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[octoshark]

"It's Ryouga. I'll call you back."

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[octoshark]

[Ryouga's lips twitch. Denial it is.]

Oh yeah? You don't believe that Vector's friends have a reason to lie to you?

[Harsh, but like hell he'd believe that.]

[icefallen]

I met them both around the same time Vector did. There's very little chance he would be pulling their strings.

[Her tone tightens. Why is it that no one seems to take her seriously about this? Yuuya told her to relax and not worry about it right now in the face of greater issues, never mind that everyone else seemed to doubt her ability to do anything about it. If even her brother doesn't believe her... what power does she have?]

Ryouga, please. This isn't about Vector, so don't make it about him right now. This is about the fact they both told me the same story without having known I was going to ask them. They gave me precise details, right down to the cards they used and the way they did it. Do you really want to take the chance it's a lie?

[octoshark]

Dont underestimate Vector.

[He growls in warning, feeling like there's still a lot of information scattered about her story.]

All right, look - so these guys from the future are telling you…what, exactly? What the hell kinda massacre could wipe Heartland off the map?

[icefallen]

[Doesn't he know she knows better than to underestimate Vector? Now the stubborn skepticism is just making her even more angry and frustrated, because it's all she's been met with from everyone else. Rio jumps out of her seat and speaks louder again in an effort to try and get him to realize he should be taking this seriously.]

I don't know, okay?! I don't know, and that's exactly why I'm worried! But it's not impossible if someone were to outnumber us, or catch us by surprise!

[In her surging emotion, she grabs the nearest convenient object -- a tissue box sitting on the table -- and flings it at him.]

Fine! If you won't try to fix it, or even just find out the truth of it, then I'll do it myself!

[octoshark]

What the- Rio! Cut that out!

[He snaps, bristling when she starts hurling shit around. Still… It was unbelievable enough that one force could destroy Heartland after Astral and Yuma used the Numeron code (honestly, he hadn't quite started to believe it in earnest). To think that there's another, and one that he has no idea about…]

I just asked a question! Calm down already - you're talking about a massacre and you don't even know what happened or have any proof!

[icefallen]

[Rio takes a moment to breathe and let herself settle, then loosens her posture, falling helplessly back onto the couch as she realizes that was a little uncalled for. She leans forward in the aftermath to cradle her head in her hands.]

I don't want to take the chance that it's real. We finally had everything work out... I just... What if we lose that again, at someone else's cruel whim?

[octoshark]

…Geeze.

[Ryouga sighs, scowling at the wall before approaching the couch with careful steps.]

Look, it's not like I don't get it, I think, but you don't have enough information to freak out.

[icefallen]

...Can you blame me?

[Said in a deadpan sort of tone, a wry acknowledgment of all that's happened to get to this point. Ryouga may have suffered the aftermath, but she was the one who actually died to make it happen each time. Another repeat of the cycle is the last thing she wants to occur.]

Maybe I am overreacting a little, and I'm sorry for taking it out on you there. But if there's any possibility this is for real, and something that will come to pass in the near future, I need to do something about it.

[octoshark]

[He continues to frown down at her for awhile. She's so freaked out, and he guesses maybe he can get it, but… He plops down on the couch next to her and sets a hand on her head.]

I'm wont let you get hurt like that again, Rio. That's not much to go on, but I'll find out what's going on, alright?

[And if it's just a situation where Vector's screwing around again, he'll be more than happy to take care of that.]