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

[cranekin]

Eh, so you can't taste it or even enjoy it.
Maybe you just need to drink more.

(Don't.)

[hitokiller]

that's just gonna make me sick
but not in the fun way

[cranekin]

You're already not having fun so you might as well do something surprising.
Maybe you just need something really, really strong so you can taste.

[hitokiller]

we don't enjoy the same sorta surprises
i've come to find out over-time...
but
maybe there's some truth to that

[cranekin]

I just think if there's something you like, you shouldn't give up so easily~

[hitokiller]

i get it
trust me
i just don't wanna be on the floor every day for tryin'
otherwise... i wouldn't let this shit beat me

[cranekin]

There's nothing wrong with that.

(I mean... there is. But Tsurumaru isn't going to judge Izou if he ends up on the floor as a puddle of inebriation or something.)

Are you missing anything else right now, Izou-kun?

(Any other foods...)

[hitokiller]

( thank you, old man. )

normal wakin' hours
meat
better sleep
meat