voice; un: lowell

[vibing]

cw: grief, talk of death, suicidal thoughts, language

[ The feed clicks on to ragged breathing, too close to the Omni ]

Who the hell killed Flynn? Some guy with a light sword. Give me names.

[ Yuri's voice is low and rough, somehow both heated and emotionless. His emotional state has been degrading since Flynn's omen led him to Flynn's corpse. He growls and there's rustling over the Omni ]

If you killed him, be at the Gate at midnight.

Comments

[klussy]

I don't want to give you any definitive answers. This is purely theory, okay?

(Despite the clinical words he goes with, Eddie manages to say this as gently as possible. He doesn't want to give Yuri hope for one direction or another. That would feel cruel, but one of the hardest parts about being a medic was the Bad News Part which...usually had open-ended ideas rather than solid answers.)

I think he's going to come back. But this is nothing like what we dealt with before. But it's also not ...normal death either.

(Obviously. Eddie swallows and shifts closer to Yuri. He almost doesn't touch him, but in the end, he decides to lightly reach out to place a hand on Yuri's shoulder. His touch was light enough that it'd be easy to shrug away, but the contact felt important. He doesn't tell Yuri that it's going to be okay.

But it was a gesture that he wasn't alone either. He drops his hand a second later, only mildly awkward.)

I'll see if there's anything unique about this back at my place. (Along with the other samples he took, but he wasn't about to get too clinical.)

Yuri, it's impossible to determine that right now. We don't know anything about dying in this place. I'm sorry. It could be a few hours or a few days. (Or longer. But...He felt that went without saying.)

I'd keep a close eye on him though. His body's still changing which could mean it'll continue to change back to life. He might be really vulnerable when that does happen. (If it happened.)

[vibing]

[ He isn't surprised at the words. He knows what Eddie's doing. He's trying to not get his hopes up, but not dash them either. He's trying to make him feel better without promising that there will be some miracle, that Flynn will just be there in the morning, smiling that stupid, sunny smile of his like nothing even happened.

He drops his head and nods. ]

Yeah. Yeah, I'll watch him. I'll... If he's not back in, in a week or something, then I'll decide what to do next.

[ He lets out a breath, looking away across the room. What he hell is he going to do if he doesn't come back?

Well, he'll deal with that when the time comes. ]

Thanks. For looking at him. Tell me what you find.