[ Voice ]

[ramenkage]

 [ There is silence for a long, long time--He'd died, on that trip. He should be dead. Yet...here he was, a-ok. Breathing. Alive

The hell... ]

Hey...is everyone who went on that exploration trip okay? I--[ I died. I should be dead. ]--wanted to make sure those skin stealing bastards didn't get their hands on [ sakura ] anyone else, yeah? Just...let me know everything turned out okay. 






Heh...they couldn't keep me down for long, huh? Yeah yeah, I'm too cool to be gone for good. [ He tries to sound boastful. Obnoxious.  Like himself. It sounds forced, though. He's too worried about Sakura and the others.




If they had died...would they come back, too? ]

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[sthenic]

((She rests quietly across the couch, hugging a pillow under the blanket shed dragged over herself. She hadn't fared well for days now, spending many hours in tears. She hated herself for it, but could she help it...? She'd lost bot of her best friends now, after all...))

[sthenic]

((Even the echo of Naruto's voice didn't help things....))

[sthenic]

((... Wait.))

[sthenic]

((Was that just...))

[sthenic]

[sthenic]

((she stares at her communicator, trying to register what she just heard. The voice continues, and her hand comes out shakily to take the communicator. It sounded like him--was it him? Was this just a trick?

Hesitance precedes response; she turns the frequency on and speaks.))

Naruto...?

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[ramenkage]

[ It's her. She's okay.

He's so relieved. It's like a weight's been taken off his shoulders--She's okay. ]

wait no 2/3 I lied

[ramenkage]

Hey, don't sound so upset. I'm okay.

[ramenkage]

O-Oi but what about you? Are you okay? [ I wasn't there to protect you. ]

[ voice ]

[reobserves]

[ Wait, that's-- and with what he heard about that trip.. Yukiteru can't help but gulp a little. ]

Y-you.. [ 'died', but the word doesn't pass his lips somehow. ]

... Are you okay..?

[ voice ]

[ramenkage]

[ There's a slight hesitation. ]

I'm fine...A little surprised, yeah? But all in one piece.

I'm more worried about Sakura and the others.

[ voice ]

[reobserves]

So far.. everyone who went there seems about the same. They're all fine now, but.. [ another gulp. ] .. you know.

[Video]

[fierybluebird]

Welcome back matey.

[Video]

[ramenkage]

Thanks.



Is everyone else...are they alright?

[Video]

[fierybluebird]

Yeah... sort of. By now they're back... or revived.

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[legality]

>:?

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[ramenkage]

[ It takes him a minute to respond. He is trying to figure out that emote.

Or well, he's trying to figure out what it is.




Yeah, he's got nothing. ]

What is that?

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[legality]

M3 [ whoops, not helpful at all. ]

voice.

[dewebbed]

[ oh god- are people still just coming back? it seems like it keeps coming back to him, even when he's feeling better. ]

Hey, uh, it's me. Jack. Are you okay?

voice.

[ramenkage]

Yeah. I'm in one piece, anyway. [ Meaning he's not actually fine, but he'll deal with it.

He doesn't know what happened to Jack--He was skinnjacked, at the time--but he figures most everyone went through something on that trip. Be it death or...otherwise. ]

What about you? I mean...I'm pretty sure things didn't really turn out all that great, yeah?

voice.

[dewebbed]

[ at this point, he's got no idea about the skinjacking. he still believes Naruto knew he died ] Uh...I'm doing better, actually. I mean, it's still pretty weird. But better.

voice

[obsession]

[ her voice is even and unbothered, although she's thoroughly inquisitive in tone. ]

Skin stealers? What do you mean..?

voice

[ramenkage]

[ There is the briefest of hesitations. ]

They...y'know. Take your skin for whatever reason.

[voice]

[eyeforaneye]

Tell me what happened.

[voice]

[ramenkage]

That trip? Was a piece of shit.

Everything was going alright, and then someo--thing took my skin. [ While he was still alive, but he wont go into that. ]