「 REMEMBER YOUR APPOINTMENT」

[drawback]

[ It looks like you have an appointment and you have been brought in from the waiting room. There is a chair for your to lounge on--

Wait, are you seeing a shrink? Can't be! You're generally sane... Right?

Right...? ]

The doctor will be right with you. For now, I'll just conduct a general evaluation. Mind if I ask you questions?

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[unsecure]

[ Damien is sitting on this chair and looking from side to side... apaprently nervous, and even more so when Cameron is there. But when he finally tilts his head to look at him, he speaks up. ]

But before that, I think I was brought here against my will because Caretaker didn't even say anything about it and this weird woman with pink hair thought it was a good idea.

[ Pause. ]

And I don't think it's a good idea.

[drawback]

[ Looks around...

There is this voice talking to him, but he can't see where it's coming from--Finally he looks down, oh. ]

I apologize. You are Damien Aurelius...? The documents list you as over the legal age. [ He doesn't want to say anything offensive despite all of it coming to mind. ]

I guess this is probably a mistake.

[unsecure]

[ Damien looks confused and stares at Cameron. ]

Maybe it was a typo...? I'm fourteen years old! Maybe that's legal where you are, but not where I'm from.

[drawback]

It's not legal where I come from either. [ He can't help and chuckle a bit, but he's going to review Damien's files and stuff. ]

There are signatures and everything, but if all of these are fake information, then we can't continue. [ Even though technically Damien is... Legal... Kind of

not really.

Kind of. ] Do you want me to call your guardian?

[unsecure]

--Yeah! [ Damien seems excited all of a sudden. Probably because if he calls Ruuri, then he can get out of this place without seeing a doctor! Because we all know doctors are kids' worst nightmares.

Except the number that's listed isn't Ruuri's. ]

[drawback]

Give me a moment to make the call. [ And he's going to use the clinic's phone to call.

He waits patiently.

Busy tone. Hm... How troublesome. Cameron scratches his cheek before turning to Damien again. ]

Can you verify this number?

[unsecure]

Uh... If that's the house number, I don't know... I only know his cell phone.

[ Oops. ] Do you want me to punch it in?

[drawback]

Yes, go ahead. [ He'll offer his phone to Damien. The last thing he wants his a kid to feel abandoned and stuff.

Trying everything is a must! ]

1/2

[unsecure]

Okay. [ He takes the phone and puts in Ruuri's cell phone number. Damien hands it over to Cameron now. It's the right phone number and everything! It's dialing! And... ]

[disencumberment]

Hello?

[ IT'S NOT DIRECTED TO RUURI

gg ]

[drawback]

Hello, are you perhaps Ruuri Tsukomiya...? [ This wasn't what he was expecting out of intuition, but you can't judge. He'll just stay on the call to make sure.

He'll look down at Damien as if liking for reassurance. ]

1/2

[disencumberment]

Hm? No, I'm Acelin. The person you are looking for is... in another house? On the other side, I think.

[ Because even after all this time, he's still mooching off Dandre. I'm sorry. Except not really. ]

[unsecure]

Caretaker sounds like a grumpy teenager.

[ ... It's the truth. ]

That doesn't sound like a grumpy teenager.

[drawback]

... I'm sorry, I guess I have the wrong number. Have a nice day. [ Hangs... up. ]

Hm. Did you enter the area code? Since it might have been the same number, but since you're on this side it'll redirect elsewhere.

[unsecure]

I entered it. I know how to make calls to the other side...

[ He looks slightly offended, mostly because he used to call Dandre's from Ruuri's all the time and he looks up with a small frown.

jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ]

[drawback]

That's strange then... [ He's genuinely concerned and dumbfounded. ]

Can you enter it again? I'm sorry for the inconvenience this has become. [ He still has to be polite to a kid... ]

1/2

[unsecure]

[ He gives a small huff and takes the phone to punch in the same number--Ruuri's cell phone number. Then he hands it over to Cameron again. ]

[phthartic]

Hello~?

[ hi :) ]

[drawback]

[ Exactly how Cameron feels right now. ] Wrong number.

[ And he hangs up. ] I think there's something wrong with the phone lines...

[unsecure]

Was it a different person? [ Damien feels confused. He was sure that he punched in the correct, same numbers... So why did it get a different person? He looks pretty unsure about it. ]

[drawback]

Yeah. It sounds like a young man instead of a grumpy teenager. [ He sighs... Rubbing his neck with one hand, he's trying to figure out how to get this kid home. ]

He knows you're here, Damien?

[unsecure]

Probably not.

[ Because Damien still wanders off by himself, and this isn't anything new. His phone isn't ringing and it makes him wonder if Ruuri noticed that he disappeared. Not that he wandered off by himself this time...

This is basically a kidnapping, but you can't punish the offender because the perpetrator is a pink-haired abstract being that is as elusive as a Spectator. ]

[drawback]

Do you know your way there? [ This is all... so suspicious, to be quite honest. He's not even sure what to think of this. He can't get in contact with his guardian and it doesn't seem like Ruuri is aware Damien is even here.

Desperate measures... ]

[unsecure]

No. I was teleported here.

[ Something like that. ]

[drawback]

Can you name me the people you know? I might know them, too. [ So he can call them up or drop you off there... And they can help with this stuff.

He is not going to resort to the yellow pages yet. ]