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That's a good project. She might appreciate it.
[ Around the 25th, there's a parcel wrapped in brown paper left for Mako. Inside is a winter vest similar to his, only with gray, red, and gold stripes along the collar and shoulders. There's a belt to go with it as well.
And he even remembered to put a note!! He's so sorry about his handwriting, oh God. ]
Mako,
It's getting colder so I thought you might want something to help keep out the chill. Anna helped make the belt, so it's from both of us.
-Kristoff
And he even remembered to put a note!! He's so sorry about his handwriting, oh God. ]
Mako,
It's getting colder so I thought you might want something to help keep out the chill. Anna helped make the belt, so it's from both of us.
-Kristoff
I need to learn how to do that.
[ The first reply to this comes later the day that Mako recieves this. He has no idea what Thanksiving is but some quick Fluid-based research has given him an idea, and he is both honored and looking forward to it. ]
Any preferences on the dish? I'll be there. With my brother and my friend Korra, if you have the room.
Any preferences on the dish? I'll be there. With my brother and my friend Korra, if you have the room.
[ The next reply comes much, much later.
Mako does not show up to Thanksgiving, and he doesn't bring either Bolin or Korra. There's nothing from him for days, in fact, until this: ]
I'm sorry. That I couldn't make it.
A lot of
I hope it was good
Mako does not show up to Thanksgiving, and he doesn't bring either Bolin or Korra. There's nothing from him for days, in fact, until this: ]
I'm sorry. That I couldn't make it.
A lot of
I hope it was good
You think it'll get her to give me more stuff from home? I didn't think I would miss clothes that I actually like as much as I do.
Going to give it a shot. You going to be okay with the rest of your night?
thank you for this its really nice
thank you bpogh
bot h
for it
i mean
[ Guess who just came back from the dead and is having a very hard time focusing on the Fluid long enough to type anything semi-coherently? This guy! ]
thank you bpogh
bot h
for it
i mean
[ Guess who just came back from the dead and is having a very hard time focusing on the Fluid long enough to type anything semi-coherently? This guy! ]
Hey, don't worry about it.
What happened are you okay?
A lot.
Korra is gone. I don't know if you talked to her. I need to tell everyne
evydn
EVE RYONE
[ Someone is sick and dizzy and having a very hard time typing, sitting alone in the dark in his bed. But he's trying. He has to tell people. ]
You shouldnt go in the trench
Korra is gone. I don't know if you talked to her. I need to tell everyne
evydn
EVE RYONE
[ Someone is sick and dizzy and having a very hard time typing, sitting alone in the dark in his bed. But he's trying. He has to tell people. ]
You shouldnt go in the trench
[Yeah... no. This isn't gonna fly. He's calling. Ring ring bud]
[ It takes Mako a MINUTE to pick up. Like a long time, because the Fluid's vibrating is sort of piercing and he has to fumble with the little swipe function, but eventually there is a lot of rustling and then some breath, a little too heavy, before Mako says: ] —llo? This, it's Mako. You okay?
[Raleigh doesn't really stop to consider they've only spoken like. Once maybe twice. Is it weird to call a stranger? Are they strangers? Who fucking knows anymore.]
Hey, Mako. It's Raleigh.. Seemed like typing was difficult, are you hurt?
Hey, Mako. It's Raleigh.. Seemed like typing was difficult, are you hurt?
[ Is anyone a stranger in Deerington? Mako has made more friends more quickly in the last three months than he probably has in his. Entire life.
It's a lot.
He sucks in a small breath that sounds very raspy and not... particularly okay. This is actually the first he's spoken to anyone but Bolin since he got back. ] Hi. Hey. Something like that. Sick. Uh.
[ The memory is somehow both very hazy and very clear. Mako should probably tell him. ] I. Died. I think.
It's a lot.
He sucks in a small breath that sounds very raspy and not... particularly okay. This is actually the first he's spoken to anyone but Bolin since he got back. ] Hi. Hey. Something like that. Sick. Uh.
[ The memory is somehow both very hazy and very clear. Mako should probably tell him. ] I. Died. I think.
[A beat. He's processing that. Mako sounds like shit and no wonder. Raleigh hasn't been here long enough to know anyone who's died (or maybe he's just lucky). He knows it's A Thing here that you can come back but. Huh.]
... You what?
... You what?
[ Oh hey a text he wasn’t expecting. It takes a little while for him to respond, not sure how at first after a week of silence. He’s fine. It’s fine. ]
i’m glad you like it
i’m glad you like it
I died. Underwater. I must have.
[ The more he says it out loud, the more real it sounds. Seems. There was a deer, and there was grass, and there was pain. Mako winces to himself, and there's more rustling as he shifts over onto his side. Everything is too cold and too hot at once. ] And now I'm sick. Which is. Great.
Do you. Know what day it is? I missed it. Your party.
[ The more he says it out loud, the more real it sounds. Seems. There was a deer, and there was grass, and there was pain. Mako winces to himself, and there's more rustling as he shifts over onto his side. Everything is too cold and too hot at once. ] And now I'm sick. Which is. Great.
Do you. Know what day it is? I missed it. Your party.
[ Mako doesn't even know how long it's been, yet. He just woke up a few hours ago, and barely dragged himself out of bed to go make sure Bolin was alright and that Korra was really gone.
Her room is empty.
He's back in his own bed in the darkness under a mound of blankets, sweaty and shivering. ]
hepinsdf keep warm
helping
typing is hard right now
are you alright ?
[ how does he even tell Kristoff what happened? He needs to make sure, though, that his other friends are safe, that nothing happened to them while he was out of commission. That Kristoff is alright, because Kristoff is only here and if Mako goes home too, that's it. ]
Her room is empty.
He's back in his own bed in the darkness under a mound of blankets, sweaty and shivering. ]
hepinsdf keep warm
helping
typing is hard right now
are you alright ?
[ how does he even tell Kristoff what happened? He needs to make sure, though, that his other friends are safe, that nothing happened to them while he was out of commission. That Kristoff is alright, because Kristoff is only here and if Mako goes home too, that's it. ]
[ Given how careful he usually is with typing, there's definitely that small needling of worry, one that gets worse when he says it's hard at the moment. He almost goes to ask, but ends up deleting it, because he figures that he'll tell him why if he wants him to know.
It's not shutting people out if you're just waiting for them to say something first, right? Right. ]
i'm fine
are you?
It's not shutting people out if you're just waiting for them to say something first, right? Right. ]
i'm fine
are you?
[ Nooo, it's just... being practical and polite and not at all shutting people out, Kristoff, don't even worry.
Mako's relieved, at least, that he's okay, figures he would say something if anything had happened to Anna, so that's everyone accounted for except—
Korra.
But he isn't ready to face that yet, wasn't a week ago, either, so he'll focus on what he does know and what he can control, which is himself, but only sort of, because he's barely able to see the stupid tiny screen. ]
sick. I thind
i think i died.
Mako's relieved, at least, that he's okay, figures he would say something if anything had happened to Anna, so that's everyone accounted for except—
Korra.
But he isn't ready to face that yet, wasn't a week ago, either, so he'll focus on what he does know and what he can control, which is himself, but only sort of, because he's barely able to see the stupid tiny screen. ]
sick. I thind
i think i died.
[ Kristoff has to read that text over and over and over again to make it actually sink in. He's only vaguely been able to wrap his mind around the idea that people don't stay dead here and he hadn't heard anything about the flu before, but there are things definitely clicking into place.
Usagi had been sick after October. And her friends had all been sick. And Fern and now Mako...
i think i died.
The silence probably makes it seem like he isn't going to answer at all. He'd tossed his Fluid to the side at this point and grabbed Sven to head as quickly as possible to Mako's house. He left the reindeer out front for once, hopping off without even waiting for him to have fully stopped. He doesn't bother knocking, letting himself in (even if the door is locked, he'll find a way, it's not the first time he's had to break into a house in his life), and he's peeking into each room in case he's somewhere unexpected, before making it to Mako's room and opening the door.
He's gonna just... stand there for a second. Staring, mostly, with the worry and concern written all over his face, not trying to hide it. He should think of something to say, right? Not just stand there in total silence like a weirdo. ]
... What happened?
Usagi had been sick after October. And her friends had all been sick. And Fern and now Mako...
i think i died.
The silence probably makes it seem like he isn't going to answer at all. He'd tossed his Fluid to the side at this point and grabbed Sven to head as quickly as possible to Mako's house. He left the reindeer out front for once, hopping off without even waiting for him to have fully stopped. He doesn't bother knocking, letting himself in (even if the door is locked, he'll find a way, it's not the first time he's had to break into a house in his life), and he's peeking into each room in case he's somewhere unexpected, before making it to Mako's room and opening the door.
He's gonna just... stand there for a second. Staring, mostly, with the worry and concern written all over his face, not trying to hide it. He should think of something to say, right? Not just stand there in total silence like a weirdo. ]
... What happened?
[ A truly startling amount of relief floods through Mako's shivering body at the sound of Kristoff's voice.
He's in that strange, floating sickness space where time shifts around him: it's been both forever since he texted Kristoff and no time at all, he must have drifted off for a moment except he remembers lying here with his head aching, so he couldn't have.
Mako struggles, though, to push himself up, because as much as he is sick he also can't be sick. He has to be okay. He's pushed through worse.
The bed creaks, and the blankets tug at him, but eventually Mako manages to sort of half-sit up, breathing heavy with the effort. ] I'm fine, I'm here, you don't. Have to look like that.
[ Like he wouldn't be doing the exact same thing in Kristoff's place, but he can't stand the look on his face right now, all that worry, all because Mako was a reckless idiot lost in his own grief. ]
He's in that strange, floating sickness space where time shifts around him: it's been both forever since he texted Kristoff and no time at all, he must have drifted off for a moment except he remembers lying here with his head aching, so he couldn't have.
Mako struggles, though, to push himself up, because as much as he is sick he also can't be sick. He has to be okay. He's pushed through worse.
The bed creaks, and the blankets tug at him, but eventually Mako manages to sort of half-sit up, breathing heavy with the effort. ] I'm fine, I'm here, you don't. Have to look like that.
[ Like he wouldn't be doing the exact same thing in Kristoff's place, but he can't stand the look on his face right now, all that worry, all because Mako was a reckless idiot lost in his own grief. ]
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