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[mirrorbirth]

[After a few days of Deep Thought following this little encounter, Asch has finally resolved himself to go back home. He's packed his things, cleaned up, done a few repairs to make the apartment somewhat presentable after he tore it to bits during the Halloween ordeal, though he's sure it'll end up fixing itself anyway. Finally, sometime in the

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[forkimlasca]

[If he looks in her room, the door is only just ajar, as she is sitting comfortably on her bed with a book. She's only recently come back, so her cheeks are still a bit flushed from the cold.]

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[mirrorbirth]

[He doesn't poke his head in outright, but he does try to subtly glance in to see if she's awake. Confirming that, he raps his knuckles on the door for her attention.]

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[forkimlasca]

[She glances up from her book, adjusting her position so she is sitting upright.]

Come in.

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[mirrorbirth]

[With her invitation, Asch steps inside, remaining by the door for a moment.]

Natalia. I need to talk to you, if you're free. [And willing to hear him out. He did sort of disappear without a word.]

[count_gardios]

[Guy is actually not cleaning or reading fontech books like a nerd, for once. He's actually up on the roof; he seems to have kicked and/or scraped a lot of snow loose and spread out a blanket to lay on, in a thick coat with a scarf and gloves and looking all bundled up, hands behind his head.

He could either be watching the stars or his breath clouding against the night sky; either or.]

[mirrorbirth]

[Man, Guy, have you seriously been missing all day, what a jerk. Asch would have looked for him at the bar, but he really didn't want to talk to him in a place so private, so he wandered around the village quite a bit before heading home again in the late evening. Being winter, the sun goes down much earlier, so it's quite dark when he finally returns. Even so, he somehow manages to spot Guy on the roof, lit only by the moon, and after a moment's hesitation, Asch steels himself and climbs up.]

[count_gardios]

[There's the soft thunks of someone else climbing up onto the roof, and Guy glances over, expecting Luke (and getting ready to scold him; he shouldn't be climbing on roofs in the snow and cold until he's back to normal).

What he sees instead is Asch.

His surprise is evident; his eyes widen and he raises himself up on an elbow. After the silence that followed his little speech and no response for several days, Guy had thought he'd gone ignored.]

...hey.

[mirrorbirth]

...Hey.

[Not exactly substantial, but until he finds the words - he's been searching for them for days now - it's all he's got. Once he reaches the top, he hesitates again, then steps over, kicking the snow off a spot on the roof beside Guy and sitting down, his knees drawn up to his chest. Chirp chirp, go the internal crickets...]

I'm back.

[His bag is unpacked and everything. He hasn't decided whether or not it's a good idea yet.]

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[cakeblocked]

[Luke was in his room, head on his desk in pure boredom and occasionally snapping his fingers near one of his ears. He's a little tired, but unwilling to sleep, and he's found that there's a lot of things he can't do while he can't hear.

That, and Guy still won't let him out of the house until he's fully better. And there really isn't much to do around here.

So he was sitting, feeling his fingers move and hearing nothing, and- snap.

...

Snap?

Luke pauses for a long moment, then lifts his head and snaps his fingers again, right near his ear.

Snap!

It was faint, really faint, but he heard it! Luke slowly stares to smile as he rises to his feet and claps - he heard that - and he laughs and looks towards the door.]

Guy! Natalia!

[He heard that! It sounded like his own voice was about a mile away, but still!

No one's answering him immediately, so he's running out of the room to try and find them and make them yell at him or something.]

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[mirrorbirth]

[And Asch was right outside his room at the same time, so when the door opens and Luke comes barrelling out, there's a sudden Luke-to-Luke collision.]

What the-!?

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[cakeblocked]

Gah-!

[And Luke staggers backwards, wondering how in the world a wall suddenly appeared right outside his door. Is Guy that desperate to keep him inside?

But upon looking and seeing Asch... Luke's eyes widen, and he has to stare in shock for a moment. Once he gets over the shock, though... Sorry Asch, you're the nearest person, so you have to deal with another Luke-to-Luke collision as he launches himself forward for something similar to a tacklehug.]

Asch!

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[mirrorbirth]

[Asch flails helplessly, grimacing in irritation as his back hits the floor. Immediately he's struggling, trying to wriggle his arms free to shove Luke off.]

Let go of me!

[goldenfirefly]

[Stella had been in the clinic for a few days, and now that she's strong enough to walk around on her own, she's been doing so, exploring the world and seeing all of the sights and just... being happy that she's alive