Day 32: Sun Room (2nd shift)

[heraldric.livejournal.com]

After the couple glasses of water Leon managed to gulp down during breakfast, the mage felt immensely better. He was still a bit tired, but that was nothing a little lounging on one of the sofas wouldn't cure. Stretching his arms above his head, he couldn't help but wish he'd had the chance to grab one of his new doctor's coats before leaving his room that morning. Maybe they would have let him get away with wearing it. Maybe.

He grabbed an empty sofa, pulling out the journal he tried to keep on him at all times. It was nearly complete now. Just a couple more pages to go. It might not improve his spellcasting that much, but any improvement was better than none. It was getting to where it might be too dangerous for him to use spells at all, if it left him so worn out without even finishing a monster off.

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[sugarsweetblood.livejournal.com]

When he said that, she looked up at him, expression confused. "Nuh-uh, you were in the Ark with me. We were waiting for Allen Walker, ," and for which she was pretty thankful, "and those other exorcists with him."

Was he going back to pretending not to know? That wouldn't help him either! It wouldn't help them get out if he acted like that anyway!

[tyki-pon.livejournal.com]

But he wasn't pretending.

"Huh? That ain't possible." Tyki objected, giving her a confused look of his own. "I swear I was in China before I got here."

It didn't make sense. If he was on the Ark with Rhode, he would know it. Especially if they were waiting for exorcists. And Allen Walker.

"And I did kill that boy."

[sugarsweetblood.livejournal.com]

"You were not!" she hissed, turning angry again. Arguing with her wasn't going to change that she had been with him on the Ark waiting for Allen Walker! "And you did not! The Earl scolded you all for not killing all your targets like he told you," she pouted at him more. He didn't sound like he was lying, and she couldn't rightly tell if he wasn't either because of her stupid human body, but what he said and what she said couldn't both be right.

So, of course, she was the one who was right.

[tyki-pon.livejournal.com]

"What?! No way, that ain't possible!!" he argued. "I let the Tease eat a hole through his heart, so he couldn't have survived." Where did she get these ideas? Besides, if the Earl had scolded him, he would have remembered it.

Obviously, he was the one who was right.

[sugarsweetblood.livejournal.com]

"He lived through that, Tyki. Obviously you lost your edge then," she taunted, still annoyed. Why was he arguing with her; he should know she'd win. She always won. "You know he lived! And that he was coming to fight you at the top of the Ark! Stop pretending you don't know!" she demanded.

[tyki-pon.livejournal.com]

"But I ain't pretendin'." Tyki answered on an indignant tone. "How could he have survived? I'm sure I've destroyed his Innocence and killed him. Or are ya going to tell me his left arm suddenly grew back as well?"

Like he didn't have enough reasons to get a massive scolding right now. He really couldn't use one more. He sighed, leaning his head on the back of the couch.

"I need a smoke."

[sugarsweetblood.livejournal.com]

"He's here, Tyki! Right over there!" she had, of course, spotted Allen when he'd walked in and pointed a sharp finger over in his direction. "You wanna tell me that's dead? Huh?!"

And then he went and leaned back like he didn't care.

"Hey, don't ignore me!"

[tyki-pon.livejournal.com]

Tyki lifted his head again at Rhode's statement, his glance following the direction of her finger. And there his target sat, on the other side of the room having a conversation with someone else. Like nothing had ever happened.

"But how did he...?" Tyki uttered in surprise, staring at the boy.

Even better, he had a left arm. A left arm!! Like he hadn't just ripped it off. Like he hadn't even touched it.

He groaned. "Aw man, I'm gonna get scolded for this." Exactly as Rhode had said...

He definitely needed a smoke right now.