∞ 18: Second return [voice/action] | record unhackable after the fact

[chikaidestroyer]

[A weak groan, followed by ragged coughs. There's the scraping of shoes and clothing against gravel, followed by another ragged cough.]

I-- it can't... Still dark...

[ooc: He's baaaack.]

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[voiced]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

A-Albert!

[voiced]

[chikaidestroyer]

...So many...

Stella. It's Stella, right?

[voiced]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

I... yes, that's right.

Are you... Can you see anything?

[voiced]

[chikaidestroyer]

...Everything's dark. It's not-- it can't be that dark, can it?

[voiced; 1/2]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

[She's silent and wide-eyed for a long moment...]

[voiced 2/2]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

...Then are there any noises that you can pick out?

[voiced 2/2]

[chikaidestroyer]

Just the animals... Crickets. Birds. I can't hear the water.

[voiced]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

Then he's not near the river...

[There's the sound of footsteps against the floor, but then they slow until they come to halt... and then movement as if she's pacing]

What does the terrain feel like? I can only assume you're in the forest...

[voiced]

[chikaidestroyer]

It's even. A tree-- [A slight pause.] ...Another tree. [Another pause, followed by the sound of a foot hitting a rock.] Ow.

[voiced]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

What happened? Are you alright?

[ooc: ...Oh, Albert. You're so cute sometimes. ♥]

[voiced]

[chikaidestroyer]

Just-- stubbed my toe. I'm all right. I'm not walking anymore.

[ooc: If he wasn't preoccupied by all of this, he'd be embarrassed. XD]

[voiced]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

...Oh, don't walk, Albert! Sit right where you are and don't move until Caesar finds you!

[ooc: Awww. XD And uh oh, he activated mama mode.]

[voiced]

[chikaidestroyer]

A-- all right. I'm sitting down now...

Ah-- Stella. I apologize.

[voiced]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

...Don't apologize for anything, Albert. You're going to be fine, I promise.

[voiced]

[chikaidestroyer]

No-- I mean--

Your wedding. I missed it, didn't I?

[voiced]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

Oh...

I... you did, yes. But that's all right. It... It might've been too mushy for you to handle.

[touched~ ;-;]

[voiced]

[chikaidestroyer]

Still...

It was a momentous occasion. The first in Luceti. I'm sorry I missed it.

[voiced]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

So you-

That's... That really means a lot to me, Albert. To the both of us. I can assure you that it was happy occasion, even if I didn't really pay attention to Caesar's speech.

[voiced]

[chikaidestroyer]

[There's a thin, ragged laugh, followed by a cough.]

Caesar would be so hurt. So hurt to hear that.

[voiced]

[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

[She laughs softly, too, though there's a sort of tremble to it]

I'm sure he would. That's why I haven't told him, though I wouldn't be surprised if he realized it by the ceremony alone.

[voiced]

[chikaidestroyer]

He can be ... so oblivious, sometimes. He was very excited to-- to be a part of the ceremony.