[ north vanishing abruptly had been -- strange. sad, but mostly a strange kind of emptiness, for him. after all, it's less of a loss and a return to normalcy, a sense of guilt for not feeling the mourning as much as he thinks he should. a reminder that for the strange fortunes that have dropped on them here, with people being back from the dead . . . anything can happen. he'd been concerned about south, but especially since carolina had moved in next door, honestly, he'd just decided that maybe he wasn't the right person to even try to offer help to south. carolina could take care of it.
he'd still checked in, just because they're all still freelancers and he's all too aware that feelings are not their strongsuit. but time and space is what he thought south probably needed, and carolina would be there to help when she needed it.
when he sees the message, he rereads it once or twice, just to make sure he isn't misreading, and he feels his stomach drop. he spends far too long just staring at the device, and it's a while later before he manages to start forcing himself to type out a reply. he starts and deletes a few times. are you sure? she couldn't be elsewhere? but no, vanishing without a trace is pretty unmistakable, and south would know what that was like, since her own brother had vanished not that long ago, and.
right. ]
Thanks for telling me.
[ a pause, as if he's still considering if this is a good idea, before eventually. ]
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he'd still checked in, just because they're all still freelancers and he's all too aware that feelings are not their strongsuit. but time and space is what he thought south probably needed, and carolina would be there to help when she needed it.
when he sees the message, he rereads it once or twice, just to make sure he isn't misreading, and he feels his stomach drop. he spends far too long just staring at the device, and it's a while later before he manages to start forcing himself to type out a reply. he starts and deletes a few times. are you sure? she couldn't be elsewhere? but no, vanishing without a trace is pretty unmistakable, and south would know what that was like, since her own brother had vanished not that long ago, and.
right. ]
Thanks for telling me.
[ a pause, as if he's still considering if this is a good idea, before eventually. ]
You up for a spar?