[Video]

[whatwas]

[If there's one thing Adstringendum is good at, it's yanking people around. Where Horst had been laughing and giddy the night before, he's...well, not now.]

Mina was sent home. I'm sure those of you who knew here are aware, but....

[But he personally checked everywhere she could possibly have gone. Just in case. Hope springs eternal, they say.

As he shuts off the feed, there's the faint sound of something German-sounding. Or maybe it was just static.]

[A few hours later: Private Video to Raven]

Are you awake?

Comments

[Offline]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[Raven gives a start, nearly jumping backward and out of bed at his reaction. She glares at him reproachfully.] Shhh. I don't want Hinata to come banging at my door. And she will if you're not quieter.

I don't know when yet. With Hitsugaya and... other people. [She's a bit mad at herself. She knew she should have waited until the expedition was about to happen before telling him.]

[Offline]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[He just stares at her for a long time, then shakes his head.]

I'm going to the Underground soon. [There, now they've both come clean.]

[Offline]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[Raven's eyes widen, she leans closer to him.] The Underground? Why? With who?

[And then she claps her hand over her mouth, realizing the way she's just reacted and chuckles quietly.] Azar... We're both hopeless.

[Offline]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

What is wrong with us? [He's laughing, too, quietly. He pulls her into a hug.]

I'm going with--me. Just me. [He can't handle the idea of taking someone else with him underground. Last time, it got him killed.]

[Offline]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't know where to start. [She holds onto him, tightly, threading her fingers into his hair.]

[She pulls away just enough to look at him.] Without back up? But Horst... just what are you hoping to find there?

[Offline]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

I want to find the scientists. How they did what they did.

I can move faster alone, I can go in invisibly and disappear before anyone knew I was there. If I was caught, I can control minds. It's safer if I go alone.

[Offline]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

[She opens her mouth to protest but at the last second, she decides against it. She presses her cheek against his, and whispers into his ear.] If that's what you think is best, then I trust you. I trust you to succeed in your mission and come back. [And if you change your mind, you know where to find her.]

Hitsugaya wants me to join the expedition because I told him I sometimes sense the Animus' presence around me... He thinks I could be useful. He also said that it might drive me insane if I get too close.

[[ooc: I'm assuming she already told Horst about it, because obviously she would have. If that sounds right?]]