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cetana2019-07-26 06:05 pm
flowerclips) wrote in cetana2019-07-26 06:05 pm
[OPEN] clever titles are for squares
ɪ. ʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴀᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ
[ it's a little after one in the morning when rei is back on the streets. coming from the direction of the hospital, her shoulders are hung low, her head is cast downwards, and her steps are slow. it's as if she's just simply dragging herself along. perhaps it wouldn't be anything to be concerned about. after all, maybe it was just a long night in the dungeon. ]
[ ... maybe that would have been the case if she wasn't covered in dried blood. ]
[ her shirt and skirt are ruined with a dark crimson colour and there's a very unfortunate small blood splatter across her face (cover your mouth when you cough, terry...). whether or not the blood bothers her, it's not like she can do much about it right now. she just continues to walk down the street, almost as if in some sort of trance. she doesn't pay attention to where she's heading and it's honestly more than likely that any of the following would happen: ]
[ a: she walks straight into a pole. ]
[ b: she walks straight into a person (you). ]
[ c: she walks right into the forest because she's not paying attention and i guess i'll have a bear eat her or something. ]
ɪɪ. ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ
[ the next morning, rei isn't doing much better. she has thrown out her clothes so she's back to wearing her original school uniform, but she has thrown on a black and tattered cape over herself, though. hm. well, whatever she's happy with. ]
[ she's still in a trance, though, so the following will happen again: ]
[ a: she walks into a person (you) (again).
[ b: she walks right into a food stand and well, i guess there goes 'em apples and oranges all over the floor. she's already getting yelled at so help. ]
[ c: courtesy of card, all 'em apples and oranges actually go into rei's face later on in the day. a kind npc has given her an orange but she's so tired and not really paying attention that she just bites down onto it like an apple and i guess she's eating the skin of the orange and getting orange juice everywhere. thanks, card. ]
[ d: she actually trips and falls flat on her face because the owner of the cape was actually 30cm taller than her so, of course, it's much longer on her. she falls quite heavily onto the floor and well, everything sucks. this sucks. life sucks!! ]
ɪɪɪ. ᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴊᴜʟʏ
[ over the course of the next week or so, rei hovers near the entrance of the dungeon but she doesn't actually go in. she looks extremely uneasy and just hovers around. when she spots someone trying to go through the front entrance, she walks on over and grabs them by their sleeve or end of their shirt. ]
... please don't go in.
[ it's a small and sad plead. ]
ɪᴠ. ᴛʜɪs ɪs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ-ᴀʟʟ
[ if you want to thread anything else with rei (backdated or slightly forwarddated) or with kokichi, just lmk and i will be there. this is literally just a post for me to throw threads into because it'd be so much easier for me to track, laughs. ]
[ it's a little after one in the morning when rei is back on the streets. coming from the direction of the hospital, her shoulders are hung low, her head is cast downwards, and her steps are slow. it's as if she's just simply dragging herself along. perhaps it wouldn't be anything to be concerned about. after all, maybe it was just a long night in the dungeon. ]
[ ... maybe that would have been the case if she wasn't covered in dried blood. ]
[ her shirt and skirt are ruined with a dark crimson colour and there's a very unfortunate small blood splatter across her face (cover your mouth when you cough, terry...). whether or not the blood bothers her, it's not like she can do much about it right now. she just continues to walk down the street, almost as if in some sort of trance. she doesn't pay attention to where she's heading and it's honestly more than likely that any of the following would happen: ]
[ a: she walks straight into a pole. ]
[ b: she walks straight into a person (you). ]
[ c: she walks right into the forest because she's not paying attention and i guess i'll have a bear eat her or something. ]
ɪɪ. ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ
[ the next morning, rei isn't doing much better. she has thrown out her clothes so she's back to wearing her original school uniform, but she has thrown on a black and tattered cape over herself, though. hm. well, whatever she's happy with. ]
[ she's still in a trance, though, so the following will happen again: ]
[ a: she walks into a person (you) (again).
[ b: she walks right into a food stand and well, i guess there goes 'em apples and oranges all over the floor. she's already getting yelled at so help. ]
[ c: courtesy of card, all 'em apples and oranges actually go into rei's face later on in the day. a kind npc has given her an orange but she's so tired and not really paying attention that she just bites down onto it like an apple and i guess she's eating the skin of the orange and getting orange juice everywhere. thanks, card. ]
[ d: she actually trips and falls flat on her face because the owner of the cape was actually 30cm taller than her so, of course, it's much longer on her. she falls quite heavily onto the floor and well, everything sucks. this sucks. life sucks!! ]
ɪɪɪ. ᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴊᴜʟʏ
[ over the course of the next week or so, rei hovers near the entrance of the dungeon but she doesn't actually go in. she looks extremely uneasy and just hovers around. when she spots someone trying to go through the front entrance, she walks on over and grabs them by their sleeve or end of their shirt. ]
... please don't go in.
[ it's a small and sad plead. ]
ɪᴠ. ᴛʜɪs ɪs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ-ᴀʟʟ
[ if you want to thread anything else with rei (backdated or slightly forwarddated) or with kokichi, just lmk and i will be there. this is literally just a post for me to throw threads into because it'd be so much easier for me to track, laughs. ]
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Rei...
[ "As well"... it seems like his guess was right. "Who" he wants to ask, but he swallows the question. ]
But... someone's gotta beat that guy up, right? That guy in the deepest floor, I mean.
[ He might not really know how this world works, but Hirajiro's been really weird ever since that dungeon turned up. People in town are getting more and more listless everyday, and it can't be just because the peak of summer is approaching. ]
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No! It's too dangerous! You can't go! I don't want you to go!
[ she can't look at him right now. her head is lowered and her shoulders are tense. ]
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Rei... [ He hesitates for a moment, before finally asking: ] ...What happened?
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T... T-chan...
[ she hiccups loudly. as she continues to talk, her crying seems to intensify and it becomes difficult to understand her. ]
It's... it's my fault... I-I wasn't a good healer. I-- I-- I couldn't heal him.
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Did Terry...? But he's some 'demigod clone', right? He did say he lost some of his powers, but-- Mondo wants to believe that he'll be just fine. ]
Rei...
[ At this point, saying 'it's gonna be okay' feels incredibly shallow, especially when Rei witnessed what went down. But he doesn't wanna think that it's not gonna be okay. Because if Terry isn't here-- no. He grits his teeth, and shakes his head. Terry will be fine. ]
Listen, Rei... 's not your fault.
[ Despite how shaken he is, he manages to have himself together. Maybe because Rei's hand is tight and warm in his, maybe because his strong will to believe that Terry will be just fine is stronger than anything else right now. He takes Rei's other hand and grips it tight, too. ]
You did what you can, and 'm sure it helped Terry some. Terry's-- he's strong. He'll come back to us in no time, with his stupid loud voice. [ He says it aloud, as if trying to convince himself. ] Hot-headed people bleed more, you know? They've just... got too much blood in their body.
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N... No...
[ she's crying so profusely that there's a pause between every little word that she says. ]
He-- He stopped talking... a-and stopped moving... and-- the-- the doctors said t-that his heart... something wrong with his he-- heart...
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Rei... let's believe in him, yeah?
[ No matter what, he doesn't want to give up hope, even if it feels futile. He so badly wants to believe that there's a way for Terry to go on. He can feel his own hands shaking, and he tries his best to keep it still, teeth gritting. ]
Terry's got a big, strong heart. He's not gonna lose so easily.
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O... Okay...
[ while he's still holding her hands, she moves in close again so she can rest her head mondo's chest. she's trying to compose herself. ]
Th-- Thanks, Mo-chan... y-you're really ni-- nice...
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It doesn't feel quite real, not just yet. Though she's told him of what happened, he can't seem to sense that it's real, even if a part of him feels like it's about to break and deteriorate. It's almost like the reality and dream are being mushed together, at the same time they're on a totally different space - a different universe, like he's being detached from reality--
No, it's just him trying to run away, avoiding from realising that it's reality. He buries his face on the top of her head, feeling like that's the only way to keep it that way. ]
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[ the bawling from earlier dies down into something more controlled, though she still hiccups. ]
Can... can you... tell me something... to distract me?
[ zen used to do that for her. rather than thinking that all the big scary monsters in the evil spirit club were just that, he would say that they're just scary takoyakis instead. it made it easier to deal with everything. ]
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He almost holds his breath when she asked for that, simply because he's horrible at it, but he'll try his goddamn best for Rei. ]
...Once upon a time, in some... uh, place, there's a princess with long, fluffy hair with flowers on it. She has big bright eyes, she smiles and laughs a lot. [ In reflex, he glances at her, even though with their position he can't really see anything. ] One day, while taking walks, she saw...
[ ...... ]
...a hugeass corn. [ He can't believe he's doing this, but he's doing it. ] The corn hurt his leg and couldn't move. The princess's real kind and 's got a huge heart, so tho' small, she tried her best to support him, leading him to her castle to treat him.
[ His voice grows softer, and softer as he goes. ]
Day by day, she knew no fatigue and kept carin' for the corn, 'til finally... the corn recovered. So he told the princess he'd leave, but come back at night. He returned to the castle at night then, with a giant box. When she opened it... a mirror's in it, reflecting her face. The corn said, "I wanted to share with you my happiness".
[ He pulls back slightly, just so he can look at Rei. It was a really shabby story that he came up with on the fly, but the point is ー he wants her to know how much she's saved his heart. And he wants to be there for her, too. ]
That's what you've been to me, Rei.
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... I'm the princess and you're the corn?
[ a princess... ]
Did I help that much...?
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But he nods at the question, gently wiping her tears with the side of his index finger. ]
Yeah. People kept callin' me corn cob, so...
[ It's vexing to come down to that, but he doesn't know what else because he's not a prince, and he'll never be able to be one for Rei. Not when he's done so much wrong in the past, and will probably do more in the future. ]
You did. You reminded me that there're such thing as pure kindness in this world, and you make me wanna be kind to others too. You--
[ This is all kinda embarrassing to admit, but he's gone this far, he's gonna say everything. ]
You saved my heart, Rei. Just lookin' at ya make me happy. [ He looks away briefly, rubbing the back of his own head. ] And that's just what ya do to people, not just me. You're givin' your best for people. That's so rad, y'know? I look up to ya.
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Thank you...
[ and then she goes back to hug him tightly. this time, it's out of gratitude. ]
You're just like a prince, Mo-chan. You're big and strong and kind. You're not a corn at all.
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I-- haha. [ He wants to deny it so badly, but he's afraid of ruining this. He'll pretend to be his prince for now. Just for the time being. ] Thanks, Rei.
[ He doesn't know how princes act like, but he'll try. At worst he'll probably look stupid but that might make Rei laugh... so it's fine. ]
So, er, Princess. Shall we return to the... uh. Palace?
[ Oh god he wants to disappear lmaoooo. That was much more embarrassing than he thought. ]
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Mmhm, let's go.
[ it's embarrassing!! but at least rei has finally given her first small smile since the incident. ]
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He swears, he'll do anything to protect her. ]
Let's get ya somethin' warm to drink too, yea?
[ Mondo never lets go of Rei's hand the entire time, even as his palms are getting damp (sorry Rei...). It probably takes about 10 minutes to reach their destination, and yet it feels like it's been an hour or so. The lady greeting them after Mondo knocks on the door immediately lets them in, without asking any further questions other than whether or not she's hurt. The moment Mondo says no, she pushes Rei gently towards where the bathroom is and shoos Mondo away.
"This is for hot water, and this is for cold. You can switch here for shower and for bath. I'll wash your clothes and get you something to wear tonight, so take your time in there, okay?" Her voice is gentle, just like the smile she's giving Rei. ]