009 [ Voice ]

[hellionated]

[ So Julian's been gone somewhere close to a week. He finds that out from a newspaper stand. For him it's been a hell of a lot longer than a week, and his head is spinning now. Memories he hadn't known were there are rising to the surface, fitting back into place. Friends, enemies, people from other worlds. Events he'd thought he'd never forget. Skrulls, Vulcanus.

God, this is weird.

And last time he'd been here, he hadn't looked like this.

He's walking through the City, metal hands concealed in his pockets. Every part of this is a mess. His powers are holding the phone to his ear, and there's no video.

He sounds like he's bored. ]

This place has good timing. I was almost in math class.

So I'm back. You can all stop missing me now. Since nothing's in pieces I'm gonna guess no one tried to destroy the place this week. Did I miss anything worth telling?

Comments

Re: Video

[wind_dancer]

How long?

[Too long? How much had changed for him back home? Was he alright?

Did he still want to see her or that changed too?]

Video

[hellionated]

[ Crap. ]

Long enough. There’s stuff I should tell you. [ She’s gonna hate him all over again. ]

Re: Video

[wind_dancer]

We should meet face to face for that, I don't want to do it over video.

[Sofia presumes that there is something preventing him from coming to the flat since he hasn't said he is going there. Whatever the reason is, she wants to face it front on.

And she lefts her voice become softer.]

Whatever it is that you have to tell me Julian, I will listen.

Video

[hellionated]

Come meet me then. [ He should get it over with, right? Fuck all of this. ]

Somewhere quiet.

Re: Video

[wind_dancer]

Where? A coffee shop, or one of the smaller parks?

[hellionated]

A park. [ Because there would be less risk of her throwing hot coffee on him there. That, and being in a crowd still made him wary of people. They could keep their eyes to themselves. ]

Yeah, that's good for me. How long will you be?

[wind_dancer]

I'll be at the park in fifteen minutes. [Sofia sends him the directions to the park, in a quieter area of the City.]

I'll wait there as long as it takes for you to show up Julian.

[hellionated]

I'll be there.

[ He sounds annoyed. He's not. He just hates all of this. ]

I won't be long.