manofgnee: (-Concentration (1000 cranes)-)
[It's late, well into the nighttime, when Hanna drops his communicator in the sands of the beach, accidentally turning it on.

Hanna is sitting by the ocean, sort of staring up at the moon for a bit, not really noticing that the tide is coming in a little bit, getting his feet and pants wet.]

Man, the beach is pretty...I know Jose hates the water, but I bet he'd still love this...


[After sitting and staring up in the sky for a while, Hanna pulls something out of his pocket and begins to work. He's brought paper with him, and is folding some paper cranes.]


Okay...I know I wanted to make a thousand for a wish...but I think that some of them can mean a little more than that.

[After folding 2 cranes, he stops for a second, getting out his marker and writing something on both of them. A closer view shows that they're names: 'Watanuki' and 'Doumeki'.]

One for every person I've ever been friends with here in the City...so even if they've gone, I won't forget them.

[Hanna smiles a bit more, but it seems sad...but of course, he keeps on working, folding cranes and writing names on them, starting with the friends that have already left the City before moving on to friends still here...

He only stops once, to wipe at his eyes and let out a watery laugh. No matter what he may say, the curses from over the weekend are still hurting him deeply.

But he'll never admit it. And after a small crying break, he resumes his folding and writing, making no move to leave the beach any time soon, no matter how dark or late it gets.]
manofgnee: (Ugh.../One massive headache)
[The audio feed clicks on to sniffling and soft hiccuping noises, mixed in with Hanna mumbling to himself. He sounds absolutely miserable, and there's a good reason for that: he is. Some of his first friends from the City are gone, and this, combined with the lack of success he's had finding Trajan's attacker, is finally causing a tiny little breakdown.]

Can't believe they're gone...If it had just been one of them, it wouldn't hurt as bad, but all 3 of them...

[He sniffles again, and it becomes clear that Hanna is crying.]

St-stupid Thomas. Stupid Harry...Stupid Justine, leaving like this...'s not fair...

...cr-crying won't solve anything, stupid Hanna...should've expected this, just keep going...it's what they'd want, I think...

[After a minute or so, Hanna seems to realize the feed is on, and turns off the audio.]


[TEXT]

So...Thomas, Harry, and Justine have all left the City. I'm really sorry to all of their friends, and even if they can't hear this, I wish them all the best luck in the world back home.

Slightly unrelated, but!

I don't think I can make it to the shop today.
I have a lot of investigating to do, what with the attacks and everything, and as much as I like the shop and I want to keep it successful and nice like Doumeki made it, I think that trying to protect people can come first...

...Katara, If it's not too much trouble, do you think you could take the shop? Just for today?

I sort of had a hunch and need to get some evidence...and...well, Thomas and I had a talk a couple of days ago, and it just feels right to go after my hunch today, all things considered. Plus, I really think I'll be able to find something, I've got a good feeling about this. Well, as good a feeling as you can get when going after a mythological creature attacker, but you get the point.

I'm real sorry, I know it's sort of short notice...I promise I'll make it up to you. With ice cream! And this won't happen again, I promise! At least not without 2 or 3 days notice ahead.

[PRIVATE TO {...}//UNHACKABLE//STILL TEXT]

Hey, Trajan. I was thinking...if you're feeling up to it, you wanna help me follow my hunch today? I've got a real good feeling about this one...

I mean, if you're still not 100%, it's ok, you should focus on getting better...I just don't wanna go it alone today.

I just thought that if I'm right about this one, you might be able to confirm it with firsthand knowledge...plus, you're my partner. It's really weird doing this stuff without you. Like Batman without Robin, but no offense, you'd look terrible in the Robin costume, so I guess that makes you Batman.

Uhh...I think I lost my train of thought. Anyway, lemme know if you're up for investigatin' or if you need another day of rest and relaxation and recovery.

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