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[rubyeyes_ryuhou]

I'll be staying out in the cave where Leto used to live for awhile longer, I think. Whatever the Malnosso did to me, it's set control of my Alter back to less than what I had even as a child. If I stay very calm and don't exert myself, I can manage not to... destroy things around me, but it is difficult to even maintain that level.

It seems to be easier to keep control with Kazuma around; though I am usually far from calm around him, perhaps it is the effect of another Alter-user being in the vicinity. Kazuma, I suppose I am in your debt.

I have to request that anyone else stay away from here, though. I cannot be sure of my power at the moment, and I do not wish to accidentally harm anyone. Duo, this means you. Are you well?

[Private, about 30% hackable to those he knows]
It is... difficult, being here. He did not leave much behind, but I am still reminded of our time together. I wish that I had gone somewhere else. Staying... calm is not the easiest task.

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[Well, that's enough to let him know that Ryuhou's still alive, at any rate. Rolling his eye, he grabs him up by the collar and drag/carries him back into the cave where he oh-so-gently dumps him onto his bedroll.]

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[As soon as Kazuma touches him, the light around Ryuhou fades, and he seems to be in less pain for the moment. The lines on his face ease, and he sighs softly even as he's handled with roughness.]

[He comes back to consciousness a short while later, pushing himself upright on the blankets with a groan.] That... didn't work like I thought. [His voice is hoarse and raspy.]

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[Snorts a laugh] Ya think? I figured you meant to blow your ass up like that.

[He rummages around in the supplies until he finds the bottled water he brought and sets it down next to Ryuhou]

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[He picks up the water and takes a sip of it gratefully, remaining quiet. After a moment, he holds up his hand and looks at it, watching a flicker of Alter light shimmer over the skin.]

I wonder why they're doing this.

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Why who's doing what? The Malawhosits? Feh. Who knows? Probably just to piss you off.

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Many of their other experiments seem to have had at least some sort of objective. All this has done is drive me away from anyone but you. I doubt they're that interested in my personal life.

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A purpose? Are you kidding? You're telling me the job thing last month had a purpose? Or all the love bullshit from a couple weeks ago? [He shrugs] Dunno about anything before I landed here, but the shit I've seen since I've been here? I don't see how they could get anything useful from that. And now I'm the only person you can be around without decreasing property values...

Heh. Which brings me back to my original theory. They're trying to piss you--hell, both of us--off.