curfew; w1

[adlucem]

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[humblepie]

Right.

[Komory and Meow Wow are definitely going to alert them regardless.]

... [He doesn't want to pessimist Sora, but also he doesn't want to lie.] Probably not. But we can handle it.

We're together. And whatever happens, don't forget we're still always together.

[reconnective]

Mm. Yeah. We are. [which helps, but he also can't help but think about how things have been going.]

...we've lost six people out of the twenty-four that were here and it's only been four days. If something does happen again and we're locked in, how are we supposed to help?

[humblepie]

[Things haven't being going great, yeah.

Six is a lot of people in such a short amount of time. Six is a lot out of twenty-four people, too. No discrimination either; one was ten, and one was heading into middle aged?

Which all this is to say, Riku doesn't answer. His head is lowered, his chin on his chest.]

[reconnective]

[...well. he just kind of nudges him to get him to look up again.]

We'll be fine. With both of us watching, we'll be able to figure something out.

[put the pessimism away, he can't let his friends worry about stuff.]

[humblepie]

[Riku....does not look up!

In fact, the nudge causes him to tip over and land on his side and back. This doesn't wake him up either? His eyes are closed.]

[reconnective]

[son of a bitch?

sora's just. staring for a second. before he's making the executive decision to be obnoxious and shake him by the shoulders.]

So much for keeping watch. [he's trying to joke but also, uh?]

[humblepie]

[STOP, HIS WATCH!!

He is deftly shaken. This does not rouse him at all either.]

[reconnective]

[...

hm. given the fact they have found so many people dead, he's just slapping riku's face gently?]

Riku. [how dare you leave him awake? he's just going to stick his face in his to see if he's breathing at all actually.]

[humblepie]

[What the hell, his handsome face, SORA? Unfortunately, the face smacks don't rouse him either.

Which is understandable considering when Sora leans down to check, he'll find Riku is definitely not breathing.

In fact! Riku is dead.]

[reconnective]

[excuse??

absolutely not. absolutely not? absolutely not. there's kind of a nervous laugh because, uh...?]

Riku. Seriously, stop, this isn't funny. [give him a second he's just going to sit up and start looking for a pulse? HELLO?]

[starcracker]

... Sora?

[ hey uh nothing quite like peering from the other side and looking at this hello? ]

[reconnective]

[there's kind of a distressed and distracted sound while he's busy trying to figure out if riku's actually dead or not.]

He's not breathing.

[humblepie]

[Yeah, he's not breathing. Maybe he choked on his sins. (no)

There's no pulse...]

[reconnective]

[since kairi asked, yeah, he'll stupidly put his ear to his chest to try and listen for a heartbeat.]

[humblepie]

[A heart?

There is no heartbeat. :(]

[reconnective]

[again, die in a ditch anna.

and since kairi suggested it, he will actually try to begin cpr. fuck this, and fuck this truck stop actually!]

[humblepie]

[I keep thinking about this happening to all of them stuck in the truck, I'm sorry.

The compressions bounce him slightly. His chest is solid, but there's a weird give to it under Sora's hands. I am offering mercy when I say that it doesn't work.]

[reconnective]

[...oh.

okay.

well...he's going to keep trying for a while because like. hello? this isn't fair? they literally just all got back together again. they were supposed to stay together. they were supposed to keep each other safe and find a way home.

he was able to save both of them once before. he has to be able to do something now, right? something. anything. why isn't there a way to save him?

eventually he does stop and sort of just stares at him.]

...I can't. ["bring him back."] He's gone.

[starcracker]

... Why?

[ she doesn't mean why can't sora, and she's reaching over to touch riku's face with a trembling hand ]

I don't understand. He was fine. He was right here, he was fine, how can he be... How is he...

[ she's blinking back tears ]

He's not even injured.

[starcracker]

What?

[ it's a kind of breathless shock before she's moving over to riku's other side immediately while we wait for anna to update us on a pulse ]

His heart, is he--? Is it--

[reconnective]

I don't...what? [again, stupidly just putting his ear to riku's chest to listen for a heartbeat.]

Why isn't he breathing?

[starcracker]

[ yeah her brain isn't quite working ]

I don't, I... Try CPR, I've got Curaga still, if we can get him breathing I can heal him, please, Sora!

[reconnective]

[well. if their one braincell isn't working, who the fuck is he to say no?]

Right. Right, we...yeah. Right. [SCREAMING. INTERNAL SCREAMING but he will try it. they have to try everything.]

[starcracker]

[ just gonna be. watching anxiously keyblade at the ready ]

[reconnective]

[well the only response she's going to get is what sora's doing in the actual response to riku so he sort of sits back and keeps his hands on riku's chest like maybe if he keeps trying it'll work.

but it won't. it's really over.]