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. ]

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[voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

H-He's what?!

[Roji doesn't know why he even asked that. He heard the boy loud and clear. Maybe he's just in brief denial. That innocent, kind kid...why did it have to be him? Why does it have to happen to anyone?

As always with this situation, he was somewhat prepared for the possibility...but preparedness still doesn't make it any easier.]

Er, I apologize. I'll keep a lookout for his return...

[What else can he say?]

[voice]

[immamartillo]

[ Firo was just about to retort when Roji apologizes. He should be trying to have more sympathy- he was just as stunned- but won't bring himself to. There's a pause and Firo sighs quietly. ]

Thanks. Do you have any idea how long it'll take..?

[voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

[He swallows hard, trying to keep his cool.]

Well, when it happened to someone else I know, he came back about a week later. So...I'm guessing it'll be the same for Seto.

[voice]

[immamartillo]

A week.

[ He thinks that over, wondering how long it will feel. ]

...Do you know what happens during that time?

[ It kills him to think of Seto being stuck, alone with the Malnosso. ]

[voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

N-No, I don't. I'm sorry.

But when the person I know returned, he seemed to be fine...

[voice]

[immamartillo]

D-did he remember it at all? Any of it?

[voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I didn't really press the subject. But he did remember dying...

[immamartillo]

So you dunno if they remember what happens after that or not?

[voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

No. Sorry.

[He really does feel bad for not being able to say more.]

[voice]

[immamartillo]

I-I guess it doesn't matter. So long as he comes back in one piece.

[ He doesn't sound very convinced of that; he can't help but wonder how horrible the waiting period before revival must be. ]

Did this person die on the Draft too?