43 // fml audio/action??

[shadowdive]

[The audio flickers on just in time, cutting out the end of a crash of something going in the room. There's nothing to see, no, but there's plenty to hear. Someone is breathing hard, like he's been doing way too much heavy lifting or other activity for a long time. There isn't anyone moving to pick up the gear though, because the footsteps trudge around and violently slam things around, and it's only after another good ten minutes of things getting shoved and thrown around that the gear gets batted around until it flips and the video is flicked on.

There sits an Espeon, one who may look familiar to those who knew Ven, and he just flicks his tails. While normally silent, the things going on behind him have him tilting his body aside to give a view of the room; well, what used to be the room. It looks totally trashed. Bed flipped, shelves yanked out, everything is just thrown everywhere and there's Vanitas, sitting in the mess like a child.]

Someone collect him.

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[ghostytrainer]

[John doesn't recognize the Espeon, but he's pretty sure that's Vanitas and Karkat's room. So he doesn't waste a lot of time in heading that way from his own room, knocking on the door once he reaches it. Chandel the Lampent is right at his side, giving the door a curious glance as John calls out:]

Karkat? Vanitas? Everything okay in there?

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[shadowdive]

[The door opens courtesy of the same Espeon now, and Sylph simply walks his way silently across to nudge at his "new" trainers arm. Karkat's bed is untouched, and Karkat himself is completely passed out; the rest of the room is completely trashed, moreso visible now that the door is open rather than through a video screen.

Vanitas doesn't budge from his seated place on the floor, half hunched with his face tucked into his legs.]

action forever

[ghostytrainer]

Uh...thanks. [He addresses the Espeon even though it's not sticking around to talk. Not that John can really blame him. He takes a step into the room, taking a glance at everything in doing so.]

Yeah, so I'm going to take all this as a resounding "no" to answer that question. [He pushes the door closed behind him, taking a few more steps closer to the figure on the floor.] What happened? I mean...aside from Karkat passing out I guess?

[If he slept through Vanitas destroying the room the this extent, obviously he's in a coma. That's really all that can be said here. But somehow that doesn't seem like quite enough to drive Vanitas to the point of getting this upset. He's been here longer than John, after all, he should know by now that this is nothing to worry about. Hell, this isn't even the first time Karkat has done it.]

action foreverrrrr

[shadowdive]

[It takes a long, slow passing few moments to breath in and quietly exhale, breath shaky. Lifting his head just enough to get two words out, he sets it back into place easily.]

Ventus left.

[ghostytrainer]

[John fidgets a little while waiting but doesn't rush Vanitas. He'll talk when he's ready and not a moment before so John will just have to wait as patiently as possible.]

Oh. [Aaaand bingo, called it. Something else was wrong. John's silent for a minute or two as he tries to remember exactly who Ventus was. He knows he never met the guy, but the name sounds familiar. He's pretty sure Vanitas has mentioned him before. What was it again? It didn't make a whole lot of sense...]

[Ah! That's right.]

He was your other half, right?

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[impulsives]

...You too, huh?

[considering he got a Lampent from this, a creepy one to be exact, and the sight of a familiar Pokémon made him fill in the blanks.

Even if he didn't want to do that in the first place.]

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[shadowdive]

Yeah. [It's quiet, still somewhat muffled with his back to the feed and his face in his lap, but it's an audible reply.]

video;

[impulsives]

[...sigh. He's not the type to be consoling, but having that be confirmed just like that.]

...You don't want to take care of a reminder?

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[shadowdive]

I - He should be here still. [It borders on childish, the way he says it.]

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[impulsives]

But he's not.

[it's blunt, but it'd be better to accept reality, to be honest.]

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[heartdive]

...Vanitas?

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[shadowdive]

[He's quiet for a bit longer, before speaking up with a tired tone.] Sora.

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[heartdive]

You wanna talk?

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[shadowdive]

[It takes a few moments of silence before he speaks again, softer, almost too inaudible for the gear to catch the words.]

I hate it.

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[heartdive]

[ fumbling aaarrround with settings. ]

Because of Ven?

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[teablossom]

[-that's some curious sound effects there, and the comments just curious enough that Mami can't help but answer.]

Do you have a stray Pokemon on your hands? Or is that a person?

Re: voice

[shadowdive]

[Vanitas almost answers, but his normally silent companion does instead.]

He disapproves of someone disappearing.

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[teablossom]

[-well that wasn't who she expected at all. It takes a few seconds before she answers.]

Do you mean a runaway Pokemon... or a person?

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[shadowdive]

A person.

[He says it before Sylph gets a chance to, even if it solidifies that Ventus is really gone and he hates it even more.]

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[darkaura]

...I take it something is wrong.

[He does recognize a tantrum when he sees one]

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[shadowdive]

[Oh, it's you again.]

What gave it away? [His tone is tired, but he can still sass. Even if his heart is so far not into it, it just sounds weak.]

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[darkaura]

[He doesn't know a darn about social cues but he can tell that sass had no bite]

Answering my question with another question. I doubt you want a full list of reasons.

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[shadowdive]

[He just makes an irritated growled out sound, before quieting again for a few long minutes.]

Ventus is gone. Karkat is comatose. I hate it.

[video]

[when_turks_fly]

Vanitas? Vanitas, hey.

[ Because she isn't going to ask a question the answer to which is obvious. Everything isn't okay. His posture, the room -- gods, just what's going on? It's taking more than a little will power for her to refrain from making her way to the station and catching the next train back to Saffron. Flying to Cerulean would only take a couple hours. She takes a quiet breath. ]

What's going on?

[video]

[shadowdive]

[He doesn't answer for a long while, hardly budging from his place, even when Sylph slides up to pick up the gear in his mouth and bring it to his new trainer. No, Vanitas is busy burying his face into his legs and shaking as silently as he can.

So, the Espeon does what he rarely does. He speaks up.]

My previous trainers name was Ventus, if that is of any assistance.