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[paper_knight]

Day one saw Mark worried and irritable, pacing, listening to the comm network.
He'd occupied himself by sliding his couch in front of his door and adding a lock or two (there are four now, to be precise. For some stupid strange reason, noting the numbers pleases him), and waited out the night fairly well. He's skipped meals before. No big deal.

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[video]

[echo_of_utopia]

...Mark? You look tired.

[audio] Sofia's not a vampire, is she?

[paper_knight]

[He scrambles for the comm and switches his feed to audio. She doesn't need to see this.]

Can we...audio? Please?

[video --> audio] No, she is quite tastyImeanhuman.

[echo_of_utopia]

Of course, if you prefer.

[ She switches and decides that there is no reason not to state the obvious. ]

...You have changed, haven't you?

[audio] *obilgatory humanitarian joke*

[paper_knight]

Yes.

[There's a faint scrabbling. He's sweeping the chess pieces together again.]

Twelve hours to go. Almost exactly. I counted.

Late tag is late [video]

[xeno_phil]

[Phil is still getting the hang of this thing; his video shakes a little before steadying.]

Mark? Are you-- are you okay? You don't look real good.

[audio]

[paper_knight]

[Mark's switched to audio by now. He doesn't want to talk, but he also doesn't want Phil showing up in person. He'll be efficient about this.]

Phil, are you safe? Staying in your room?

[Had he warned him about events? He can't remember. Can't focus.]

[audio]

[xeno_phil]

Uh yeah, sure. Haven't gone out in a bit. [He's been getting moved in and playing with the highly-advanced typewriter the closet provided him with, and is clacking away on drafts of his incredible experiences so far.]

Is something going on? [You would be quite correct in guessing he doesn't know about events yet.]

[audio]

[paper_knight]

Yes. Stay in. I'll explain later.

[Guess what, Phil, Mark got bossy during his mansion-stay.]