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[It starts with a hum.

It isn't enough to be discernible. It may just sound like a buzz from an insect flying nearby ~~ready to be swallowed~~. Swatting at it would yield no results, though, seeing how the hum is coming from his head.

It turns into a whisper.

They aren't really words. They're snatches of letters, snippets of thought that pass through his unconscious mind. A wind, of sorts, as threads of the link begin to tie together and come alive once again.

It ends with words.

Weak, scattered and quiet, it seems to be a stream that passes through, from replica to original, words that pour from a sleeping mind to the newly formed link. It comes from the north side of the village, the complete opposite direction from where the link first faded into nothingness.

But it's there. It's there like a beacon, pulling, asking for him to be there.]

"here.

i'm here.

i'mherei'mhereaschaschaschcan'tmovecan'twhereareyou

help me"

He's alive.

And he's calling for him.]

[It's about two hours after the sun sets that the journal comes on, showing a familiar redhead looking away and rubbing the back of his neck. The area is somewhat lit, and it looks something like the front of Good Spirits. He just needed light, that's all.

The reason he can't look at the camera? Asch had told him that his death was announced over the journals. He had a right to know, after all. Here Luke had been hoping to just announce he was back like he went on vacation or something, sickness gone, health returned. But now everyone knows that he died.

There's probably a lot of people out there who are mad at him.

But he does finally look at the journal after a few seconds, and he gives a nervous little smile.]

Uh... hey. I'm back?

[He hopes to hear from at least two people. And if he doesn't, and soon, then he'll find them himself.]

((And a belated NSFW alert for the thread with Xion 8|b))

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Wait - Y-You don't have to answer, but - not sure if you could? [... Hold up hold on - ] ... Are you immortal too?

I'm not really sure... it's kind of complicated. But I... a couple of years ago, I got so badly hurt that I should've died, but... somehow I didn't. I still don't know exactly what happened back then. I can't remember any of it.

Whoa...

[He sounds pretty awed. He's only heard of immortals through stories, and maybe one or two people here! Now one of his friends is one?]

I know it sounds strange, and, um... I understand if it bothers you a little. It's okay-- I don't mind.

Are you kidding? It doesn't bother me; I think it's amazing!

You do? You mean you don't think it's weird at all?

Not at all. I mean, I've already seen a lot of weird things here and back on Auldrant, so... I really don't think it's weird compared to all that.

I'm glad. Not that I thought you wouldn't like me anymore or anything, but... you know what I mean.

... Yeah. I know. [And he does.]

Hey, did you want to hang out later? I've got people to see right now, but maybe the day after?

I'd like that a lot! Maybe we could go to the beach or the lake or something-- I haven't been there yet this summer and I'd kind of like to go swimming.