[archie has been away for a few days, though this is not uncommon. he hadn't left because of any deep emotional reason-- he just needed to stay in another porter city for a couple days for work. it's about 6pm when he gets back, calling out cheerfully.]
Bluueeeee! Where you at, ya toilet brush?! I got somethin' for ya! --Ah, it's not a pizza, though, so don't get your hopes up!
[Red only ends up staying in jail for a few nights. His charges are a slap on the wrist at best - he'll have to pay a fine, etc. So, while he's not exactly smiling as he exits the jail, he doesn't look too perturbed either - anxious, though, to see a certain someone who will be picking him up.
[about late afternoon-early evening, archie decides to check up on the screaming turds again. he's been doing it intermittently, but had left it for half the day while he was d33stracted elsewhere.
he can't find blue anywhere, so he goes to the last possible place he could be, assuming he hasn't run off.
[There's bite to his words, along with a barely there undercurrent of Frustration.]
Tch. Not that you're much now. You gave into them and you became weak. I'll show you that, but not now. I need to train them more, and once I've shoved Kris's face in the dirt, you're next, you hear me!
[archie is in the kitchen when blue enters. normal morning, right? well, yeah. he's brewing himself some coffee when he turns to get something out the fridge, stopping. staring. does a double take. does a triple take.
ah.
thank arceus it wasn't permanent. archie smiles a little, raising a hand to wave at blue.]
Yo. Never thought I'd be so happy to see your mug around here again. You okay?
[ As she promised Archie, Sabrina is here to check up on the boys while he's in Maurtia Falls. She and Zammo teleport right into the kitchen, their usual landing zone, right when Blue is looking into the fridge. ]
Boo.
[ She'll have one of Archie's beers, thanks. After that vague, but horrifying stuff he told her, she needs it. ]
[he kind of wants to leave it at that, but realises that's ambiguous enough to probably give blue anxiety? man why did he have to be such a shit human for like an entire year. when will arceus descend from the sky and cast judgement on him.
[archie handles this much the same way he did red's birthday; before he leaves in the morning he sends blue a happy birthday text, left him an eevee themed cake in the kitchen. like red's pikachu one, he... may have messed it up a few times, decorating isn't his specialty. please do not look in the bin.
like red, he got blue three gifts: tickets, though this is to a zoology lecture that focuses on evolution (that leads into a cryptozoology lecture if blue cares to stay), a cd of music he's pretty sure blue would like (basically just the most recent MoM Now That's What I Call Party Anthems, not clear if it's a serious gift or not but there it is), a lens kit and, finally, a pair of decent hiking books. the weather is getting chillier!]
Lucina steps back from the door and waits patiently for a response, fidgeting in her nice dress shoes and bouncing on her toes a bit against the cold against bare legs. cold's a small price to pay, though; she's dressed for the party she missed because she's going to apologize properly.
in her hands in a slim, giftwrapped box. inside are a set of hideous matching bowties, enough for Blue and all his little animal friends.]
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