May 18, 2011 18:44
+helios sprensonne,
@charlotte hazelrink,
+hamato leonardo,
@luka megurine,
!report,
+hamato donatello,
this'll end well,
+adell,
nerding out,
+ingrid grimmholtz,
asking questions,
+sierra-23 [daisy],
+fox mulder,
+maes hughes,
+charlotte hazelrink,
+tsuzuki asato,
filter,
@malnosso,
time for a panic attack,
super awkward,
@adell,
failing at relationships,
+litchi faye-ling,
+malnosso,
+hamato michelangelo,
@vivi aislinn
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No.
No no no no no... It can't be. It can't be my daughter...
At first Robert can't say anything at all. He's completely silent, paralyzed by the pain of... this. It's one of his worst fears realized - someone he has grown to love, to care about deeply, to want and perhaps even need in his life... being wrenched away, all in an instant.
This is why you shouldn't get close to people, Robert.
He doesn't even know this person, but he can't stop himself from sobbing openly; brokenly. His voice is low and thick with pain when he responds.]
...
Y-You're... you're c-certain...?
...
Oh gods, why...
[He manages to choke out, softly:] Th-thank you... f-for... f-for t-telling me...
[And then he just breaks down and cries into his hands for a few moments, in what may be one of the most open displays of emotion in a man Adell has ever borne witness to.]
(OOC: Good to know~ o/` Thank you!
Oh, incidentally... did Vivi's mun inform you that Vivi left stuff for Robert at House 44? If not... there's a letter and a safari hat for him, which he could be persuaded to go get soon. o/`)
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...I'm certain. ...And I'm really sorry. [He feels powerless over the communication line. Being there physically would be easier. But either way, he'll patiently wait until Robert has relaxed a bit.]
You gonna be all right?
[He actually does sound concerned. People being sent home is brutal. He knows that too well.]
(OoC: Nope, that's news to me. Thanks for pointing that out, he'll get to that soon.)
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He draws in a shuddering breath, trying to ground himself as he lightly knits his fingers before bringing a shaking hand to his hair, coiling his fingers in it.]
... I...
... I-It... is not your fault, I... I just... [Pathetically:] M-My daughter...
[He doesn't know if this person knows the real extent of how he felt for Vivi, how close he was - at least comparitively - with her... and this is the worst time to announce it.]
...
I... I... I don't know.
[He wants to curl up and die, really. Or hide away and never come out again. Neither of those things would be helpful, but they would maybe ease some of this pain.]
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Because that's what's needed right now.]
...All I can tell you is to be strong. I won't say to deny that it hurts or anything like that, because that'd be lying to yourself, which is worse. But you can get through this.
[After a brief pause.]
...Vivi thought of you as a father?
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Being strong. He doesn't know if he can be strong. He couldn't even be strong for her, sometimes.
Another sob escapes him.]
Y-Yes...
She, she asked me if... if I w-would be her foster father. Months ago.
... A-And I... w-wanted to be...
And now... [Now she's gone. She's gone and there's nothing he can do. He can't even beg the Malnosso to give her back - hell, even if he was the violent type, there'd be nobody to hurt to get her back. She's just gone in such a profound, disturbing way. And... and... she'd forget. She'd go back to her world and forget all about him and there's nothing he can do to stop that.]
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He can tell right now he's hurting a lot, and that his strength is probably deserting him.]
...I was kind of like a big brother to her. And one of my best friends was the person Vivi thought of as a mother. And I know, she's... she loves her family dearly.
Don't ever forget that. Keep that close to you, make that your strength. She may be gone, but your memories of her are not. Use them to help you get through things. It will hurt. But you have to persevere. For her memory.
[He pauses again.]
...I'm not sure if this will help or not. But she left something for you. I didn't know who it was for at first, considering I didn't know who she considered her father, but...
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I... I will not allow myself to forget...
[There is more conviction in these words than he can reasonably have, because he is terrified of this happening to him. What if he goes home one day, too, and forgets everybody and everything?]
...
She... she did...?
I... c-could, could I go r-retrieve it s-sometime, perhaps...? [Something to cling to, to cherish, to have as physical proof that at one time Vivi was here and she smiled and laughed when he was with her and she was his daughter.
It will hurt, but having nothing - having emptiness - hurts more.]
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...Whenever you're ready.
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... M-My apologies.
I... w-will contact you again when I have... d-done so.
[And Robert gets up to go over to where Don, Raph and Isamu are, though chances are he'll end up bursting into tears again on the way there and attract the attention of all of the Hamatos (and Isamu) in the process.]
(OOC: Might end up jumping threads a bit... not exactly sure how this is going to work. :|a; Maybe consider this a placeholder for a bit, or something?)
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[Adell will wait for a contact, and assuming he gets one, he'll be waiting at home.]
(OoC: ...But he won't be the one answering the door when they arrive. He'll arrive in shortly after, but...)
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[He squeezes Robert's arm reassuringly.] Are you okay?
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He leans against Don a little bit at the arm squeeze; his voice is still trembling and weepy but he's under control to an extent, now.]
... A-As... as okay as I... c-can be under the circumstances.
[He turns to the house, starting to walk up towards the door, and knocks weakly at it.]
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Hello~
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S-Salutations...
...
I-I apologize if I... am... i-interrupting something, but... M-My foster daughter, Miss V-Vivi Aislinn... l-left... s-something for me, here... and I w-wondered if perhaps I c-could.... [His voice breaks briefly, but he summons it again a few seconds later.] ... r-retrieve it, please...?
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If he is at all phased by Don's appearance or expression, it's pushed back in the fact of the situation]
Mm, I know. Please, come in; [Without missing a beat] do you need me to show you to the room?
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