[she is a little startled by his sudden presence as well, but she eases when she realizes it's him. she will help him stabilize on the tree, and then lets out a little sigh.]
Me too? [she's not sure what he's asking - she's already made one or two people mad today by being flippant about this so she's trying to... not do that.]
The, uh. The tree. [ he doesn't outright say it, but he means "are you a little overwhelmed by everything happening even though it was pretty much expected? are we hiding for a bit. cool." ]
Oh, yes. [she doesn't quite get all the context but like - the tree is their safe spot, and she is absolutely overwhelmed by people who are even a little bit upset by this. so.]
I don't know how to comfort people. [wait.] Um. Are you alright?
[ HELP, SHENHE. he looks confused for a second, blinking at her before there's a huff. ]
You don't...have to worry about me. I liked the guy enough but we weren't close or anything. Plus it helps that I was sort of expecting this to happen.
I didn't either. We didn't even notice at first until I tried to go out last night. And then we tried a couple of things to get out and...nothing. We didn't have an exit at all. I heard the shops all locked down, too.
We noticed the signals on our phones went out first. [she says this like it's a foreign concept, which it is.] The IKEA closed, and there was what felt like a rock wall blocking our way out.
[he might see that her foot is bandaged with the remains of one of the tie-dye shirts, on that note.]
None of us knew. [ annoying. ] We weren't sure if the shops would close or not. All four of us were in our warehouse when we got locked in. Door wouldn't budge no matter what we tried, and even trying to teleport out didn't work.
[ glancing at her foot. remembering how they met. slowly. realizing. ]
Kazuki and I both tried. [ and he pauses, suddenly seeming a little sheepish before changing his mind. ] We gave up once we realized we weren't getting anywhere and spent the rest of the time trying to figure out why it was happening at all.
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Me too? [she's not sure what he's asking - she's already made one or two people mad today by being flippant about this so she's trying to... not do that.]
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I don't know how to comfort people. [wait.] Um. Are you alright?
[SWEATS]
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You don't...have to worry about me. I liked the guy enough but we weren't close or anything. Plus it helps that I was sort of expecting this to happen.
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I was, as well. [this is kind of a relief honestly] The doors locking, I didn't expect.
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[he might see that her foot is bandaged with the remains of one of the tie-dye shirts, on that note.]
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Who else was at IKEA with you? [ also he. notices because it's a tie-dye shirt. he has questions but he will go back to that in a bit. ]
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[she sounds Unhappy about this amount of people.]
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and he's just pulling out his phone to check something. ]
Okay, so that's. That's at least six different teams, counting you. [ HOW. ] I'm guessing everyone lost track of time...?
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[a short, frustrated sigh.] I didn't know each area would close off.
Fei Du and Luo Wenzhou were chasing their cat. I don't know what the others were doing there.
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[ glancing at her foot. remembering how they met. slowly. realizing. ]
...you tried to kick it open, didn't you.
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Yes. I also used Pyro on it, but that didn't work either. [she almost killed a man in her frustration it was great]
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Kazuki and I both tried. [ and he pauses, suddenly seeming a little sheepish before changing his mind. ] We gave up once we realized we weren't getting anywhere and spent the rest of the time trying to figure out why it was happening at all.
[ even though they all. had a good guess. ]