text | @poker - late afternoon of may 5th

[stonehearts]

Ratio's missing.

And not just in the "they've left this world" way people tend to go missing, someone took him. And if I find out that it's one of you--

I'm finding him and there is nothing on this backwater dying planet that will keep me from destroying whatever is between me and him. That's your one and final warning.

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un: forgery (TWO HOURS AFTER INITIAL POST )

[misclassed]

[ Roughly two hours after Aventurine's post goes up, he goes radio silent. A brief message from Muramasa follows: ]

The kid and I had a talk—he's gonna cool his heels for a little bit.





... The help is appreciated.

[ Aventurine is unconscious, and in that sense, he has calmed down... a little bit.]

@Destiny

[intertwinedfates]

how'd you manage that? didn't seem like he was one for listening at the moment

[misclassed]

He's not, but I got my ways.

[ Read: Muramasa tanked a couple dice to the head and then caught the body when LILITH knocked Aventurine out. ]

[intertwinedfates]

oh boy. let's just hope that said ways mean he'll be a little less in a hurry to try putting the blame for Doc's disappearance on others

[Yato's not keen on fighting any of their teammates, but if that's what it takes to defend Ereshkigal, then so be it.]

[misclassed]

I'm sure time will offer everyone more perspective.

[intertwinedfates]

I hope so. this isn't something to approach in the heat of the moment. for everybody's sake, we need to keep calm and think rationally

@ratchet

[asafepairofhands]

What can I do to help?

[misclassed]

Ah, you're that other doctor... The one with the van, right?

[ ... ok, so. ]

[asafepairofhands]

Something like that. You need a ride?

1/2.

[misclassed]

... Yeah. We're getting weird looks.

[ oh my god why is the post button right under my phone keyboard's suggested words bar i hate this

ANYWAY give him one second. ]

🔒 » action.

[misclassed]

[ Here's a coordinate ping to a less populated/seedier side of town. Definitely a better place for someone to fall out of the sky and make a crater.

When Ratchet rolls up it has begun to drizzle, draping a layer of dreary damp over everything. Muramasa, in civilian clothes rather than his flashier Servant ensemble, is sitting on the meager shelter of the stoop of an empty building and giving cold, unfriendly looks to the few passerby that hurry past in the rain. Aventurine, unconscious but bundled up safely in a beautiful silk haori that is rapidly becoming stained with dirt and rain, is next to Muramasa on the step, slumped limply against his shoulder. On his feet are a pair of plain, old fashioned sandals, a touch from Murmasa to make the aftermath of the crash out seem... just a little bit more dignified. ]

[asafepairofhands]

[He's already in vehicle mode, and his holomatter avatar is sitting in the driver's seat, so nobody sees an unmanned ambulance rolling around. There's a pause before the passenger's side door opens.]

Put him in the back, I'll take you home.

[coordination]

A talk, huh.

[misclassed]

Yep. A nice philosophical discussion.

[ and hes now currently wrapped up in muramasa's haori like a dead body hidden in some carpeting, and slung over peepaw's shoulder like... a dead body wrapped up in carpet. ]

[coordination]

Must have been a real wallop of a conversation.

[ Heh. Heh heh heh. ]

I hope he's not in a worse mood after he 'cools off', because despite his attitude, he wants to find Ratio.

But he needs a more level head for that.

[misclassed]

[ ... It's just, he'd looked at aventurine and seen suffering by the oceanful. ]

Sure. I'll pass the message on.

[coordination]

[ I mean yeah your SO goes missing, of course a person would be distraught about that. He's acted out when that's happened to his friend(s). (one of which is NOW his SO, but ya know,) ]

Good. A few of us are going to look into the cameras at the hotel and see what we can find.

[misclassed]

[ it was more than just heartbreak. the fissures ran deeper, a karma that spoke to a hard life and no love for fellow man. a shadow cast over aventurine that he'd seen long before ratio disappeared. ]

How long will you be there?

[ muramasa doesn't want to bring him back to the hotel if the other outsiders might be around. it seems better to separate the potentially reactive elements, to keep things from corroding once again. ]

@MONSTER

[copy]

[ MURAMASA... ]

is he going to be okay?

[misclassed]

[ DON'T "MURAMASA..." AT HIM... ]

He'll live.

[ That sounds. really bad. but better than the alternative.

(It's not like Muramasa beat him up, anyway.) ]

[copy]

[ WOULD HE PREFER AN EXASPERATED 'SHISHOU' INSTEAD??

And yeah that... does not sound reassuring... No judgement though, just: ]

does he need any healing?

[misclassed]

[ HONESTLY YES??? it would be more indicative of his venerable role as a dispenser of wisdom and all around good decision maker. ]

Nah. Like I said, he's just cooling off a bit.

[ The bracing ache of bruises will keep that brief confrontation from being just a dream. ]

[copy]

[ HMM venerable role?? Sounds questionable, but okay peepaw, whatever you say... ]

alright.
then can i help in some other way?

[misclassed]

[ yes, VENERABLE. ]

I'll let you know if I come up with something.

[ if he didn't have ratchet coming to pick him (and Aventurine's unconscious body slung over his shoulder like a corpse wrapped in a carpet) up, he'd definitely ask yuta if the kid knows how to drive. ]

[copy]

[ hai, hai. ]

please do.

[ ALAS not yet. Best he could do now is offer Rika's hammerspace for any unconscious body carrying... probably better to go with the van. ]