004✖; (audio @ hot.damn | August 2nd; during Sanguis Moon)

[circumitus]

[...Well, it looks like there's supposed to be video, but the screen is black.

[Audio-wise, you're privy to just a bunch of thrashing for a few seconds, catching a frantic and frustrated "god-DAMMIT" and "fuck fuck fuck" and "just move, you useless piece of shit!" It's a voice and string of expletives that should be familiar to some who know Rey. In general it sounds disconcerting, with an identifiable amount of metal clanging and other hefty objects hurling about (cue stock cat scream) -- before a heavy thud shakes the screen. The feed drags across what looks to be pavement and some scattered rubbish.]

Got you! Fucking finally...

[The video moves, but the feed remains a blur as Rey hadn't intended to select facetime before things got out of control -- by "things" meaning... her own body. Only a few details can be made out in the bleary visual quality, and that's a patch of red-orange scales and some sharp, gritting teeth.]

Need... help. [Despite her exhaustion made clear in the fraught audio and her labored breaths, it's speaking those words in particular that strains her the most.]

Have to come here. Level Three.

Legs're gone. Can't walk.

[Both the audio and visual then cuts abruptly. As you can tell, Rey is having a bad time this Sanguis cycle.]

Comments

[circumitus]

Yes.

[That one doesn't even come out after a pause -- it's immediate.]

Sending you current location now.

[sleepinglotus]

[Tadashi is the cure all for the ills of the world.

Or at least feeling shitty during one's moon.]

We'll be there shortly then.

[circumitus]

[Yes good, therapy dog.]

All right. Hope Caihong's okay. Am there at the moment. [It's not the most glamorous place to be. But then, Rey is hardly the glamorous type.

[She'll just be sending him her exact location. It's a big city, and while fellow Sanguis can easily sniff her out, others can't.]

[sleepinglotus]

I mean, it's basically my favorite place in Lunatia...

[Which is Ren speak for he absolutely doesn't mind, and will be there shortly.]

[circumitus]

[Considering how much Level 3 has become one of her most frequent haunts, Rey just makes an amused "hm" before she cuts the call.

[In the meantime, she'll be hanging out at an outdoor cafe, her attention drawn to her phone as she scrolls through the network. All the while absentmindedly shifting her long, scaly tail and nearly tripping unsuspecting bystanders just passing through.

[Like she cares.]

[sleepinglotus]

[Just try not to trip Ren when he arrives.

At least she's easy enough to spot, and Ren keeps Tadashi's leash tight so as to not get him equally tangled in the legs of passers by. Tadashi is a good obedient boy, though, and keeps pace with Ren well. He's not easily distracted, though a few times a drop of food from a nearby food stall does nearly get him to pull away.

They arrive and Ren gives a friendly wave, letting Tadashi's leash go slack so he can pad up and offer a sniff in greeting. Hello new friend?]