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savetheearth2013-04-21 08:18 pm
abidan) wrote in savetheearth2013-04-21 08:18 pm
oo2 • text | handwritten • some time before the teams dispatch!
[ It's concern that guides the nib of his pen to the top line of a fresh page. It's a fountain pen, one of his favourites, and a flower of ink is unfurling beneath the tip, but something stills his hand from moving any further.
Emery hasn't written in this journal in months. To be honest he's had no real desire to do so—not since he lost touch with the girl who gave it to him—but he doesn't feel like showing his face, and an electronic message seems too impersonal.
He's not good at watching people do potentially dangerous things without saying anything; not during times like these. He might not know everyone heading out tonight personally, but ... ]
You'll be careful, won't you?
[ For a few moments there's nothing more. Then; ]
All of you, I mean. And if there's anything I can do to help
[ —But that line peters out right there. All of a sudden he feels a bit guilty: surely if there was anything he could do he'd be heading out with them? ]
... Anything. Just send me a message. Oh—this is Emery, by the way.
[ Since he neglected to introduce himself in his last post. ]
Stay safe tonight.
Emery hasn't written in this journal in months. To be honest he's had no real desire to do so—not since he lost touch with the girl who gave it to him—but he doesn't feel like showing his face, and an electronic message seems too impersonal.
He's not good at watching people do potentially dangerous things without saying anything; not during times like these. He might not know everyone heading out tonight personally, but ... ]
You'll be careful, won't you?
[ For a few moments there's nothing more. Then; ]
All of you, I mean. And if there's anything I can do to help
[ —But that line peters out right there. All of a sudden he feels a bit guilty: surely if there was anything he could do he'd be heading out with them? ]
... Anything. Just send me a message. Oh—this is Emery, by the way.
[ Since he neglected to introduce himself in his last post. ]
Stay safe tonight.
[text | handwritten]
And I'm not going to. [He is.]