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Date & Time: Today, pretty much throughout the entire day
Location: All around the city
Characters: Suzaku and anyone he runs across!
Summary: His princess is in another castle :(
Warnings: Nope

[ There was a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach when he stopped by Princess Euphemia's apartment this morning only to find that she wasn't there. There was no reason for Euphemia to spend every waking second with Suzaku, however, especially when he had a bad tendency to run off on every available mission that the Initiative cooked up. At the same time while there were no missions going on Suzaku preferred to spend his time beside the princess and making sure she was safe.

It hasn't taken him long before he started searching the city for her. The longer the day drags on, the worse the gnawing worrying feeling in the pit of his stomach become and the more desperate he starts to feel.

He's soaking wet as he darts around the streets looking for any flash of pink he can get, and every now and then stopping to talk to people-- ]

Excuse me, have you seen a girl about my age with long pink hair pass through here?

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[ Kaede notices Suzaku up ahead as she walks down the street, her earphones filling her head with music. She debates saying hi to him, but his panicked look has her turning her smile into a frown.

She slips her earphones out of her ears and into the pocket of her hoodie as the distance closes between them, angling her umbrella so it doesn't hit him in the head. ]

Suzaku? Is everything okay?

[ He stops when Kaede speaks to him, but even when he's talking to her he seems distracted. He's still looking through the crowd like he's searching for someone. ... Mostly because he is. ]

I'm sure it is, I'm just looking for--

[ Hesitating. He's not sure how to word this now that he thinks about it... ]

A friend of mine.

[ She angles the umbrella so it covers the both of them for the moment, if only to give Suzaku's eyelids a break from blinking away the rain. The way he's still looking and seems to be pushing down his urgency makes her wonder... ]

Have you tried contacting them via her inbox?

[ He'll make it easier for her by bending his knees some. He appreciates the attempt to keep the rain out of his face, since at this point there's no point in trying to keep him dry.

His fingers curl up against his palm and he glances to the side and nods. ]

I haven't gotten any sort of response back yet.

[ HAHA yeah, the battle to keep him dry has long been lost.

She wrinkles her nose slightly, her other hand grasping her media player inside her hoodie pocket. ]

I've heard before that an error message is given if the person in question is gone. That, or the system just doesn't allow them to be contacted at all. Their name is there, but it can't be selected. So if the error message hasn't come yet, either the system is delayed or the person is still here somewhere...

Is that true?

[ Suzaku's almost certain that it had allow him to send the message in the first place. It hadn't told him that it couldn't be sent, but he also hadn't received any messages back. Then again, in his rush he also hasn't been checking his tablet that often. He pulls it out and starts it up, and is quick to try to move to his own inbox as soon as he can. ]

If that's the case then Euphemia has to be somewhere in the--

[ ... cutting himself off mid-sentence as he stares down at the tablet in his hand. ]

I know when someone from my world left, someone else tried to message him and they couldn't choose his name.

[ Kaede angles the umbrella so it covers the both of them and the tablet — luckily, it's a golf umbrella so it doesn't take too much angling on her part. Her eyes move from older boy's face to tablet and back. ]

...the Hold? city?

[ Both of those. He was mostly thinking the city when he'd started speaking, but the hold would have worked too if that's where she was. Though...

Maybe not now. ]

Have you ever heard of cases were the message bounces back to the sender?

[ She nods. She wishes she could "send" a call or text to her dad every now and then, even though he wouldn't answer or hear the voicemail, or read the text. It would come back to her, but it would be...comforting? to think that maybe, just maybe, he could read and hear what she said. ]

If you were able to message the person before the system could reject you, it would bounce back to you.

[ It'd be nice to think that, but unfortunately things don't work that way. If the message is sent back, then it means it never really got to the person in the first place. He sent it this morning, and maybe... just maybe she was still here then, but right now his own message is staring him back in the face.

He's not sure what he should feel right now. He's relieved she's somewhere safer right now (he thinks...), but there's a selfish part of him that's still disappointed to see this. ]

Right...

[ Powering down his tablet now. ]

[ The urgency in his voice going away confirms everything for her, and the preteen sniffs a bit as she looks away. She keeps her voice neutral, trying to not speak into reality what has already occurred. ]

If she is gone, will she be okay back home?

[ He's still staring at his tablet for a moment even after the screen has gone dark. There's no reason for a princess of Britannia to be stuck in a world like this, especially with no political pull. Even if he really does believe Euphie is the kind of person who could change the world for the better if given the chance, he doubts the Initiative had any interest in changing their own path and following one she might have to offer them.

Besides, there was still so much to be done back home. It was better that she wasn't here now.

He tucks his tablet away and offers Kaede a quick nod and a sad smile. ]

I'm sure she'll be just fine.

[ He has no idea how wrong he is. ]

[ Kaede returns the sad smile, thinking about how she felt when Kotetsu was sent back, and then Barnaby almost a week later. It's freeing, in a way, to see a loved one leave this wretched place, but then a bit of bitterness settles in later, because they left and their friends and/or family are still here.

Still fighting a war they didn't ask to be a part of.

She lifts up the golf umbrella as he stands up straight. ]

Will you be running around more, or are you heading back to the Hold?

[ No matter the circumstances there's no way Suzaku could conceive of feeling bitter towards Euphie, but a certain bitterness directed at the Initiative was probably inevitable here. Whether they really had a hand in sending people back to their own worlds or not.

He glances down the street, quiet for a moment before letting out a soft sigh. ]

Neither. I don't plan on heading back yet, but it doesn't look like I'll get anywhere with searching for her at this point either.

Mm, well, I'll leave you to it. [ She looks ahead towards the direction of the Hold before looking back at Suzaku. ] I should get back to the Hold before my roommates wonder if something is up. I'll see you around, Suzaku.

Right.

[ A nod as he raises his hand to give her a small wave. ]

I appreciate the help. Take care, Kaede.

[ Right now he's just gonna find a place to be alone, and considering he's got a psychic roommate that can read emotions his apartment definitely isn't the place for that. ]

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oops that "her" should be "their" my bad

no worries!

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