Kaede "meddlesome minstrel" Akamatsu 🎶 赤松 楓 (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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balance_rpg2019-09-14 11:17 am
gotyourbach) wrote in balance_rpg2019-09-14 11:17 am
video; un: akapassionata
[When this message gets sent out, it's around one in the morning. Kaede has clearly been exerting herself, her breath coming hard through her nose, her normally-cheerful expression pale with a sick worry. It took her several minutes to calm down enough to even begin to figure out what she wants to say, and it doesn't feel like enough.]
A-Arisato-kun is missing. He was right here with me like always, but-!
[No, wait, back up. That doesn't make sense. She's standing in what looks like an ordinary employee breakroom, empty save for a soullessly cheerful "ACHIEVE! aim higher!" poster meant for decoration.]
We... we were trying to figure out where the employees all go, because this breakroom is always empty, even when we follow someone in. He tried running his gem into the red, 'cause that's how a lot of the people working here end up working here, but now he's gone!
[Her bracer-less hand goes to her heart, clutching tightly at her armor as her other hand gestures frantically around to pan over the completely empty breakroom. Her voice pitches higher.]
I can feel him with my Paladin's Oath, but he's not here! Please, we have to find him before something terrible happens!
A-Arisato-kun is missing. He was right here with me like always, but-!
[No, wait, back up. That doesn't make sense. She's standing in what looks like an ordinary employee breakroom, empty save for a soullessly cheerful "ACHIEVE! aim higher!" poster meant for decoration.]
We... we were trying to figure out where the employees all go, because this breakroom is always empty, even when we follow someone in. He tried running his gem into the red, 'cause that's how a lot of the people working here end up working here, but now he's gone!
[Her bracer-less hand goes to her heart, clutching tightly at her armor as her other hand gestures frantically around to pan over the completely empty breakroom. Her voice pitches higher.]
I can feel him with my Paladin's Oath, but he's not here! Please, we have to find him before something terrible happens!
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It's not your fault.
[The response is immediate. He's not sure if she's actually blaming herself but it sure sounds like she's only a few steps away from doing so if she isn't already.]
You said you can still sense him though, right? Is he hurt?
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I-I... I can still sense him, but... j-just that he's here. I can't feel him.
[Her hand goes to her heart again as she looks up at Shuichi. She can't feel him like she can feel Shuichi right now, like how Shuichi can probably feel her fear, her guilt, and a deep, dangerously simmering possessive anger. This place took one of her best friends, and she'll stop at nothing to get him back safely.]
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[Yikes. Possessive anger. It's such a surprise to feel that that his hands slide away from her shoulders. But at least it helps him understand the distinction she's making. What it means to sense someone versus feel them. He inhales through his nose, chewing on his lower lip as he stares down at the floor in thought.]
We'll...find him. I-I'm not sure how but...Arisato-kun is smart and strong, right? So he'll be okay until we can figure out how to reach him...
[God where is Kaito when you need him, Shuichi has no fucking clue what to do here.]
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[She says it more like she's trying to convince herself than Shuichi, but yes. In every situation, she has the utmost faith in Minato. It's just that here, when everyone has been telling her to be careful at the Night Show, when she could have stopped him from putting himself in danger, she didn't.
Kaede closes her eyes, tries to compose herself for Shuichi's sake if nothing else. He's right. She has to calm down. How can she calm down when her heart is beating as if racing toward a crescendo, though?]
M-Midoriya-kun is on his way. A-and Honoka-san. I posted to ask everyone for help...
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[She nods, bites her lower lip, tries to focus.]
Michael-san thinks... thinks he could be on another plane. A totally different plane of existence. I-if that's true... we're gonna have to figure out how to rip it open to get him back.
[She's thinking about their weird dimension-hopping with the demon train. Surely there has to be a way to get in there, without turning their gems red? They don't have time for that!]