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Re: DONE

[wallride]

[lúcio looks up, to darin. very slowly. expression flat.

he says nothing. he does nothing. he just looks at darin. disappointed.]

Re: DONE

[forgeabettertomorrow]

DON'T TURN YOUR DARK GAZE UPON ME, GHOST LUCIO, YOU AND I BOTH KNOW I'M TOO CHILL FOR HELL I WOULD MELT AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A MESS I'M LIKE THE MOST CHILL PERSON ALIVE

[shiro2hero]

[His head snapped up the second the door opened -- fully prepared to turn bright goddamn red. Because that's just Shiro for you.]

[But then Darin... starts yelling about ghosts. And he just sort of stays where he is, propped up on his elbows now. Good feelings gone.]

Can you.

Not...?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Oh gods Shiro's moving?! That can only mean...]

ZOMBIE!!! GHOST LUCIO RELEASE MY BEST FRIEND FROM YOUR CHILL THRALL!!!!!

[shiro2hero]

Darin!

He's not a ghost, stop yelling!

[wallride]

[flat look from darin to shiro.]

You said he was out.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

I WAS OUT!

BUT NOW I'M BACK!!

AND THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL!!

IT'S PERSONAL BECAUSE I AM PERSONALLY VERY CONFUSED RIGHT NOW.

[shiro2hero]

[He lets his head drop down against the bed. Making no move to dislodge Lucio.]

He was.

Darin. Stop screaming. Lucio is back. Calm down.

[wallride]

[moment's ruined, sorry shiro. lúcio slides off him and stands up, hands up.]

Darin, I'm real. I'm not here to hurt anyone. I got shoved back through the Ingress like everyone else did.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Prove it.

Prove you're not a ghost.

[shiro2hero]

[His head just drops down onto the bed.]

Darin...

Can't you do this later?

[HINT HINT BUDDY. It's very possibly the first time he's tried doing something specifically for his own sake... and dammit Darin.]

[wallride]

I wasn't phasing through Shiro and I'm about to kick you out.

[HERE HE COMES.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

HHHHHHHHOLY CRAP DON'T DRAIN MY LIVING ESSENCE SPECTER OF LUCIO!!

[In a panic, Darin slams his hand onto Shiro's doorframe. His hand crackles and a pulse of energy makes the wood and steel bubble and ripple until four horizontal bars about chest height extend across the open doorway.]

[Darin immediately heelturns and sprints away screaming. Don't worry, Shiro. He'll fix your door later.]

[shiro2hero]

...



I really... really need to put a warning bell on him.

Like a cat.

[As he just. Plants his face back into the bed.]

[wallride]

I'm not sure a bell is enough, dude. I almost blasted him through the wall.

[thankfully, his wub gun isn't easy to get to, or darin would be Gone.]

You still want to go ahead with this? I'm game.

[shiro2hero]

Point...

[His face stays firmly mashed into the bed, but he gives Lucio a thumb's up, regardless.]

We're locked in. Might as well.

[wallride]

Got it, man.

[he starts where he left off.]

Hasn't changed at all, has he?

[shiro2hero]

[He's suddenly glad his face is buried in the blanket. Because there's no way those hands can feel anything short of heavenly right then.]

[... hopefully they're not so tight they hurt his buddy's fingers.]

Not even a little.

[He's quiet for a moment, before he adds:] Almost left us, just before we got here.

[wallride]

Oh.

[he is gonna just keep massaging because stopping would be like... against the reason he came.]

Why?

[shiro2hero]

[It takes him a moment to answer, mostly because Lucio is really good at that massage thing.]

Because he likes us too much.

[Silence.]

Yeah, I know how it sounds.

[wallride]

...I don't get it. What-- why?

[GOOD HE'S WINNING.]

[shiro2hero]

Because... he got too attached. He was concerned about what would happen if he left.

[From his muffled tone, it's clear that yes, Shiro is aware of how stupid this idea is, said aloud.]

So. To him... leaving on his own would be better.

[wallride]

So, he... wanted to go because he cared too much?

[he frowns, trying to understand.]

Was this because of... that shadow thing?

[shiro2hero]

Something like that, yeah.

[He actually twitches. At the mention of "that shadow thing."]

... I don't know. Maybe.

[wallride]

[he feels the twitch and stops for a moment, wincing.]

...Sorry. Do you think he'll do it again?