UN: Zodiac | Midmonth Post

[kaisoumods]

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Libra App
WHEN: October 15th
WHAT: Zodiac Network Post
WARNINGS: None!

[We've reached the second half of October. The victims of the Event Horizon have returned to Kaisou, along with some bodies. Meanwhile, the Zodiac employees have been rescued from the Unknown, but it's still open for people to explore]



Childe, Xie Lian, and Noa have joined the app. Say hi everyone!

[The post then continues on as normal.]

Hello. Thank you for using the Libra App.

Thanks to everyone that helped save my colleagues from the Unknown. Working at Zodiac isn't great, but that realm sounded like it was somehow worse- so I'm sure they appreciate it.

And to my colleagues, as a special favor I convinced Janet not to throw another potluck to welcome you back. You guys are getting doordash gift cards instead, you're welcome.

In other news.... what the hell happened to the group that went on a fishing trip? Over 20 of you going on a fishing trip sounded weird enough, but then you guys came back with dead bodies?

On second thought, maybe it's better I don't know.

Now bye.



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[As of now ICly, Even Horizon is back and the Zodiac members have been saved fro the Unknown, though you're still welcomed to explore it! Also you're completely welcome to continue backtagging both events!

Users will have the option to choose their own display names and user pics if they haven't already. If nothing is chosen, the app will use their real name and a quick photo taken of them from their camera's phone. Like always, there'll be no responses from Zodiac. And as always, feel free to keep backtagging the event logs! ]

Comments

[rupturingheaven]

[That's.

That's alarming.

Bailey's reply takes a bit, but only because they're throwing together an overnight bag and going out to their car.]

I'll be there in 30

[consonanter]

[He can't argue with Bailey about this. He knows them. Knows that all of his friend group would do the exact same thing- may end up doing it anyway.

Faye honestly needs it more, a part of him thinks. She has to live with watching him get brutally stabbed. But it's a moot point for now, because he just... he doesn't know how to handle being alone right now.]

Feel free to let yourself in, the door will be open.

text -> action

[rupturingheaven]

Will do.

[And thirty minutes later on the dot, Bailey's letting themself in, overnight bag on one shoulder and takeout in hand.]

Noah?

[consonanter]

[The thing about trauma is that no matter how much he prepares himself for Bailey's arrival, he can't get himself to act normally when they do.

Which is to say that when Bailey steps in, Noah startles like a cat being spooked, knuckles white against the couch as he slumps back down, realizing who it is.

His voice shakes.]

Sorry... I just... I just...

[There is no way he's getting out of explaining this, and really, he doesn't want to. It's hard enough as it is to try and not let everything explode at once immediately.]

[rupturingheaven]

[The overnight bag gets dropped, Bailey doesn't even care where, and the takeout set down as they sit down on the couch next to him.]

Shhhh. Don't apologize. Take your time.

[There's a pause, before she lifts her arms, silently offering him a hug.]

[consonanter]

[There's something in the way they sit down, in how there's just a quietness and a sense of belonging, rather than the empty, cold metal halls of the Event Horizon. His eyes meet theirs, and Noah just exhales, trying to make his hands move.]

I...

...Bailey- [He sounds so small, so afraid. His face goes through a myriad of emotions before it simply crumbles, and he buries his face into their shoulder, collapsing against their embrace.

Noah, who trusts so many after being alone for so long, who didn't know where his life was headed before Kaisou- just openly sobs against Bailey, shaking like a leaf. Hands grip against their back like a lifeline, and he just can't stop. It's like everything he'd talked with Faye about has piled up and spilled out all over again.

He's tired. Tired in a way he doesn't quite know how to describe, other than feeling it deep down in his bones. Endless, like a weight, sitting there. One day, he hopes he'll be able to learn how to handle it other than just living with it as it is.]

[rupturingheaven]

[Her heart breaks to hear him sound so small and afraid.

She doesn't know what she missed, but she's deeply concerned. She won't push Noah to talk, not until he's ready, so all she can do is quietly hold him. Arms wind around him, holding him close, protectively, being the rock he needs right now--clearly needed earlier. One hand rubs his back, and the other comes up to comb through his hair.

It's okay. She's here. Let it out.]