[Accidental Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

[This isn't the first time Emil has returned home to an uncomfortably quiet house. It's not unusual for H to be out somewhere during the day, but there's something strange about today, a weird feeling in the house that causes a sinking sensation in the pit of Emil's stomach. Hoping against hope, he's going to head upstairs and open the door to his housemate's bedroom... only to have his worst fears confirmed.

Once again, his journal falls to the ground with a thud, popping open to record a strained, shaky voice.]

N-no... no, not again... no... please...

[OOC: I know, I'm still on hiatus, but Emil wouldn't not react to his housemate vanishing.]

Comments

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[knightofratatosk]

Has he started walking yet? He should be almost old enough to do that, right?

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[trueknight]

No, not yet. He is moving around on his own now, but it'll be a while longer before he starts actually walking.

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[knightofratatosk]

Oh, that's right, they start crawling a few months before they can walk. He must really be getting into everything now that he can move around.

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[trueknight]

He definitely is ... Just keeping an eye on him can be exhausting some days.

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[knightofratatosk]

Don't Estelle and the others help too?

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[trueknight]

If they aren't busy with something else or if they volunteer so Judy or myself can take a break, then yeah. Otherwise, he's got his parents watching out for him.

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[knightofratatosk]

I, um... I told Judith that I could babysit sometime if you ever needed me to.

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[trueknight]

Oh yeah ...? Good to know. It can get pretty busy around here sometimes, so we could really use the extra help from time to time.

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[knightofratatosk]

R-right...

[Oh damn, he hadn't expected Yuri to actually AGREE to it. He'd been hoping the guy would tell him "no way" or something.]

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[trueknight]

[Oh he's noticing that. Which is why he's smirking now. Emil, one day, you will learn the definition of "troll" and why you shouldn't offer to do things for them you don't want to do.]

I'll be counting on you for that, then.

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[knightofratatosk]

[Emil is so derp that he'd probably have to have it explained to him like the whole "sadist" thing.

... and then he'd probably take it literally and be scared of Yuri or something.]

... you're not going to need babysitting anytime soon, right?

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[trueknight]

[Now he's going to look as if he's seriously thinking about that.]

Hmm ... I wonder. It's possible I might, but ...

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[knightofratatosk]

[This face.]

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[trueknight]

[Aaah, the sweet satisfaction of freaking someone out |D Damn it's good to be a jackass jerk troll jackass. But he'll stop now. Mission complete, after all.]

... Nah, I think we'll be fine for now.

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[knightofratatosk]

That's good. I should probably do a little more reading about kids and babies before I try to look after a real one.

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[trueknight]

I'd definitely suggest that. Looking after a kid when you don't know anything about how to is just about as difficult as it sounds.

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[knightofratatosk]

[He nods.]

That's what Judith was saying. I'd thought it was all instinct, but she said that she was pretty much learning as she went along.

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[trueknight]

Yeah, that's pretty much how it was for both of us. There's no way someone could have a kid and immediately know everything about taking care of it.

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[knightofratatosk]

The more I learn about it, the more glad I am that Richter and I... can't have kids...

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[trueknight]

[... Sensitive topic ahoy. Attempting to steer away from it.]

It's not all bad. Just tough at first and a little frustrating from time to time, that's all. I don't have any major regrets about it, anyway.

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[knightofratatosk]

Not even when he pulls your hair or wakes you up in the middle of the night?

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[trueknight]

Not even then. Even if it is annoying, it's not enough to make me regret anything.

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[knightofratatosk]

I guess that's what it means to be a family.

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[trueknight]

I guess so ...

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[knightofratatosk]

That's right, you didn't have a family when you were growing up. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to remind you of that...