janboy catch-all

[cupidsammo]

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[kumeyuri]

To be fair... it doesn't make much more sense even when you can see it.

[cupidsammo]

Why is every cryptic message we get just so... weird?

[kumeyuri]

Guess it comes with being... cryptic.

[cupidsammo]

But is it supposed to be good? Or... bad?

[kumeyuri]

I'm not sure.

[a pause]

Though actually—have you been kept up with the strange voice mails people have been receiving?

[cupidsammo]

Ah—from our group, at least, but I don't know what the ones from last week were.

[kumeyuri]

[a nod]

The first group just got "knock knock"—all of them, from the sound of it. I figured yours was a continuation of that.

But it might be that they're from same sender as this message?

[cupidsammo]

I have no idea... If there's anyone who can trace that stuff, I bet it'd be Ramiel or Gamaliel, but they probably haven't figured it out yet.

[kumeyuri]

Well, now that they've gotten one directly themselves, maybe they can get to work on that.

[cupidsammo]

That's true... I'll leave that to them. There's no way I'm figuring it out.

[kumeyuri]

[a sigh]

Yeah, same here... Hopefully they can make headway.

[cupidsammo]

Were the emojis all that were sent? Did the angels say anything else?

[kumeyuri]

... Nothing else but the announcement of who died, and confusion towards the mystery sender and asking who they were.

[cupidsammo]

[ not unexpected, but... ]

Who was it...?

[kumeyuri]

[...]

Elysia and Zhongli-san.

[cupidsammo]

O... oh.

[kumeyuri]

... Mm. I'm sorry.

[cupidsammo]

... I don't understand why they target who they do.

[ not that anyone would be better than the other, but... ]

[kumeyuri]

It does feel random.

[a pause, and then, awkwardly,]

Do you... want a hug or anything?

[cupidsammo]

[ She wordlessly lifts a hand, since she can't see exactly where he is, but—yes, please. ]

[kumeyuri]

[he'll grasp her hand, so she knows that he's there, before he gently pulls her into a hug.]

[cupidsammo]

[ She doesn't hesitate to grip him back and bury her face into his shoulder, a little hitch in her voice slipping out. ]

[kumeyuri]

[quietly,]

It's okay to cry if you want.

[cupidsammo]

[ With a small shake of her head: ]

I have to be able to handle these better...

[kumeyuri]

Crying doesn't mean you're not handling them. I've cried when losing people in the past, you know? [...] Though if you don't want to, I won't force you to either.