Room 029 [Video/Action for Mohogany] Backdated to the 5th

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[A road-worn face greets the network. Behind him is a clean Pokemon Center that contrasts harshly with how trashed the poor guy is. Covered in dirt and leaves and bite marks and various other stains from the wonders of nature, Henry looks about 110% done with the world.]

[His usual shyness is nowhere to be seen and his voice is hoarse]</sub>

The glitching has finally stopped. We're finally out of the woods. I talked to a world famous psychic and even she doesn't know what's going on with how weird this place is. Nobody ever dies. If this was the real world somebody would have already been eaten by a bear or something.

I feel like my old gameboy after my mom washed it by mistake. Just...checking in. When I get back to the hotel, I'm sleeping for a week. In a bed.

Comments

[show_my_cannons]

... You still alive?

[no_ufo_ending]

Barely.

_{[This is accompanied by an unusually deadpan look from noodleboy here.]}

[show_my_cannons]

You look intact to me.

[no_ufo_ending]

What do you want, Ironhide?

[show_my_cannons]

Wondering how you managed to wander off and survive on your own.

Is that a problem?

[no_ufo_ending]

Because nobody dies here. We were attacked by exorcist beavers and fish with scribbles for faces. We should have died.

[Action]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's mid-afternoon when they finally touch down in Mahogany. Despite the fact that she slept on the train, Heather's pretty tired. Flying isn't quite as peaceful as it sounds, even when you're riding on a giant winged marshmallow.]

[She steps into the Center, looking around for their lost photographer.]</sub>

[show_my_cannons]

You seem so certain. Maybe you just have not seen it.

Everything dies.

[no_ufo_ending]

Heather's been here for three years and she hasn't told me about anybody dying here. There hasn't been anything on the network. It doesn't make any sense. You put...you put all these people from another world together and they--it's just. You can't expect every single one of them to survive. Not for three years.

[Action]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Iiiiit's not hard to find him once he spots that familiar puff of hair and dark jacket. Henry stands up and starts pointedly marching over to her and trails debris. The little Litwick he'd been sharing his seat with hops after him.]}

[show_my_cannons]

Perhaps they return home instead.

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry thinks about that and eventually shakes his head. There would have been signs. People would have figured that trick out. It worried him too because what if Walter came here? N O P E.]}

I'm so tired.

[Action]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[... There he is.]

[Heather wastes no time in meeting him in the middle, heading towards him and already spreading her arms for a hug because HOLY SHIT HE LOOKS LIKE HE NEEDS ONE.]

[... And it's only when he's already up close that she realizes--]</sub>

... Oh jeez, Henry!

_{[YOU ARE GROSS didn't you even shower?! 8(]}

[Action]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[ N O P E!]

[Henry returns the gesture and snatches the girl up in a hug before letting out a long, broken sound. This is not a Henry concerned about attracting attention. HE'S BEEN DEALING WITH SILENT HILL FOREST FLASHBACKS FOR A WEEK OKAY. He buried his face in the top of her hair and stopped moving]</sub>

[Video]

[babel_hacker]

...Are you alright?

[You sure don't look and sound Okay.]

Video

[nasa_dreams]

Dude, you look like crap.

[show_my_cannons]

What does that have to do with anything we have just said?

[action]

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy walks over from the counter where he's dropped off his team to get healed up, sitting down on a bench near where Henry is with a thump. He lets his head fall back over the top of the seat, bringing one hand up to cover his eyes. He doesn't look much better than Henry, but he is too tired to care.]

If I never go outside again, it'll be too soon.

[Action]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Oh wait oh god no I'VE MADE A HORRIBLE MISTAKE]

[Heather lets out a slight squawk as he wraps his lanky arms around her and mushes his grubby face into her hair, which admittedly is not exactly photoshoot-worthy after sleeping in a train seat for four hours and then flying all the way to Mahogany, but at least isn't filled with dirt and tree-sap.]</sub>

Henry--

_{[Reaching up, she gives him a couple reassuring pats on the arm with both hands.]}

Henry, it's-- it's okay. I'm here.

You-- you can let go of me.

You reek.

[Action]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Nnnnnnnnope. Not letting go. Sorry, Heather. Henry makes a terrible wet snuffling sound. Each and every single one of his fucks is gone. He is in like. Negative fuck-giving at this point. People owe HIM fucks at this point.]}

[Video]

[no_ufo_ending]

No.

_{[While Henry isn't usually talkative, he's particularly snippy today. He doesn't mean any harm but...mutant Bidoofs, man. Mutant Bidoofs.]}

Video

[no_ufo_ending]

Thanks.

[no_ufo_ending]

I'm just. So tired.

_{[Whatever snap he'd had in his voice earlier has drained away.]}

[action]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry nods wordlessly and slowly pulls his feet up onto the seat.]

[ 8( ]</sub>

Re: Video

[nasa_dreams]

Uh...sorry.