[Accidental Audio-Video]

[mister_hatter]

[The PCD is jostled on to audio in time for an almighty crash to register. It skitters across the ground, cracks against a stone, and the video function is triggered. Break is on his hands and knees on the street, looking more irritated than anything else. He pats his pockets, realizes the device is missing, and sighs

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[innerfirewithin]

[A curse and he's off to find Break. This event stopped being funny.]

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[mister_hatter]

[Break has just found the PCD as Zuko makes it there, and has tucked it back into his pocket, and found his cane. He's searching for a curb, now, or the side of a building, determinedly trying to orient himself on the street. It isn't easy, when you can't hear he footsteps of people going either way. The wind helps- but it's too changeable and soft today to be worth much.]

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[innerfirewithin]

[He stoops in front of Break, slowly, to rest a hand on the man's shoulder.]

Break?

[He says it quietly, but clearly. By the way the man is moving, it's obvious he's lost what remains of his sight or his hearing. Marvelous.]

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[mister_hatter]

[No response to the sound- but the touch startles him badly. He makes a wild swing through the air with the cane, half likely to just miss him entirely, blind and unable to even judge the position of his head by the sound of his voice.]

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[bloodseal_soul]

[That's all it takes. He should have done this sooner, he should have known. Al's off. He's not terribly far from the clinic as it is.]

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[mister_hatter]

[Break is up and moving again all the same, by the time Al gets there.

He may try to hit him with his cane if Al startles him too badly.]

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[bloodseal_soul]

[It doesn't take him long, but like an idiot, he doesn't have his Zoomer.]

Break! Break-

[He pauses outside of range. Al's not stupid, he's seen Break go after Yuca before, he fights dirty. When he gets no answer, he hangs back a moment, mind racing. He'll only have once chance, and if it goes wrong, it could get him very hurt.

Al walks closer, then pulls off his glove and reaches out, putting a warm hand over the back of Break's, on the cane. Definitely not a hostile touch, right?]

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[mister_hatter]

[There is a brief moment in which Break goes very, very still. His expression forms something just on the very edge of a snarl- but he isn't a fool. If this person were overtly hostile... he'd already be dead. He reaches down and rests his other hand on top of Al's and speaks;]

Who?

[Voice far, far too loud, really, overenunciated and clear. He remembers the feeling of making noise, realizes how to support the sound with his breath, push the words through his throat, out his mouth, over his tongue. Volume control is harder, when the temptation is to scream. He has to hear himself, and he can't.]

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[freyasknight]

M-mister Break?

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[mister_hatter]

[Rain, this might be a good time to get Yuca. Break is just searching for the PCD, back and forth across the ground.]

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[freyasknight]

[BRB, fetching daddy.]

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[neverquitedies]

[Who iiiis right there in the kitchen, puttering around a bit. Humming thoughtfully to himself while he tries to remember what he's been told about cooking.]

[bunny_flower]

... Oh my. Break-san ?

[mister_hatter]

[He doesn't answer, finally finding the PCD and standing again, starting toward the clinic with renewed determination.]

[bunny_flower]

[She'd shunpou to him, but her lost sense of touch doesn't allow her too. She'll settle for going out and walk in his direction.]

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[mister_hatter]

[He doesn't see her approach, of course, so they'll risk walking right past one another in the street.]