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[desmodusdraculae]

You've reached Kirk Langstrom. I'll call you back later.

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[youresovein]

So: drinks.

Free tomorrow night? Say around 9PM?

[desmodusdraculae]

[Oh god it's really happening keep cool Kirk.]

I'm free.

[youresovein]

Splendid. Any dietary restrictions?

[desmodusdraculae]

Beyond the obvious?

No.

text;

[the_horror]

Having a shitty da--
Hey, what's going on?--
You fre--

[after a few unsent text, he settled on:]

Hey, you busy tonight?

[desmodusdraculae]

I'm free.

[What are "plans?"]

Did you have something in mind or...?

[the_horror]

["plans" are for normal people...]

no. bad day. i just need out of the house. Nothing's exploded lately. We could fix that? idk

[desmodusdraculae]

[Ah.]

What do you do to get your mind off things?

[9/20/19 e-invite]

[the_horror]

[In your inbox is a digital invitation. When it opens balloons open up and float up across the screen. "You Are Invited" then a personal note inside that reads;]

Hey, me and my siblings are having a birthday party on the 1st. It's kind of a first for us to even have one, so that's something. Come meet the others of my family if you haven't yet. Or just come so it looks like I actually have friends? Please?

No gifts required. Drinks and food provided. Bring a friend or +1 or whoever you might like with you if you like.

[Address, date and time appear at the bottom of the note.]

text later

[desmodusdraculae]

Of course I'll come to your party.

And somehow I highly doubt you don't have other friends.

[There's a delay between that message and the next.]

I've met Rikki.

[the_horror]

I thought it would be nice if I actually asked instead of just telling you that you had to go.

... you met Rikki? When? She's really nice. We've been going swimming on fridays.

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arriving on christmas eve

[solarcharged]

[ Here's a very merry christmas present addressed to kirk from apollo... it's a book all about ~*~molecular mixology~*~ and how to approach cocktail making with a scientific/chemistry approach. It's full of photos of bearded hipsters with lots of tattoos doing bad science in the name of alcohol. ]

xmas day; voice

[cantgetanyworse]

Thank you so much for the gift, Mr-- um. Kirk. It was very sweet of you to think of me.

[desmodusdraculae]

[Oh, she finally called him Kirk.]

I'm just glad you liked it. I wasn't sure if you were a fan of board games, but I can't buy an actual city to look for treasure in, and thought it might be the next best thing.

[cantgetanyworse]

[She's polite. So polite.]

I do enjoy board games, but I find them to be far more diverting when I have someone to play them with.

Private to Kirk: Jan 2nd - evening

[the_horror]

[Forward dated to the evening of the 2nd. The video is of Ben, very, very drunk, curled up on his bed, half in his super suit, armor off, blood on his face and neck, and hugging a stuffed plush that Kirk got him for Christmas.]

She's gone, man. It's been over a day now and she's just gone. I hate this stupid, this s-stupid city. I hate everything about it. This entire planet. It's shit. S-such... such shit. Everything is s-stupid and I don't want to deal with it.

God, please still be here, Kirk. I can't... can't deal with, with losing you both. Please still be here, okay?

[desmodusdraculae]

[Kirk doesn't respond immediately, as he's out being Batman, but the moment he sees it he calls back, the cowl tucked away under his arm.]

I'm here. Rikki's...?

I'm sorry, Ben.

[the_horror]

[He's already been out. He's already hurt some people and himself. Now he's not moving to go, but he's having a moment. He KNOWS that if the message goes through it means they are there, but since he didn't get an answer right away he's worried Kirk too is gone.]

[So as he answers back, Ben sits up, wobbling a moment and rubbing at a blood covered neck.]

Fuck, Kirk. [He sniffed, head lowering.] Yeah. Rikki's gone. I'm sorry too. Shit, I'm just glad you're still here.

[action] backdated a couple days

[genuinewrestleboy]

[ It's undeniably weird coming back to this world after three months at home. Caspar's a bit disoriented, trying to remember what had been happening and what he was doing. Still, he remembers the way back to the house in Maurtia Falls, still clad in his Dancer outfit, the sounds of battle still almost ringing in his ears.

Caspar gets inside and a worry crosses his mind that if things have changed for him maybe things changed here. ]

Kirk? Hey, Kirk, you still around?

[desmodusdraculae]

[Kirk is indeed still around, and after a moment emerges from his basement (it's his now, sorry everyone), goggles in lieu of glasses around his eyes.]

Yeah, where have you--?

[And then he takes it all in. And he blinks. Nope, he's not seeing things.]

What the hell are you wearing?

[genuinewrestleboy]

Kirk!

[ He bounds over to the entrance of the basement where Kirk is. ]

What, this?

[ He lifts an arm and with the other lifts a bit of fabric. The little decorations all along the waist jingle with his movements. ]

Oh yeah, I'm a Dancer now. The Professor said I'm the only one who can be one 'cause I won the White Heron Cup, and that uh, what was it? Something about how I run off to hit the first thing I see and I could learn something about supporting others in battle or whatever.

6th

[h2no]

i do believe we've inherited imPact

[desmodusdraculae]

...Apollo's gone?

[h2no]

seems that way
might come back
but we should work on contingencies to make sure it's still around if he does