shadowdive | 6 // accidental audio + video

[The sound opens up into some state of alarm, footsteps clattering around, birds squawking in concern, a nurse paging a doctor... and a flat sounding heart rate monitor. It's honestly just a lot of audio chaos for a good minute, some static even interrupting a nervous, higher pitched chirping from a bird. More rushed footsteps, and a sharp zap sound... well. Electricity always did prompt noise out of him. Vanitas lets out a yell, but it sounded slightly muffled, followed by harsh coughing that was also muffled. The monitor picked up again just before that yell at least, so it's at least apparent he's not dead?

Some hushed voices were speaking just too inaudible to pick up, but the Gear was getting shoved and moved around again, until the video feed flickered on from in the bed-bound kids bed, a little Swablu fluttering to snuggle under Vanitas' chin as carefully as she could. He was stuck with a breathing tube and mask over his nose and mouth, giving the doctor across the room quite the groggy, nasty look. Unaware of the video feed going on in his lap, showing him in such a state, his expression soon relaxed into something quieter until he seemed to spot something off screen, making a gruntish noise.

It caught a nurses attention, since one stepped over to see what the problem was. Lifting his hand slowly, he gave a disgusted look at the IV in the back of his hand before pointing at something off screen again.]

Oh, those? They were dropped off for you earlier, but you were still sleeping.

[Furrowing his eyebrows, he turned his head just slightly with an honestly confused look. Working his mouth a little around the tube, Vanitas just looked cranky again in that when he tried to talk, words just didn't work today -- does he even realize he has a tube in his mouth? He just seems that out of it.]

They're Valentine's day chocolates, sir!

[Yeah, his previously confused look is returning, but he's too tired to care anymore outside of that, with his eyes drooping closed again. Swablu gives a soft, worried chirp when she sees this, but the nurse thinks he's satisfied with those answers and walks away as the feed times out.]

(ooc: FEEL FREE TO YAK AT HIM. He's not really supposed to go to sleep again so soon after that hurr BUT IF ANYTHING, his pokemans will warble at you. Swablu is the only one light enough to be allowed to hang out literally ON him right now is all.)

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Yeah, back home...you're a part of me again.

I've always thought being here was kind of like a vacation. You can do other things here, if you want to. Back home, all I can do is sleep right now, but in this world...

Forgotten isn't gone.

But it's still in my heart, and that's what matters to me.

[He winds up just watching him quietly, his hands stopping on the buttons and leaving the only noise in the room as his careful breaths and the monitor with its unsteady beeping. In the end, Vanitas gave something of a sigh, turning his eyes away again.]

Memories are important, even if you forget. What does it hurt to make a few good ones?

[He saw it first hand and in effect.]

But they also made me strong enough to move forward.

That's how it had to be.

[Turning his head to simply look at him, his eyebrows were furrowed together, something of an annoyed expression on his face... but it was laced with almost sadness? Or maybe tiredness, with his eyes drooping like that.]

And you would've hurt the people I love.

But it won't be my hands trying to harm them.

[There's something in his voice that suggests genuine horror at that very notion; as though he's already seen it done...because he has. Thanks, nightmare-mons]

I know whatever happens, they can handle it. They're stronger than I am.

[Closing his eyes with another annoyed sound, he turns his head away again and almost shoves the PokeGear out of his lap. The movement is enough to startle his Swablu awake though, who chirps sleepily and resettles herself, snuggling in against his neck and cooing comfortingly.]

[Ven figures he's said enough for now, so he'll just sit there quietly]

6 // accidental audio + video

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