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It is going well, not too busy today besides a few children kicking up temper tantrums when taken to the clinic...

[this is text so her Disdain cannot be heard.]

You've not seen Platt around, have you? He had been with me this morning but I believe he ran off towards the market district the moment he saw someone walking by with a large loaf of bread.

aww poor kiddos
distressed kidlings are a handful
hope they didnt give you too hard a time!

[ flashbacks to his nieces and nephews having tantrums tbh. ]

but no sorry i havent seen platt at all
maybe h

[ and then his responses stop for about two, three minutes. by the end of it, allura will be receiving a message with a photo attached, of platt looking guilty as he is held up by his scruff. ]

nvm got him
im giving him a stern lecture right now about not trying to eat peoples bread while theyre selling them
which hes probably ignoring
but dont say i dont know discipline

They're mostly just giving their parents a hard time. They seem to get candy afterwards so I honestly do not see what the big deal is.

[only child Allura never having to deal with youngsters on the regular.

she's also about to send him a flurry of texts back when he just cuts himself off, but suddenly she can hear Platt's complaints faintly over their telepathic link, and well--

it's not hard to put two and two together.]

If it helps, he's listening enough to call you rude words. But I'm glad you caught him.

He's...got a bit of a habit of running off with other people's food. Would you be able to keep an eye on him until I get off my shift?

yeah sure no problem
take all the time you need!
me and platt here are gonna make a boys day of it
tell him if hes nice
theres a space donut in the future for him

I mean, he DOES understand what you're saying as well, but I will tell him.

And thank you, Lance. I really appreciate it. What time do you get off your shift?

im technically off now!
but i picked up another hour to help out a buddy
anyway whats another hour for some extra $$$$
what about you??

[ not too long after the chaos of the explosion at the market district, lance will be phoning allura's number. keith has gone off to do his keith-vengeance-on-mission thing, and lance is left to rally up the rest of the troups, touching base.

he tries not to worry too much when all he reaches is her mailbox. ]

Hey — Allura? You alright? You probably already heard about the thing at the Market District. I'm fine, [ he adds hastily, an afterthought. ] Keith too... [ he trails off uncertainly. ] Get back to either of us as soon as you can, okay? Stay safe...

[ please be okay please be okay please be okay ]

Okay — bye.

[she gets back to him about an hour or so later. via text, because she still looks a wreck following the explosion at the market district and her helping civilians. also because she was caught in the blast and WHILE NOT SICK JUST YET she--

ok well. it's just text. just because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

I had been shopping in the Market District when the explosion had happened, but I am fine. And I am glad to hear that both you and Keith are okay.

I apologize for not getting back sooner, I had been helping others in the aftermath. No one was hurt, but there had been...something in the air.

But I assure you, I am fine.

[ the text is a little concerning... but maybe she just isn't in a place that will allow for easy audio? ]

yeah
it was some kind of gas i think
are you sure youre alright?
were you close by??

[ he can't believe he hadn't seen her.. then again, there were so many people there, and the chaos of it all— ]

I was near enough to it, but again: I am perfectly all right.

You do not need to worry.

[and then:]

Are you CERTAIN you and Keith are all right? Are you both at the flat?

did you breathe it in?

[ it's still too early that no one really knows the effects of it yet, but it's still worth asking... ]

yeah were fine
i wasnt close at all

[ something he still kind of blames himself for. ]

keith was in another district entirely
i think he went off to chase down some leads
i was escorting some people home from the market but im heading there now
where are you?

[just going to bypass that question lol.]

Good; I had looked for you at the Market Place knowing it's your usual station and had been worried when I couldn't find you. But I had a feeling you were assisting others.

[h o n e stly Keith......she's going to have to talk to him about just running off to chase leads.]

I am at my station in the Noble District, assisting some people going to Sanctuary and just keeping an eye out for any suspicious persons.

allura

[ that's it, that's all he says. everything else is filler, and her blatant dismissal of his question just has him worrying even more. ]

[Lance please you're not Coran or Shiro don't 'Allura' her.]

Yes, Lance?

[ look somebody has to!! ]

did you breathe the gas in?

Like I have said before, Lance, I am fine.

thats not the same thing!
allura if you breathed it in you should get yourself checked out!
we dont know what that stuff was!

Alteans have remarkably strong and adaptable immune systems.

Believe me, I know that I am fine. You do not need to worry.

[ honestly, lance shouldn't be all that surprised that allura would be just as stubborn as the only other paladin in olympia, but he still kind of is.

but fine. fine. he can't exactly argue with alien physiology, worried he might offend her or something, but rest assured he'll be keeping a CAREFUL EYE on her. ]

fine
but the second you start to feel weird
youd tell me right?

Of course I will.

[not.]

[ allura why ;A; ]

fine...
ill see you home then
take care till then

[SO INITIALLY when Allura arrives home, she's clearly feeling fine and dandy. Or at least, as fine as she can be.

But then the next day following the explosion hits. Announcements of contamination and sickness have been made. Allura waking up vargas later than she usually does, with a slight throb of a full body ache, a scratching throat, feeling a few degrees warmer than normal.

The mice seem concerned, picking up on her illness immediately, but she brushes the two mice's concerns away. She'd get dressed, but after a late breakfast once she gets her bearings together. Because obviously she'll feel bad upon first waking up, but it's merely a small cold, nothing more.

Still, she opens her door slowly, peeking out to make sure neither Lance or Keith or already out and about in the main room of their flat, before heading towards the kitchen.

Unfortunately for her, the moment she reaches the fridge to open and grab herself some of that large, citrusy drink she had purchased a few days ago, she turns her head and coughs loudly, and raspily, into her arm.]

[ there is, at first, silence to meet her cough.

then a faint rustle, and lance is peeking his head out of the hallway bathroom a moment later. he'd been in there (primping) for the last thirty minutes — he honestly thought he was alone in the house, as keith's shift (and/or crazy manhunt) started pretty early (despite their, uh. late night) and normally allura's a much earlier riser than them both. ]

...Hello?

[ he creeps out into the hallway cautiously, brandishing a toothbrush like a weapon. ]

Edited (hey what if i could type) 2017-10-09 15:12 (UTC)

[Allura's too busy coughing to notice (or even hear) Lance's approach. But the moment her coughing subsides and she opens her eyes, she can make out a shadowy figure brandishing something at her in the dimly lit hallway.

She lets out a reactive (and still raspy) yelp, chucking the loaf of bread she had been reaching for as a defensive maneuver.

Allura may not have great aim when it comes to firearms, but she has amazing precision when it comes to throwing (even while feeling dreadfully sick), and she's aimed for the mysterious figure's head.]

[ said mysterious figure isn't expecting to get clocked in the head with loaf, but really maybe he should have. the block of bread bops him square in the forehead, and while not hard enough to actually damage, it definitely catches him off-guard. ]

—Ow! What the heck!

[ he stumbles back, reaching out to fumble for the lightswitch and— ]

Allura?? What're you still doing home??

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