video post † 002 † 03-03-10

[slantedcross]

[He's utterly exhausted, after Asuka nightmares, noctaere, warehouses and turning twenty-six. The strain shows around his eyes and in his voice. As a result, he's more caustic than not, and isn't thinking in terms of people's (mainly Sena's, in this case) feelings.]

If you're still alive, call me.

I've spoken to Iris, Ken, and Alice since that--ordeal began, but that's it. I'd like to know who needs funeral arrangements made up before the week is out.

[Beat. Youji forgot to turn the Dreamberry off.]

I'm too old for this, this is not how I was expecting to spend my twenty-six--oh hell, it's still--[CLICK.]

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[redabyssinian.livejournal.com]

The situation wasn't favorable for her but that's expected.

[Now to figure out who would have paid enough attention to know that one is a favorite of Youji's! Because Aya's not going to just tell him. That's part of the whole anonymous thing.]

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

So long as she's all right now, and it did no lasting damage. She'll perk up.

[Sena's eliminated himself, by the way. As for the attention: Youji's initial thought is that Ken would have had the most opportunities to see him choosing a drink, but that's not the case with this Ken. Ken's more of a cake-and-card person, anyway. The wine is a very Ayaish gift, and Aya is the most likely of the suspects to want to remain anonymous.]

[redabyssinian.livejournal.com]

She will. She has some good friends here.

[Aya's mostly hoping Youji won't realize since he did forbid him to have alcohol. But he does know he likes that kind so....]

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

That's good.

So far, Ken, Sena, and Omi have all called me. Omi looks a little worse for wear, but Sena is well enough to make fun of me and Ken's about the same as he always is. Are we doing something for Omi's birthday?

[Youji's about 60% sure it's Aya, but he's not bringing it up, because, hey, it was a nice thing to do. And he still might be wrong. The query of Omi's birthday is not meant to lead the subject to Youji's; it's a genuine question.]

[redabyssinian.livejournal.com]

It might help Omi move past this if we do something. It would cheer Aya up as well.

[That's okay, Youji. Aya knows it was a genuine question.]

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

Ken's interested, too. I'll go along with whatever you all decide.

[redabyssinian.livejournal.com]

We'll come up with something.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

All right. I leave it to you.