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[shiro2hero]

Thanks, I think.

[Lucio isn't all that heavy, but the weight settling on his back makes something pop. And honestly, he'd have been done in by just that crack alone. It feels... really, really good.]

[So when the actual hand pressure begins? There's no holding back the noise the poor guy makes. He definitely groans.]

Amazing...

It's -- yeah.

[Sorry Lucio you just turned Shiro into a melted puddle of Dorito.]

1/?????

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin's been getting his bearings for the better part of a week. He'd just learned this place had a library, so he felt maybe reporting into Shiro about where he'll be spending the next week or so would be a wise idea.]

[He didn't want his friend to worry, after all.]

[Darin waltzes in, stretching. He assumed Shiro would be 'relaxing' and by 'relaxing' he figured he would be lying on what passed for a bed staring vacantly at the ceiling since the guy didn't know how to relax in the first place.]

Yo, Shiro! Just wanted to report in! I found a library and I was going to spend some time--

[Huh. Why is Shiro face down? And who is...? Is that...? Lucio?]

2/???

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[But wait Lucio's been gone for months.]

3/???

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Wait, is Lucio back?!]

4/???

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[But didn't something happen to the Ingress? If he came through when the world was exploding and going to hell then...]

5/???

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[OH GODS, LUCIO NO]

6/???

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[But wait, lets look at this logically.]

[If that happened, then there's no way he could be here now...]

7/???

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Unless...]

8/???

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[UNLESS LUCIO'S VENGEFUL SPIRIT HAS COME BACK TO HAUNT US. SPECIFICALLY SHIRO. DARIN ALWAYS KNEW SHIRO'S TOTAL INABILITY TO RELAX WOULD BE HIS UNDOING AND NOW LUCIO, WHO WAS THE EPITOME OF CHILL IN LIFE, HAS RETURNED FROM THE DEAD TO SLAY ALL THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO CHILL THE HELL OUT OFCOURSEITALLMAKESSENSE]

9/???

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[SHIRO'S ALREADY A GONER DARIN YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN OR YOU'RE NEXT]

DONE

[forgeabettertomorrow]

LUCIO GHOST!!!!! HE'S COME TO CLAIM THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO LACK CHILL!! I ALWAYS KNEW THIS IS HOW YOU'D GO SHIRO I'M SORRY I COULDNT SAVE YOU!!!!!

[Nailed it.]

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.]