[ 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

[doublecrowss]

[ At that initial response, Akechi's eyebrows immediately shoot upwards in unmasked surprised. Dextera is... used to returning? Does that mean he's also... used to dying? ]

Clones? And your body is... replaced every time...?

[ A shake of his head. It definitely sounds way too fantastical as it is, but his only option is to work under the assumption it's all real-- hasn't Akechi seen his own share of fantastical things, anyway? Isn't this very world one of them?

So he moves past his disbelief, and focuses on what Dextera says next, how his return in this town was different from what he was used to. The mechanics of this world, how they affect the people who died here... That's all he really cares about.

(Sorry, Dex.) ]

For now, let's concentrate on this previous incident. What do you mean by sketchy, exactly?

[passio]

[ dextera doesn’t mind—talking about his clones is strange for him, because he knows clones are strange in and of themselves, for people who have never encountered them or haven’t considered the technology. the shift in topic, however slight, is almost welcome. ]

Like… a drawing. Pure white. Some outlines.

[ it’s hard to think about the moment he wandered into ryo’s home, like a ghost, but he knows that ryo didn’t recognize him at first. ]

Unidentifiable.