[ OPEN? CLOSED? ] as you die, you will understand.

[passio]

WHO: dextera + others! i’m open to anyone but please tell me by PM or at pavaal if they haven’t had at least like, one conversation.

WHAT: dextera forces himself to face all the people he bailed on after dying.

WHERE: the town!

WHEN: forward dated to late june, and probably the 1st and 2nd of july.

WARNINGS: death death death

[ for the first time, dextera wakes up from death to a sky that isn’t red. it’s all as grey as the world around him, and slowly, the memories return to him—the bogeyman, his brother, the feeling of his very soul being taken from his body. then, there’s a long expanse of nothing. now, his consciousness has returned.

he keeps out of the way at first in this sketchy body, staying private, staying safe with a friend he’s sure won’t tell—there are things he’s not ready to talk about, and faces he’s not ready to see. after a few days have passed, though, and his features reform, color returns, and his voice continues to stay just out of reach, he can finally be seen around town again.

he saw the post. he knows guren announced his death. he’s just hoping that no one will ask about it, if they see him. ]

...

[ as ever, he's silent. ]


( i'll be posting closed prompts in the comments for people who want them, otherwise... go HOG WILD. )

Comments

[queenofminiskirts]

[Honestly, it doesn't feel like anything special. Caring was just...something people did. And she had never saved anyone by simply caring.

No, that was a lie. And she knew she was just being stupid. Caring had saved Bullet and every other esper that had been brainwashed by Black Phantom. Caring had helped Yuuri see that she needed to change. Caring had saved her, Shiho and Aoi.

But even so.]

It just feels like I should be able to do more than that. I don't always want to be a child who needs to be protected.

[passio]

[ it’s strange, but certainly preferable, that dextera would be the one to console kaoru about her worth after everything—after his whole life of feeling completely worthless, and this town making him feel like he has some use, it seems only right to return the favor. ]

You’re doing something now.

[queenofminiskirts]

What? Crying on you? [She was laughing at least, even if the sound was a bit wet at the moment.]

[passio]

Heh.

[ dextera can’t help but laugh too, since kaoru seems to need the humor, but then he shakes his head. ]

You helped Guren. You are helping me. [ how can he explain this?

kaoru wants to do more than she has, but she’s already done so much—just by being herself. by worrying about him. he’s so grateful for that it’s almost impossible to say it. ]

You became my friend.

[queenofminiskirts]

[There is never going to be a time when Kaoru won't wish she could do more. It was an unfortunate flaw of her nature as well as one of her greater strengths.

But she thinks...she understands. At least, a little bit.]

...I was glad to do that. All of it.