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[shoubai]

WELCOME

House 1411

"Hello? Hello?? I'm sorry, there's nobody home right now. [ obnoxious peal of laughter: go ]

Ahh, that's right! Leave a message, and I'll get back to you. Right? That's how it goes? Aha, no telemarketers, please!

If you run up my bill, I'll have to ask you to pay the extra costs.

[ BEEP ]

Comments

Re: P H O N E

[shoubai]

Hellllo?

[ he sounds loose, relaxed, odd for all these stressful little things cropping up this week.

above all, it may be noted, he sounds almost slurred. ]

Cckharol?

Re: P H O N E

[whizbangs]

[she hears it, maybe because she's always half-listening for it, behind that warm voice and that stupid, sunny laughter.

the knot in her chest twists tighter. she's so wrung-out, so tired she could cry.]

Please don't be doing this again, not now.

Re: P H O N E

[shoubai]

Doing what? It's fine!

[ he's not roaring drunk, not falling-on-his-ass drunk, not throwing-up-for-hours drunk. it's as good a sign as any. ]

What's wrong?

Re: P H O N E

[whizbangs]

[I want to go home, she thinks, but asking him to drive can be considered a hazard even when he's stone-cold sober. they won't let her fly like this; too much strain, the doctor said.

she hates hospitals. at the very least she'd like to forget, just for a while, that she's in one.

a sigh.]

Can you -- talk? About anything, I don't really care what. Just talk at me.

Re: P H O N E

[shoubai]

Anything at all?

[ a laugh, not as bright and loud as it could be, but it's there. ]

How about the time Gintoki helped out my business? [ they were overdue for a recap episode convo after all ]

Re: P H O N E

[whizbangs]

Okay, shoot. What happened.

Re: P H O N E

[shoubai]

Sentai Shockers stole cargo from us! Then Kintoki and I drank, went to Smile Cabaret, and watched a Justank shoot off in our faces with it's **** cannon!

[ ... what................. ]

Re: P H O N E

[whizbangs]

[.............]

It what. With its what cannon.