hadriel | 012 [Video]

[The person in the video might look familiar to some, if slightly more tired and banged up than usual. Still, despite the bruise on his forehead and the dark streaks of ash on his face and clothes his eyes are bright, indicating to anyone even slightly acquainted with him that he's about to say something ridiculous.]

Surprise, bitch, I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me.

[His voice is a little weak but he delivers the line with all the sassiness it deserves, before suddenly offering a grin.]

Okay, so like maybe two people here got that reference, but I so don't care. I punched a shark, so I can make whatever meme references I want.

[That's how it works, right?}

So um... Who's still here, I guess? Or who's new? How long have I been gone, because it feels like no time and like, a long time all at once. Sort of.

[He blinks a few times, smile fading a bit, mostly because he's totally exhausted.]

I'm um... I'm Chris, by the way. Been here before and whatever so... Got the general idea. The sharks are sort of new, though. Fucking sharks, man.

[Really, what even.]

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Awesome, well, I guess just totally losing however long it's been might've actually be a good thing. I'd ask if anyone good happened, but it's this place.

[So he's not expecting much on that front.]

Emily celebrated her birthday. That was pretty nice.

[And you missed it you chump.]

[Oops.]

Oh yeah, the twentieth birthday ceremony thing, right? How'd that go?

[He be more sad about missing it if he weren't going to--hopefully, anyway--be there for the one back in their world.]

It was real nice. Hannah did a good job with it.

[And that...yeah, that's a note of fondness in his tone. Don't rub it in.]

Oh, awesome. Hannah's really good at that sort of thing.

[And he'll carefully not think about the fact that Hannah for sure won't be there to see the one at home.]

She's a nice kid.

[And, uh, yeah. He kinda knows how things play out back home. With her. With Beth. Emily weren't real happy about that much, but hey - place has its perks.]

Hopefully she'll stick around for a while, yeah?

Yeah. Hopefully um, both her and Beth will.

[For a similar reason.]

Yeah. I figured.

[You wouldn't want people to go back to bein' dead, huh? that'd be a real shitty way to go.]

Anyway. Welcome back, pal.

Thanks. I'm um, gonna get home and try to like... Readjust a bit, and then I'll see you around?

[He's gonna go sleep for like two days; surely Sans will approve of this plan.]

[An excellent plan, truly. All parties are in strong favor.]

Sure thing. Good to have you back.

[And he'll cut the feed there. That "sleeping for two days" plan might be infectious.]