viktor wakes, and doesn't know — anything, really. not the time of day, the date, or where he has been. there is a blanket over him, but that could simply be... a coincidence? has his body really been here the whole time, or has he disappeared, only to reappear here once the simulation finished rebooting his body?
as he rises, there are signs in the lab that jayce has been there — he is as certain it is jayce and no one else as he is of the heart beating in his chest. but jayce is also, notably, no longer there; which is a good thing, he thinks, because it means he's... doing alright? enough to be elsewhere?
yes, that's good. and so he leaves; because, indeed, there is someone who he knows is worried sick about him, who he promised to go to the moment he'd wake. the only person he knows with certainty had known of his death; after all, if his body simply disappeared... then everyone else might simply think he'd gone back home, like vi and caitlyn had.
he almost hopes that's what's happened.
still; it is the next morning that he returns, the door clicking shut softly behind him, and as quiet as he is, the sound of his crutch against the floor is impossible to mask. but there's a light on, and so he calls out, hesitantly, ]
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viktor wakes, and doesn't know — anything, really. not the time of day, the date, or where he has been. there is a blanket over him, but that could simply be... a coincidence? has his body really been here the whole time, or has he disappeared, only to reappear here once the simulation finished rebooting his body?
as he rises, there are signs in the lab that jayce has been there — he is as certain it is jayce and no one else as he is of the heart beating in his chest. but jayce is also, notably, no longer there; which is a good thing, he thinks, because it means he's... doing alright? enough to be elsewhere?
yes, that's good. and so he leaves; because, indeed, there is someone who he knows is worried sick about him, who he promised to go to the moment he'd wake. the only person he knows with certainty had known of his death; after all, if his body simply disappeared... then everyone else might simply think he'd gone back home, like vi and caitlyn had.
he almost hopes that's what's happened.
still; it is the next morning that he returns, the door clicking shut softly behind him, and as quiet as he is, the sound of his crutch against the floor is impossible to mask. but there's a light on, and so he calls out, hesitantly, ]
Jayce...?