17. Loss

[redrobinhood]

Spike. Brook. He's gone. Did they disappear too?

At first I freaked out cause I thought someone had taken him, but that black and white thing is gone too. I never did get to figure out how to use it

If so I'm glad its over.

[pause]On a lighter note, the rumor going around is that hot water might be the thing to fix the freaky water-changing

Comments

[handy_psychic]

Yup, they're all gone.

And I couldn't be happier about it.

[redrobinhood]

Ditto.

It feels weird without that thing. It felt so normal to carry it around, even though I have no clue what it is or how it works. Too bad.

[unwinding_key]

Bath salts. They are called bath salts.

Good to know they got some use.

[redrobinhood]

Why salts?

Smoke seemed to like them.

[unwinding_key]

Because they are meant to imitate the salts found in hot springs.

Are you saying that you did not?

[redrobinhood]

I dunno, they're ok and all. I think I'd be better off with just the normal hot springs. Water shouldn't smell like vanilla.

[inthecenterfold]

Dude that's what it was? The hot water? Good to know.

And glad to hear you didn't have to really... do anything about it.

[redrobinhood]

That's what Clé seems to think. I thought maybe it was the bath salts.

...Yeah. I'm really glad that took care of itself too.

except I sorta miss having that thing.

[inthecenterfold]

Yeah I had no clue on that thing either, really... just seemed kinda cool that it wasn't permanent.

Why do you miss it? Wasn't that how he got his powers or some shit?

[redrobinhood]

Yeah.

[ooc:longish pause]

It felt important. I felt better knowing it was there, in my pocket. Felt...safer. I dunno, its stupid right? Don't even know what it does.

[sauntersthrough]

Brooklyn's gone?

[inthecenterfold]

Aw shit dude no, nothing like that.

They're Their evil twins, man, those assholes.

[sauntersthrough]

Oh.

Damn. Good, all right. I was worried for a minute there.

[inthecenterfold]

No worries man, honest, I got what you meant as soon as I read it again.

I just had to fight the bastards, so I knew what'd happened to em. Until this, anyway.

[redrobinhood]

Take a swim in the hot springs then. Worked for Blood.

Although...don't cats hate water?

[redrobinhood]

Yeah but its not permanent from what I can tell.