✪ Portals and Parrots! ✪ [Video & Text]

[loyal_cube]

[Cube comes on screen, looking like a wreck. It's very clear he has had little sleep.]

Anyone still in Spero...

I've opened a portal between both hospitals in Spero and Discedo for those wishing to cross. I'm not able to keep it open for very long, so please make your way here.

It's a nice day out!

[Cube looks off to his side, not too amused

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[mizu_isei]

Oh, Cube-san... you never met Minato, did you?

What a good boy!

[Large grey parrot is peering at you, Cube. Yes it judges you hard. Meanwhile Sunao is kind of spacing out.]

[loyal_cube]

I'm afraid not.

[Said quite flatly for Cube. he is on the edge of his nerves at the moment.]

I don't recall you always having him. He doesn't belong to you, does he?

[mizu_isei]

He's Moa's.

[Sunao doesn't say anything for a moment after that. Finally she reaches up to feed the bird a tidbit.]

That's part of the reason I'm going to Discedo. Spero seems a lot more... dangerous lately. I don't want anything happening to him.

[loyal_cube]

Ah.

[He looks at the bird, feeling a bit bad he was rude to it.]

It's a good reason...

[To the parrot]

Be good.

[mizu_isei]

[Parrot's going to make some clicking noises instead of talking this time. Sunao absently pets it and then looks closely at Cube.]

Hm...you seem tired. Are you sure you can do this?

[loyal_cube]

Y-Yes. I should be alright for a while longer.

[He blinks a few times, trying to keep focus.]

Besides, if I don't do this, there is no way to get back and forth without riding the ship. I-it's the least I can do.

[The least is now the most of his energy at the moment. He does feel weakness in his legs, and begins looking for a chair nearby.]

[mizu_isei]

...?

[Sunao does a double take at wobbling-Cube and then heads across the room to get a chair for him.]

Be careful though. Even if you can do a lot for people, it's no use if you're hurt too badly.

[loyal_cube]

Ah, t-thank you. You didn't need to.

[He sits, trying his best to hold out a little longer, despite the tightness in his core struggling]

I could never forgive myself if I didn't do my best.

[mizu_isei]

You're a little busy though. [Almost poking fun there.] It's ok, don't worry...

[Dragging the chair over. She glances at Cube, at the chair, then again at Cube until he sits down.]

Forgive yourself? Hm. Maybe you're saying that because you're tired. [Gentle shoulder pat.]

[loyal_cube]

I'm saying it because it's true.

I... I believe it matters most for one to try their best at all costs.

[The light around the portal dims and flickers]

I'll never be a hoodlum and slack off. I'll always do my best... to please...

[The Portal' swallows itself as Cube falls off the chair and lies on the floor]

[mizu_isei]

As long as you can still help yourself... it's important, if you're that kind of person.

[Eying the flickering portal to make sure no one's coming through it right that moment.]

Oh! [Yep kneeling down to get a look at Cube. Hopefully he's just unconscious...]

[loyal_cube]

[He is just unconscious but he doesn't seem to be stirring much, even after the fall to the floor.

Cube is breathing, though.]

[fierybluebird]

[Comes running over there punches a wall in a fit of anger.]

Ah. Sunao. [Nods his head.] Any idea when the last time he slept or ate was?

[mizu_isei]

[Did you really just punch a wall? Sunao will stare blank-faced for a moment, then no comment and gently takes Cube by the shoulders.]

I'm not sure it's that... some kinds of magic can wear a person out more than hunger or exhaustion.

...Can you help me get him up? [That will be a good alternative to wall punching. Sunao would have just picked him up otherwise.] I'll find one of those wheeled beds.

[fierybluebird]

Yes, course. [Gently scoops Cube up into his arms.] How long has he been at it?

[mizu_isei]

Ah...I'm not sure. [What is keeping track of time?]

Maybe close to half an hour?