3rd Hat Flip [Voice/Action] Backdated to right after the draftees return

[immamartillo]

[Voice]

[ There's a brief pause after Firo turns on the journal. It's more difficult than he thought to make the announcement; when he tried writing it out he found he could barely move the pencil. He decides to keep it brief and just manages to keep most of the emotion out of his voice. ]

Seto's dead. 

[Action]

[ Shortly after his journal post Firo steals off to take a walk. He's avoiding the center of the village for once, staying around the fringes instead. Finding it difficult to deal with this mixture of grief and anger, he'll occasionally pause to punch or kick some poor tree. ]

Comments

[ruinedhiswish.livejournal.com]

W-why...

_{[she sounds even more like she's going to cry any moment now. Her voice becomes quieter.]}

This... this isn't fair...

[immamartillo]

I-it's not.

[ He growls and slams his fist down on the journal. ]

Why couldn't it have been anybody but him?!

[ruinedhiswish.livejournal.com]

Did that kid even know how to fight?!

[Iria is now rather exasperated. Something like this should never happen!]

[immamartillo]

I don't know. I don't think so.. h-he's not the type to hurt anybody.

[ruinedhiswish.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought...

_{[just one more reason why he shouldn't be there at that time. Why did he have to go there and fight?]}

[immamartillo]

[ Firo kicks the leg of a chair and growls, his voice bitter. ]

He shouldn't even have been there in the first place.

[ruinedhiswish.livejournal.com]

[Iria doesn’t even reply to this. She is too busy fighting off the tears.

But she can't allow herself to cry. Not when someone can hear her.]

[immamartillo]

[ Firo waits a moment before speaking up. ]

Hey, Iria? You still there?

[ There's a hint of dread in his voice; selfish as it is, he really hopes he doesn't have to comfort her. ]

[ruinedhiswish.livejournal.com]

[she tries to calm down before she answers]

I... I am.

[immamartillo]

Okay.

[ He pauses. Dealing with a girl who may or may not be crying is even more difficult when they're not face to face. ]

Um... do you need anything?

[ Seto would want him to hep her out and you'd have to be terrible to just ignore her. ]