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[symmetryguns]

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[carrythesin]

[Someone opened the door? Kirika walks out to see who it is and... She is frozen from where she stands with this look.]

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[spectrophobic]

[Liz was stretched out on the couch in the living room in a half-daze, with her signature hat tipped down over her eyes.]

Huh...?

[Did she hear her name?

She brought her hand up and adjusted her hat, scooting up slowly to sit up.]

Kirika? Is someone at the door?

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[symmetryguns]

Hello Kirika.

[He can't have been gone that long. Hours, maybe a day or so. Just long enough for Liz to start worrying, but not long enough to get that reaction from the other girl.]

Liz? I'm back.

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[loyal_inferno]

[Jackie hears the voice before she sees him, and she's out of the room in a few seconds to see if Kirika and Liz heard it too. When she sees Kid standing there she isn't sure whether to hit him, cry, or hug him.

She settles for standing there and pretending she isn't quite as relieved as she is. Kid didn't remember how close they used to be anyway so there wasn't any use.]

This is going to start getting a little old you realize? [Her voice is teasing because it makes it easier to swallow over the lump in her throat.]

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[carrythesin]

[She would probably agree with Jackie but it didn't matter. Her shock look slowly fades to a calm smile. No words could express how happy she is to see him again.]

[action] Slooowbro.

[spectrophobic]

[She really isn't just dreaming.

Liz sat bolt upright, which quickly turned into a scramble to go to the door. She needed to see him with her own eyes.

So she rushed, stopping just short behind Kirika with her hand pressed down on one of her shoulders to keep herself from bowling the poor girl over.]

Kid...

[She stood there shell-shocked for a few seconds more, and then put on a weak smile while her eyes welled up with tears. Man, what a sap she is turning out to be...]

Welcome back.

[action] we still love you.

[symmetryguns]

[That reaction wasn't what he was expecting.]

How long was it?

[Hours, that's all. Maybe a day or two.]

[action] we do!

[loyal_inferno]

[Jackie hangs back to allow the others to answer the question. She was glad he was back, but Liz and Kirika needed this more than her.]

[action] ....do we?

[carrythesin]

[Kirika stayed silent where she was with her smile. It didn't matter how long it was now so...]

[action] don't you? ;3;

[spectrophobic]

[Liz brought a hand up to wipe away those beginnings of tears in her eyes. Sheesh.

But when Kid asked, and no one else attempted to answer the question, she fidgeted in place.]

It was... at least a week.

[action] of course we do!

[symmetryguns]

A week?

[action] D: /makes this face at Lynn

[loyal_inferno]

It was a while. [She finally adds, taking a step closer so that she could be better heard.]

We thought you were just gone again

[action] I'M KIDDING ;A;

[carrythesin]

[What Jackie said was true. Kirika just stood there watching and listening. She didn't know what else to add.]

So then...

[He was the same person as before.]

[action] I know. We just like giving you a hard time back. :3c

[spectrophobic]

It's the truth.

[There's no sugarcoating it; even though she does feel kind of bad, looking at that stunned expression of his.]

Anyway, maybe we should move this conversation out of the doorway.

I don't think you want to be standing like this the whole time.

[action] It's our favorite pastime

[symmetryguns]

[He comes further inside, brushing the snow off (first one shoulder, then the other).]

Noah's dead.

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[loyal_inferno]

[Well THAT catches her attention.]

You mean, Maka and the others got you out? What happened to the book?