013 ☯ Alma [VIDEO]

[alma_karma]

[The feed is turned accidentally by a squeeze of small fingers, and a slowly bobbing view of the apartment building is visible. Alma trudges through the light rain, taking refuge in the partial protection the building provides. What can be seen of the boy (mostly his legs) is covered in mud, as if he fell somewhere along the way.

After a few minutes

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[promisedlotus]

Alma?

[alma_karma]

[He stops his cleaning, leaning over the communicator and dripping rainwater onto the screen.]

Yu?

[promisedlotus]

Where were you?

[alma_karma]

[He blinks a few times, oddly confused.]

... I dunno. I was inside and I think I fell asleep...

Then I was outside.

[promisedlotus]

[LIBITINA HE WILL KILL YOU.]

Finish cleaning up and get inside, you'll catch a cold like that.

[alma_karma]

Okay, I'm coming.

[And back to scrubbing for a few minutes before he heads back inside the building.]

[promisedlotus]

[He'll have his jacket waiting for you, Alma~]

[alma_karma]

[It doesn't take him long to get upstairs. He's still got some grime clinging to him and he's shivering a bit, but he seems to be in relatively good shape.]

[promisedlotus]

[And wrapping that jacket around you now, bitty.]

[alma_karma]

[He accepts it gratefully, helping to wrap it around himself.]

... I didn't mean to be outside.

[promisedlotus]

I'm just glad you're safe.

[alma_karma]

[Rubbing at his nose with the back of one hand.]

Allen said I was gone for days...

[promisedlotus]

...Yeah.

[alma_karma]

I'm sorry!

[promisedlotus]

Don't be.