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[ childe will have 78 calls following that message ]

[ mochi...! 78 calls is so many!! at least you get to hear childe's voicemail each time. that's something, right? ]

Edited (messed up spelling hear) 2023-04-01 23:24 (UTC)

[ ✅ read. ]

[ also he's just going to take a few minutes to scroll through all of those calls. mochi, mochi are you okay? ]

[ HE IS JUST FINE. But he sees the checkmark as he was checking his phone, and now he has to make up an excuse as to why he called him 78 times ]

Mochi: My phone was in my pocket and it just called on its own.

[ ...nailed it. ]

Caeli; And this happened 78 times?

Mochi: Yes
Mochi: Welcome back

[ he does not believe him. ]

Caeli; Thanks. [ this is a little awkward given their... parting. he didn't have a chance to attention a reconciliation before getting gobbled up by a stupid plant. he's tempted to ask if he's missed him, but that seems kind of presumptuous... even if he did call him 78 times. ]

Caeli; I'll be back home in a little while. I'm a little exhausted.

[ a game must have happened and snail must have lost, because he feels doubly like shit. ]

Mochi: You can't go home
Mochi: There's poison
Mochi: we're in the baths

Caeli; Are you okay? Did you get hurt?

[ he doesn't want to have that conversation over the phone, so ]

Mochi: Come to the baths.

Caeli; ... I'll be there in a few hours.

Mochi: Why hours? Where are you?

Caeli; I'm in the forest somewhere. I'm pretty sure a plant puked me up, so I'm covered in ick. And I'm just... tired. A lot's happened.

Mochi: I want to see you

Caeli; Did you miss me?

Mochi: I was worried

[ oh. ]

Caeli; I’m okay. A lot more resilient than I look.

Mochi: Just give me a location pin, I'll come get you.

[ drops a pin. ]

[ mochi can find him sitting beside a now dead plant covered in goo and blood, though the blood is from his endeavors back home. he has six tails now, and he’s still got those cute furry ears. ]

[ he's going to nyoom there so fast. but once he sees him he's. a little surprised ]

—How'd you get like that in a plant?

[ he looks up at Mochi and then down at himself, giving a tired laugh. ] I went back to hell and everything’s over now, they shut it down. [ he shakes a hand out, trying to get some of the goo off. ] And I even went back home.

[ childe certainly pings a little bit differently now. his energy is more stable, and he’s no longer human. ]

[ is that a good or a bad thing ... he's not sure yet. But he will offer him a hand so he can fly him away ]

Are you okay?

[ it's all a matter of perspective. ]

[ childe shakes his head. ] I don't want to move. Not right now. I need a few minutes. [ or hours. ] ...just to catch my breath. [ maybe a little more. ] But you didn't answer my question, [ he finally takes his hand, but only to tug him down beside him. ] did you get hurt in the game? I can tell something happened. My taboos are going wild.

[ he lets him tug him down, and then even leans in to rest his head against his shoulder, not caring about the blood and goo ]

Last game involved taking body parts from other people. I let a few take mine.

[ he's not surprised snail lost, but as far as mochi... he tells himself not to get upset, because mochi can do whatever he likes, but knowing he let himself be harvested weighs heavy in his chest. ] But you're okay now?

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