outdistanced | turbo heaven 🌼 richie

[voids them. Richie hasn't gotten much peace since the announcement, but he's still making a point to talk to whoever he finds. Kids first, instinctively, which is why he stops short when crossing paths with Laurence.]

Hey, Laurence. Where you off to?

[ he's looking a little out of it this morning, often glancing at his phone as if something might change at any minute. surprised, he starts and slips his phone back into a pocket. ]

I don't know. I didn't really have anywhere in mind after... you know.

Yeah.

[Richie nods, grimly. Flounders a moment.]

Just. For the time being, until we know more...don't go anywhere too far out alone. Okay? Not until we're sure what happened.

[ what are you, his dad?

no laurence is taking this very seriously. he nods. ]

I won't. Yves asked me to tell him if I was going anywhere, too - he said he'll go with me, just in case.

[ kind of feels like having a babysitter, in a way, but when you're this out of your depth you just kind of accept it. ]

I definitely won't be going to the beach, either.

[yeah he's moving in with your mom next week (finds out she's actually dead next tag)]

He would. [Oh that Yves.]

I saw Zhongli doing a couple rounds out there with his polearm too, so yeah, maybe steer clear until further notice.

...Nobody's found anything yet. As far as I know. We should... [God. How to phrase this? It's not like he's trying to treat anyone delicately, but he's still young. He doesn't care to make the kid even more ill at ease. Richie wets his lips and tries again.]

We should be prepared to not get enough answers, too. The way this all played out...people being locked up. Conking out. Her starting at the mansion and ending at the beach, alone, unnoticed, with the rest of us immobilized. The overseers being out of the loop too?

There's some fishy possibilities. And we might get information withheld from us. Just keep a sharp eye and a keen ear to what you see and hear.

I know he would. He's a good guy.

[ this is... concerning. ]

"Fishy possibilities." What is that supposed to even mean?

Just that we might be dealing with people who don't have our best intentions at heart. Whether they're the ones we've met, or ones we haven't.

Something set up the perfect conditions for that girl to get hurt. Everyone locked up and knocked out, no working phones. She couldn't have gotten help if she tried.

[ he looks stricken at the thought. ]

You think this might've been planned? But that's... That doesn't sound like something any of us could do. And the angels have just been trying to help us.

Look, I don't mean it's one of us or even one of them, not for sure. All right? And maybe it's nobody. Maybe it was a bad accident. Caught in the tide, bad fall. Anything. I don't care to cast suspicion where it doesn't need to be, especially without more facts.

Just keep an open mind. And think about how this all played out — what we know so far.

[He counts it off on his fingers.]

We were all mysteriously locked in somewhere for the bulk of the evening last night. Our phones stopped working, no call or text functions available. We all fell asleep, seemingly simultaneously. And when Charlie left — left a room with ten other people in it, one of whom had seemed to have some degree of claustrophobia — Charlie didn't wake any of them up. Didn't take anyone with her, not even by dragging us out.

When did that girl ever not volunteer herself for anything we needed? She wouldn't have left people behind. Not by choice.

It's a weird set of circumstances. So, we need to be prepared that we'll find some weird answers. Nothing to get rash about right now, but just...steel yourself.

Edited 2025-02-15 05:43 (UTC)

I don't know... she might have tried to handle it by herself if she thought there was danger. Especially if everyone was still out cold.

[ part of taking care of everyone, isn't it? she seemed to care a little less about herself than about all those around her. he's not arguing with richie, though - he has a point, it's just not one that laurence was prepared to think about. ]

Maybe you're right. It is all really weird. [ but where does that leave them? even more lost and confused? ] But I don't understand what that could mean. It's Heaven. Shouldn't it be safe? And if we don't get answers, or it's just... weird answers, what is anyone supposed to do about it?

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