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[overprotecting]

[ He opens his eyes slowly, body feeling heavy and uncooperative. All he can see is dark. ]

Subaru? [ No reply... no sound at all. His heartbeat begins to speed up. His hands press up against something solid and crumbling and cold. ]

Subaru?! [ He pushes at the stone in front of him, breaths coming out quick and shallow. A stone box. And he is trapped. Kamui begins to pound on the stone. Shoving, pushing with his feet, all the while starting to smell acid rain and rotting concrete. Stale, sick blood. Tasting sand in his mouth -- powder from the stone? He can't tell. ]

Subaru?! [ They had been together. Subaru could be in the same situation. He has to get out--

In his panic, he's managed to rock the tomb over, knocking the lid loose. He tumbles onto the floor, choking on his own breath and the dust in the room. ]

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[oversmiling]

[...well, now. That's a familiar voice. On one hand, Seishirou can't help but be exasperated-- Kamui will be angry (to put it mildly) and no doubt attack Seishirou. Seishirou does, at least, have the advantage for the moment: Kamui is freshly here, and Seishirou has been here for quite awhile, more than long enough to return to normal.

On the other hand, Kamui's arrival will likely spur Subaru into living again, instead of being the hollow, worry-filled shell he'd turned into recently. Seishirou could accept Kamui's presence in that manner.

Besides. It would make Fuuma happy.

For now, though, Seishirou is just going to stand safely away from Kamui, on a ledge above him, and wait to be noticed.

It shouldn't take long.]

[overprotecting]

[ Kamui takes a long moment to catch his breath, and to pull himself back together. The memories recede, replaced by confusion and a different sort of urgency.

He has to find his brother. Subaru has to be here, somewhere. They've never traveled apart; it's impossible. They paid too dearly for the Witch's magic to go wrong.

Climbing to his feet, Kamui hisses as his head throbs. Illness is a very rare thing, and when the headache and fatigue don't immediately pass, unease further twists in his stomach. ]

Subaru, are you there?

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[oversmiling]

[Seishirou considers his options for a long moment. Subaru's distress at his brother's absence his been pronounced, over the past few weeks, and Seishirou acknowledges that. Their bond is something he respects, and he knows there is little to be gained by trying to sabotage it-- or Kamui.

Of course, it won't stop Kamui from trying to sabotage Seishirou, and Subaru knows Seishirou well enough to be automatically suspicious of any of Seishirou's motivations, but Seishirou can afford that. Can afford to reveal himself, for now.]

He is here.

I saw nothing!

[overprotecting]

[ Stiffens, eyes widening as he recognizes his voice. ]

You! [ Growls, ignoring the pain in his head, the awful tiredness in his body. Everything but Seishirou. ]

Where is he?!

[oversmiling]

Nearby. [he might be working to be in Subaru's good graces, but that doesn't mean he has any intention of being particularly helpful to Kamui. It wouldn't do to have a relationship entirely formed on false pretenses, after all.]

He's perfectly safe. [even if this place was not safe, Seishirou would be certain that nothing would happen to Subaru -- and aside that, Subaru was quite competent in his own right.]