16th Chain; video

[little_bandages]

[It's late at night, and Ritsuka is sitting in the kitchen of his apartment. An blond man in his twenties (Soubi) can be seen sort of hovering in the background - making tea, puttering around, keeping an eye on Ritsuka and just trying to stay out of the way

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video; p-placeholderish what is hiatus

[topslug]

[ Oh, geez. She doesn't even know him very well, but... ]

I haven't seen her around, but if I do, I'll let her know you've been looking for her.

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[little_bandages]

Thank you, Miss Katsuragi.

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[topslug]

Mm... You have a friend to keep you company, right? [ She hasn't missed the blonde man on the screen, but she's also hesitant to directly ask about him. ]

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[little_bandages]

My... [Ritsuka glances over his shoulder.]

Yeah. I'm fine. We're going to go look for her again soon.

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[walkthedawn]

Triela's missing?

[A pause.]

Here, I'll head out and look for her.

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[little_bandages]

[A pause, thinking.]

Soubi and I will come with you. I can't - I can't let you go out there alone.

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[walkthedawn]

I'm not going to disappear, Ritsuka.

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[little_bandages]

I didn't say I was scared you were going to disappear! [Even if snapping it like that, well, kind of confirms that he is.]

We already looked everywhere we could think of. Her jobs. Places she liked to visit. Everywhere we've ever gone together, everywhere I've ever known her to go. I know how you feel but we just don't have any leads...

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[hairdecs]

Oh! I'm so sorry, Ritsuka! I haven't seen her.

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[little_bandages]

It's okay. It'll have to be okay. She's tough, she could fight anyone who tried to kidnap her, I just. [pause]

She usually calls if she's held up.

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[hairdecs]

Well... I know it won't help anything, but do you want some cake?

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[little_bandages]

[sharply] I don't want your cake! Only if if I get to make it with Triela!

[voice]

[gaveherwings]

[gently]

She isn't checked in on any of Skye's records, as of right now.

[voice]

[little_bandages]

Um.

Okay.

Thanks, Dr. Yumeno.

Re: [voice]

[gaveherwings]

Where did she work- three jobs, you said?

[voice]

[little_bandages]

Don't worry about it, I already called them. [Ritsuka's not about to bring up the fact that Triela sometimes did hit work in addition to her more menial jobs, it seems disrespectful. Even if he himself objected to the idea.]

She worked at a restaurant and a store and some private contracting stuff. She was also tutoring kids in Italian.

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[ysobritish]

Triela is missing?

[Liquid is already getting his coat and heading out of the window to look for her. Triela's a good soldier and a sweet girl; it's worrying to think that she might have gotten into trouble.]

How long ago did she leave home?

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[little_bandages]

I'm not really sure. I saw her this morning before I went to school, but she was gone by the time I came back from studying afterward.

I just figured she went to work, though. We didn't start looking until around supper time when I saw on the calendar that she should've been home... and we couldn't get a hold of her.

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[ysobritish]

She's probably fine. Triela's a capable person.

We'll find her. Just stay calm.

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[little_bandages]

[icily] I'm calm. Just because I'm not a soldier doesn't mean I can't handle this.