[Video | Filtered but not locked] The return

[mercury_gaze]

[Woo comes on, showing Jendayi sitting in a hospital bed.  For those that know...she shouldn't be alive.  Yet here she is, looking uncertain and confused.]

[Woo will ping Lea, but she doesn't have him lock the feed...she doesn't really think to, ah well.]

Lea?  I want to come home now. [She's been told she's we'll enough to if she wants, and she certainly does.]

[Woo then pings Drift and Jetstorm.]

Jetstorm?  Drift?  Thank you for helping me.  I...I'm okay. [If you were wondering.]

[And finally Woo pings Gunmax.]

Gunmax...?  Are...are you okay? [She...never saw what happened to you...]

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Re: [Action]

[mercury_gaze]

It’s not your fault. [Said a little more insistently, limbs squeezing around him a little tighter.] You did what you could to protect me, I know that. It’s not your fault.

[still_learning]

[... Okay. Do humans really leak like that for no reason? Maybe he missed that part while he was on Earth.]

Good. Is... something else wrong?

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[oh NOOO the poor little MEATY. Drift gives her a smile and lets himself in.]

Hey. I'd ask how you're feeling, but I think that would be a silly question, huh?

Re: [Action]

[hotheadwarmheart]

[Lea wishes he could be convinced so easily. Still, he gets the message. Not wanting to upset Jendayi further, he relents, sitting down on the edge of the bed to just hold her tight for a little while.]

...Man, I missed you, Jen.

[Leans down to place a kiss on top of her head.]

And I'm so, so glad you're OK. I about lost it when I heard what happened.

[mercury_gaze]

[She looks away.]

I...I... I died...it was scary. [Her throat closes on her and she has to swallow a few times before she can speak again.]

[mercury_gaze]

[She frowns at the questions, a hand going to her chest.] Like I’m missing something...

[But she’s not sure what...it’s a strange, hollow feeling...]

Re: [Action]

[mercury_gaze]

[She suddenly relaxes in his arms, as though that kiss completely melted away all her worries, fears, and traumas. She can’t honestly say she “missed” him, because she doesn’t remember being....]

[But she can say this.]

I love you.

[still_learning]

[Oh, little girl. His knee was nothing compared to this.]

That is awful! What... I do not understand. Did Paian...

No, I did not... [He doesn't really know what to say. What do you say to someone who died and came back? Did she really die, or is Paian just that powerful?]

It must have been terrible for you. I cannot imagine. I... My deepest sympathies.

[mercury_gaze]

I don't...remember much. I...feel like I'm missing something, though...

[still_learning]

Jendayi? [He scoots closer and takes hold of his drone. Like this makes any difference.]

Is it anything that I can assist you in finding, do you think?

[mercury_gaze]

[She rubs at her chest.] I...I don't know...

[She looks back at him.]

Would....would you come see me?

[still_learning]

[That rubbing worries him a little. He isn't sure if there's an injury she's hiding, but if it was Paian who saw to her, she shouldn't have an injury.]

If you wish, I can come see you when you choose. Are you in the hospital?

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Missing something?

[Well she couldn't be missing PARTS seeing as she's a little flesh person.]

[mercury_gaze]

[She gives him a little smile.] I’d really like that. And yes, I am.

[Hope you’re ready for hugs, because that’s what she’s asking you over for...]

[mercury_gaze]

[She nods....but...can’t explain it.] Yeah, I just...feel like something is missing, I just...don’t know what...

[video -> action?]

[still_learning]

[He nods.]

Then I can be there as soon as possible.

[He's not really sure about hugs still, but she's a human child. With strange ears. And she died somehow. And he can't not honor her request. So he's gonna hurry himself to the hospital and do some looking around, ask a few questions, and eventually find himself to her room.]

[He'll knock, though, before he considers entering.]

Jendayi?

[action!]

[mercury_gaze]

[Nope, not gonna call a “come in”. When she hears his voice she gets up and opens the door....and about falls against him in a hug. For as tiny as he is, she’s still smaller. The tiny child wraps her arms around him, face against his shoulder]

Thank you for coming. I’m glad you’re okay.

[aaaaaa]

[still_learning]

[That's a surprise. Quite a surprise. Enough so that he just stands there in shock for a moment, looking at her, watching her snug in against him, and he's not exactly sure what to do for a moment.]

I am... glad you are okay now as well.

[He remembers to move then, and those hands end up carefully settled on her shoulders.]

[~<3]

[mercury_gaze]

[She just might cling, okay? Okay.]

Me too. I'm glad you're okay too.

I'm sorry that was your welcome to this place.

[such sweet gon die]

[still_learning]

[He won't push her away, even though this is a little awkward for him. Those hands stay right where they are, and he's careful not to pinch her with his thick armor.]

It is nothing I cannot handle. I am more concerned for you. That must have been so awful for you.

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

Like your...I dunno, liver or something? At least I think that's an organ... Or do you mean something in a more metaphorical sense?

[drift she's just a kid god]

[I will revive you if you do.]

[mercury_gaze]

It was terrible, but I’m okay. I’m...I’m okay. I really don’t remember much of what happened. It’s all fuzzy until waking up here again. [And that...empty feeling, like something’s missing and she can’t quite put her finger on what...]

[mercury_gaze]

[She shakes her head at “liver”, but hesitates at the last of the question.] ......I don’t know what that means.

Re: [Action]

[hotheadwarmheart]

[Lea gives a small, soft smile as Jendayi relaxes in his arms and takes a deep breath or to help settle himself.]

Love you too, Jen.

[He's not sure how or when it started, but he does. And frankly it's kind of scary.]

...And I don't think I'll be letting you out of my sight for awhile.

[Somehow he doubted Jendayi will have any objections just now.]

[aaaaa okay]

[still_learning]

[That's more than a little disturbing and worrying, but he doesn't know how even to begin to diagnose a missing memory in an organic, and he's not sure where Paian went, or if this is even normal for someone who was dead.]

Perhaps you should lie down. I can help you to your bed.