[IC] [Old Radio/Waiting in Earth Crossover]

[futureforbirds]

**After the library of doom made Kaito cough his lungs out, our Kaito Team has decided to go back to the city behind the wall. Kaito's illness has gotten much worse due to his weakened immune system and sleeping outside all the time. But now, here they are. He finds himself staring up at the wall with mixed emotions of relief and dread. How in the hell are they going to sneak in?**

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[abovethewall]

????

....

BaKAITO.

[deteriorated]

[Wait, where did you learn that.]

Huh?

[abovethewall]

**Well it WAS one of Len's last words, KAITO, and little kids pick up on evil nicknames particularly fast**

BaKAITO went out just cause of the weather...

... and didn't take me!

[deteriorated]

[Ah. He nervously glances away.]

It wasn't... really about the weather. [It was because of a girl--] And you were sleeping.

We're not supposed to go outside, anyway. Don't... don't do what I just did.

[abovethewall]

I'm telling.

[deteriorated]

Wh-why?

[He actually looks panicked for a moment before he remembers that he's too old to be whining like that. Really now. Come on, KAITO. Get it together.]

...what I mean is, you don't have to. Everything should be all right now.

[abovethewall]

But you went outside.

That's bad.

[deteriorated]

[Winces.] That's true...

[abovethewall]

Oh yeah! When you do something bad, you have to say you're sorry.

[abovethewall]

So you should do that. To Master.

[deteriorated]

But he's sleeping right now...

[abovethewall]

He'll wake up sooner or later.

[deteriorated]

[He's hoping for the latter.]

Then maybe later. [Give the little one time to forget, hopefully. Either that or time for KAITO to think about what to say, if it came to that.] If he feels better.

[abovethewall]

Oh... he's still sick?

[deteriorated]

Maybe. It takes a while.

He may be feeling better, but the virus might still be there. He has to take care of himself.

[abovethewall]

Oh.

**he thinks**

He doesn't have virus protection installed since he is a human.

That would be hard to fix.

[deteriorated]

[...that's some cute logical reasoning there, kiddo.]

Something like that. That's why it takes time.

[abovethewall]

**I'm Kawaiito for a reason**

OK.

How was the city?

[deteriorated]

[He blinks as he thinks about it. Actually, he wasn't paying too much attention to the surroundings while he was out. But he did at least know a couple things.]

It's a lot like place I used to live in. The houses and the roads remind me of it.

[abovethewall]

Oh.

**He'd never seen any other city except for this one and the ruins.**

Is this house like your old house?

[deteriorated]

...in a sense.

[He moved to take a look at the main area, instead of standing against the door.] The structure is similar, but the house I used to live in had more decorations.

[abovethewall]

Decorations?

**he is a little surprised and he's not sure he gets it.**

[deteriorated]

Like flowers, [he tries to explain.] Or paintings and pictures and... maybe model figurines.

Anything you want that makes the home seem different and personalized.

[abovethewall]

People put flowers... in their house?

[deteriorated]

[He nods.] In vases filled with water. Flowers can live without the roots for a while if they're in water and sunlight.