001 ☯ Alma [VIDEO]

[alma_karma]

[The camera lens is partially blocked when the feed clicks on, fuzzy pinkish edges suggesting fingers to be the culprit. Whoever it is holding the device is moving if the shifting light and soft padding sounds are any clue. After less than a minute of traveling the footsteps stop and a small voice cuts through the silence.]

What’s going on?... Doctor Edgar? Yu? Where'd you go?

[When no answer comes, movement begins again, slightly faster than before as a steady light source from one direction becomes apparent. Maybe a window or a door...

There's a little gasp and the camera's view suddenly blurs, the faciliberry clattering loudly as it hits the ground. A cloudy sky comes into view, as well as an extremely foreshortened view of a young boy. He's staring up at the sky with an almost disbelieving expression, apparently unaware that he's dropped his device.]

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[alma_karma]

... It's okay, though.

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[tothelastbreath]

[No it isn't, because Allen is realising he would've heard of Alma if he'd ever made it to Exorcist status, but he'll drop the subject, prop his smile back up, and deal with the here and now.]

That's very brave of you.

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[alma_karma]

[Alma smiles back, albeit a bit more meekly than he might've before.]

Things're always okay so long as you're not by yourself.

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[tothelastbreath]

[Allen goes back to cleaning the room up, mainly because that's what he was doing before and will hopefully restore some kind of normalcy. It mostly involves shoving broken furniture into a pile.]

Indeed. I take it you have friends in the Order?

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[alma_karma]

[Alma watches Allen move about, tugging a little at the end of his rolled up jacket sleeves and looking unsure of just what to do with himself.]

There's Yu. And Doctor Edgar. And the other doctors too. [Well, most of them, anyway.]

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[tothelastbreath]

[Shoves it all into a corner and turns back to Alma, dusting his hands off.]

Well, I'm in the Order too. Would you like to be friends?

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[alma_karma]

[And back to that brighter smile from before.] Really?

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[tothelastbreath]

[Bending down again like before, hands on knees.] Absolutely.

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[alma_karma]

Yeah! [Bending down that close? Means Allen gets a HUG.]

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[tothelastbreath]

That's gr― [askfdhjaslf it's been a few months since anyone did that. Here's Allen hesitantly lifting an arm to return it gently, awkward but sincere.] ―um, great.

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[alma_karma]

[Get used to touching, Allen. You've just made yourself a clingy little friend.]

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[tothelastbreath]

[Shall (eventually) get used to it! He's good at adapting.]