[Taako, who is still groggily coming to consciousness, has no idea what's happening here. He drags a hand down his face trying to find something resembling words, a sigh that likely means something to her and shit nothing to him.]
Nope. That's what happens when someone wakes me up from the dreamzone, I just fuckin' die. Who's this?
[Catch him fumbling with the caller ID about to realize the mistake of his goddamn life.]
[She had thought waking him up would be his only saving grace.
She had thought it was Glass Cage. Had thought it was the effects from her world seeping into this place. Thought it was thousands of little things, but it turns out it was her and this phone call and isn't it so typical for someone like her to cause that.
It doesn't matter if he knows who's calling at this point, but the surge of panic she feels knowing that he's dead, that something's started, that-]
[He's still rubbing a bit of tired out of his eyes as he scrolls the phone, and finally starting to get his brain to chug along.]
Ren?
[Wait, wait what is she-- right, she takes everything seriously. Never forget neighbors and all that.]
'Mm not a ghost, that was a joke. What do you need at whatever time it is or whatever? Is this a cat question, because uhhh, can't always do literal catcalls.
[He still hasn't quite grasped the severity of this, at least for her.]
[Jokes are garbage and while he may be struggling with the seriousness of the conversation, she's unable to grasp that it is a joke. Whatever that is. Jokes probably mean different spirits. One that's a bit more sentient than the norm. ]
I know you can't be a cat anymore. If you're a joke-that kind of bad thing. I didn't know.
[It doesn't make sense, but she's not sure what to do at this point. If people are going to drop left and right-
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Nope. That's what happens when someone wakes me up from the dreamzone, I just fuckin' die. Who's this?
[Catch him fumbling with the caller ID about to realize the mistake of his goddamn life.]
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She had thought it was Glass Cage. Had thought it was the effects from her world seeping into this place. Thought it was thousands of little things, but it turns out it was her and this phone call and isn't it so typical for someone like her to cause that.
It doesn't matter if he knows who's calling at this point, but the surge of panic she feels knowing that he's dead, that something's started, that-]
It's me.
[Helpful. Awesome. Amazing.]
I didn't know-I didn't want you to be a ghost.
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Ren?
[Wait, wait what is she-- right, she takes everything seriously. Never forget neighbors and all that.]
'Mm not a ghost, that was a joke. What do you need at whatever time it is or whatever? Is this a cat question, because uhhh, can't always do literal catcalls.
[He still hasn't quite grasped the severity of this, at least for her.]
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I know you can't be a cat anymore. If you're a joke-that kind of bad thing. I didn't know.
[It doesn't make sense, but she's not sure what to do at this point. If people are going to drop left and right-
Well, it doesn't bode well for Seto.]