text, @HTKRIZO 10:31PM

[hitokiller]

( it comes as video at first. the image of someone kicking a chair over in the cafeteria, the sound of "THE HELL?!!!" being screeched at a pitch even dogs can hear. there's a bottle and a half-filled glass on a flat table nearby.

maybe he didn't mean to send that. maybe he did. either way, there's a text immediately after. )

whaddya mean we can't
TASTE A DRINK NEITHER???
how long is this gonna last?
th... a week? a whole 'nother month?
where's that damn cure, huh?
how long's that gonna take?

( let the panic begin. )

... how're the rest of ya coping
with not bein' able to eat real food, or drink, or

( a pause. )

and don't say anything stupid
like i shoulda just not gotten bit

Comments

[hitokiller]

there's...
that firm they were puttin' together
the one they asked us to help with
and now that, well

( there's no gentle way to say one of the people who reached out to him is dead.

but the wound is still fresh for others, so he isn't putting that out where everyone can see. damn. imagine if most knew he had grown this soft. )

[immortalpoet]

life goes on regardless

the flow continues

so we have to keep going on with it

[hitokiller]

( the "flow" continues... the hell does that mean. )

which is t'say you'll be there, yeah
since you're on call

( according to some documents izou glanced over. amazing. he did homework. )

[immortalpoet]

[wow you don't know the flow? loser]

that i am. i believe you were, too. unless you've chickened out?

[hitokiller]

( STOP!! )

the hell d'ya think you're talkin' to
i'm a GENIUS
'course i'm gonna be there

[immortalpoet]

what does being a genius have to do with doing your job

[hitokiller]

( ? )

it means i'm the best at it
it... being whatever it is we're doin' exactly
duh

[immortalpoet]

where's your proof

[hitokiller]

yoUUHGH
TEAM UP with me and i'll prove it!!!!

[immortalpoet]

what, right now?

[hitokiller]

wh... not,
right now
i'm still tryin' to figure out breakfast
nightfast
whatever