kaisou | voice; un: spiderlily

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ris bancroft,
sora

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WHO: Ris and whoever would like to ~~take pity~~ offer help!
WHERE: Blue Fish Park and the hospital
WHEN: Morning, February 4
WHAT: Ris has woken up feeling a bit... under the weather.
WARNINGS: Health scares specifically related to eyesight, vaguely-gaslighting-adjacent questioning of sanity

U-um. Is this thing on? ...I think it's working. Ah... hello, everyone!

[The voice coming through the speaker is... cheerful, but in a way that sounds fake. Like it's trying too hard, like the edges are just clipped enough to sound wrong.]

So, um, I... have a bit of a predicament, I guess. I woke up today with... with something weird going on, but Dad's acting like I'm crazy? S-so, um, he wants me to come see him at the hospital so he can check me for a concussion.

[There's a little catch in the way she pauses for breath.]

N-not that I couldn't get an Uber or something! But... um... if anyone's free... if anyone... you know, just happens to be near Blue Fish Park...

Would someone be willing to come with me? I'd really... really appreciate it.

[She pauses again, before ending the transmission with one last thought. This time, there's no attempt to hide her vulnerability; her voice is shaking and small and desperate.]

...I really don't want to be alone right now.

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[Okay! Well! That's incredibly worrying!]

I'm not far away. I can be there in a few minutes.

[Adol's response is immediate.]

I'm in the area at the moment, so I can get there pretty quickly. Are there any specific landmarks I can meet you by?

[Not that he wouldn't have gone even if he'd been halfway across the city at the time, but you know. Convenient walking distance instead of trying to deal with public transport.]

[Amal is pretty sure that's Ris's username and voice, and while they aren't exactly besties or anything—he's resigned to being the Weirdo Stranger—he's liked the conversations they had. Naturally, he'd want to help anyone in need, but especially the girl who understands his position a little. And he owes her for making sure he didn't die that one time and also not calling the cops.]

Hey. Ris, right?

[Mostly they've spoken by text, so he wants to make sure he's pronouncing it correctly.]

I'm pretty close to the park. Just stay where you are—I'll be there before you know it. Do you think you could take some deep breaths for me? I can count for you if you like.

[...This guy is way too nice. Still, she's grateful.

She swallows, and while she's given up trying to sound as chirpy as she was, she's definitely trying to make herself sound... you know, less like someone who's been crying.]

Okay. I'll be at the entrance of the park closest to [street name here]. Long blonde hair, pink sweater.

Thank you so much.

Edited (i keep forgetting icons) 2022-02-04 18:25 (UTC)

[...Man. Now she almost feels bad for having teased him so much.]

[Insert name here] condos, right on [insert name here] street. The park entrance right there. It's right outside my building, so...

[He is absolutely the Weirdo Stranger, but... he's been friendly, despite everything. And he's trying so hard to be calming...

Okay, okay. Swallow, deep breath.]

Ris, yeah. [Like "Rees."]

Um. It's okay, you don't need to count for me, but... yeah. Yeah, I'll take some deep breaths before I come down.

I'm in the building on [insert name here] street. I'll wait at the park entrance right across the street.

[...]

Thank you, Amal. Really.

[Oh, good, he said it right then.]

Perfect. I'll be there soon.

[He pauses halfway through putting his coat on, and then resumes the shuffling as he heads out the door.]

Don't mention it. [lightly] We can't have the town figuring out I'm nice or else I'll never get any peace around here. [A poor attempt at a joke, maybe, but it is what it is.

Now to sprint all the way to the park because he is in fact one of those people who just runs everywhere all the time...]

[It's a poor attempt at a joke, but it does earn a laugh. A small one, weak, but it's there.]

Ehe. Your secret's safe with me.

[She'll leave it at that. As promised, she takes a couple minutes to do some breathing exercises before putting herself together and heading down to the promised meeting place.

When Amal gets there, Ris will already be there, hands in her pockets and shifting between which leg carries her weight anxiously. When she sees him approaching, she perks up a little.

While he hasn't seen much of her, from afar, she looks pretty much the same as always. It's not until he's close enough to make out her facial features that something will click as being off.

Her eyes, previously a greyish-blue, have changed. The left eye is an unnatural red, and the right eye is so clouded as to appear white. The redness of the left eye is only exacerbated by the puffiness of her eyes— there's no hiding that she's been crying.]

...Hey there.

[There's a vague attempt at sounding normal in there, but more than anything she sounds tired. At least she's not as on edge as she was.]

Okay, I'll see you soon. Do you want me to keep talking while I'm on my way there?

[Honestly, he just took it as some goodnatured ribbing after the fact, so he actually found it funny after the joke was explained.]

On my way.

[There's a small stretch of minutes - five at most - where any further messages go unresponded to before he arrives. It's at this point that it occurs to him that he completely forgot to tell Alice what he looks like or ask what she looks like. Oh well, that's what the phone is for.]

I'm here. The one with red hair and a green scarf is me.

[Amal picks up his pace a bit when he sees her. He doesn't register any difference until he gets closer. If anything, he notices she's been crying before he spots the difference in her eyes. One looks almost blind, the other a bright red. But to him, the color is familiar—comforting, like the warmth of an ember in a campfire. Not scary at all.]

Good morning. [As he gets close, he unfurls a fleecy pink blanket and sets it gently around her shoulders. He makes eye contact the whole time, unafraid of her changes.] Here, snowdrop. We don't want you catching a cold.

[He crouches and looks up at her while he fusses with the blanket to make sure she's properly covered.]

Do you want me to walk you to the doctor? Or would you rather sit down a minute? There's a bench...

[For once it's voice and not...Texting. At least she's trying to be concerned?]

Did something happen?

[Usually Ana would ignore this sort of thing; it's not her problem, nor does she want or know how to deal with it. It would be easy to just scroll past and let all the other bleeding hearts here help the poor girl. But...

But she finds herself responding anyway - there's the faint background noise of the street and the steady clack of heels on pavement, already on her way.]

I'm nearby. Will you be near anything specific?

No, it's okay... I need to actually get ready to head out still. Just knowing someone's going to be there is a big help.

[...All right, maybe it's also that she's stubborn and feels strange even asking for this much help. Asking for him to stay on the line would be too much, she thinks.]

I'll see you soon.

[She'll drop the call, then, taking a deep breath before convincing herself to move off of her frozen bed and put on real pants to tackle the outside world.

True to her word, she'll be at the gate when Kakyoin shows up.]

Edited 2022-02-09 05:00 (UTC)

[That's fine, she needs to pull herself together enough to put on real pants and get outside anyway.

So, by the time she reaches the gate, she's getting another call, and she readily picks up.]

Okay. I've got long blonde hair and a pink sweater— oh! I think I see you.

[She waves from where she's standing. There's not a ton of energy behind it, but it should make her stand out more.]

[Ris is about to respond, but then... blanket?

Blanket??

Ris looks absolutely bewildered, and for a brief moment, Amal has actually left her at a loss for words.

She genuinely cannot remember the last time someone looked out for her like this. If they ever did.]

Okay, if you're sure.

[And with that, he shuts up and continues on to the park. He lifts a hand in greeting when he spots Ris.]

Hey.

[Eventually, her stunned silence breaks with a little laugh.]

Oh, knock it off, you're going to make me cry again! [...But it's happy tears, at least, this time.] It's fine, anyway... I haven't really noticed the cold since I got the app. I think it's probably a part of the whole ice magic thing...

[...She still reaches out to grasp the edges of the blanket, though, hugging it closer to her. Even if she doesn't need its warmth, it's comforting if only through the implication that Amal actually cares.]

...We can sit down. I... probably at least owe you an explanation as to what's going on, at least, right?

[She's trying. And, well, if Ris ever sees Naoto in person again there's going to be absolutely no hiding what's happened, so...]

Um. Yeah.

You know how you said you woke up with blue hair? I woke up and my eyes changed color.

[...]

And, um. I can't see out of the right one at all.

[Which would explain why she sounds so shaky.]

So I panicked and called my dad, but he says I was born with this cataract and seems confused? So now he thinks I'm crazy and that I must have hit my head or something. But I didn't. I had blue eyes last night, I could see out of both of them just fine when I went to bed.

[She almost sounds pleading with her next question.]

You were with me in Helheim. You remember, right? I'm not losing it?

[He recognizes that look, which is exactly why he's here—being soft, offering his shoulder, without asking anything in return. Someone had needed to do that for him more than once. And after watching his steadfast companions suffering through so much over the past couple of years, one could say that big brother-ing comes more naturally than he thought it would.

He reaches up and brushes her cheek with a thumb just to make sure she's okay.]

I've always been of the opinion that blankets do a little more than just keep someone warm, [he says with a wink, and pats her shoulder gently.]

You don't need to explain anything. But if something might ease with the telling, then by all means. [His eyes crinkle with a smile.] I've been told I'm very good at listening, and also nodding.

[He rises so they can move over to the bench.]

You had blue eyes when I saw you... [She gave a little sigh.]

It was less drastic, but my grandfather reacted the same way when my hair changed. I wonder how extensive these changes will be if they continue...

[Would people lose limbs and such next?]

Hey, look who's using the network again! Are you okay, though? What happened? Do you still need someone to go with you to the hospital??

[Well that's a worrying message to get, and it's hard to tell what she could be talking about. And based on how he's used to people like himself or Colette acting, this could be anywhere from she had a new power show up that spooked her to an entire limb got cut off.]

I can head over if you want. But first thing first- you hurt?

Um. My building is across from the entrance on [one day I will come up with a name and stick with it] street, so I can meet you there, if that's okay?

[Ris definitely looks distracted when Kakyoin shows up, but jolts to attention when she notices him, raising a hand in greeting as well.]

Hi there.

[Since he hasn't seen her in person before, he might note that she's... actually kind of tiny. She doesn't even break five feet, and looks like a strong breeze might topple her. Given how she talks on the app, it would maybe even be kind of funny noting the difference if not for... well... the context of why he's here.

As for that, nothing really looks immediately wrong on the outset... aside from her eyes. The left one is a blood red, definitely not a color that eyes should ever be coming in, and the right one is so clouded over it may as well be white.]

Thank you for coming. Really. I don't know what I would have done if I had to make it over there by myself...

[It's faint, but she's definitely shaking a little.]

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