noirges | YVES & LAURENCE VS. THE WORLD

[ leans in to see the picture, eyes lingering on charlie. ]

Like, from the outside? [ WEIRD. ] I didn't think the doors were that strong, either... I just thought you'd be back later, after I fell asleep.

[ this is where i have to tell you that laurence probably sleeps around eleven or so anyway just out of sheer habit from the tower curfews. he didn't even notice. ]

All at once? How does that happen?

I did plan on being back later... [ a little pouty, he wouldn't have left laurence alone if he thought there would be any chance of danger ]

But... I'm not sure. Marcoh was going to stay up too, but then he ended up falling asleep.

It's bizarre, and then when we woke up... Charlie was gone.

[ nods slowly... ]

And they said they found her on the beach. That's... kind of a long way to go in the middle of the night, isn't it? I wonder why she'd have gone out there in the first place.

Right... She's smarter than just going out for a midnight swim.

[ frowns... ]

So... I don't know. I think we have to look at all possibilities, whether it be an accident or something worse happening. But just in case, if you're going out somewhere by yourself at night for the next while, just let me know?

I'll go with you.

Okay. I'll let you know. [ ... ] When you say "something worse," what do you mean, exactly?

[ certainly not murder? in a murdergame? ]

I don't want to assume the worst... but until we're sure, I think we should be careful. Maybe there's something dangerous around here that we didn't see for the past few days.

Isn't Heaven supposed to be safe? There shouldn't be anything dangerous here at all.

I know.

[ and he'll move to put his arm around laurence's shoulders then, a little protectively and a little out of concern for him ]

... I know. Just... a precaution, until we get in touch with the angels again.

Right...

[ he leans into it. ]

They said we'll reconvene tomorrow. So we won't have to wait that long.

[ just a whole day of wondering what happened to their favorite demon ): ]

[ laurence you are just a lil guy

yves will just bring his hand up so that he can gently ruffle laurence's hair ]

Mm. We won't.

... are you going to be okay today?

I guess. I just don't know what we're supposed to do until tomorrow.

... I don't know either. I might go see if I can investigate a few places and see if there's been anything left behind...

[ ...he looks up. ]

I know you're used to all kinds of things, but you shouldn't do anything dangerous either, Yves.

[ there's a little pull at the corner of his mouth ]

What if I'm used to dangerous things?

[ a little joke... but he does look serious afterward ]

... it's okay. [ reassuringly ] I won't do anything reckless. I know when to stop. Promise.

[ there's a second he looks like he's about to argue before he realizes it's a joke. ]

Then I'm going to hold you to that.

[ he smiles, this time a little wider. he turns to give laurence a hug for real for real ]

Go ahead. I won't leave you. That's a promise, too.

[ the last time a character of yours said this to one of my teens they immediately turned around and died.

so yeah! he'll just hug yves back i guess! ]

You've got your friends from home, too, right? You can't just leave them, either.

[ i trust that this probably happened but this time it's for real

and

well, ]

Adolphe would probably be the one dragging me out of whatever mess I got into....