ic contact;

[echoistic]

❝Yoooo! Ain't here right now, which means I'm probably sleeping, eating, doing something I can't mention out loud, or something really awesome and attention-consuming, but whichever it is, I'm not here right now! Wait, I already said that. So yeah, do what you gotta do, which I guess is—❞

[ video | audio | text* | action ]

[ *Note that Rhys can't read very well, so texting him might, uh, not have the intended effect. ]

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voice; evening!

[coastal]

[She doesn't mean.... to call Rhys at all.....

But she sorted out the people that she knows on her phone device and his name is probably really close to someone else that she was looking to call and so when he picks up, she's not going to realize who she's yelling at?!]

-- What are you doing this evening?!

[Oh.]

voice;

[echoistic]

[... Whoa, is this girl actually calling him??? He will commemorate this day.]

Uh... you askin' 'cause you actually wanna know, or 'cause you wanna confirm that I'm not doing something that'll potentially get me killed?

voice; [1/???]

[coastal]

[wait that voice]

[coastal]

Wait, you're not--

[NO]

[coastal]

-- hold on, are you doing something dangerous?!

[coastal]

I told you not to do that either, you idiot!!

done

[coastal]

-- Not that I'm worried or I care or anything, I just-

.... You're not who I wanted to talk to anyway but if you're doing something stupid, stop it!

[nice]

[echoistic]

[She's totally worried about him. That's enough to make up for this weirdass mask he's stuck with!]

Oh, so you mean I shouldn't jump off of this building?

[coastal]

Don't you dare!!

[why does she believe him]

[echoistic]

[... lili ur too precious]

Are you worried? Are you worried?

[coastal]

[Fight her.]

N-No I--

Are you tricking me?!

[wait what if he's actually on a building, what if she just convinced him to jump except instead of any sort of apology and actually admitting she's worried what comes out of her mouth is]

Idiot!!

action; oh.... we had the same idea to pester jan i see....

[discard]

[HI RHYS what are you doing on this fine day.

Hopefully nothing too important because Leon is still trying to get rid of his mask, which means that at some point, he's just totally flinging it in frustration and hope that that will somehow work.

Heads up.]

action; o-oh dokidoki

[echoistic]

[On the down side, Rhys can't see it coming. On the bright side, he can never really see anything coming, which has made him rather adept at avoiding sudden attacks (?), so.

He'll be ducking with a—]

Whoa!

[... and if this is who he thinks it is (the body shape is familiar, at least...), then he'll be turning towards him with a hurt look.]

C'mon, dude! I know I ain't exactly your favourite person, but that's a little harsh, don't you think?

[He says as he waves his own mask around. It's dripping what he suspects to be blood, since if he squints hard, he can see that the liquid is red, and red liquid is... probably blood... but who even knows because he can't smell anything!!]

[discard]

[Unfortunately for Leon, the mask only clatters to the ground for a brief moment. A second later it's right back in his hand, much to his aggravation.]

You--

[Oh.

He didn't even know Rhys was there.]

You were just in my way, that's all.

[It's not like he was aiming for you or anything!]

[echoistic]

In the middle of what? Your really sad attempt at playing catch by yourself?

[discard]

[why you gotta be like that.]

Shut up. You don't know anything.

[...]

It was in the way, and I was trying to get rid of it. That's all.

[echoistic]

Y'know, if you wanna play catch, I'm here for you! You don't have to play by yourself!

[did you say something, leon...]

[discard]

If you want it, take it. It isn't as though I want it.

[KEEP THE MASK, RHYS.... why would he ever want to play a game with you though, really.]

action - SOMETIME IN THE EVENING??

[meouch]

[ he catches sight of rhys in the corner of his eye. maybe it's the exhaustion, or the speed at which he sees him fly by, but the image of someone swinging on wires through the city is a little too familiar to enjoy. so it's an almost immediate reaction for adrien, as he runs after the figure he can't quite catch in the distance, unable to see if they're wearing that familiar red-and-black: slink into an alleyway, transform, and then chase after very fast.

so rhys might have been having a very enjoyable night... swing... by himself, but soon he'll catch the sound of something like a pole hitting the ground over, and over, and over, as adrien (in his chat noir disguise of course) attempts to catch up with him by vaulting over rooftops and streets. ]

Wait—!!

[ PLEASE GIRLFRIEND LET HIM CATCH UP ]

[echoistic]

[This is one of Rhys's favourite activities for a number of reasons: one being that he's an adrenaline junkie who particularly loves being up high. The other is that Cerealia is more peaceful and civilized during its downtime than what he knows how to handle, having spent more of his life outside of civilization than in. This, at least, is familiar, and helps ease the anxiety that comes with the otherwise jarring setting.

... Things that are not familiar, though: SOMEONE CHASING AFTER HIM??]

Huh?

[Should he be nice (or potentially stupid, depending on why this guy wants him to wait) and stop?

... Nah, he might as well have some fun with this. Grinning, he starts to speed up with his swings, as well as getting a little crazier with his movements—making more turns, some of which are probably dangerously sharp, veering into dark areas, and getting all around more nonsensical with what he's doing such as one close call as he heads towards one sign-covered rooftop, just barely swinging and sliding in between the gaps between the billboards before making it out on the other side.

SORRY, ADRIEN.]

[meouch]

[ WHAT THE HECK. at this point he's realized that maybe this is not the love of his life that he thinks he is chasing, but he's too stubborn and the wire action is too familiar that he can't not go all the way and try to catch this guy. to confirm... though he's about 95% sure he was wrong, so maybe now it's just avoiding running from a challenge?

chat's running on rooftops and keeping slightly behind rhys, who's unfortunately had quite a head start — but he's not a superhero for nothing.

... except oh, billboards. those are billboards. there's quite a yelp of surprise before he barely managed to extend his staff to clear those boards by jumping above them, and then he's right back to chasing. ]

Hey! You're gonna have to do better than that!

[ .....

don't taunt the guy you accidentally started stalking adrien ]

[echoistic]

[yeah adrien stop being such a weird stalker!!]

Is that a challenge!?

[Rhys shouts back as he swings around another building. He's actually not quite sure how to up his game, since he doesn't typically deal with other people who do this kind of maneuvering—all of his friends back home are boring and just stick on the ground, and all.]

[meouch]

[ shhhh he's fine.

but ooh, there's the official challenge call. now it's certainly confirmed that this isn't ladybug, but he can't just scoot off with his tail between his legs after that. this is... oddly fun. chasing someone across rooftops is fun.

chat speeds up a bit, his staff clack clack clacking against the surfaces it hits to get a little closer to rhys. ]

More [ clack ] like a promise! [ clack ] I'll definitely catch up!

[ someone help these two. ]

But now that you mentioned it, why not a race?! Pick a goal!

[ (Ф∀Ф) ]

[echoistic]

And what are you gonna do if you catch up!?

[There is no helping these two...

One disadvantage Rhys has is that it's best for him to stick with areas that he's been in before and therefore already has a mental map of: venturing into the unknown means having to pause to update said map unless he feels like crashing into things.

As he swings, he considers his options (or as much as he can while moving at this speed, at least).]

Le'see... how 'bout the shrine!?

action ; GIFT DROP OFF

[coastal]

[SOMETIME AFTER THE EVENT-

Lili doesn't want to talk about it but she has come to appreciate the fact that whether or not she likes it, Rhys has been there to assist and reassure her on multiple occasions now. And she doesn't leave debts unrepaid! So... So, she's going to be sending a package to him. It's nothing too large, it's a modest jewelry box size with very simple wrapping due to the fact that Lili can't be assed to learn how to wrap things nicely.

But there's still a rather ornate-looking bracelet inside.

Along with it, a note because she still hasn't quite managed to piece together his eyesight problems:]

In exchange for what you've done for me.

Sell it for money or something. It's from my homeland, so it should fetch a fair price. Don't let yourself get swindled.

- Lili

[Welp.]