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[capemods]

WHO: A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE, PART DEUX
WHERE: the City! Or, in Jaime's case, space.
WHEN: the morning after these shenanigans, at any time
SUMMARY: Everybody who's been hit by the aftershock from Vector and Chronos' profound failure has to come to at some point! And this is where you file those threads of heinous confusion. It's time for still wasted from the party last night; the re-re-re-re-remix.

That was quite a night, huh? But whatever you did, it's time to wake up now.

Or eventually. Either way.

The circumstances surrounding them may be radically different, but everyone who was affected by the temporal shock has two things in common: a mind that draws a complete blank when it comes to the events of the previous evening, and a killer headache. Enjoy.

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because he's probably going to end up staying home the whole time

[satisfiedsigner]

Sometime around eight, Kiryu staggered out of his room and over to the bathroom. He probably hadn't slept better since arriving, but damn, his head was killing him. And that alone was making him nauseous--not much, but enough that he didn't want to look at food right now.

What the fuck had happened last night? He couldn't even remember eating dinner much less going to bed.

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura was in the middle of his morning routine, getting ready for work when he spotted Kiryu's groggy morning. A little odd to see him up that early, but after the previous night...

"Good morning, Kiryuu-kun," he greeted, almost cautiously.

[satisfiedsigner]

Kiryu glanced over, but he didn't stop moving. He really needed something for his head. He could deal with everything after that.

But it didn't take long to grab a couple aspirin and appear in the doorway of the bathroom again. "Hey. 's probably better for you..."

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura gave a faint smile. "Probably. You feeling all right?"

[satisfiedsigner]

"My head's killing me." And he headed to the couch to sit down so maybe it would hurt less. "How much did I drink last night?"

[shiromadoushi]

That made Bakura blink a few times. "... I don't think you did at all. At least not that I noticed."

He followed his bother over to the couch. "Did you want me to take care of the headache?" he offered, a little worried.

[satisfiedsigner]

"Maybe if it doesn't go away soon. I took something for it." And he was just going to slump here on the arm of the couch until then. At least he has a good excuse to be lazy now.

"If I wasn't drinking, what happened? I can't remember..."

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura sat next to him, almost a bit hesitant. "... what is the last thing you remember?" he asked gently. He seemed the normal Kiryu... maybe he had gone back to normal?

[satisfiedsigner]

Kiryu shifted a little so it wouldn't like he was ignoring Bakura. That wouldn't help anyone. "Being hungry. I was going to bug Alastair about it."

[shiromadoushi]

That... wasn't a very helpful answer. Maybe... "When was that, do you remember?"

[satisfiedsigner]

He was a master of unhelpful answers! "Dinner time."

[shiromadoushi]

That was far more helpful.

Unless Kiryu considered the middle of the night dinner time.

"So you don't remember the time you didn't remember your time in the City, then," Bakura smiled, seeming rather relieved. Not that he was happy Kiryu didn't remember, but he was happy Kiryu remembered him properly again.

[satisfiedsigner]

"I...what?" Kiryu sat up a little and stared at him. Why wouldn't he remember all of this? He wasn't allowed to not remember everything. "What happened last night?"

hey~ also LATER THAT DAY...

[hackeralastair]

Alastair spent most of the day at work slightly tense, unsure what he was going to go home to at the end of the day. Though, glances at the comm during his breaks told him a few interesting things, and catching Edgeworth mouthing off at Kiryu...well. It sounded like Kiryu might have been back to his usual self, but Alastair wouldn't know for sure until he came home.

...as he was doing right now, unlocking the door and swishing through in his long gray coat with his laptop bag and motorcycle helmet under one arm. "Hey. Guys? Anybody here?"

yay hello <3

[satisfiedsigner]

Kiryu was hanging out in the living room, on the floor in front of the couch, with a half-finished game of Duel Monsters spread out in front of him. Though it was almost completely forgotten when he heard Alastair. He hadn't really been dreading this, but he was a little worried about what they might have talked about that he didn't remember.

"Hey," he said, getting to his feet.

[hackeralastair]

"Hey yourself." Alastair shoved the helmet in the front hall closet and took off his coat, though his eyes were mostly on Kiryu. "How are you feeling, right about now?"

[satisfiedsigner]

"Better. Pain killers are great things." His smile turned a little cynic as he added, "I heard I went crazy yesterday."

[hackeralastair]

Alastair couldn't help but grin. "I wouldn't say crazy," he said flippantly, leaving his laptop bag behind and sashaying over. "Although I'm not too fond of random weird shit happening to important people."

[satisfiedsigner]

Kiryu chuckled and looped his arms around Alastair's neck once he was close enough. "I'm not too fond of random shit happening to me either. It happens way too much."

[hackeralastair]

Definitely much better. Alastair curled his arms around Kiryu's waist to trap him there. "Shoulda known we couldn't get through one week without anything weird happening to somebody in the house. Well, I don't know about you, but I'm pretty glad that blew over quickly." He tilted his head slightly. "Really, though. Aside from the headache, you're okay? No more not knowing who we are or how we got here?"

[satisfiedsigner]

"I'm glad you didn't have to deal with anymore of it than you did. Though I wish I could remember what happened."

He frowned and turned his head away, leaning against Alastair's shoulder. "Yeah, I'm fine. And I know it's not my fault but I'm sorry. I wouldn't forget you."

[hackeralastair]

"Nah, it's okay." Alastair's hand moved up into Kiryu's hair, combing his fingers through it. He had defintely come to like that about his friend's new hairstyle. "It's not like we haven't dealt with things like that before. Damn Porter."

He breathed a short sigh, the honesty just tumbling out of him. "I'm just bothered that nobody knows what happened, why anybody started acting weird all at once. On the one hand, I'm glad there aren't any chickens in our bathtub. On the other...I don't like anyone messing with you. And I don't like not knowing who or what it was."

[satisfiedsigner]

Kiryu let out a faint sound and closed his eyes; he definitely liked this part of having his hair longer too. "Heh, you probably kept me from doing anything crazy like that, huh?"

He shifted to give Alastair a brief kiss. "Someone'll figure it out. They always do."

[hackeralastair]

"At least you weren't off your nut or acting drunk or anything," Alastair pointed out. "I didn't have to do much besides keep you occupied so you didn't worry too much. Trust me, if you had been one of the crazy ones, I would have sat on you so you didn't run out into the street or anything."

He smiled at the kiss; it was such a relief having everything back to normal so quickly. He didn't want to take it for granted, but Kiryu was right. "Yeah. As long as it doesn't happen again." His arms tightened, holding him close. "I dunno, maybe it was the full moon. Heh."

[satisfiedsigner]

"I didn't drink much back then," he murmured. "It was hard to get anything good."

He fell silent, just enjoying Alastair's presence for a moment. It had been a while since they'd just hung out like this. Even entertaining him during work a few days ago had been full of distractions.

"You know, we haven't done something with just us for a while. No Bakura, no work..."