║ ninety-second stanza ║ voice / action

[mumbled_truth]

[ open action ]

[Todd has gone out to the Hall of the Missing this evening, after Justin didn't come home and didn't respond. The City has pulled Justin in and tossed him back out so many times already that he couldn't help how quickly he became concerned.

Certainly he was hoping not to find Justin's portrait in the Hall, but that was not the case. For a long moment, he lingers in silence and looks at the likeness of his friend.]

[ voice ]

[When Todd returns home, he makes the following audio post:]

Um... I'm sure there are a lot of people who know Justin Pendleton, he's- he's been here a long time, coming and going. I just figured I should let everyone know, he um... he's left the City.

[Give him a moment there.]

He's left before, for months, and... and he's come back, so... maybe he will again. But for now, well. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew, that's all.

[End.]

Comments

voice;

[mumbled_truth]

Yeah... he is.

[Wow, Korra.]

Um. Thanks.

voice;

[anatural]

[Hey, it's not her fault Justin kept arresting her! Well. Okay. It is. But still!]

Were you guys close?

voice;

[mumbled_truth]

Yeah, we were. He's... he was one of my oldest friends here.

voice;

[anatural]

I can't believe he had friends. He was such a grump.

[speaking without thinking again, oops]

voice;

[mumbled_truth]

He wasn't always. And he had friends.

[That's about as confrontational as Todd gets. The tone isn't particularly confrontational, just resolved.]

voice;

[anatural]

[wince]

Sorry.

[wow she is continuing to screw this conversation up BADLY]

voice;

[mumbled_truth]

[It wouldn't bother him nearly as much, admittedly, if Justin had a place to go back to.]

It's... it's all right.

Just.

He was my friend. I'll miss him.

[anatural]

Maybe he'll come back someday. Some of my friends have.

[mumbled_truth]

Yeah. He has, too, a couple of times. He might again.