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[He had heavily debated on if he wanted to turn on the video feed, all things considered. His head was still pretty foggy and he was struggling to grasp the fact that he had disappeared for ten full days.

No, correction. He'd blown himself up on camera and then disappeared for ten full days. Urgh. How embarrassing.

He first took the time to sift through the messages left on his bracelet, baffled by the sheer amount of information (and slightly amused/unsettled. Davesprite what is wrong with you.) Then he realized there were several responses to his original message before the disaster struck.

…he was fucked, wasn't he? Alas, he knew he couldn't keep hiding so the best method was to be as nonchalant as possible. That meant showing his face whether he wanted to or not.

When the feed flickers on anyone watching will see a boy who looks sort of like he was hit by the Knight Bus. His hair's messy, there are bags under his eyes and there's the slightest hint of a five o'clock shadow on his chin.]

…hey. [Yes, Draco. After all this time, the most you can do is say hey.] Three things.

First of all, how many of you from that large influx of people are still here?

Two, what's the state of my apothecary?

And three, I'm in desperate need of an aspirin.

…oh, and four. If the gods would just allow for a little more freedom in alchemy…[He'll just grumble to himself.] I'm not done tweaking that formula, so I don't want to hear it. We're pretending nothing happened, understand? Just so we're clear.

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[ God, how is she supposed to even be upset at that? Jade is snagging her jacket off the back of a chair and ducking out of the front of the shop, headed immediately for Baldr to search the park. ]

How about instead you stay still and wait for me to find you? Please.

...fine. [Leaves rustle around him as he shifts. Yup. Totally in a tree.]

...I'm fine, you know. I said sort of but it's marginal. Obsolete even. I didn't stay dead, after all.

[ Of course he's in a tree. How did he manage to climb a tree? She's on the move, walking fast. ]

So? I've been scared. Maybe I'm trying to make myself feel better.

[ Huffing. ]

[He flew, what else? Sort of took most of his energy, but he flew. He huffs back, lightly, a lopsided sort of smile appearing.]

Doubt it.

[ Welp. Yeah - that would make sense. The lopsided smile makes her own expression crack a little. ]

I missed you. Please don't do that again.

Has it really been ten days, or am I imagining that?

It has been ten very, very long days. The longest. They never ended. I am still stuck in them.

[ She's jogging. ]

...fuck. How...never mind, maybe I don't want to know.

Why's the apartment a wreck by the way?

-- remember how you spent the whole time I was gone moping and making a mess out of your room?

...so the entire apartment became a nest?

... and Davesprite ordered a lot of pizza on your tab.

Yeah, he told me. He kind of kept me up to date...remind me to show you some of the messages he left me.

..ehehe. I love that you guys are friends now.

[ She's crossing into the park, trying to figure out which tree he might be in, or if she's even in the right section of the park. ]

And, ummm, you can just ignore all the messages I sent. Don't bother reading them!!

I'm not sure if friends is the right word. We tolerate each other enough to keep talking.

[There's a thump to her left. That sure is Draco's left shoe that just fell out of the tree from a bunch of branches.]

...sort of late for that. I read them all.

Oh, shut up, he missed you.

[ But she's shutting the bracelet off, boosting herself up into the tree (and using her growth powers to sprout enough short, fat branches to make it almost as easy as climbing a ladder.) ]

Then you have to delete them from your memory immediately.

Probably because he didn't have someone to verbally abuse. [But when she starts climbing up he stops talking, just patiently waiting.

He's in his clothes from ten days ago and they're obviously stained and tattered from his explosion. He's curled up on a branch almost as if its a chair and he just waves at her. There are some bandages on his hands from burns that he dressed before he took off his bracelet and disappeared but otherwise he's okay.]

Maybe I don't feel like it.

How upset would you be with me if I cried a little bit? Because I think I might cry a little bit.

[ She doesn't like seeing the state of his clothes, but she does like seeing him, and she is awkwardly making her way across the branch, reaching out and sort of just touching his knee. ]

Hi.

[He just sort of lifts an eyebrow.] I'm okay though. I think. I assume. [But he's reaching out to grab her wrist and pull a little.]

Hi.

[ JAde is sure that this is definitely not what the gods had in mind when she'd been granted Growth powers. She touches the branch on and seems to pull something invisible - a network of thick, cable-like vines shoot out and twist, reinforcing the branches that they're on, giving her a little more wiggle room, enough support that she can clumsily crawl over to him without being terrified that she's going to fall out of the tree. ]

What if I cry anyway?

[He doesn't often show it, but he's continually impressed in Jade's abilities. He just stretches his legs out a little as she crawls closer and he's not wasting time in pulling her practically into his lap.]

...whatever. [That is to say that's fine. Just. Sit there and don't move ktnx.]

[ She twists, then, exhaling a little sound of relief as she drops her face against his shoulder, squeezes in close to him. God. ]

-- I kept trying to get ready for it, you know? For your name disappearing. I think that's why I sent so many messages. It was just really, really good to see that your name was always on the list.

Haven't I always told you? I'm not leaving before you do. [Good Jade best girlfriend ever. He'll just nudge at her head with his nose, sort of half-heartedly kissing her hair and one of the dog ears] ...I was just grey. That's all.

Yeah. I know you say that, and I know I always agree. But you know I don't believe it. [ She sighs and gives in, tilting her head up, not really kissing his jaw as much as she's just kind of resting her face there. ] I have never been this happy about you smelling this bad.

[He just looks at her before laughing, though it sort of turns into a weird kind of choking noise. His throat's still pretty dry.] Yeah, I imagine I reek by now, don't I? I'll shower when we get home.

Okay. We don't have to go yet.

[ Stupid. She hates getting emotional - getting emotional just gets people hurt, but the adrenaline of finding him unexpectedly (and nearly running over to the park) has her almost shaking. ]

Osiris forgot all about you. Someone else adopted him.

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