homeless, taken mid-"the ask and the answer"

[theknife]

I don't want to play yer stupid games.

I want to find her.

I need to find her.

(if she's even still alive —)

You know what, eff you. I know you know where she is. I can hear some of yer Noise which I don't unnerstand but this ain't the time for me to think about this when she could be anywhere and he could be hurting her.

Help me find her.

Please.

Comments

GOOD GOOD! How are you???

[noiseless]

[ It's a long while before she stops muttering his name again and again. All she can think of is him laying in the Pathway's End, curled up and healing, with his Noise so quiet he might not even be there at all. ]

I missed you, Todd. I missed you so much. [ I can't do this without you. ]

i'm good! ;w; hopefully going to FINALLY...finish todd's app soon!

[theknife]

[He's doing the same, repeating her name for every "Todd" she speaks, and he doesn't move, doesn't relax his grip an inch, instead just bathing in the nearness of her and the silence of her, the one that at first had upset him so but now was a comfort he knew nowhere else. He nods when she speaks, and she can surely feel in his Noise just how much he missed her. He knows he doesn't have to say it, he knows she can see how his every action and thought was toward her, for her, to make sure they would both be safe. He knows she might not be from the same...time, whatever that is, this whole thing kind of confusing, but he's just going to let himself feel for a while.]

DW IS SO WEIRD but I'm so glad!!! TODD NEEDS TO BE PLAYED

[noiseless]

[ She knows they're not from the same time. Even before they met up finally and she could immerse herself in his Noise and get lost in it and see what he saw, she knew. Just from the way he spoke to her. But she doesn't have the heart to tell him what happened, why should she torture him with that knowledge when he's so whole and perfect and happy in this moment? She just wants to give him these moments, plenty of them to last him a lifetime. She now understands how important they are when she took them for granted before. ]

it is jalkdhj BUT i really want to play him and DW won't stop me RAWR

[theknife]

[Eventually his Noise softens a little, enough for him to let out a breath and pull away enough to look at her like he was looking at her for the first time. The relief in his Noise is still strong, and he thinks of the Mayor, of the things he's been doing for him and flinches because he's afraid of what she'll think or what she'll say.

What if she finds out and wants nothing to do with him anymore?]

DW NEEDS TO PLAY NICE!!! ):

[noiseless]

[ She doesn't miss anything from him. Not anymore. His Noise is as easy to read as her own thoughts, and his face just as clear to her. Like how he flinches when his thoughts turn to the mayor.

She squeezes his hand at that, trying to reassure him. All that, it's past now, for her at least. ]

It's okay, Todd. I know, and it's okay. I understand.

IT DOES. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

[theknife]

[He swallows, hard, and then gives her hand a squeeze in return.]

He wouldn't even tell me if you were alive.

THIS REALLY IS

[noiseless]

I know, but see? I'm okay, everything's okay. [ Because you're okay and alive and here. ]

NO ONE GETS IN THEIR WAY >:O

[theknife]

Yeah. Yer okay. [he pauses, and knows she can tell before he even asks, but asks anyways —]

Think we could run?