FIRST RETURN (limited to one close cr only please) Devero comes stumbling through the barrier, so fast and unsteady on his feet that it's only a few paces before he trips and falls heavily to his hands and knees. His face is streaked with tears and his huge chest heaves with panicked breaths. There's fear in his eyes as he lifts his head and looks around--
And recognizes that this is not Techstead.
His expression crumples first, fear transmuting into an almost-- radiant?-- relief, visible only for a moment before the rest of him crumples as well.
Don't mind him, he's just going to huddle here on the platform and have a little cry. It's fine. He's fine. Everything's fine!
GEARING UP Find Devero sometime later, rocking back and forth on his feet and staring at the barrier with determination. He's talking to himself in a low, intense voice: "I have to go back. I have to. Just for a few minutes. I have to get Sir Beepers back, if nothing else. That's all. In and out, that's all."
...If it sounds like he's trying to talk himself into this, he is.
He jumps a little when he realizes he's not alone, shying back like a startled horse. "Sorry, am I in your way-- I can move--" Even if it's someone he knows, someone he's close to, he still slips right into that thoughtless self-effacement, as if his very existence is an inconvenience to the people around him.
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Devero comes stumbling through the barrier, so fast and unsteady on his feet that it's only a few paces before he trips and falls heavily to his hands and knees. His face is streaked with tears and his huge chest heaves with panicked breaths. There's fear in his eyes as he lifts his head and looks around--
And recognizes that this is not Techstead.
His expression crumples first, fear transmuting into an almost-- radiant?-- relief, visible only for a moment before the rest of him crumples as well.
Don't mind him, he's just going to huddle here on the platform and have a little cry. It's fine. He's fine. Everything's fine!
GEARING UP
Find Devero sometime later, rocking back and forth on his feet and staring at the barrier with determination. He's talking to himself in a low, intense voice: "I have to go back. I have to. Just for a few minutes. I have to get Sir Beepers back, if nothing else. That's all. In and out, that's all."
...If it sounds like he's trying to talk himself into this, he is.
He jumps a little when he realizes he's not alone, shying back like a startled horse. "Sorry, am I in your way-- I can move--" Even if it's someone he knows, someone he's close to, he still slips right into that thoughtless self-effacement, as if his very existence is an inconvenience to the people around him.