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Thirteen ★ Video

[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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Considering how long I more or less lived in the woods, I'd have figured it for a given.

[she settles herself beside him, then reaches into her bag and produces a bottle of asprin and her water bottle]

Here, this first.

[He practically pounces on the bottles like an animal, ripping the lid off of the water first and guzzling half of it without stopping. He pulls off to take a few breaths, leaning back against a branch before pouring three pills into the palm of his hand and throwing them into his mouth with half of what's left in the water bottle.]

...thanks. That'll probably last for a bit.

[well, that was a liter of water that disappeared very quickly.]

You're going to slosh.

[but she just takes the bottles back and puts them in her bag]

It's been an eventful few days, and you look more or less like unadulterated hell, so I'm going to hug you and you're going to just have to accept that for a minute, all right?

[Ten days and a dry throat...at least he left a little bit.]

So I read. Can't believe I missed everything. [But he's giving her a skeptical look.] ...erm. Is that really necessary? [Yes Draco putting on a front is totally what you should do right now.]

Missing doubles of people from different points in time and poisoned water was probably one of the better things you could have done, going grey.

[to her questionable credit, she actually considers for a moment]

Actually, yes, it kind of is. For me.

...if you mean when the mass amounts of people arrived, I was still here for that. I disappeared shortly after. I will say I'm glad I skipped the poisoned water though. Someone mentioned it was the spy?

[He just tilts his head a bit.]

Mm...if you insist. Just...be careful.

It was, and he is rather exceptionally dead now. As he should've been in the first place.

[she's careful, twisting so that she's more or less facing him and wrapping her arms around him from the side. it tilts him a bit, so that his head is close to her shoulder, but doesn't actually require any participation on his part unless he decides he wants to give it]

I want to shake you, you know, for taking your bracelet off. Maybe once you're feeling better. Mostly I'm just glad you're back.

Who killed him?

[He just settles for dropping his head on her shoulder but otherwise not really participating. He's still a little uncertain if he's awake and alive or if this some sort of weird dream.]

I didn't exactly do it all on purpose.

Pyro and some people I didn't recognize.

[that's okay, he can have hairpets without participating. it obviously doesn't matter to her that he exploded and then went a week and a half without a shower]

No, I know. If I thought you did I'd be livid and you wouldn't have gotten any aspirin.

[Suddenly everything else is irrelevant though.]

Now how come Pyro of all people got to kill him?

Because life is incredibly unfair, and also because there were precious few people not poisoned or caring for someone poisoned at the time.

Was it really that bad? Jade and Davesprite both left messages on my bracelet telling me a little about it.

I didn't get very sick, just a bit burnt. I suppose something in the water was acidic when I bathed. Connor was really, really ill. The spy robbed the apothecaries and just dumped things into the water. You can imagine how many ways that could go wrong.

...wait. The spy robbed the apothecaries...are you telling me the spy was in my apothecary and stole my things?

Yes. And he's dead now, so there's nothing much you can do about it.

Can't we revive him so I can kill him again?

He wasn't from here. They don't come back.

[but she makes an amused sound]

Typical. I leave for a few days and suddenly everything exciting happens.

The frequency of exciting things seems to be on the rise. If things keep going this way, Asgard will accommodate your desire not to be bored.

[she rests her head lightly against his, and he can feel her shoulder relax. maybe he wasn't the only one who wasn't quite sure how real this is]

...so what, you think something bigger is coming? [He doesn't seem to mind the position anyway.]

Inevitably. We broke into her palace, stole something very valuable, and killed more than a few of hers in process. I hardly think that will pass without comment.

So what do you think it is?

I have no idea. I suppose we'll find out. Freyr is alive again, she can't exactly steal his soul back. I can't imagine the gods are unaware that retaliation is inevitable.

Think that means we should start preparing then. Another war's coming faster than we're ready for.

Mm. Maybe a shower and a meal and some sleep before you get back to that.

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