Illusion LIV {Text/Video // forward dated to sunday, offline to varia mansion]

[supermistfrog]

[Once his facial muscles had started to obey his brain's orders, Fran managed to supress his annoyance and unsettlement under his blank face once again. Sending out apologies in text while confined in bed due to multiple injuries is the better decision than voice or video, he thinks. After all, he didn't want to show emotion or anything like that.

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[Video]

[capuletnomore]

[She sees this on Sunday morning, when going through her PCD. The glimpse of him may be brief, but it's enough to worry her.]

Fran? What has happened?

[Video]

[supermistfrog]

[He gives the camera a brief look, before turning away.]

Don't you remember what happened before the event, or is everyone that lacking in memory?

[Video]

[capuletnomore]

I remember. I stayed indoors, away from the madness. It seemed as though the entire city had gone mad with anger. How - how badly were you injured, that a week's rest has left you in such a state? You have been seen by a healer?

[Video]

[supermistfrog]

...

I got into a few fights with overly powered people.

I haven't seen one yet. [Because he didn't want to show his face, nope.]

[Video]

[capuletnomore]

You were swept up in the madness as well? Oh, Fran!

[She's glad that she can actually express her concern now, instead of being falsely cheerful at this. She understands now much better what Lady Duroc had meant.]

You should let a healer examine you - Lady Unohana, or one of the others. What if there is something wrong about which you do not know?

[Video]

[supermistfrog]

It seemed that the entire city did. Ch. It was like a virus.

....

I'll do that. And I doubt I'll turn into a zombie again, if that's what Juliet is worried about.

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[capuletnomore]

That is precisely why I stayed indoors and away from the madness. I did not wish it to infect me as well.

[She blinks at that.]

I do not worry about you becoming a zombie, Fran. I worry after your health and well-being. I do not wish you to be hurt.

[Video]

[supermistfrog]

....

[He's....still not used to hearing that...]

That makes you better than a lot of people here.

[Video]

[capuletnomore]

I do not know that it makes me better. To claim that would be hubris. But it is my nature to worry after those whom I hold dear in any way. You will speak with Lady Unohana regarding your injuries?

[Video]

[supermistfrog]

....You really care about me that much?

[...still not used to that. Don't mind him, he's wondering why people like him.]

No, I plan to bleed for another week, please.

[Video]

[capuletnomore]

Have you reason to doubt me, Fran?

[He's grown on her over the last few months. She really has become fond of him. Even of the sarcastic replies to her earnest questions.]

You shall make a horrible mess if you do. It is difficult to clean blood out of cloth.

[She tries for a deadpan delivery, but she isn't very good at it. Her eyes sparkle with mirth, and she can't quite hide the smile.]

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[supermistfrog]

You are a bit silly.

[As has he. She isn't all that bad, really. Even if he did meet her after dying. Sort of an odd meeting.]

I'll make sure to bleed everywhere, just for Juliet.

[There's a tiny upturn to the corners of his mouth as well.]

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[capuletnomore]

I have been called worse.

[She catches that just-barely-there smile, Fran, and it makes her grin.]

Then take care to create a lovely pattern with it, that we may enjoy the work of art over which you sacrificed so much.

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[supermistfrog]

I will have poured blood, sweat and tears into it. It would have come from the heart, you know.

[Video]

[capuletnomore]

So long as it does not contain your whole heart, Fran.

[Video]

[supermistfrog]

Ah, does Juliet want that for herself?