[accidental video] John: Wake up already

[theheirofbreath]

[John's phone falls to the ground and the video switches on to reveal him sitting up gingerly and rubbing his head. Waking up in an alley was not what he expected to be doing today. How the hell?

Oh. Wait..... Wasn't he looking for that serial killer? Actually.... did he find him? He certainly remembers a finding this guy and then... a lot of pain.... He still feels like crap.

He glances around and finally notices that his phone is on. He picks it up.]

Hey guys....

Um.... I'm not sure what happened, but I think I've been out for a while.

So.... what'd I miss?

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[breatheinthefog]

Alive.

[theheirofbreath]

But you aren't hurt are you?

[breatheinthefog]

It hurt at first. It's better.

These people worry a lot.

[theheirofbreath]

They do....

But worrying about you only proves that they care.

[breatheinthefog]

...Why?

[theheirofbreath]

[He shrugs.]

Caring about someone doesn't have to make sense, it's just something you do.

[breatheinthefog]

It doesn't make sense to anybody...? Then these strange feelings I have about everybody. The ones I can't understand. Is that caring about them?

*Uh, Kaoru... oh, screw it, everybody knows she's messed-up by now.*

[theheirofbreath]

Hehe, no, I don't think emotions really ever make sense to anyone. You're better off not to question them too much.

If it matters to you whether or not another person is safe or happy, then that means you care about them.

[breatheinthefog]

...

[theheirofbreath]

[Hello there, awkward silence. He chuckles nervously.]

Hehe, I mean, it's not something you need to figure out right now. So don't even worry about it.

[breatheinthefog]

I suppose not.

[theheirofbreath]

Right! The important thing is that everyone made it out of this okay.

[breatheinthefog]

Eventually.

[theheirofbreath]

Better than not at all. But I do kinda wish it hadn't taken so long for us to come back.

[breatheinthefog]

Why?

[theheirofbreath]

Cause I completely missed my favorite holiday.

[breatheinthefog]

...

Explain.

[theheirofbreath]

April Fool's day! I had all this stuff planned, and it was gonna be awesome.

But now I missed it....

[breatheinthefog]

What's April Fool's Day and why is it so important?

[theheirofbreath]

It's on April first. You get to play pranks and jokes on people.

[breatheinthefog]

Like what?

[theheirofbreath]

Like balancing buckets of water or confetti on partially opened doors or joke phone calls. Stuff like that.

[breatheinthefog]

Inconveniences for fun?

[theheirofbreath]

Haha, yeah. I guess you could put it that way. It's really all just for laughs.

My dad and I used to have sort of a contest going to see who was the better prankster.

[breatheinthefog]

Was it fun?