[Voice / Action]

[dissonates]

[Voice; Filtered 100% to the Abyss cast (sans Van)]

Van is here.

He's not an immediate threat, but you should know.


[With the announcement dealt with (and perhaps an intermission with the replica) Asch heads out, his goal being the south end of the village. He has a certain house he needs to visit.

And Luke should be doing the very same thing :|a]

Comments

[lostinmyway]

[There's the sound of cheerful humming drifting from one of the bedrooms. Make enough noise, Asch, and you'll have one absentminded woman, coming to say hello. Beware.]

[dissonates]

[He's not exactly a noisemaker, but she can catch him on his way out of the house after he's finished talking to Stella. He's a man on a mission (or post-mission, close enough) so he's a bit heavy-footed, if that helps her hear him.]

[lostinmyway]

[It does! Especially since she was just leaving her room to borrow some crayons from Sophie.]

Hello? [Now why does that back look familiar?]

[dissonates]

[Asch glances over, brows lifting a little- then narrowing. Oh, it's the really weird one. So much for escaping quickly.] ...What?

[lostinmyway]

[Oh, it's Stella's friend! ...Now what was his name?] Hello! Were you visiting Stella?

[dissonates]

[Don't expect an introduction again.]

Yeah, I was.

[lostinmyway]

[Actually, she never got his name in the first place. XD;]

Oh, that's very nice. Were you making supper again?

[dissonates]

[Gasp! That's tragic. Though at least he can't get mad about her not remembering it.]

No. And I'm not staying, either.

[lostinmyway]

Really? Why not? Everyone would be very happy if you stayed for a little visit. [Especially Walter.]

...oh my god what happened with that last comment that is not the icon I picked

[dissonates]

I have things to do. [And he's not in the mood to deal with the lovely housemates Stella's gathered.]

I have to admit, I was headtilting a fair bit at that one! XD

[lostinmyway]

What kind of things? Are you going to play a game?

he was killed by the idea of making supper with grune again!!

[dissonates]

...Do I look like someone who plays games?

Clearly a fate equal to death!

[lostinmyway]

[She studies him for a moment, then concludes:] Oh, yes. Do you have a favourite one?

poor bastard never knew what hit him

[dissonates]

[...This is not going as planned.]

No, I'm not interested in games!

Shot down by an absentminded woman's kitchenfail?

[lostinmyway]

[When does it ever for Asch?]

Why not?

or maybe he tried to ragequit and fell on the knife display

[dissonates]

[You'd think he would be used to this by now.]

Why isn't that reason enough? If I'm not interested, I'm not interested. That's all there is to say.

Tsk tsk, Asch. Safety first!

[lostinmyway]

But it's so much fun to play games. Especially with all your friends!

never a policy he was good at

[dissonates]

You need friends for that.

[NOT BITTERLY SAID but. You know.

He doesn't really have that many 8|;;]

The real reason he's Asch the Bloody??

[lostinmyway]

[Do you hear that, Asch? That is the sound of your doom. IT IS UPON YOU.]

Oh, my, don't you have any friends?

Van knew. somehow, he knew.

[dissonates]

[Oh fffuuuuuu--]

Wh- that's not what I said!

[Well okay, it kind of is but SHUT UP]

Of course Van knew. He knows EVERYTHING about his redheads....

[lostinmyway]

It isn't?

[She thought she'd heard him say….]

that's a slightly terrifying thought, really.

[dissonates]

Forget it! I'm still leaving. [Let's try for the door again. Whyyy does he come to this place again.]

Master Badtouch strikes again.

[lostinmyway]

Oh? Where are you going?

[dissonates]

Where I live, obviously.

[lostinmyway]

Why are you going there? You'll miss supper.