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[sweetdeath]

Posted: 22 Mar 2016 14:10
From: TSUZUKI Asato

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Has anybody seen Vector since that last time he posted? It sounded like he was going to head out right away. And I think he should have been back by now.

Also, does anybody know anything about what Hell is like here? Or how he would've gotten in?

I haven't been able to figure out how to get to the Summons Department to ask yet. I guess I lost that access along with the promotion.

So anyway, it'd be great if you could help! I'll owe you one! Thanks!

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[outwardinsight]

[ He types up a few responses but doesn't manage to send them, pressing the back arrow each time. Finally, he manages something. ]

I'll meet you at home. You can explain everything before we leave.

[sweetdeath]

Okay.

[Ow. Ow, he can feel that, Hisoka: he won't get hurt, or stuck there, he promises. It'll be fine. He slips his phone back into his pocket and heads to the kitchen to wait. ]

[outwardinsight]

[ He knows that it's his duty to control his emotions, how when he's faced with something like this is beyond him. Tsuzuki would have just run off to the underworld without saying a thing, wouldn't he?

It's a relief to feel his presence at home when he gets there, and he makes a bit of racket in the entryway in his haste to kick his shoes off. It's only once he's near the kitchen does he slow down, lingering by the door. ]

[sweetdeath]

[Tsuzuki can still feel the roil of Hisoka's upset as he approaches the kitchen; he looks up from his phone a moment before Hisoka comes into view and lingers there just outside the doorway.

It's like he's not sure he's welcome, and that hurts more than being stung. Tsuzuki smiles at him, a little sheepishly.]

... Hey, Hisoka.

C'mon in, don't just wait there like that.

[outwardinsight]

[ Venturing inside, he reluctantly takes a place leaning against the counter near the coffeemaker. His body language is closed, defensive, like he's trying and failing to repress his feelings. ]

What do you think you're doing?

[ He means for it to sound angry. Somehow, instead, his voice is too small for that. ]

[sweetdeath]

Hisoka, I was just trying to figure out what happened to him, that's all.

[The whole "let's go to Yomi-no-kuni and bring him back" part of this plan came later and wasn't really... planned. In advance, anyway.

He's not sure what part of this is making Hisoka so upset, unless he's just scared that something's going to happen. Maybe if Tsuzuki reassures him, it'll help. He hopes. He glances at Hisoka's defensive hunch, and his eyes darken with worry.]

[outwardinsight]

[ All the parts of this situation are upsetting.

Hisoka doesn't say anything at first, though he opens his mouth once in a false start before closing it. It's hard to explain what's wrong here, and he's not sure why. While it feels like forever to him, it's really only a few seconds before he bursts out with: ]

So running off to Yomi-no-kuni sounds like a good idea? You idiot! Were you even going to tell me?!

[ He's still tucked in on himself, but at least he's yelling now. ]

[sweetdeath]

Of course I was!

[That question wasn't the one Tsuzuki'd expected. He's genuinely startled: he knows better than to do something like that without telling Hisoka where he's going! He might not have planned to bring Hisoka. He might still not be planning to bring Hisoka, because as tough as he is, Tsuzuki's pretty sure that Yomi-no-kuni would overwhelm his empathy.

But of course Tsuzuki would've told him.]

I just -- [He falters, glancing away as guilt twists in his gut. He'd let Vector go. Without even a shinki.] I can't ignore it if he's stuck down there.

[outwardinsight]

[ Tsuzuki really means it, too.

He can feel it the shock, he's been by Tsuzuki's side long enough to know when he's hiding something and when he's being honest with his feelings, and suddenly Hisoka can't help but feel ashamed.

He's still entirely certain that he shouldn't let Tsuzuki go off and plan something this stupid. ]

You... [ He's an empath. He should know better than to project his insecurities on other people, but it'd blindsided even Hisoka. ]

Dammit, Tsuzuki, you don't even know he's there.

[sweetdeath]

I know. But that's where he told everybody he was going, and so... if he got into trouble, that's where he probably is.

[Tsuzuki sighs, closing his eyes for a moment.]

Or the same thing happened to him that happened to Bo, and it just happened to hit him while he was on his way.

[It's possible. But man, it sure seems like a coincidence, if Vector told everyone he was leaving and then got disappeared.]

If we can't find any signs that he was even there, I guess... we won't go in.