010; accidental video/action; early hours of day 75

[afallenstar]

[ Of course she's been trying to leave since the moment she had been taken, but it hasn't worked. Each and every attempt had been completely unsuccessful, with literally no effect whatsoever.

Until, that is, when one attempt finally does work.

The feed kicks in with enough time to show little more than white light, almost like there's a problem with the video, and there's the faint sound of wings. It fades fast though, along with the light, and it's replaced with the slightly dishevelled looking face of one missing angel. She's out of breath, a little dizzy and definitely disoriented, but the one thing she does before anything else is drop a hand over the communicator. It's black for a few seconds while she fumbles with the buttons, and then the feed cuts out.

Welcome back to Kore, Anna. ]

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[afallenstar]

[ Of course he's there to catch her, because it's him. Ghoul, who asks no questions so she doesn't have to tell him any lies. Who knows she has her secrets and still sticks around. Who turned into a damn demon and back again, and still didn't hurt her.

She barely remembers a thing, but when he kisses her she just knows that she's missed him. It's been less than a week, they tell her, but it feels like longer. She never thought she'd be so grateful to see this town. So Anna just reaches up, carefully wraps an arm around his neck and kisses him back. She didn't get sent home. She's still here, and it's hardly ideal but it's definitely better than the alternative. ]

[tooghoulforschool]

[Yeah. Yeah, it's better here. It's better with her. But they need him back home, even if he can't get back up off the ground. Even if he's dust and bones. It's the fact of the fucking matter. He's hiding here. Hiding from responsibilities. Hiding from his own fate.

But hiding with Anna? ... Maybe he can stay a little longer. And maybe both arms wrap around her waist and maybe he even lifts her up when he needs to breathe, carries her to the bed, sets her down so she can sit, and then he kneels down in front of her, smiling up at her face with his hands still at her waist.]

I did. I did call you. I called so many times, Anna, and you-- ... [The smile gets a bit wider.] Y'finally answered.

[afallenstar]

[ He doesn't need to do that. She's fine, she's got legs - hell, she's got wing, but she lets him anyway. Lets him bring her to the room, set her on the bed, doesn't even fuss a little. Waits until she's settled, he's settled and- there, there's that smile. The one she's been hanging out to see more than she'd actually realised. ]

Well. Couldn't leave you hanging, could I?

[ She can't help but wonder vaguely if he gets it yet, if he's put the pieces together. Surely he can't have come to the right conclusion, but he's got to have theories, right? Acknowledging the existence of angels means acknowledging the existence of a lot of other stuff too - it's not easy, but she wonders all the same.

She'll tell him. Soon. When the time is right. For now she'll just touch his cheek lightly, almost like she can't quite believe he's actually there, she's actually here and it's not some hallucinated mind game. ]

...I can't remember. Don't know what happened. Whatever, whoever did it, they clean up their mess.

[tooghoulforschool]

[He's got too many damn theories keeping his head spinning at night, too many existential questions he'd like to hash out with Jet Star, but that's Anna's secret and Jet's gone. She's special. He knows. And that's all that matters to him right now as he leans into her touch.]

Just glad they let you keep the memories you had before. Real fuckin' nice of 'em. [It's said with venom, but he actually means it. Thank god she remembers.] But you're okay?

[afallenstar]

Silver linings, right? [ She laughs weakly, but well- he has a point. It's hardly ideal, this town. In fact it's kind of completely the opposite, but that doesn't make the people here any less important to her. That doesn't make Ghoul any less important, and it's one thing to have memories that she probably wouldn't want to keep anyway taken from her. It would be another thing entirely to have these people ripped away like that.

Okay, though. Okay seems like a stretch right now. It'd be all to easy to just smile, to nod and say yes and pass it off, but it's too soon. Still too raw and too confusing for her to manage that. Instead she just shrugs, leans forward until her forehead rests lightly against his and closes her eyes. ]

Maybe. I will be. I'm still alive, right?