tenth breath ✧ voice/written/action

[musubi]

[If you're awake in the early morning hours, you might just hear frantic panting coming from your journal. If you're lucky enough to live on the 5th floor of complex #7, this would have been preluded by a scream from down the hallway.]

Hello? Hello? ...Shit. Shit.

[And then written:]

Hello?

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[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[It takes a bit for him to even notice the movement and look up, after which he just stares at him, wide eyed and looking to be on the verge of hyperventilating.]

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[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[Naoki frowns and walks closer.] ...Can't be. [After a hesitation, he points to his ear with a questioning expression.]

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[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

I can't... I can't... [The words are muttered lightly, as if he means to finish the sentence but then doesn't.

He shakes his head vehemently.]

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[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[Naoki sits down next to him, pulling his own journal out from it's usual place in his pocket, filtering a message to him.]

I've got an idea as to why. If it's what I think it is, I know someone who can help. [It's about this time he hears Ginko's voice through Isamu's journal and nods pointedly down at it.]

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[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Isamu is already writing a response, his eyes darting from his journal to Naoki's, to Naoki himself, then back again.]

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[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[Naoki lets his eyes wander after a mushi that came into the room after him, frowning worriedly and occasionally glancing back over at him.]

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[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[And there's still panicking going on over here, because Isamu is DEAF. No warning. Waking up and not being able to hear is NOT the best way to start the day, and he's obviously upset. He doesn't want to lose his hearing!

Naoki may be privy to the occasional shakily whispered 'shit'.]

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[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[Naoki reaches over, closing a hand on his shoulder.]

It'll be fine. Ginko's job is looking after this sort of thing. [Never mind that he's heard plenty of stories from Ginko with unhappy endings.]

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[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Isamu looks like he might be about to knock his hand away, then doesn't.]

It's the Malnosso, right?

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[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[Naoki hesitates briefly, scribbling in the journal.]

Might not be. Creatures from Ginko's world have shown up here, called mushi. They can do all sorts of different things...so they might be the cause of this.

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[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Oh, wonderful.

[He slumps against the wall behind him.]

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[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

It'll be okay, just trust me. [He nods toward the journal.] Is he coming?

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[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[He nods, pointing toward the journal.]