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[tinderfoot]

[It’s early morning, the morning sirens have yet to sound. And here, in the corner of the food court at the Underground Mall, sits Tyrell. Tyrell, who found himself strangely just outside the boarding house several hours ago, Tyrell who was declared dead just over a week ago, not that he knows this yet

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[quackery]

[Surprise, a little bit of anger-]

I told you to be careful!

[...Which quickly gives way into concern.]

Are you alright?

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[tinderfoot]

[He actually looks a bit guilty -- well done, Ahiru!]

Look, it's just one of those things that happen, all right?

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[quackery]

It's more than that!

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[tinderfoot]

Yeah? How?

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[quackery]

You might not have come back!

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[tinderfoot]

Come back from what? [All the conversations are starting to muddle together now, and he just hates how he just can't make sense of everything.] The dead?

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[quackery]

[She pauses - then, gently:]

You don't remember?

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[tinderfoot]

I remember the monster, yeah. Doesn't mean it killed me.

[The time gap, though... it makes him uneasy. How could he have missed that many days? It would have been one relaxing sleep, but he didn't feel refreshed. Sore, really sore, if he thought about it, so he tried not to.]

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[quackery]

[Even softer:] It was on the news.

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[tinderfoot]

[A pause.]

Yeah, I saw.

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[quackery]

You missed a lot of days.

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[tinderfoot]

... About six, I think.

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[quackery]

You still think it was a mistake? [It's not condemning - merely curious, almost hopeful.]

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[tinderfoot]

I'm just saying that's it possible. You never know, maybe the monster thing took me somewhere.

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[quackery]

It would've disappeared in the morning.

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[tinderfoot]

Yeah, but maybe I was unconscious or something.

[He's really grasping, now, and he can feel it. Feel everything slipping away.]