collateraldamaging | Duplicity Inbox

I'm sure you're very busy doing your own rounds to see others or sending messages or making calls right now. Why wouldn't you be? Everyone adores you whether you think that or not. But if you thought you were going to end up without something from me, you are very wrong, Kazu Iida.

[ Elle sounds a bit congested and it's clear that most of her time during the day has been spent trying to come to terms with the announcement. There's a long silence before it's interrupted with a deep breath. Keeping herself composed just hasn't been easy. ]

You are so talented and so kind. Getting to learn about your childhood and your parents and everything was just -- it meant a lot to me. If I knew it would survive passing through the door, it would be one of the things I'd write down to keep with me forever.

Please give Val a hug for me and no cookie or cake that I make will ever compare to yours.

[ There is probably more she wants to say but it's getting too difficult. Her voice had begun to crack before she offers a faint "goodbye" before ending the audio. ]

[ Kazu listens to the message twice, then plays it for Val, then decides the only way he's going to be able to handle any of this is by getting at least a little bit angry. It's not a good coping mechanism and he knows it and has been working on exactly this instinct for the past year, but it's also the only one he's got ready at the moment. Which means he shouldn't call her back, but he's certainly going to respond. ]

Excuse you, Elle.
How dare you do this in a voicemail?
Get over here, please.
You are mistaken in several ways that only matter because they mean I'm not going to be making rounds
but I expect you to at least come by to give Val that hug yourself.

I can't. I couldn't. I'm a mess.
I have to fix my hair and my make-up.
There's just too much to do, right?
There's no time. There's never enough time.

Don't take this the wrong way, Elle
because I do appreciate how you style yourself
but right now the only reason I'd care at all about the state of your makeup is if you're uncomfortable with me seeing you without it.

There is never enough time, no.
That makes the little we get and who we spend it with even more meaningful.
So if you would spare me any, you know where I am.

I'll be there in five.

Thank you.

I'm bringing snacks, too. Don't argue.

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