[ CATCH-ALL ] mixing memory and desire.

[passio]

WHO: dextera and others!
WHERE: the town, the forest, everywhere!
WHEN: april!
WHAT: assorted quests and anything else, i’ll have closed starters down below!
WARNINGS: general warning for dextera, so the usual grossness and sadness.

( if you’d like to plot something, PM me or contact me at pavaal! )

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[apocalypticist]

Of course.

[ He gives Dextera a look, wondering where he's going with this. ]

[passio]

[ just once, he thinks, will be enough.

it’ll be cathartic to do it, after coming so close so many times, and he thinks he can well and truly forgive ryo for all the heartless, thoughtless things he’s done over the course of their friendship. now that the quests are on his mind, he recalls the wording of the recent ones well. a “close friend.”

now seems as good a time as any. ]

…

[ dextera keeps his purification out of it, but a punch is still a punch, and it’s something he’s honed well. so he pulls back, and aims a hit right for ryo’s smug face. ]

[apocalypticist]

[ ...He should have seen this one coming, huh. He makes a pained noise when Dextera's fist connects with his face, the force sending him staggering backwards against the wall, stopping him from falling flat on his ass.

A trickle of blood is running from his nose. Achievement unlocked: Punch Satan! ]

Ngh.

[passio]

[ dextera exhales.

his fist hurts, of course, but shaking it out seems to disperse the pain somewhat. his adrenaline, too, makes him forget the contact of what’s practically bone-on-bone—he hadn’t intended to make ryo bleed, but maybe that was inevitable with the force. ]

…

[ there’s nothing else, really, for him to say. a few more tears trickle from his eyes, and he turns on his heel. ]

I’m going home.

[apocalypticist]

I deserved that one. [ He winces, wiping the blood away with the back of his hand before it gets the chance to drop onto the floor or on his white shirt.

Then he lowers his hand, watching the other turn to leave. ]

...Bye, Dextera. [ There's an undercurrent of what sounds like regret to his voice. ]