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[closed] Catatonic, catatonic;

Mar 21, 2011 21:32

Characters: Veda, 00, Stellaris, and Barry
Date/Time: Morning of March 22nd
Location: Veda's Section 2 apartment
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Veda takes Lockon's disappearance rather badly. His friends in Housekeeping come by to see him, each for their own reason.

( I'm numb in priceless solitude )

gundam 00: anew (stellaris), misfits: simon (barry), gundam 00: tieria (veda), neon genesis evangelion: rei (00)

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notamelonfucker March 22 2011, 04:48:34 UTC

Barry had not seen Veda for several days. That was not generally cause for worry in his book. People fell ill sometimes, and their supervisors were surprisingly lenient due to the fact that nearly everyone had to take a couple days off at some point because of Edensphere's particular brand of weirdness. Despite this, Barry couldn't help but feel somewhat worried about Veda.

Veda was a strange, strange man. He spoke strangely, showed almost no sign of gratitude or human warmth, or... well, anything really. Barry liked him. He liked him quite a lot, and still found it to be alarming that he was forced into a situation in which his eye was taken out. The very thought of it sent shivers down his spine--wait, no, that was a lie. The very thought of it made his eye hurt, and that was something he tried not to think about ( ... )

ghost_of_00 March 22 2011, 05:05:21 UTC

00 had arrived at Veda's house having also noticed his absence from work. She had checked against the timesheets to see where his shifts would logically bring the two of them into proximity, and that hadn't happened. Nor had he communicated on the journals for some days.

He had been absent from work in the past as a result of emotional turmoil--perhaps that was the case now. Lockon had been from the same world as Veda, Lyle, and Stellaris; the disappearance may have affected him. So 00 had made a thermos of hot chocolate and set off for his home.

She was somewhat surprised to see Barry there, staring at the door. Was he here for the same purpose? But discovering Veda's condition was more important than knowing Barry's motives. "Hello," was all she said before knocking on the door... and waiting...

00 had prepared for this eventuality. She took a key out of her pocket and unlocked the door, stepping inside. "Veda, this is 00," she called, to forestall an accidental shooting.

lingeringlegacy March 22 2011, 05:27:57 UTC

At first, Stellaris noticed Veda never responded to Lyle's entry. After that, she heard he stopped showing up at work. With her erratic part-time shifts, it took her a few days to realize this, but when she did, it raised concern. It was not quite clear how close Veda and Lockon were, but Veda's radio memory seemed to indicate some kind of mentorship. Not making any reactions to news of his disappearance would be odd, unless, and it was a bigger cause of concern, he was emotionally affected to the point of losing desire to write.

Or worse.

After that thought hit her on Sunday night, in the morning she wasted no time to head to Veda's place with some leftover cupcakes in tow, hoping he'd be in. From afar, she saw that his door was open and a man she didn't recognise was standing by.

No. Don't say he disappeared too...

Stellaris hastened her steps towards the door and greeted that man, rather apprehensively, "Ah, hello. Are you here to see this unit's resident?"

interveningly March 22 2011, 05:34:11 UTC

Veda stirred slightly at the sounds. The dog? No. The dog was next to him still - silent for once. Nothing he had to worry about, then. Just background noise. The loop started over again.

notamelonfucker March 22 2011, 05:45:01 UTC

When 00 appeared beside him with only a note of greeting, Barry edged away from her, momentarily surprised. It was only when she quickly stepped inside of Veda's apartment that he reached a hand out to stop her.

"00, wait, what if he's--"

He trailed off in the realization that it was too late and whatever Veda's thoughts on privacy were, they would have to wait. As he was about to take a step inside, he was stopped by a young woman with lavender hair (who he noted was very pretty, though now wasn't the time to be thinking about that).

"I-I--uh," he stammered, then gestured weakly at the cleaning equipment he wheeled behind him. "Housekeeping. And I wanted to see if Veda was all right, but 00 just--she just walked in."

He gave a one-shoulder shrug, and decided to walk behind 00, who looked as if she was a very young girl but apparently had the nerve of an old man. "Veda?" He stared into the darkness and saw what he assumed to be Veda's shape. "Veda, are you okay?"