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[aetos]

Who: Roy Sellers aetos, Vaughn Inglebard unimpressive, and Akito Tanabe dyingtohealyou.
When: 15th of September, probably initially sent early morning.
Where: Roy's house.
What: A nice echo-sharing party that will be very pleasant and not awkward at all.

[So. Roy's not really a stranger to stress, but when your hair color changes out of the blue and you're suddenly plagued with memories of strange-looking space stations, it proves to have a profoundly negative effect on a person's sleep cycle.

The memories, at least, he could keep to himself. The white hair was considerably more noticeable. He attempted a weak excuse to his mother once she noticed, something about wanting a change, an excuse she accepted with obvious reluctance. Roy might have been a problem child in his past, but that didn't mean he enjoyed lying to his mother.

At the same time, he couldn't believe she would accept the truth of it being caused by his idiot stepfather giving him a glass of tap water and Roy drinking it down in an equally idiot move.

He's been avoiding any physical contact with his two close friends since it happened, but Roy knows he can't do this forever. Therefore, after (yet another) night of not being able to sleep at all, he rolls over on his side to grab his phone and send the both of them a text.

...At 7AM on a Sunday, because what is waiting for a reasonable time for teenage boys to be awake.]

Hey, guys.

I need you to come over when you can. And Vaughn, would you spare a hoodie or something for a while? Bring one, if you don't mind.

Comments

[dyingtohealyou]

[Roy isn't the only one who's been having trouble sleeping lately. Not only was Akito out late, but even when he tried to get some rest, he was haunted by nightmares of a lab with bright lights, and hooded figures surrounding him that would-

And then his phone began buzzing just loud enough to wake him, jolting him back to consciousness. He allows the phone to go off three times, the standard notification for a text, and waits a little longer before finally reaching over and wearily grabbing it. It doesn't take him long to read the message, and he can't help but be somewhat annoyed once he does. He did say he'd let the other two know if he got something back, but now that he has? He's rather reluctant.

Not that he'll let the true reason for that show in his reply.]

Roy are you serious it's 7AM on a Sunday what the fuck

[unimpressive]

[At 7AM sharp, Vaughn's phone going off wakes him up, just long enough to pick up his phone, blearily type back a reply, and promptly fall back asleep. When randomly going out at ridiculous hours of the night is one of your hobbies, waking up at reasonable times just seems so... unreasonable.]

why do you need a hoodie at 7???

[That is, of course, his biggest concern. It's not like he's had any trouble recently.]

[aetos]

[You both suck. Luckily Roy is used to it by now.]

Don't curse, Akito. And you'll see when you get here, Vaughn. [Unfortunately] Both of you just get up and come over when you can.

[That means within the next hour or two or he'll be blowing up your phone.]

[dyingtohealyou]

Cursing when you get woken up at 7AM on the weekend is totally justified.

[Don't mind him putting his phone on silent for the rest of the inevitable blow up. He will, however, obligingly get dressed and ready to go on over to Roy's, although he certainly takes his time with it.]

[unimpressive]

[Well, so much for that. His phone going off again and again with Roy and Akito's messages is enough to finally get Vaughn to give up on getting any more sleep this morning.]

i'll see WHAT?? don't you have any anymore? [It's too early to remember whether Roy had any during his problem years.

Moments later, he sends another message.] do you have breakfast?

[aetos]

Then don't stay up so late, Akito.

[As for Vaughn...]

They're too short now. I know you have some oversized ones. [And frankly he thinks they look awful but he can't be picky right now.]

...And yeah, I guess. Make whatever you want when you get here. Just get here.

[dyingtohealyou]

[Roy, do you hear this?

This is the sound of silence from Akito's end because he is ~*still ignoring your texts*~

But at least he's out the door now, having not been hungry enough to warrant even a light snack before he left.]

[unimpressive]

all right all right! i'll bring you one of mine.

[Vaughn's slower in getting up and getting ready, but he's soon out the door as well, having grabbed one of his hideously bright hoodies before heading out. Hey, he thinks they look good. Why wouldn't anyone else?

Expect him fifteen minutes late with Starbucks.]

[aetos]

Thank you.

[And until they come over, Roy is just going to look like a stereotypical shut-in as he sits on his bed with his laptop and a blanket covering his head.]

[dyingtohealyou]

[It takes a while, but Akito finally arrives, looking up at the tree before ultimately deciding he is not awake enough to deal with that and instead heading for the door like a normal person. Hopefully David isn't around...]

[unimpressive]

[Moments later, he arrives, seemingly much more awake than when Roy sent the initial messages. Spotting Akito, he heads straight for the door, one hand raised in greeting.]

Hey! You just get here, too? Let's go in already.

[David, right, right... Vaughn has every intention of just barging in, regardless of who may be around.]

[aetos]

[Neither of you have to worry because David is asleep like every other normal person in existence.

The door's open, luckily. But aside from that, there's no sign of Roy downstairs. Instead, their phones just buzz again.]

Get something to eat if you want. I'll wait.

[a.k.a. he doesn't want them to see his new hairdo yet.]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Oh. That's... interesting.]

Vaughn, you can go ahead and get food. I'm not hungry.

[Also he's curious as to why Roy is texting them when he obviously knows they're now in the house. Without further ado, he'll go ahead and make a beeline for Roy's room, his pace just a teensy bit faster than usual.]

[unimpressive]

i thought you wanted us to get here already??

[He sends the text quickly, turning back to Akito. Well, whatever. They'll find out whatever's got Roy paranoid this time soon enough.]

Yeah, yeah, I'll be there in a minute! Find out what's up with Roy, huh?

[And he's totally gonna grab some fruit from the kitchen and head for Roy's room.]

[aetos]

You're the one that asked about breakfast. Go and get some.

[HUFFS. But he hears someone coming up the stairs and he manages to take the time to shift the blankets back up onto his head again, hiding his hair from view.

Checkers, as usual, is being a huge lazybutt and only lifts his head once the doorknob to his room actually turns.]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Akito quickly sticks his head into the room a second before actually stepping inside.]

Hey, what's... going on...?

[...Roy why are you in blanket town he thought you got over the thing with David already.]

[unimpressive]

[He reads that message and promptly ignores it, more focused on his breakfast as he makes his way to Roy's room. He did ask...

Enjoy the time till he gets there, kids.]

[aetos]

[Fine Vaughn be that way.

Roy just shakes his head underneath the blanket. For once, his despair is not David's fault.]

I know it looks stupid. Just give me a minute.

[dyingtohealyou]

[Akito watches him warily as he walks inside, even having the sense to shut the door behind him. Roy did mention needing a hoodie from Vaughn for some reason in those texts... Could it be...?]

You get a mutation or something?

[Even though it's worded casually, his question is quite serious.]

[unimpressive]

[Vaughn comes in just in time to hear the tail end of that, though it certainly doesn't make any sense to him. It sure doesn't take him long to spot what Roy's doing either. Eyebrows raised, he turns to look at Akito, then back to Roy.]

...Huh? What are you doing? A mutation?

[aetos]

No. [Pause.] Well, not really. I guess. It's just...

[Sigh. After several long moments he finally takes a breath and shakes the blanket back from his head.

His hair might have been blond before, but the change should be immediately obvious.]

...Guess I'm the one that ended up looking like a video game character.

[It was a weak attempt at a joke, but. Well. Humor's never been his strong suit.

Don't laugh at him. :c]

[dyingtohealyou]

[...Wow. And Akito sincerely thought he'd be the first to go grey out of all of them.

He vaguely motions at Vaughn to shut the door again before taking a seat on the desk chair.]

...Guess that explains why you wanted the hoodie.

[unimpressive]

[Yeah, his friends looking like video game characters, as if, hahaha--

...Oh. Well. That's. Something.

After a moment's pause, Vaughn shuts the door quietly, then tosses the hoodie (a hideously bright thing, of course) at Roy.]

...I guess you have something to hide it with now!

[aetos]

[Oh

my god.

That is so much worse than he imagined it would be.]

...Thanks. Is this a new one?

[HE THINKS HE'D REMEMBER....THIS ONE....]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Well that sure killed that moment.

Upon seeing the hoodie in question, Akito abruptly turns his head away to snicker into his hand. Enjoy wearing that... thing, Roy.]