Aoba was nowhere to be found, though there was plenty to say that he’d been there instead of it seeming like he’d vanished without a trace.
The bag of clothes and supplies Declan had gotten for him had been tucked as inconspicuously as possible beside the couch, given that Aoba had the impression he’d be sleeping there from now on. The kitchen had been cleaned up, and the leftover ingredients had been organized in the fridge along with some cans and packages that were the leftover junk food and sodas from Aoba’s rushed escape from Steelport.
His personal satchel was gone, and Ren too, of course, but the greenish crystal was still there—except it had been moved to the little coffee table and was now playing paperweight to a scrap of paper Aoba had dug out of his bag. Sure, he could have asked Ghost to relay a message but…he felt like leaving an old-fashioned note. It wasn’t much, but there it was, in Aoba’s clumsy and shorthanded but not unreadable scrawl.
…As long as Declan had some way to get a translation of Japanese script, anyway.
Declan –
Went to see Tess, then take a walk around the city. Won’t go far. Didn’t forget my promise, either: I’ll call if I run into any problems. You can call me too if you want, just ask Ghost. See you later!
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The bag of clothes and supplies Declan had gotten for him had been tucked as inconspicuously as possible beside the couch, given that Aoba had the impression he’d be sleeping there from now on. The kitchen had been cleaned up, and the leftover ingredients had been organized in the fridge along with some cans and packages that were the leftover junk food and sodas from Aoba’s rushed escape from Steelport.
His personal satchel was gone, and Ren too, of course, but the greenish crystal was still there—except it had been moved to the little coffee table and was now playing paperweight to a scrap of paper Aoba had dug out of his bag. Sure, he could have asked Ghost to relay a message but…he felt like leaving an old-fashioned note. It wasn’t much, but there it was, in Aoba’s clumsy and shorthanded but not unreadable scrawl.
…As long as Declan had some way to get a translation of Japanese script, anyway.
Declan –
Went to see Tess, then take a walk around the city. Won’t go far. Didn’t forget my promise, either: I’ll call if I run into any problems. You can call me too if you want, just ask Ghost. See you later!
– Aoba