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[riastrad_ridire]

[phone; afternoon]

Shut up and listen, Mayfield, because I am in no goddamn mood to repeat myself.

[It's safe to say Lancer sounds remarkably stressed today. Shaken? A little. But mostly strained and barely containing a hell of a lot of anger.]I'm gonna guess you've all noticed something isn't right. Less so than usual. I'm going to make this

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[riastrad_ridire]

...?

[Now that was an unexpected dream for her to have. But it helped him get an idea of her location--had she really been that close all along? That figured. At least his assumption of there being two of her was confirmed now. If nothing else he could get back there in a matter of seconds.]

[riastrad_ridire]

[FINE LET'S JUST CRACK THAT SUCKER OPEN.]

[riastrad_ridire]

[Lancer sighed, looking relieved she was more or less unharmed. He didn't understand just what Mayfield hoped to accomplish here, but that was a familiar sense of confusion at least.]

Hey. Can you even hear me? [Probably better to get her out of the damn thing, at least. Which he did, picking her up with a faintly worried expression. The things he does for you, Rin.]

C'mon, kid, wake up already.

[riastrad_ridire]

I know, kid. But you're gonna have to wake up eventually anyway. Geez, here I was worried about you and you're just takin' a nap.

[Smirking despite the situation, Lancer shrugged the best he could with a tsundere in his arms and carried her inside.]

[riastrad_ridire]

. . .

[DROPPING YOU UNCEREMONIOUSLY ON THE COUCH]

[yep back to business as usual]

[riastrad_ridire]

My house. Town's gone crazy again and there's a crazy bitch running around that looks like you. Now that you're all caught up, we need to talk.

[riastrad_ridire]

Town's flipping out.

You have a duplicate.

We. Need. To. Talk.

[riastrad_ridire]

Because I'm not saying horrible things like she was. If you want more proof than that, I'm in no mood to run around in circles proving myself. You'll just have to trust me.