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audio ✁ ❛ towards the door we never opened ❜

Good afternoon—City, isn't it? I suppose this is an offer for work; we're rather in need of doctors—a physician, a surgeon. . . a veterinarian. . .

Vincent. Instead of asking for things we don't need—

[ Though that would make one wonder about his definition of "need." ]

—why don't you try asking for a way out, instead? That way, we won't keep anyone waiting any longer.

Well—the master's overstrained himself, after all. . . [ but, returning to the audiofeed - ] It's a matter of some urgency, you see. It seems we won't be staying.

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[ there are things elliot won't ever tell vincent, and not just because there's something slightly strange about the older man (though really, the same could be said for the rest of his siblings, biological or otherwise), but right now there are lots of things that elliot is quite willing to tell vincent, the least of which is how he's actually glad to see the blonde, for once. ]

I missed having sane people around. [ though, with vincent, that's debatable. a pause. ] You missed Gilbert. He was here earlier.

[ the scarcest beat, the smile slipping - ]

Only missed, is it?

He was here, along with Liam and Xerxes Break. And--

[ here he halts, still not sure if Jack Vessalius was really all just a dream or not. he thought the City had been, until he'd come back. ]

How long, Elliot?

[ ~~FUCK IF I KNOW~~ ]

A couple of months. Not very long.

Ah. . . haha. Always one inconvenience after another, I suppose.

[ but even if this city's some secret Pandora project, it does nothing, still, to explain Elliot's transparent and oblivious breathing. ]

And what about you?

[ excuse you, breathing is quite necessary an action. ]

What about me what? How long I've been here? [ shrug ] A few days. Before that, the same as everyone else.

[ and for a tick, (for a tic,) if Vincent were the kind to betray, all sound of movement might cease on this end. ]

One after another and more. . . You're coming to meet us, then, aren't you? Elliot.

[ he gives vincent a brisk nod. ]

Try not to fall asleep before I get there. [ slightly off-topic but ] What do you need a veternarian for?

I thought one might be useful.

Just because??

[ are you actually serious ]

[ cat and mouse and Nightray games, but for once--for this single angry exception--Vincent's in the mood to explain. ]

Aren't they a sort of doctor as well. . . ? And far more common!