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[Video] Week 40 - Thursday Evening

[The video flickers on, water blurring the feed a little.]

Gods below... [A mutter and then Atticus is flopping over on his side to look down on the camera. He's shirtless, laying in the grass in the woods somewhere getting rained on but grinning so wide he must not care. Anyone that knows him will note that he's got his tattoos pressed firmly to the earth beneath him which accounts for the relief in his voice.]

So... uh... [And it takes him a moment to decide what's safe to talk about on the video. He's a little addled after more than a week in Nowhere.] How much trouble has my hound been causing?

[A smirk. Yeah he was going to sprawl out in the grass anyway but there's another reason he's on the ground.] Missed you too, Akito.

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Atticus?!

[Oh look, a hound is barking in the background now. The video shuffles a bit as Genesis is quickly trying to get some shoes on before Oberon breaks down the door and simply curses and shuts the video off.]

[Saying Fuck It and going barefoot, Oberon and Genesis are racing out of the house. She doesn't know where he is but she's got a wing and she's going to use it. Oberon sniffs out Atticus while Genesis follows and, eventually, he is found.

She practically smacks into the ground as she lands, a rough landing but she's hand worse and she's glomping him while on the ground]

Atticus, where the hell were you?!

[Have a punch in the arm! B|]

[ and approximately five minutes later, Atticus has an anxious wind spirit flitting around him for a fraction of a second before lunging at him in a hug, because he knows where the druid must have been.

...And Akito is fairly certain that hugs aren't supposed to hurt quite so much, but it's bearable, at the very least, and he's glad enough for Atticus' seemingly safe return that being able to give him a hug is worth the pain. ]

[By the time Genesis and Oberon find him he's recharged enough that he feels safe sitting up, though he keeps the tattoo on his foot and up his leg in contact with the earth. Sitting up doesn't last terribly long though because then he has a redhead flinging him to the ground and a hound licking at his face (and Gen's hair by proximity).

He laughs at the enthusiastic greeting, one arm going around her to squeeze her lightly in a hug while the other is trying to push Oberon off of him. Only to end up getting punched in the arm and he actually winces a little. Okay that hurt.]

Ow! hey! What was tha- [Well, no he deserved that. Still... she hit hard. He rubbed his arm while Oberon sat beside her and gave him an equally indignant bark before echoing her question in his head.]

Well... uh... that patchwork not-really-anywhere city? Apparently if you try to shift planes... that's where you end up.

How long was I gone? Monte's a little... vague on the timescale.

[Jack isn't quite so... flighty, when comes to meeting up with Atticus. But once Genesis is done punching him, he suddenly has a wind spirit to worry about because didn't Atticus tell them they can't touch him?]

Akito, wait-!

[Too late. He's quick, at least, to grab the kid by his waist and pull him off, as careful as he can be when near the older man. His hands are tinged a little red, but nothing major.]

[There's some small consolation in the fact that he isn't the only one getting plastered to the ground. Akito leaps on him and before he can even think to tell the spirit not to Jack is there hauling him off.

And Oberon is there, completely misreading the situation and, with an excited bark that the spirits will understand as "Dogpile!!" There is a hound launching himself at them too.

It would be hilarious if it weren't such a mess. But both the boys are still alive. No one has turned to ash, thank the gods.]

Oberon, no! Get off. [A sheepish glance at Gen and then he's moving as close as he dares to them.]

Are you two okay?

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[Be lucky she didn't break your arm, Atticus. She was holding back! But she got off of him and sat off to the side, fixing her hair from the dog slobber and tying it off to the side for now.

But she was glad Atticus was alive and the hug felt great. She missed hugs. ;;]

Eight days, Atticus. [She rubbed Oberon's back.] Why would you try shifting planes on a Planet you're not from?

[ Akito lets out a squeak of surprise when Jack grabs him - and he knows it's Jack, not just because he hears him just before he's touched, but because the touch is cold, in that cool, refreshing way he's come to associate with the winter spirit. He can feel his cheeks go pink, but at Atticus' question he's quick to worry. ]

..Jack! Are you okay?

[ He can handle a few minor burns (or not-so-minor, as he reluctantly admits to himself), but he isn't sure how well Jack can deal with them - does being a spirit of ice and snow make you more or less resilient to burns? ]

[Jack let's go of Akito once they're a safe few inches away from the Iron Druid and quickly hides his hands in the sleeves of his sweater.]

Yeah, I'm fine, no worries.

[It makes you less resilient, that's what. Lukewarm water felt like a spa to him.]

How about you? You're already starting to blister.

Eight days... [He sighed, shoving a hand through his damp hair.] Felt like a month.

[The latter part of that was the real question and he'd had more than enough time to consider it fully. It had been stupid and desperate. He hated leaving Granuaile not just because it was Granuaile but because it meant there was no longer a Druid to protect Gaia. And it meant he had failed as a teacher once again, leaving her to deal with the fallout from his actions without her.

Had he made the wrong decision in faking his death? In faking hers? If not for his need to cover his own ass she could have gone to Brighid or Flidais and perhaps they would have recognized the need to train more Druids finally without Aenghus Og to poison their thoughts against it. That opportunity was lost to her now though.... because of him.]

Planets don't necessarily affect planes... I left some thing unfinished, left a lot of people in harms way because of me. I just... had to at least try.

Yeah.

[It felt like a month for her too, to be honest. At least Oberon had Akito to distract him. Genesis... didn't have anyone. Just her apple orchard. It wasn't that she didn't make friends here, but there just weren't enough people to connect with. And she was never one to make a lot of friends. Just a few really close ones.

But at least Atticus told her what was going on.]

I've heard that when some people return to the pods, it's like they never left home. Which is... weird because they're technically still in the pods. I could be wrong, but... that's what it sounded like.

[That's what she thought she remembered from Jane, anyway. But she never met the woman prior to her waking up, so she didn't know if time actually passed or not for Jane.

She sighs and brushing her own damp hair away from her face.]

It's the only way I can explain the time differences I keep hearing between people, anyway.

[Atticus cringes when he sees Akito and he knows better than to trust Jack when he was hiding his hands like that. It was one of those moment where he really wanted to say 'I told you so'.]

At least no one's dead? [Cause that's what would've happened to spirits in his world.]

Shit you're a mess though, Akito. And don't think you're fooling anyone, Jack. We need to get you something to put on that. I can make up an ointment... er... I think. As long as nothing's happened to my plants.

[His planter boxes better still be intact.]

[ Akito cools the air around his burnt skin, giving himself enough relief that the pain is ignoreable, and turns to stare at Jack disapprovingly before going back to picking at the forming blisters. ]

I've had worse, so it's okay.

[ ... Realizing that his welcome to Atticus wasn't the most wonderful, he wraps himself in a thin sheet of atmosphere and throws himself in for a second hug. Since he's already injured himself, he figures he may as well try and see if this method works. ]

[Jack rolling his eyes and shaking his head, Genesis chose to speak up finally.]

Your plants are fine, Atticus. I watered them and kept watch on them.

[It was easy when she was busy also making her the Banora trees were growing just fine. Jack spoke up then.]

I'll be fine. I've been burned worse, and- Akito! [He doesn't quite see the thin sheet of atmosphere, but his staff is quick to catch the smaller spirit about the waist, practically stopping him within inches of Atticus.]

Why? Where have you been?

[For those that can hear or sense it there's the sound of something rather large coming closer, it's roughly the size of a deer and moving towards them. There's possibly a few glimpses of antlers or movement through the trees for those paying attention before it seems to disappear.

While he's pretty quiet, Koz isn't trying to sneak up on them. He does have his sword though... and a somewhat magnificent set of antlers as he emerges properly in to where they've all gathered.]

Well, this certainly wasn't what I expected. Mind you that's what happens when you listen to mice.

Yeah I heard that... I think there it's just that there's no discernible passage of time. Last time we were there it was a whole group of us but when there's no one else. [He shudders a little before flashing her a sheepish smile again.] I know, I know... It's my own damned fault.

And I didn't have Verdana there either. [He flops back into the grass, relishing the contact with the planet.]

[Atticus glanced over at Genesis, grinning his thanks at her, and the next thing he knew he had a wind spirit flinging himself at him again. He made a somewhat embarrassing squawk of dismay as he shoved himself backwards, an awkward but effective little crab walk kind of move putting a little distance between them again.]

Akito! What in the hell are you doing?!

[Give him a moment and he'll be facepalming at the fact that both boys reason that they're fine because they'd had worse. Faulty logic, spirits. Faulty. Logic.]

Geez, didn't even notice I was gone, Christine? I'm hurt. [And he gestures dramatically to prove it, hand going to his heart as though her words would pierce him. Sorry, Christine, he's been in nowhere for a week, he's kind of really excited for social interaction again.]

[ Akito hadn't been expecting to be hooked by Jack's staff, and so it catches him off guard; the momentum of his leap combined with the abrupt stop causes his necklace to fly out of his shirt. He grabs it on reflex, and shoots Jack as disgruntled a look as he can manage. ]

I wanted to see if an atmospheric shield would work!

Well, no, I meant for those at home. Like, if I go home, time may not have passed and if you went home, time may not have passed. I'm not sure if it's true or not, that's just what it sounds like though.

[So he'll see his friends again soon, right? And she'll be back where she started, though hopefully not degrading still. She chuckles as she watches him flop back on the grass and crawled down next to him on her stomach. Oberon decided to join in the other side.

She's going to need a shower and some new night clothes after this. Dirty feet and her tank and shorts were getting muddy.]

Well, now you do, so rest up so we can get you home.

[Genesis backs up a bit as Atticus makes a bad dash away from Akito.

Jack only pulled Akito back, ignoring the disgruntled look.]

You can try that later when you're not burned. And preferably not with your whole body. It's called experimenting for a reason.

[Oops? She's just been busy and letting them have time apart since the "incident." But she feels much better concerning that now.]

You take off a lot, don't you?

[Atticus backs up a little more, adding a bit more space between them just in case. Oberon takes it upon himself to plant himself in front of Akito, fully intending to block the spirit from doing anything else to hurt himself.]

||Don't make me sit on you! It would be dishonorable for a mighty samurai.||

Well I guess that means Belle found a story for you... [He rolls his eyes at his hound... then actually takes a moment to appraise him.] What's dishonorable is the amount of mud you've rolled in.

[Then he shakes his head a little and looks back at Jack and Akito.]

And if experiments need to happen, like Jack said, they can happen later and with limited exposure.

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