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[no_mothers_son]

::He'd woken in the Nexus with and aching head. He wasn't sure where Kou was, and he had completly lost Lirin. He needed to sit down and think, maybe self-medicate this headache too. It wasn't long before he found his favorite bench in the park::

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[nobodys_bunny]

::At first, the silence is blessed, the chance to be alone like a great weight off Kou's chest. Soon, though, the worry starts. He tries to push it away. His sister is fine. She has to be. He sent Dokugaku to follow her and make sure nothing happened, didn't he? He's just paranoid.::

::He manages to convince himself it's paranoia for nearly half an hour before he goes looking. When he hears about the earthquake, he realizes he's not just being paranoid. When he finds out about a girl who sounds for all the world like his sister being in the middle of the earthquake, the worry turns to dread. By the time he finds Dokugaku in the park, he's reached full-out panic.::

Where's Lirin?

[no_mothers_son]

She's safe. Aya-chan's got her out of the Nexus.

[nobodys_bunny]

::"Out of the Nexus" is not the same as safe, but he trusts Dokugaku and he trusts Aya-chan, so that helps to calm him somewhat.::

Tell me what happened.

[no_mothers_son]

She decided to ask a question.

[nobodys_bunny]

What kind of--? ::Wait. Dokugaku doesn't usually give useless answers.::

...are you all right?

[no_mothers_son]

Yeah, just...She went out to the sign, and Nii showed up, and...::gonna stare at his hands now::

[nobodys_bunny]

::Panicking again, except, no, Dokugaku said Lirin was safe. Lirin is safe. Safe. Breathing now.::

::Oh. Shit.:: What did he do to you?

[no_mothers_son]

::What? Why are you worried about Jien?::

Laughed, threatened, almost got him to drop the AV field.

[nobodys_bunny]

::Why is he worried? The evil scientist who did horrible, unspeakable things to Kou went after his sister, then Dokugaku sent her away so she'd be safe and...::

...you tried to get him to drop the AV field? Why?

[no_mothers_son]

Thought it was time to kill him.

::and it's because Nii is a bad bad scientist, and not because of other things::

[nobodys_bunny]

You could have gotten yourself killed! ::Time for panic, again.:: You would have! Do you have any idea what that bastard's capable of?

[no_mothers_son]

I know, but...he...

::this isn't going very well, but he knew it wouldn't. As soon as he's out of Kou's sight, he does exactly what Kou asked him not to do.::

[nobodys_bunny]

::He reaches out to lay a hand on Dokugaku's shoulder, but stops halfway there when his stomach twists at the thought of touching another person.::

Getting yourself killed won't accomplish anything, and...and I need you. ::He swallows hard.:: I need you to help me kill him.

[no_mothers_son]

I know. He. While you were gone. Said he'd tell you.

::fuck, why did he even bring this up::

[nobodys_bunny]

Tell me? I don't...

It doesn't matter. That bastard doesn't have anything to say that I want to hear.

[no_mothers_son]

::deep breath::

He may. I wasn't doing very well, and...