrong with that, right?

[ Kunsel manages another soft laugh at that, but he finds a strange feeling of numbness has begun to settle into him. Even though he's laughing, he finds that he doesn't feel anything resembling the emotions the laughter makes him feel. At the same time, the anxiety in his chest feels deadened, not gone but no longer as overwhelming as before. It feels distanced from him, and he's almost glad it only not for how unsettled the numbness makes him. It makes him feel not like himself, and that bothers him.

But he doesn't worry about it too much for now. Zack's coming to see him, after all, which means he had to come up with something resembling coherent directions. ]

Let's see...

[ Kunsel manages to make directions with the help of a map from the desk and relays it all to Zack, repeating it a few times to make sure Zack doesn't forget or get them wrong and accidentally end up in Kalm. Then he sighs and moves over to the window, peering out to see if he might spot Zack's approach. ]

It's room 416. And--

Use the stairs, Zack. Okay? Remember that time you sprained your ankle?

[neverwinged]

[As luck would have it, Kunsel's hotel isn't too far away from Seventh Heaven. Which was good, he wouldn't have to travel too far and tire himself out by the time he'd arrived. And he'd arrive sooner, also good when someone needed him. The directions Kunsel gave him weren't too difficult to follow - for anyone who didn't have Zack's sense of direction. So yes, he did grumble after the fifth time he was told to turn left on a particular street, but it was all good.]

I got'cha. Four-sixteen, climbin' the outside drainpipe is a no go.

[Of course, now the only thing to worry about were the looks other people would give him at the hotel. The long coat that Angeal had managed to find for him did a good job of covering most of the wing, anybody walking by from a distance wouldn't be able to tell, but that was while he'd hurried through the city late at night with few onlookers. Up close, there was obviously something underneath the material, and the tips of black feathers would occasionally peek out from the bottom. Considering all the chaos that Jenova and her Sephiroth had been creating in the city, someone walking around with such an ominous reminder of it wouldn't be well-received. What if someone started throwing rocks or something . . .

. . . now was not a time to be self-conscious. Kunsel was going through yet another crisis and needed Zack to be there. People giving him odd looks (and possibly rocks) was not going to keep him away. He would cover it as best he can, and that would be that.]

I'll be there as soon as I can. Just gotta tell Spike m'headin' out.

[Already he's managed to get on the ground, after a short climb and a slight leap - only stumbling once, and only because he was still growing accustomed to the extra weight, that's all. He'd get used to it eventually. At least he didn't fall on his face like last time.]