140th Devotion: Sorting Things Out

[favoritetraitor]

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[The video begins, showing an interior scene of one of the city's higher class residences. Or what would be if the apartment hadn't suffered from neglect and the rather forceful intrusion of one of the City's less than reputable citizens.

Solomon pauses, silhouetted in the light of the open doorway, his face enshrouded by the darkness from within. It takes him a moment to speak, but when he does, his voice is a mere whisper as he utters the words that are echoing discordantly in his thoughts.]

Gone? Gone...

[His bewildered eyes drift down to his network device and he furrows his brow, trying to find the right words.]

I... I believe I may be in need of........ something. Or no, an explanation at the very least.

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[worldofourown]

Solomon.

[ Back to normal, we see. ]

video;

[beyourarmy]

Gone? What's gone? Or should I say who?

[valentineluke]

They exited about a month ago.

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[favoritetraitor]

She left me?

[Priorities.]

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[favoritetraitor]

[He makes a few futile gestures towards one of the apartments interior closed doors as if that would explain everything.]

Her... she lives... lived here. Her things are here. [But this is conjecture as he hasn't fully explored the place yet.] ... aren't they? Or did she move out?

[favoritetraitor]

A month? But I....

[His hand unconsciously reaches up to clutch at his chest. Today's just full of unpleasant discoveries.]

Did... did she say anything?

[valentineluke]

No. Simply left without so much as a word.

I don't know the full story; young Merlin's spell casting went awry and you were affected. Been physically here all this time, but your mind was elsewhere up until just now.

[favoritetraitor]

And this... attack? [He gestures weakly to the wreck inside the apartment.]

I should have been here to protect her...

[valentineluke]

You're not the only one caught by surprise of her leaving.

[favoritetraitor]

... Haji? [A small comfort that perhaps she abandoned him as well.]

[valentineluke]

[Tried to spare you from the hard truth.]

No; exited with her.

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[worldofourown]

She did.

[ So very bitter. ]

Her lapdog exited with her.

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[favoritetraitor]

I see...

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[favoritetraitor]

How very odd this is...

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[favoritetraitor]

Lapdog...?

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[worldofourown]

Haji.

[ A pause. ]

Diva is here.

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[valentineluke]

Marishka returned recently, minus memories.

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[favoritetraitor]

I think... I think I prefer not knowing these names. Not knowing this place...

The past centuries have been far more... pleasant than this new one.

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[favoritetraitor]

Marishka?

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[valentineluke]

Pull yourself together, Solomon.

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[favoritetraitor]

...

Centuries... do you know what that's like? Not as problematic as one might think, assuming there's only one timeline to follow.

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[favoritetraitor]

Yesterday, I didn't even know this place. Today... today. It's... unsettling, being two people.

Which one do I follow? Why would I even want to follow this new one that's attached to such a sense of loss and despair?

That was my job.



[ooc: Jumbled memories do not come back neatly sorted.]

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[valentineluke]

Focus for now on getting the apartment back in order.

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[favoritetraitor]

That will have to wait. Tomorrow maybe... or the day after.

I'm very tired.

[Words that Karl would find disturbing.]

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[valentineluke]

Go to bed, then. Rest for as long as you need to.