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Every fibre in Atton's body hurt. His face was covered in dirt and he was pretty sure he was still bleeding a little from under this bacta patch. But the battle had been won.

At least there was that.

There were starship tracks leading out of this hangar that proved the war - which would hopefully turn out to be an exaggeration, but Atton was never pretty hopeful - had not yet been won. He had a malnourished Mira in the back, and a Visas who'd come within a couple of tendons of losing a hand.

Atton was not coming home any time soon. He knew that.

"Isn't Mical going to love this," he muttered, rubbing at his face.

"If you're complaining right now, I'm going to punch you," a voice drifted towards him from the back.

"You can't punch anything," Atton retorted, "Stop it with the posturing."

Right. Staying. Here.

Poodoo. He needed to comm Sparkle.

[[ for that guy. ]]

Date: 2018-05-11 01:05 pm (UTC)
myownface: (Oh. Crap.)
From: [personal profile] myownface
Sparkle had woken up early today. Had run around the apartment cleaning things that were already clean for like three hours and then he'd set himself down to work on the 'design something' homework that Sia and Iris had given to him. It was going pretty okay, if he did say so himself, though there were clear fiery motifs working their way into the embroidery that he was planning out, and--

He sat bolt upright as Atton's call came through, and then found himself scrambling to answer it.

"Hey?"

No way was he letting it go to voicemail.

Date: 2018-05-11 02:21 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] myownface

"I hate that sentence," Sparkle informed Atton. "You know that, right?"

He bit his lip for a moment, and then sighed.

"Okay, hit me with the good news, first."

Date: 2018-05-11 02:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] myownface

"Those things are both good news!" Sparkle even managed to sound pleased about it. It was almost immediately followed with suspicion when he added, "So what's the catch?"

Date: 2018-05-11 02:42 pm (UTC)
myownface: (Hrmmm)
From: [personal profile] myownface
"Ah, shit," Sparkle sighed. "Of course they do. And you're going to do it, aren't you?"

Because that was how Atton rolled. If he cared enough to go rescue them, he cared enough to stay.

Date: 2018-05-11 02:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] myownface
Sparkle was quiet for a few moments at that.

On the one hand, his last stay at the temple hadn't gone great.

On the other hand, it was one of the few places off the island that almost felt like something approaching home.

"Okay," he replied. "But I'm bringing my fish."

Why the hell not? What big commitments did he have on Fandom Island that he couldn't just portal back for?

Date: 2018-05-12 08:55 am (UTC)
myownface: (Hrmmm)
From: [personal profile] myownface
There was a pause, and then Sparkle made a sound that was something not unlike a laugh. Maybe a few breaths shy of one.

"You sound surprised," he noted. "I mean, it isn't like I have anything really tying me to the island. A few jobs I might portal back for. Classes are done."

There was another, longer pause, and then he added, "And it's been, like, two years since the last time."

Since that whole... thing.

Date: 2018-05-12 10:06 am (UTC)
myownface: (Backpack)
From: [personal profile] myownface
Sparkle made a little snorting sound at that.

"Yeah, no," he agreed. "Anything more complicated than going for groceries is totally going to just get someone a side-eye. If it's Mical, it might even be a side-eye and a few fuckwords."

Sparkle was great at fuckwords!

Date: 2018-05-12 02:46 pm (UTC)
myownface: (Ooookay)
From: [personal profile] myownface
"No point in using fuckwords at Mical if he's not going to get flustered about it," Sparkle replied with a smirk. "I can probably get a portal out for like... tomorrow night? Maybe Sunday after work? I gotta clean out the fridge and find somebody to water the plants, or at least move the plants to Demon Marcus so I'm not running laps of the island if I head back to catch work shifts. But... like... I'm kind of..."

He trailed off, and then tried again. "Is it weird I miss the place?"

Date: 2018-05-12 03:20 pm (UTC)
myownface: (Shadows)
From: [personal profile] myownface
Okay, Sparkle felt a little better at that one, then.

"God, so we're both fucked up," he replied. "Go figure. At least we can be fucked up while making a point to check around the temple, loudly, to make sure Mical didn't fuck up any more plumbing."

Because messing with Mical was great, okay?

Date: 2018-05-12 06:22 pm (UTC)
myownface: (Lil Unconvinced Smile)
From: [personal profile] myownface
"It's either that, or we deal with, like, no water pressure anywhere else in the building," Sparkle agreed. "Waterfalls just aren't worth that, decorative or not."

Date: 2018-05-12 06:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] myownface
"Then I think you might have to rinse out the rest of your shampoo in the common room," Sparkle mused. "Or the waterfall."

Date: 2018-05-13 09:54 am (UTC)
myownface: (Grin!)
From: [personal profile] myownface
"He's been playing the long con all this time. Mess with the water, get Atton naked, and that's when the water system fails in the temple. It's actually kind of genius. If you squint."

Date: 2018-05-13 06:15 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] myownface
"Sunday," Sparkle agreed. "I'm looking forward to it."

Hell. He actually was, too.

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