chikaidestroyer | ∞ 103: Doors to anywhere [voice/action]

[With the summer weather being what it is, it's been somewhat difficult to sleep at reasonable times -- even more so when you're still attempting to fix your sleeping schedule after resting from a mission. This is the only reason that Albert is preparing to take a shower at midnight, having collected his clothes for changing afterwards.

However, those plans vanish upon passing through the bathroom door as darkness immediately floods his vision. The air is thick and smells of sulfur, and the breeze tells him he's no longer safely indoors. He stumbles blindly for all of ten seconds before he stubs his foot on something and falls forward--

--right into the hot springs. With a resounding splash.

His journal luckily does not land in the water, but hits the ground in just the right way to start recording. There's coughing and several other splashes as Albert drags himself out of the water.

A few minutes more pass before the recording is stopped. It starts again several minutes later. Albert sounds hoarse, and the journal screen may be dim with firelight.]

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"The fun starts at midnight," indeed. Do be careful of the weather today, everyone; it looks like it's going to be raining.

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[Once he gets his bearings and has changed out of his soaked clothes into his drier set, Albert will attempt to leave the hot springs. This unfortunately means passing through another doorway to ... somewhere. Beware the accidental intruder in the middle of the night.

In the morning, he can be found drowsily sitting on the front steps of house 42. He's not taking the chance of walking through the front door and ending up somewhere else.]

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[Albert keeps his distance, slow to stand after sitting for so long. When he sees Caesar looking around through the open door, he offers a suggestion.]

Try calling out to him?

I'm getting there. [He looks around once more before calling out:] Hey, Kogoro! Come here.

[Even from where he is, Albert can hear the jingle of Kogoro's dog tag against his collar and the scratching of his paws against the floor. He keeps silent as he watches Kogoro come closer.]

It looks like the door is back to normal for the moment. [There's a bit of relief evident in his voice.]

Are you sure it's not just normal for him?

[He crouches down and holds out a hand for Kogoro. Come here, little guy...!]

[Kogoro wags his tail, his ears perking slightly at how Caesar wants him to go outside. It was usually him who wanted to go outside and he had to drag Caesar out, wasn't it? But he trots forward anyway, intent on licking that offered hand.]

He looks like he's been waiting to be fed, too.

Then I guess this is his lucky day. [He scratches the dog behind his ears while he tries to think of how to do this... He should try to keep it simple.] Kogoro, you know where the store is. Can you go there and bring us back some food?

[...yes, that sounds incredibly weird. Should he be more specific about what to get? Hrm.]

[Albert is thinking along the same lines.]

If you are going to tell him to bring something, we need to be sure it's something he can carry.

Like what? [He tilts his head. Something light, probably...] Fruit?

Perhaps. Or one of those packaged foods. [He walks over to pat Kogoro as well, and the dog wags his tail at the combined attention.]

Packaged foods?

[The first things that come to mind are sweets and he's not sure that's what his brother means...!]

Anything that can be eaten right out of the package. Like potato chips, or other similar things. [He doesn't eat packaged foods often, especially as a meal in itself.]

You mean you'll actually eat something like that?

[Desperate measures, he knows, but that's still surprising!]

...Think about it for a moment, Caesar. Opening the pantry may lead somewhere. Opening the oven may lead somewhere. Opening the microwave may lead somewhere.

And? What does that have to do with what you eat now? No need to be so dramatic. [He turns back to Kogoro, patting him on his head.] Bring back some kind of fruit or snacks for us, okay? Whatever you can carry.

I already said that food is desired, but not necessary. This is for your benefit.

[Caesar doesn't respond until he sends Kogoro away. After the little dog goes running down the steps, Caesar stands up and addresses his brother.]

That's surprisingly generous of you, but there's no point in just getting food for me. It was your idea, remember?

[Albert aims one tired eye at his brother before resting his chin back on one hand.] Can I not care about my brother's welfare without being asked such things?

Is that a trick question? [He's just kidding, though. Mostly. He gestures to the open doorway.] What should we do now? Just wait for him to come back?

Edited 2012-08-18 07:56 (UTC)

You can attempt to enter the house and see where it leads you, I suppose. [He kinda still wanted to sleep, sadly enough.]

And leave me to get stuck somewhere else all by myself? No thanks. If I go, you're going, too.

[Albert sighs, but eventually relents.]

Very well. Let's hope the doorway does not immediately disappear so we can return.

[...whoa, that really worked?! He smirks.]

That's the spirit. I know you've taken bigger risks than this before.

[The look that Caesar receives is not a pleasant one.]

You still have the energy to pretend to be funny? Perhaps you should be the one running to the store.

Edited 2012-08-19 08:32 (UTC)

[...well, okay, he's not smirking anymore now!!]

Was that really necessary...? Anyway, if we're going to do this, we should do it now.

[Albert aims his unchanged expression over at the door, then runs a hand through his hair.]

Fine. After you. [He even gestures for Caesar to proceed.]

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