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[chore_boy]

[At some point in the day, Coby found himself alone in his apartment. He decided, with a bucket in hand, that he would try to test his weapon out again. If he vomited, he'd be resolute to continue training properly with it. His 'replenishable energy drink' would give him stamina in moments of weakness. In good health, it gave him an overabundance of power. Having only used the drink to replenish his vitality over the last few weeks, Coby hadn't noted how the drink itself had affected him differently. He had been used to the drink making him exceptionally nauseous, initially and had been expecting it.

Rather, when he drank it in good health that afternoon, something entirely different happened than an onset of nausea. Filled with so much energy he couldn't handle it, Coby smashed open his apartment wall and barreled into the city in a desperate attempt to get his suddenly and immensely painful heart-rate down. Combining super speed, strength and increasing it with magical Red-Bull had been a bad idea. Essentially, he became a white and pink bullet which tore through the city at high speeds until leaving its limits, ripping a new valley in the desolate country-side fifty miles away. Coby would wake up a half hour later, clutching a bucket in his hands. Turning on his tablet, Coby held the bucket in his free hand, shaking visibly. His eyes were bloodshot and the valley which he created in the middle of his sprint had sprung up with an underground water source, a cone of water reaching into the air while it began to fill. Shaking, Coby looked around nervously and fixed his eyes on the tablet's camera.]

C-C-Coby reporting! H-Had something happened t-to the city!?

I'm certain I-I haven't been here, b-before!

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[stonefaith]

[ what the ....

BARIYAN LOOKS OUT HIS WINDOW. No, the city looks totally okay from here. And there's no other panicked messages on the network, as far as he can tell. ]

No. I don't think anything has happened.

Where are you?

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[chore_boy]

[Coby, still shaking pretty intensely, merely looked confused.]

Where am I...!? Are you sure there wasn't a fight!!?

My ears haven't rung this much since the first time I heard an artillery shell go off!

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[stonefaith]

[ Whoa, kid's obviously shaken up about something. C'MON. TALK TO HIM. ]

There's been no fight that I've heard of. I'm, uh, at the Hold, and it's been quiet all day.

Are you hurt, or anything...?

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[chore_boy]

[There was something weird going on even as he began walking, shakily holding onto his tablet.]

I-I'm unharmed! I just haven't experienced this kind of shock in awhile! [Plus, he heard a constant ringing in his ears, assuming that the guy talking to him couldn't hear him over it--so, he yelled a little.]

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[jailbreaks]

[Why is there a hole in the wall at the apartment? Why does Yuri have this kind of luck that it had to be his apartment. With a sigh, he does inspect around but finds nothing...

Then he finds this post.]

Hey, you know anything about the hole in the wall at our place? Also, you alright? You don't seem too well there.

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[chore_boy]

[Stumbling along the gigantic fissure that seemed just wide enough to be a fresh river valley, Coby looked at his feed, breathing a bit hard.]

Y-Yuri? I don't feel well, but... I do remember being home, earlier...

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[jailbreaks]

Was there a hole in the wall when you were home?

[Spinning his device in the wall to show the lovely hole that's now there.

Right, he was actually being a concerned roommate or something -- back to that.]

Anyway, where are you? Doesn't look like the city at all. If needed, I guess I could come pick you up.

[Read: he will come pick him up. He's got a hero complex underneath all that nonchalance.]

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[chore_boy]

What!? [Coby wasn't surprised, just shell-shocked. The blood that rushed through his head at triple capacity did him no good.]

Wait--are you saying there's a hole in the wall!? I was there earlier! [The ringing in his ears gave him the impression that he had to yell.]

You don't need t-to pick me up! Just let me know if you find out who attacked our apartment!

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[bloodspeaker]

[This guy definitely does not look well.]

I think something happened to you, in fact.

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[chore_boy]

I-I feel fine! [Hence the shell-shocked yelling!]

I j-just need to find my way back, I think!

[bloodspeaker]

Do you have any idea where you are? How far out of the city, for example?

[It's possible that Adra could teleport there, but he would need a good idea of the area so that he doesn't end up in a tree or a cliff face or something.]

Action okay? She'd be out there.

[boundbyheart]

[Kagura is just blinking at him from above, flabbergasted. Yes, she'd seen him earlier, a bolt of furious energy....she'd thought it was an animal. But now, she sneers.]

You're out of the city. Just follow the path you made to get here, brat.

Action works!

[chore_boy]

[Coby's mind, still addled by the slowly descending high from the energy drink, focused on Kagura with unblinking attention.

He stared at her, eyes wide like saucers.

She spoke and he could scarcely hear her over the roar of blood in his head.]

What!? I'm looking to see who caused this fissure! [He didn't hear her all that much, but he could certainly yell.]

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[boundbyheart]

[She frowns at the stare. So, he is blind, deaf, and dumb it seems. She would laugh, but now? He's just an annoyance. She points her fan at him.

You. You did it.]

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[bittertears]

Might I recommend you lay down for a moment or two? You don't look well at all.

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[chore_boy]

Normally I would agree! [With the blood rushing through his head, Coby could have sworn everyone else was whispering. So, he had to shout.]

However, I don't feel tired at all! I feel extremely energetic!

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[bittertears]

A bit too energetic, if you ask me.

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[painfeels]

What the heck's wrong with you?

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[chore_boy]

Nothing! [More yelling from the sugar-shocked lunatic.]

At least, I don't feel very bad!

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[painfeels]

Why are you yelling?

[isinganyway]

Are you quite well, Captain?

[chore_boy]

I feel fine, Miss Stone! [He rubbed at his chin with his fingertips, visibly very shaken up--otherwise, despite how beaten he looked, Coby didn't seem to be losing energy. He was still actually gaining some.]

I feel very energetic, actually! I'm not sure why!

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[andagain]

Co-Coby are you ill again? Can you report your status?

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[chore_boy]

Mr. Keith! [The rushing blood coursing through his head really was lending itself as a distraction to him.]

I don't feel ill! However, I seemed to have blacked out at some point and I'm in the barrens!

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[andagain]

You should really take of yourself better! You've been getting into accidents like this all the time.

Do you need any help?