The aid that Glacius is seeking never comes; instead, Carlisle drops off the link, his searching washed away by a wave of... something. The alien is having a hard time distinguishing without a clearer connection, but it feels a lot like disgust and despair, which wrenches at his hearts and makes it hard to focus on what he needs to. The otherworldly being curses weakly, rubbing at his forehead, his head pounding and his senses dull from the time he's spent unconscious. He is feeling too bad to have to figure everything out on his own right now.
And yet, he has to. It was his fault that he was pried apart from Carlisle, leaving him to battle with whatever is troubling him alone now; it is his responsibility to find his way back to his partner now. Glacius pauses, closing his eyes and trying to sort himself out from the pain and confusion clogging up his thought process; he can only hope he understands and knows his partner well enough to figure out where he might be. Would the clergyman stay back at the apartment even after he mysteriously vanished? Or would the loneliness push him outward, trying to find solace elsewhere?
There's always the shed in the garden, Glacius considers. Carlisle has often retreated there in times of stress or fright... and it isn't too far out of his way. If the clergyman is not there, then he can double back to the apartment... and if he's not there, well, then things get more difficult. At least the alien can tell that his partner is alive, though there's no telling whether or not he's been left injured and stranded... though pain and fright would probably be more prevalent if he were. Either way, it's clear that the clergyman isn't doing well, and it's his duty as a Bondmate to be there for him, so the alien sets off, urgency spurring him to move more quickly than his normal steady pace.
It still takes him some time to make it over to their garden nestled away in the park, though he tries to compensate by sending repeated pings across their link, hoping Carlisle might snatch onto one and take reassurance from it... but the clergyman will get that either way when Glacius finally makes it to the shed and knocks solidly on the door.
"Carlisle, are you in there? Are you alright? I tried to reach you, but without my communications device, it only left me with methods that are less familiar to you..."
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And yet, he has to. It was his fault that he was pried apart from Carlisle, leaving him to battle with whatever is troubling him alone now; it is his responsibility to find his way back to his partner now. Glacius pauses, closing his eyes and trying to sort himself out from the pain and confusion clogging up his thought process; he can only hope he understands and knows his partner well enough to figure out where he might be. Would the clergyman stay back at the apartment even after he mysteriously vanished? Or would the loneliness push him outward, trying to find solace elsewhere?
There's always the shed in the garden, Glacius considers. Carlisle has often retreated there in times of stress or fright... and it isn't too far out of his way. If the clergyman is not there, then he can double back to the apartment... and if he's not there, well, then things get more difficult. At least the alien can tell that his partner is alive, though there's no telling whether or not he's been left injured and stranded... though pain and fright would probably be more prevalent if he were. Either way, it's clear that the clergyman isn't doing well, and it's his duty as a Bondmate to be there for him, so the alien sets off, urgency spurring him to move more quickly than his normal steady pace.
It still takes him some time to make it over to their garden nestled away in the park, though he tries to compensate by sending repeated pings across their link, hoping Carlisle might snatch onto one and take reassurance from it... but the clergyman will get that either way when Glacius finally makes it to the shed and knocks solidly on the door.
"Carlisle, are you in there? Are you alright? I tried to reach you, but without my communications device, it only left me with methods that are less familiar to you..."