Colin's posts

"All right, fair enough." Vincent replied.

"I guess I'll go." he said.

"I don't think my being here is helping you any." he reasoned.

"Sorry I bothered you." he apologized. "I just wanted to see if I could help." he told her, showing her that Lindsay had, indeed, hid the real truth.

"Bye for now, Hollie."

"........." Vincent was silent as she said what she did.

"Uhhhh... if you say so..." he muttered.

"But... just..." he mumbled further, before shaking his head.

"Never mind." he said.

"There anything I can bring you?" he asked.

"Any teas that may help?"

Hal knew to stay away here. So he disappeared deep into the manor, and waited.

Meanwhile, Vincent stepped back a bit when he saw and heard Hollie.

"....Hollie...?" he addressed her.

"You look and sound horrible." he commented.

"No wonder Lindsay's filling in for you." he said further.

"Do you need to go to a hospital?" he then asked.

Hal just sighed.

"Cross that bridge when we get to it." he told her.

"For now, just relax." he said.

"You need to rest and recuperate from last night." he reasoned.

"Because... hoo boy, you can really hold your liquor."' he told her.

"And your stamina and energy are something I could really get used to." he added with a smirk.

".....right." Hal replied.

"Bah. I'm confused on time zones, and in no condition to try and figure it out." he mumbled.

"And help you upstairs?" he asked.

"Of course." he replied.

Then, before she could say anything more, he was beside her, and she found herself scooped up by his mana, and set gently in his arms.

"Let's go." he told her.

"I've been better." Hal replied.

"I'm... well, as close as I've been to hung over in a very long time." he said.

"Good thing I left my secretary a message before we did what we did." he went on.

"Because I can NOT go into work." he reasoned.

"That'd be miserable."

Lindsay looked at the phone again, before looking over at Casey, sound asleep.

'I'll leave a message for her. No need to wake her up just for this.' he told himself, before getting out of bed.

Meanwhile, Hollie had not been there for a few minutes, before she heard footsteps. They were headed towards her, and, sure enough, Hal showed up.

"Good morning." he said to her.

"Everything all right?" he asked.

"You don't look to be doing very well."

The man was silent as he read those texts.

"................." he really didn't know what to say here, before he lightly cleared his throat.

I'm assuming this is information you do not want readily available. he then sent.

Do you want me to say you are... under the weather, or something along those lines? he sent further.

He sighed quietly, and looked at the ceiling.

'Wonder what happened over there...' he thought to himself.

Hal was passed out as well, with a confident and content expression on his face.

However, it seemed that the previous night had taken its toll, as he was still solidly asleep when she got up, and made her way to the phone to send her message.

Meanwhile, the recipient of the message had woken up from the sound of his phone chiming.

"Nngh... huh?" he mumbled, fumbling for the device, and reading it.

"...huh?" he asked again, before responding.

I suppose so, yeah. Is something wrong? he asked. He knew the Council building was still being repaired from the earlier incident, but there was a smaller backup building for just such an occasion, a few hours away from the main building.

Hal raised an eyebrow as he eyed the alcohol.

"...my, my." he said.

"That seems to be some... premium vintage drink, to massively understate it." he commented.

"Normally, something like that is special occasion drink." he said further.

"...I'm flattered." he added with a wry chuckle.

Hal raised an eyebrow, and then returned the smirk.

"Well... yes." he replied.

"That IS true." he admitted.

"Miss Remmington, are you hinting at something?" he then asked her.

"Because... if you are... let me tell you something..." he went on, trailing off a bit, and looking directly into her eyes.

"...you're looking at a VERY interested party."

"...." Hal was silent as he heard the bitterness in her tone.

"Hollie." he said.

"I can see where you're coming from. Really. I can." he told her.

"I feel the same way about children." he went on.

"But I have a question." he then said.

"Are you absolutely opposed to having children?" he asked. "As in, if you could conceive, would you?"

Hal nodded along with what she said, before pausing.

"I'm sorry?" he asked.

"What was that?" he asked her.

"Cannot have children?" he asked further, before pausing a moment.

"So you are infertile?" he then inquired.

"It is because of time, or something else?"

Hal was silent for a moment, before snapping his fingers.

And then he was silent.

"....goodness." he mumbled.

"That... is a lot of mana. A lot of powerful mana." he commented.

"Does anyone else truly KNOW how much power you have?" he then asked her.