[Text/accidentally unfiltered] just your run-of-the-mill existential crisis here

[youngerandwiser]

[The text is sent out late at night, when everyone should be sleeping. 'Should be' of course being the key phrase. Yukio doesn't sleep much anyways, and even less since the encounter with Minako's shadow.

He's sleep-deprived, and that's probably why he's acting so foolish. He should know to keep his mouth shut. He told Rin he would tell him if there was anything wrong... but if Rin doesn't ask, he shouldn't need to tell.

He really should stop now before he does something stupid like... send a text. He should be stronger than this. He doesn't want to be a burden. He knows he can rely on Rin, but his brother has enough to worry about.

He's being ridiculous. He'll only annoy Rin, or make him angrier. He doesn't need to do this.

But concern and worry and the sickening cocktail of emotions curdling in his stomach motivate him to send out a text anyways.]

Are you awake?

I'm not sure if anyone told you, but I had a run-in with a shadow. I'm not hurt. Maka got me out of there.

I shouldn't have had any trouble, but the shadow looked like Minako. It wasn't her, and I know that, but for some reason I couldn't bring myself to fight it. I froze up.

Do you think it's okay to kill those things? Better than it is to kill demons?

If you're still mad, you don't have to answer. I'm sorry. I know this is confusing. I wish I knew for sure what was going on.

I don't like not having the answers.

[Eventually, a second text is sent, once he realizes this wasn't filtered to Rin as he had hoped.]

Disregard the last message. It wasn't meant to be sent.

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[postictal]

[Shadows is a word that keeps getting passed around like a curse, and he's come to understand it just means enemy. But they look like people? Did no one tell him this? It looks like people that...they know?

Tim disregards the latter message in favor of the former. As long as he's here...]

where

[youngerandwiser]

You don't need to worry. It's already been taken care of.

[And if it isn't, apparently Chara and Ken will handle it. Because he's still too weak to.]

[postictal]

are there going to be more

[youngerandwiser]

There will always be more shadows, though I can't say if they'll take on the shape of someone we know again.

[postictal]

great. that's just what we need huh

[He doesn't even know this person, and he already knows that he doesn't want it.]

[youngerandwiser]

It's not exactly something people are comfortable with. So it is pretty 'great.'

All I can really say is those shadows usually arrive when someone died in the castle, so I'd be cautious if you hear of a death.

[postictal]

i'm hearing death doesn't last forever here either

is that true