[Jamil wakes collapsed on the kitchen floor and drenched with cold sweat, head pounding dizzyingly and stomach lurching with nausea, eyes and throat burning as though he's been sobbing for hours. Who knows? Maybe he has been. He's not sure how long he was asleep, after all--he just knows that he hurts all over from the fall. Had he concussed himself? He feels a little..... he doesn't know. Woozy, maybe? Hungover? Hard to say, when he's never gotten drunk to have anything to compare this to.
Seven, his head is still spinning. He needs a shower, and maybe a proper lie down, that should help. But first..... he should make sure that..... that idiot is safe inside with Lilia and Ruby. Just..... just in case. He's probably still just inordinately shaken up from the nightmare--but it's starting to feel a little too real, when Kalim doesn't answer his phone or respond to texting. And when he tries calling Lilia and Ruby instead.....
All that sick dread comes rushing back to him in an instant. What kind of fool rushes out into such a deadly storm?! Especially without any kind of second thought or backup plan? Maybe he's that kind of fool, too..... Once Kalim is out there and thoroughly lost, he probably won't stop searching, after all. Once again, it falls to him to clean up Kalim's messes and save him from himself. There's no way the trains or busses are running at a time like this, is there? Maybe not even the elevator. That means Kalim must still be in the Down..... and Jamil will have no way to get there himself, except walking along the roads and hoping it's not entirely blocked with snow, abandoned cars, and fallen debris.
Even not accounting for the time it will take to search, this trip might take hours. They could both die out there. And yet..... Jamil finds himself scribbling a hasty note to his Submissive, bundling up as warmly as he can manage and packing some food before reluctantly trudging out into the merciless blizzard. Here goes nothing!]
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Seven, his head is still spinning. He needs a shower, and maybe a proper lie down, that should help. But first..... he should make sure that..... that idiot is safe inside with Lilia and Ruby. Just..... just in case. He's probably still just inordinately shaken up from the nightmare--but it's starting to feel a little too real, when Kalim doesn't answer his phone or respond to texting. And when he tries calling Lilia and Ruby instead.....
All that sick dread comes rushing back to him in an instant. What kind of fool rushes out into such a deadly storm?! Especially without any kind of second thought or backup plan? Maybe he's that kind of fool, too..... Once Kalim is out there and thoroughly lost, he probably won't stop searching, after all. Once again, it falls to him to clean up Kalim's messes and save him from himself. There's no way the trains or busses are running at a time like this, is there? Maybe not even the elevator. That means Kalim must still be in the Down..... and Jamil will have no way to get there himself, except walking along the roads and hoping it's not entirely blocked with snow, abandoned cars, and fallen debris.
Even not accounting for the time it will take to search, this trip might take hours. They could both die out there. And yet..... Jamil finds himself scribbling a hasty note to his Submissive, bundling up as warmly as he can manage and packing some food before reluctantly trudging out into the merciless blizzard. Here goes nothing!]