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[thavnairian]

WHO: Amal and whoever!
WHERE: The network
WHEN: The last week of May
WHAT: Amal's long nap is finally over.
WARNINGS: Endwalker spoilers in some threads, if you care about that sort of thing. Mind the CWs on Zelos' thread too (abuse, indentured servitude).

[video]

[Amal is dressed a little differently today. Repping Thavnairian weave and a ribbon in his hair, he's seemingly conquered the incredible bedhead he's nursed for several weeks.]

Hey everyone! Did you think you were rid of me? Sorry to disappoint! Being exceptionally difficult to get rid of is one of my many talents, as it turns out.

My birds are acting like I was dead instead of asleep, when I don't even remember going to bed. But I remember a lot of other things—it was like I was home. Like I never left. Maybe... my body was here while my soul was there? I have no idea, but I'm awake now, and I have every reason to believe what I saw happen... uh, happened.

So. What'd I miss?

[A pause.]

Oh, and what's a BBL? I woke up to a bunch of texts from work asking if I'd 'recovered' yet.

Comments

[wedonttalkabout]

That's...kind of what I've been aiming for, and she's not alone back home. Her papá and her other tío and her Abuela are all there.

[This just means the Madrigals are even more torn asunder between home and this world. ]

Right? August has been trying to get us organised to keep an eye on them, we really have to at this point. You're right, we can't let this happen again.

[thavnairian]

Hopefully with time she'll feel better about it...

[She'll need to move on eventually, right?]

I doubt we can hold Zodiac accountable, so all we've got is ourselves.

[wedonttalkabout]

Yeah. I really hope so.

[He's still desperately worried though, it's there in his tone.]

Right? After the soccer game it's clear they're not gonna help us, and someone has to watch out for the kids here.

[thavnairian]

They've always been a means to an end, for me. They pay decently well if you cooperate, but that's where the relationship ends.

I can't tell if they're hiding something sinister or if they're just that incompetent, and I'm not sure it matters.

[wedonttalkabout]

Yep. It's all transactional. We definitely can't rely on them for anything serious.

[Certainly not for saving the kids they willingly encourage into the spirit realm.]

It could go either way, really. Whichever way it drops, it doesn't make them safe.