[She sends the unfinished text, but quickly reverts to video when she finds that she can't type well; her hands are shaking something chronic, and for the first time in a long time, her mellow disposition shatters to reveal a trembling voice and a badly held expression of calm]
[He hadn't expected her to reply so soon.. he had, but he hoped otherwise. There was something painful about this whole experience. Normally he didn't care who he killed but it was the circumstances that hurt... He'd.. never had to apologise or deal with mourning those he had in a long time if at all.
Instead of a video he sticks to texting. That way he could remain emotionally distant.]
I killed him. The Author made me do it. It was quick and he wouldn't have suffered. I'm sorry.
[Shiki hears the thumping and pulls the covers over his head. The call from within is dull and lacking emotion in that tired way. He hasn't slept since he turned back to his normal self.]
[It's more of a mumble as he shifts to get himself upright. Having not slept from his own neuroticism keeping him awake he found himself surprisingly docile.]
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[She sends the unfinished text, but quickly reverts to video when she finds that she can't type well; her hands are shaking something chronic, and for the first time in a long time, her mellow disposition shatters to reveal a trembling voice and a badly held expression of calm]
W-what-?? What, but, how? What happened-?!
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Instead of a video he sticks to texting. That way he could remain emotionally distant.]
I killed him. The Author made me do it. It was quick and he wouldn't have suffered. I'm sorry.
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[Nice bangs on Shiki's door, hard - she didn't know if he was even in his room, but by now she's beyond angry]
Ya sorry-?! Get out here and tell me what the FUCK happened!!
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[Shiki hears the thumping and pulls the covers over his head. The call from within is dull and lacking emotion in that tired way. He hasn't slept since he turned back to his normal self.]
The door's open.
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[If nothing else, his normal pattern of knocking would probably be recognized.]
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It's open.
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[He has a partial idea what prompted this, and part of what's going on, but he's a bit wary of assuming specifics...]
You'd wanted to see me?
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[It's more of a mumble as he shifts to get himself upright. Having not slept from his own neuroticism keeping him awake he found himself surprisingly docile.]
And that I did it.
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