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[bloodandblunder]

"H... hello? Um, this is me-- ah, Noire! I'm Noire, and I'm very sorry for missing you somehow... I promise I'm not avoiding you, unless you're scary or you're Mo-- trying to curse me. U-um, so when I can figure out how to-- ( beeps ensue, followed by a shriek of fright ) O-oh, no! What did I push, how do I-- make it-- oh gods, did I break it?! W-why can't we just talk in person?!"

[ BEEP. ]

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[bloodandblunder]

[ nope, not today. She's just going to stare at him. ]

Wait... did you really think this would bother me?

[willbreak]

[ does his fidgeting answer the question? ]

[bloodandblunder]

... Why?

[willbreak]

It's nothing...

[bloodandblunder]

Eugeo. [ and every time he says it's nothing, it's usually not. ] If it was something I did to make you think that way, I'm sorry, but--

[willbreak]

N-no, it's me, not you...

[ sounding more and more muffled ]

[bloodandblunder]

...

[ but she doesn't know why, can she just look pitifully confused until he stops being baffling-- ]

[willbreak]

... What were you doing before you... saw me, anyway...?

[ get the conversation away from him please please please... ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ one of these days, he may come to realize that Noire isn't easily distracted, she's just nice enough to go with it when he looks that distressed. ]

Looking for food? No one's starving, but just in case...

[willbreak]

[ she's amazing, never change. ]

Want help?

[ he has a feeling that she'll keep watching if he jumps off the building again. and he might actually crash next time because he's trying to reduce his reliance on metallic element... ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ yes, please don't actually make her keel over from stress. ]

You don't have to... it's not the most interesting work.

[willbreak]

[ because watching him skydive is clearly more interesting. ]

Interesting or not, everyone needs food...

[ unless you're a soul bound to an empty suit of armor, but. ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ Heartpoundingly so. ]

Oh-- you're right, you might be low on cans too... um, then, I'll help out!

[ Noire.

He was the one who volunteered. ]

[willbreak]

[ Noire.

He was the one who volunteered.

But it's fine, THE SUBJECT HAS CHANGED. Cue him relaxing. ]

Where were you before?

[bloodandblunder]

[ THIS ISN'T OVER. ]

Over there.

[ and she points a ways off.

... She actually ran pretty damn fast to reach him in time, but she won't point that out. ]

[willbreak]

[ BUT IT IS FOR NOW. ]

After you.

[ oh yeah, he's still holding the pole. he looks behind him, making sure the coast is clear before pulling it down (away from Noire) to rest horizontally on the ground. ]

... It'll disappear soon.

[bloodandblunder]

Ah... like that sword you made?

[ she'll take his word for it, stepping away to head back to CAN GATHERING. ]

[willbreak]

Yeah, like that.

[ CAN GATHERING IT IS and

uh. ]

Whoa, you ran really far...

[ things he blurts out without thinking. ]

[bloodandblunder]

... [ and she shifts her eyes away. ]

Because I thought you were going to die...

[willbreak]

Well... next time you see me jump off a building, you know I won't!

[ Eugeo, jokes don't suit you. ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ ... JUST GOING TO SILENTLY PICK UP A CAN. ]

[willbreak]

[ ... just going to silently poke her upper arm. ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ and she, in response, is going to give him the look of her people.

You know, the one that's synonymous with KICKED PUPPY IN THE RAIN EXCEPT THE RAIN WAS A TIDAL WAVE AND THE PUPPY IS TOO TIRED TO SWIM. ]

[willbreak]

... You're still upset.

[bloodandblunder]

... [ tucking one can into her quiver and turning away to look elsewhere. ]

I've seen a lot of people die, from as far back as I can remember. When I was older, I thought that maybe one day, I'd get used to it. But seeing that moment, the one where you can watch it, but you can't get there in time, and you're frozen, and you'll stay up that night thinking about it over and over and wondering what you could have done, how you might have been able to save someone important...

I know you weren't going to die, but I can't help it-- just--

[ Noire pauses, swiping a dusty glove across her eyes. ]

I-I'm sorry, I'll stop thinking about it and I won't be so depressing, just... give me some time.