21st step: Seeing the sky [video]

[favorthebold]

[The feed clicks on to a view blurred by heavy rain. In the not-so-far background towers the wall of the Inner City. The figure that peers down at the PCD, shaking the device, is at first shadowed and difficult to make out. A few hard taps later, however, the view clears.

Saul grins at the camera. It's a bit of a shaky grin - he looks exhausted, underfed and somewhat battered, generally the worse for wear. But there's a scary sort of light in those eyes. He looks very pleased with himself.]

Ah - still working. Good, good.

[He chuckles very softly, glancing back at the wall, then again at the device.]

Well, then - doma Bao. I'll be seeing you, I believe.

[That said, Saul's hand drops to his side, affording a brief view of him standing, braced against a building wall, head tilted back and eyes and mouth open to the rain, before he starts moving - slow and stiff but purposeful - and the feed switches off.]



As my fortune holds... be here.

Comments

[willdateforyen.livejournal.com]

Are you alright?

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Hm? Ah, of course. It has been...

Don't trouble yourself, domeina.

[willdateforyen.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what you just said but it sounds sexy.

Don't mind him he's from thr 19th century X_X

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Does it? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the expression.

Hahahaha

[willdateforyen.livejournal.com]

Hm, to put it in easier terms, it sounds like a lovely word.

[thefirstuchiha.livejournal.com]

Ah...so you're back.

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Yes. I missed much, I imagine.

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

So you didn't disappear after all.

I can only assume your ...girlfriend will be pleased.

HAHA OH WOW KASHI

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

My... girl... friend?

...wut! I'm behaving!

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

Carmen? Your...girlfriend?

...Or is she up for grabs, hm?

You're making him flail!

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

I don't know that that is any business of yours, dome.

Saul flails?! SCORE!!!

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

Because you left her alone all this time.

I'd hate for you to come back, just to break her heart.

[Video]

[vile-queen.livejournal.com]

[Carmen's silent for a moment, studying him, wondering at his words. They're not the speech of a newcomer, but his PCD vanished. She pushes back those questions for the moment.]

Do you need assistance?


[[ooc: Apologies for epicly failing and missing this before. <3 ]]

[Video] No worries at all <33

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

[His eyes light up on hearing her voice. He doesn't know how things might stand now, and for once, decides not to gamble.]

No. I'll regain my strength soon enough.

I go to see if my house still stands... if you wish to find me there.

[Video] Thanks. <33

[vile-queen.livejournal.com]

[She closes her eyes for a moment. He remembers. She doesn't know how, but he does. And she is selfishly thankful.]

It does indeed stand. I will join you, Saul.


[[ooc: Offline? or...?]]

[offline woot!]

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

[The house stood, though derelict, gathering dust. Saul breathed out slowly, bracing himself against the door. Closed - he'd never bothered attempting to lock it, and if anyone had been inside, they'd not made that obvious. There was nothing important inside - other than his hook and wire, he had no prized possessions - but still, if anyone had come in, if he could track them down, they were good as dead. It was hishouse. In the lands he knew, that sort of ownership had meaning.

He ran a hand through his rain-soaked hair, coughed hard then sighed. Hungry, weakened, power spent - it was pathetically certain that he'd take ill if he didn't go inside soon. But he didn't. He waited.

It was appropriate that he wait.]

[offline]

[vile-queen.livejournal.com]

[She knew the way. She'd been by there before, both when he was present and when he'd vanished. Or not vanished, as the case may be. Carmen caught sight of him leaning there. Now was not a moment for self-searching, he looked like he did not have the strength to stand much longer. But she'd lost every member of her team whom she'd valued, she'd lost Obito, and she'd lost Saul. One of the last things she'd expected was to see him again, let alone remember her. Later. She could not make him just stand there.

Carmen came up behind him, not bothering with her normal stealth.]

Saul.

[She placed a gloved hand on one of his shoulders.]

It is cold. Shall I help you inside?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Oh...? So you return.

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

So I do. And you haven't gone anywhere.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[Pauses] So you remember me? Either the spirits are giving people back their memories, or you were in hiding for quite a while.

Note: This is Saul being a lying liar

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Time passe differently, in the Wastes.

[bunny_flower]

Ara, Saul-san ! It has been so long, I thought you had been taken from this world !

((OOC : Why yes, she looks genuinely happy to see him.))

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

No, I am still here... and so are you, I see, doma. For how long now?

[bunny_flower]

Ara, almost two years now, Saul-san.

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

It cannot be getting easier with time.