♪ Eighth Song: Aftermath

[thepurpleway]

[1335 Benny]

[Gakupo made it out of that awful place barely alive and functioning. Rin and Len had taken him to the hospital to get the necessary care he needed. Severely dehydrated, malnurished, and overall in crappy shape. He has been in there for a couple of days, but snuck out. There is still something bothering him.

He still hasn't seen Gumi yet.

Not wanting to leave such a task to anyone else, Gakupo goes to her house to see if she's there. Hopefully unharmed. He knocks on the door, and whoever answers will encounter a weary looking man with purple hair.]




[On the way home]

[He's walking pretty slowly. What a lazy pace! But you can't really blame him. He takes a rest on a nearby bench and sighs in relief. Wow, walking is hard.]



[1331 Benny]

[He's home, and in his room. Snuggling an eggplant.]



[PHONE]

Did everyone... [He trails off.] Are there...

[He stops again and sighs, continuing after a moment's pause.]

I hope everyone that was stuck in that...horrid carnival, is alright.

Lucas, I seemed to have lost the prize you gave me. Or it disappeared. Somehow, the latter seems more plausible. In either case, I apologize.

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1331 Benny

[splashpuppy]

[Hajime approaches with a worried look. Snuggling an eggplant isn't... exactly normal]

Mr. Gakupo? Is something wrong?

[thepurpleway]

[It's totally normal. What even.

He looks over to Hajime and sits up, his hair messy as it's not in its usual ponytail.]

Oh, hey, Hajime. I'm just...tired. [And still thirsty.]

[splashpuppy]

[He looks more than just tired... and Mayfield.]

It was bad, wasn't it? What happened?

[thepurpleway]

It was quite bad, yes. [Does he really feel up to explaining? Hajime is just a child, really.] Are you certain you wish to know?

[splashpuppy]

I've been here a long time, I know scary stuff happens.

1331 Benny

[roadrolling]

[poking his head into Gakupo's room. he's doing a lot better after getting some food and fluids in him, but Len's still kind of worried about the stupid samurai]

♪ Hey. How you doing today?

[thepurpleway]

[Best cousin ever.]

M'tired... [Groans and sits up, rubbing his eyes.] I feel dry, too.

[roadrolling]

♪ Yeah, you're probably still really dehydrated. You're lucky to even be alive, you know!

[thepurpleway]

I have a thermos of water here! [He points down at said thermos. It's pretty much a huge camping thermos.]

I know that. [Smiles to him.] Thank you.

[roadrolling]

[... scratches his neck, looking away]

♪ Well... good. So. You better drink it.

Phone

[prissy_hooves]

Gakupo, you sound terrible! What happened over there?

[thepurpleway]

Ah, Miss Rarity. We were stuck inside a carnival for five days...

[prissy_hooves]

Five days? It was far longer than that, I'm afraid.

[thepurpleway]

...it was?

[Did he lose track of time?!]

[prissy_hooves]

Well, certainly nothing on the order of a month, but it was longer than five days.

[rankaloid]

[honestly, she doesn't really remember much how she even got out. or if she died. involuntary or voluntary memory suppression? who even knows.

anyways you are being tackled over in a HUG!!! ;A;]

A-A-ANIKIIIII!!!

[thepurpleway]

[ASDFGHJKL--tumbles!]

...ouch...

[rankaloid]

Aniki!! You're alright....!! Uwaaaaaaaaaah!

[thepurpleway]

...Gumi?! [Sits up and looks to her, smiling happily.] You're not dead!

[rankaloid]

Waaaah! I was so scared you- you- ANIKI!!! [CLING!!]

[roadroller]

I made it unscathed! Lucas and Yuna helped me find the way out after we got separated. ♪

[thepurpleway]

I'm glad to hear that! Thank you!

Have you seen Miku?

I have no idea what Miku's been doing u_u So...

[roadroller]

... You're asking me? Can't you just look next door? ♪

XD it's cool

[thepurpleway]

I did look, or I wouldn't be asking! [He had to ditch Gumi to do so!]

[roadroller]

Oh... ♪

[and now Rin is worried. Because she hasn't seen her either.]

Okay, I'll look for her. I thought for sure she'd have made it back, but maybe she's with her dumb boyfriend or something. ♪