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[Now that Luke can stay awake for more than an hour, he'd really like to get back to the people of Auldrant as well as the friends he made here in Luceti. He still can't hear anything, but... well, maybe no one has to know that. As long as they don't try talking to him, he'll be fine.

And being bedridden for these past few days has been extremely boring.

So, he grabs his journal and writes.]

Hey... I'm back.

[... Yup. Not much to expand on there. So let's go on.]

Anyone have any good stories to tell? Or... Actually, what's the most fun you've ever had? Here or in your world.

[Filtered to Asch; 15% Unhackable]

Asch, can I talk to you?

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[It's Ion! Yaaay! But... leeet's not let him know what's wrong. No need to get him all worked up and worried.]

I was kinda beaten up, but I'm okay now. Guy just won't let me out of bed.

[As if he isn't already worried... he's had enough of his friends being kidnapped all the time!]

That's a relief. [Smile.] Are you well enough for visitors?

[!!!

Aaah, no! If Ion comes over then he'll worry over his hearing! But if he doesn't then he'll worry over his health!

DAMMIT.]

... Yeah! Sort of. I mean, you can come over... if you want to.

[That was a rather odd reply... did he not want Ion to come over? Ion frowns for a few moments (he did miss Luke, after all) but then quickly goes back to that smile.]

If you're too tired for company right now, I could try again some other time?

[Uuuugh, he saw that frown, and he did miss Ion... Maybe it'll be okay if he knows about it. Ion always considers others over himself, after all.]

No! No, it's fine! Just... You'll probably need something to write with, that's all. I'll explain later.

~~Something to write with? But wh~~ All right, Luke. I'll be right over!

[But first, to locate a pen and a pad of paper... and then he'll have to ninja his way past Mother Hen Guy! ...or Natalia just let him in. Either way, soon he's knocking on Luke's bedroom door, completely unaware of the fact that Luke can't hear him. Sob.]

[Aaand Luke can't hear him. So, he'll just keep looking down at his journal, completely unaware that someone's waiting politely outside. fff.]

[Emphasis on politely, of course. It takes a few minutes for Ion to wonder if perhaps Luke fell asleep, and so he just cracks open the door and peeks inside.] Luke...?

[Luke, you are not asleep. Why you do this?]

[Nope. But he's about to since he's just that bored. But upon taking a glance at the door to see if Guy's there-

Oh. Hi Ion. Luke jumps just a bit at the sight - he's still not used to people just appearing in his vision, but then shakes his head and waves.]

H-Hey, Ion!

[Ion gives a puzzled frown. Did Luke really not hear him knocking? He opens the door and starts to enter the room... only to pause for a moment, as if suddenly hesitant. Hopefully Luke didn't notice that, as he quickly regains himself and walks into the room.]

Hello, Luke. Er, did you not hear me knocking earlier?

[Luke squints a bit, but... No, he didn't really catch any of that. Except maybe "Hello". He sighs and shakes his head, then gestures to the pad of paper.]

... Do you think you could write down what you said?

[That's enough of a hint for Ion to get the idea of what's going on, but even so, he sits down on the end of Luke's bed and writes a question down on the paper.]

"You can't hear?"

[He glances at the message, then shakes his head again and stares down at the sheets. He hasn't really spoken much after he realized he couldn't hear - it was just... too uncomfortable to speak and not hear what he's saying.]

[Should Luke's eyes remain staring down for more than a few moments, he'll soon see a piece of paper being placed in his line of vision.]

"I don't mind talking like this for now."

[Complete with a reassuring smile on Ion's face.]

[Gah, Luke forgot to keep looking for words. Once the paper is in his vision, he blinks at the message, then looks up at Ion. But it's inconvenient to talk with writing, isn't it? And...]

... For now?

"Until your hearing comes back. If it's part of the Malnosso's experiments, it shouldn't be permanent."

[Well, that's what he's hoping at least. If the Malnosso can temporarily turn people back into children, certainly it's just as plausible that they could temporarily remove someone's hearing, right? ...hopefully.]

[It's not as this was a death penalt- yeah, that's not a topic he feels like thinking about.]

... I hope it isn't.

[Luke pulls his legs up and wraps his arms around them, and he's tempted to just hide his face in his knees, but that would be kind of rude to Ion, wouldn't it?

Let's get the subject off of his hearing for a while.]

So... What happened while I was away? [Oh wait-] I mean, I... heard about the Halloween thing, so... anything else?

Edited 2010-11-06 07:45 (UTC)

[Moving from Luke's hearing loss to what happened during Halloween isn't a very progressive topic change; either way, it's unpleasant.]

[Naturally, if he tells Luke anything, it'll be whatever he can say without revealing how awful it had really been. That was the last thing Luke needed to deal with right now.]

"This past week was fairly uneventful. Halloween, not so much. The costumes were weird."

[He certainly knows how awful it was; he'd seen Asch react the way he did when he'd see a hallucination, and even Luke himself saw a few things he'd rather not.

So let's just focus on the costumes!]

... Yeah. Hey, did you get a costume?

[Unfortunately, that was also one of the traumatic parts for Ion. He can't help it: right away, he blushes. It was the worst costume ever. He nods weakly, simply writing down:] "Yes."

[... It must've been embarrassing. As much as Luke's dying to know, and that much can be seen by the smile on his face, Ion's kind enough to write and not make too big of a deal out of his loss, so he'll try to let it go with a wave of his hand and a chuckle.]

Okay, okay, you don't have to tell me what it was. Were there any funny ones?

[He'll look back and laugh about it someday. Just give it a few decades. Unfortunately, he was far too ashamed of it to really go outside much... oh! But he can say what the others in the house wore, right?]

"Give me a second."

[Since descriptions were no fun, clearly the answer was he should draw what they were wearing! There's only one issue with this: Ion can't draw. In fact, he can't recall a time when he ever tried.]

[Which probably explains the look on his face when he looks up from the paper and lets Luke take a look. At least the names indicate they're of Anise, Nephry, and Dist. There was no other way to tell otherwise!]

"Okay, maybe I should have just described them instead..."

[Oh, Luke draws about the same way. He waves his hand to indicate that it's not a big deal, and it's probably better than he would've done, and he just grins at the costumes.]

Heh! That really suits Anise, doesn't it?

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