before[For those who didn't know: Red has been missing for around two weeks now. There was no real warning, one day he was there and the next he wasn't; the doors to his rooms have become nothing more than paint on a wall, his creatures have all but disappeared (there are a few bats that have taken up residence in 'his' Riku's home), and any signs of him that would normally be around have been completely absent.
So it's perhaps a bit strange (and maybe relieving) to see him lingering near the edge of a more populated area quite suddenly, shoulders hunched, hands buried in his jacket's pockets, and expression guarded. He looks like he's lost some weight in the time gone. Actually, he looks a little worse overall, his face a little gaunter, his skin a little more corpse-like. He looks like he hasn't showered at all during his time away. He smells like graveyards and something sharp, like venom.]
((ooc: long time no see. UnU i know i've been away a lot longer than two weeks. let's see how this goes. (: there's a secret here.))