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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]

[ really, you're using the sparkles on her? ]

I still don't get what you mean by "ID"...

[willbreak]

[ YOU SAW HIS DAMN STACIA WINDOW. ]

It's... basically a name.

[bloodandblunder]

[ SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

... Except now she is. ]

ID... that... it was unit...

[ his identity, he'd implied. ]

We're tracing a person?

[willbreak]

Nnn...

[ can he just stand here silently with his ashamed/embarrassed look? ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ nope. ]

If-- [ she pauses, glancing uneasily over her shoulder for something that doesn't bother to reveal itself. ] If it's finding someone, I think it's all right? It's hard to keep track during a time like this, and we can't all be like Mother...

[willbreak]

[ hopefully she doesn't notice how much he deflates in relief, because you bet he's deflating. ]

Okay, thanks.

[ He can't even show how grateful he is because then she might suspect Things and nope.

He'll generate «umbra element» and chant a «tracing art» for an ID that sounds similar to his own. When the element flies off in a certain direction, he lets out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding.

He can't see very far despite his light orb, but the general direction the trace pointed to is similar to last time he used it — just before he stumbled across Noire. ]

... Sorry about that.

[ HEY LOOK he's miraculously less fidgety and way more calm now. ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ Eugeo, Noire is so on-edge that she's not going to miss a single thing right now. He was looking for a person, and her somehow granting him permission to do that had made him that relieved, which also meant that he'd been very worried. ]

... So who was that for?

[willbreak]

[ Look at him shrugging nonchalantly!! ]

A person. Really, it doesn't matter—

[ he is so convincing isn't he. ]

[bloodandblunder]

That it doesn't matter... that's a lie, isn't it?

[ wow look what you did. ]

[willbreak]

. . .

[ It doesn't matter as much compared to five minutes ago?

does he have to answer this— ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ YES DAMMIT HE IS GOING TO BE HONEST AND UPFRONT SO SHE CAN PROPERLY SUPPORT HIM BECAUSE GEEZ--

Except she only lets him suffer in silence for a few minutes before she sighs. ]

It's fine... I can tell you're feeling better now, so I'm sorry for being too nosy.

[willbreak]

... Don't worry about it. I'm sorry for doing weird things while I'm with you.

[ Why does he get the feeling that she just saw right through him... ]

[bloodandblunder]

You always do weird things. I'm used to it.

[ so matter-of-fact. ]

[willbreak]

........ Thanks.

[ what else is he supposed to say to that? ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ that just gets a faint smile that he may not see, and a squeeze of his hand.

Lead on, Eugeo. ]