Fragmented post-mission thoughts.

[ziohazard]

Cielo settles down on The Couch in the Embryon's untouched New York apartment for the first time in weeks. He sits down with a heavy sigh, and a heavy weight on his shoulders and heart. There's also a pen and paper in his lap, and he's looking down at it thoughtfully

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[shinigami_pilot]

Duo knocks at the apartment door, for courtesy more than anything.When there's no answer he opens the door anyway, probably the result of a stupid impulse he wouldn't be able to explain later.

When he spots Cielo, for a minute there's not much he can do except stare. His hyperactivity is overrun by his shock to see his friend. He moves closer, and spots the notepad. A short moral debate later and he reads whatever he can make out on the page that's open. He's not sure he understands what it means, but wow. Something was up.

"...You okay, buddy?" Still...Cielo!

[ziohazard]

Cielo doesn't make any reaction, other than stretching a bit and curling up into the armrest of The Couch. The notebook falls off of his lap and onto the floor, flipping back to the first page.

Yup, Cielo's still asleep. He's even snoring a bit.

[shinigami_pilot]

Duo sighs and picks up the notepad, really meaning to set it on a table and just find a piece of floor to sit on and wait for his buddy to wake up. There was no way he was leaving. If he did, part of Duo worried he'd end up having to search for his friend again. No more of that, thanks.

He does sit down, but curiosity ends up winning with the journal and he reads through the whole thing a few times before setting it away. Half of it didn't make sense. But something had clearly happened to Cielo. There's a million things he wants to ask the boy, but would feel too badly for it he woke Cielo.

At least he was alright. "You had me worried, buddy." Is all he says from the floor. "....Rrrrrgh. Why you've gotta sleep now is my bad luck." He'd wait a bit. If the boy didn't wake up within an hour Duo was chucking a pillow at him.

[ziohazard]

The boy groans and rolls over... to the wrong side. He ends up falling over on the floor, and bolting upright with a rather confused gaze. Strangely, his eyes are a bright orange, but then fade back to their usual blue...

Cielo looks around, fussing with the beaded dreads that fall in front of his face.

"..." He sees Duo and just blinks a few times.

"D-Duo! Brudda!" Cue a flying tackle-glomp... literally!

[shinigami_pilot]

Duo just watches him fall, wincing when the boy clonks on the floor. That couldn't be pleasant. Duo's done it many of times on the benches in Central Park. Except that was always on cement. Ow.

The eyes are enough to shock him into quiet again while Cielo's talking. What in the world had been going on?! He finally thinks he's got a hold of himself enough to return the greeting, but he never gets a chance.

"...ACK!!" Duo falls backwards with a well rounded THUNK against the floor as Cielo glomps him. Okay, ow...At least they were even?? "Cielo...buddy. Good to see ya. Hehehe.."

[ziohazard]

Cielo totally doesn't realize that his eyes have changed color, or the tattoo on his leg is glowing a faint blue... he's just overjoyed to see his friend.

"Duo! I missed you!!" He exclaims and finally sits back up. He offers a hand to help Duo up.

"You wouldn't believe what happened! I ran through some portals and found dis place called Old Portland, and dere were other people dere like me 'n de Embryon. Like, Tuners 'n stuff. But dey were bad!"

[shinigami_pilot]

Duo doesn't notice these things much at the second either. He's laughing and worried and angry all at the same time. He stumbles on his Starbucks uniform apron as he stands, but gets up to his feet with another laugh.

He's about to ask 'where have you been?!?!' but Cielo solves that pretty easily on his own. "Like you? You're alright though, right buddy? So that's where you've been all this time. Jeez, you had me worried."

[ziohazard]

Cielo points and snickers a bit at Duo's Starbucks apron. He thinks it looks ridiculous. But nevermind that he's not one to talk, what with his lack of pants.

"Like us! But... not really. S'hard to explain, brudda. But I'm glad to be back!"

[shinigami_pilot]

Duo very nearly pouts when Cielo starts snickering at his uniform, but soon enough he's laughing too if only because it was his buddy and GOD he'd missed having a real friend around.

"Tell me about it later, nevermind." Duo agrees, patting Cielo on the shoulder and laughing again. "I'm glad that you're back too man. I left home like ya said I should, and pretty much have been lookin' for ya since then." He doesn't mention hoboing around New York yet. He doesn't want to upset his buddy if he can help it.

[ziohazard]

"I'm glad ta be back too, bro!" But still... he misses the world of the Black Sun and Tuners in a sick, twisted sense.

Cielo stops when he hears the shuffling in the hall, then turns to see none other than Sera!

"'Ey, sista! Duo, dis is anuddah Embryon; Sera!"

((Plz to be continuing on Sera's thread. :D))