[Gilbert is having a bad day. The video feed turns on to him fiddling with the buttons on the side of the communicator. The picture winks in and out off an don for a few minutes. His face reappears, looking hopeful. And then, then the video lurches, showing a spinning view of the ceiling. In the background, a loud THUD can be heard, followed by a
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Love? [Spotting those bandaids.] Ah-- Are you okay? [He lays the books to the side, striding toward him.]
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[He moves to step towards Naoki, but his heel catches the edges of the cabinet and he goes sprawling once more instead. ...he's just going to stay down here now, ok? Face to the floor he adds, muffled.] It's been a rough day.
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[Ah-- He watches with surprise as Gilbert goes sprawling. He's not usually that uncoordinated, now is he? The thought is only a brief one before he kneels down in front of Gilbert, tone bemused,] H-has this been happening a while?
[...here, just going to be reaching forward to get you up there, Gilbert.]
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But Gilbert is a little too busy being a pile of failure on the floor to worry about feeling bad about secrets. He peeks up as Naoki helps him up, clearing his throat.] All day. Since this morning. I cut myself 4 times making a sandwich for lunch.
[With a butter knife. Sob.]
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[WELL. He guesses that part isn't important. After a moment, bemused,] What's going on now? [What else but the city. He has faith in your usual coordination, bb.]
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I wish I knew. This... can't be normal, right?
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Can't be. There's having a clumsy day, and then there's... [His eyes track over Gilbert's little collection of bandaids.]
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Then there's lucky to be alive after not even leaving the house. [He knows he's a disaster today. It's a little frightening how much of a klutz he's turned into.]
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So since this morning, huh? Hopefully it'll wear off soon. [Another brush of Naoki's fingers over Gilbert's cheek.]
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I... ah... I fell down the stairs. Twice. In the same attempt.
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[And bruised his pride. It was pretty lame. He's glad no one was around to see it. Really glad.]
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