006 - Filter fail.

[lafillebleue]

. . .

Why is the power out?

At least it's daylight now, but it's creepy . . . especially with the storms. Hopefully they'll go away before tonight

Comments

[bustydefense]

The last time the weather changed things got... strange. Be careful.

[lafillebleue]

It changed before?

[bustydefense]

It snowed in July.

[lafillebleue]

. . .

What caused that?

[heartofheaven]

I never saw anyone voting for anything. Whatever's going on, we need to be careful.

[lafillebleue]

I don't think anyone did vote for anything. What can we do?

[heartofheaven]

Be on our guard.

[lafillebleue]

[muttered]

It'd be easier to know what we're guarding from.

It just seems like there's something else we can do that's proactive. Or should be. Even though I don't know what.

[kaitopants]

[He comes down the stairs, with a candle lighting the way. He places it on the counter next to Aoko and listens to her conversation over the phone, before he adds his two cents]

I don't think you're gonna get your answers from anyone over that thing, Aoko.

[lafillebleue]

[Her eyes flicker up to him with the arrival of the candle, quietly relieved that he's there -- both in proximity and not out in the storm. And maybe she won't get any answers, but it makes her feel better, talking and making a connection with someone else.]

Someone's got to know something.

[kaitopants]

[He moves the curtains to peer outside, the rain splashing against the window glass violently. He sighs]

No one who would be willing to give them, that's who.

[lafillebleue]

Kaito . . .

[But she doesn't know what she's going to say even after she says his name. She watches the rain splash on the window beyond his hand and murmurs,]

I want to go home . . .

[temporaltantei]

Aoko-kun? Are you alright?

[lafillebleue]

I hate storms. Especially now -- it's like one of those bad horror movies where you're just waiting for someone to come around the corner with the chain saw.

[temporaltantei]

Do you want me to come over? I'm not doing much here at home.

[lafillebleue]

[Briefly Aoko wonders what would happen with both Kaito and Hakuba in the same room -- because she suspects Kaito is here somewhere. (Or is half-hoping he is.)]

[Probably nothing good can come of that. But still, she feels a bit bad . . . Hakuba probably doesn't have much going on over where he is, and she certainly wouldn't like to be alone in a storm.]

It's raining pretty hard, though . . . wouldn't you be nervous about the lightning?