十 九 ; shí jiǔ

[getsomesleep]

[BLACK. The ink stain appears in a gush moments after the anonymous call to look up, and spreads, and spreads, and spreads. Someone didn't just drop their pen; they knocked over the inkwell, and with some force.

They aren't around to pick it up, either. The ink keeps flowing, soaking into the page until nothing but flat blackness remains.]

Comments

[mythgravenblade.livejournal.com]

Who is this?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

[The answer appears a couple of hours later.]

My apologies; I did not mean to cause alarm.

-- 火

[drivetothewest.livejournal.com]

Ah, did something break?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

[A couple of hours later.]

Merely an accident. No cause for concern.

[drivetothewest.livejournal.com]

Do you need some help cleaning up? I'm rather good at ink stains.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

[Pentap. He would refuse outright, but... a distraction, he needs a distraction.]

I do not wish to trouble you. The work is rather messy.

[drivetothewest.livejournal.com]

Oh, no trouble at all! It is part of my job.