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[ OPEN/CATCH-ALL ] we garner this poor hour of ease.
WHO: dextera, and others.
WHERE: the town.
WHEN: throughout november, labeled accordingly.
WHAT: some important prompts (following guren for a canon update), some not-so-important prompts (snow!), and eventually, possibly, quests.
WARNINGS: dextera’s existential despair is gonna be BIG in this post, plus definitely discussions of blood/gore (mostly for animals)!
i. LET IT SNOW (OPEN / PRIOR TO NOTICING NEW ARRIVALS)
[ when dextera wakes up the morning of the eighth, it seems that overnight the rain of the day before has turned to snow. he’s seen snow before, by now, but it didn’t stick the first time it fell. now, however, the ground is covered in an inch or two that’s getting a little thicker with every passing minute, and certainly with every passing hour.
dextera, true to form, is scrambling out of his room after catching a glimpse of the blinding white through the window, to go grab the chickens and usher them all inside their coop. it’s too cold for them! it’s also too cold for dextera, who forgot to put on his warm, protective coat, so he’s standing outside shivering trying to make sure that the chickens are safe. ]
ii. the suffering of christ (OPEN / AFTER THE NEW ARRIVALS)
a. [ dextera had followed guren into the woods. of course he had, of course, because guren had gotten up for seemingly no reason and wandered in—responding to nothing at all. no matter how much dextera tugged at his arm or tried to stand in the way, guren kept moving on as a man possessed. what this meant, what this means, is that dextera stumbles out of the woods alone a few hours later, at some point when the dawn breaks over the horizon and reflects on the ever-growing pristine snow. blood of various origins stains the path behind him.
he looks bad. he looks like he’s been in there for days, even though he was ostensibly only gone a few hours—there’s blood down his shirt, on his mouth, his fingers, dried and fresh in equal measure. the tentative light in his eyes that’s been blooming these past few months is extinguished entirely, but that’s only visible for a moment before he goes face down into the snow and stays there. ]
b. [ over the next few days following the above incident, anyone who knows both dextera and guren, and possibly even people who don’t, are going to receive a desperate message from his hex code in their inbox. possibly more than one, possibly several. ]
Wheredid he go?
c. [ until guren’s return, dextera is going to be in his room. definitely crying, maybe not eating, but he’s not going to fight anyone who comes in to check on him. ]
iii. WILDCARD
( here is everything else! assuming that the mini-event doesn’t fuck me right up with the timing of this, anyone can respond to those first two, but if you’d like to do something else, something more specific, or quests, let me know by PM or at![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
pavaal! )
WHERE: the town.
WHEN: throughout november, labeled accordingly.
WHAT: some important prompts (following guren for a canon update), some not-so-important prompts (snow!), and eventually, possibly, quests.
WARNINGS: dextera’s existential despair is gonna be BIG in this post, plus definitely discussions of blood/gore (mostly for animals)!
[ when dextera wakes up the morning of the eighth, it seems that overnight the rain of the day before has turned to snow. he’s seen snow before, by now, but it didn’t stick the first time it fell. now, however, the ground is covered in an inch or two that’s getting a little thicker with every passing minute, and certainly with every passing hour.
dextera, true to form, is scrambling out of his room after catching a glimpse of the blinding white through the window, to go grab the chickens and usher them all inside their coop. it’s too cold for them! it’s also too cold for dextera, who forgot to put on his warm, protective coat, so he’s standing outside shivering trying to make sure that the chickens are safe. ]
a. [ dextera had followed guren into the woods. of course he had, of course, because guren had gotten up for seemingly no reason and wandered in—responding to nothing at all. no matter how much dextera tugged at his arm or tried to stand in the way, guren kept moving on as a man possessed. what this meant, what this means, is that dextera stumbles out of the woods alone a few hours later, at some point when the dawn breaks over the horizon and reflects on the ever-growing pristine snow. blood of various origins stains the path behind him.
he looks bad. he looks like he’s been in there for days, even though he was ostensibly only gone a few hours—there’s blood down his shirt, on his mouth, his fingers, dried and fresh in equal measure. the tentative light in his eyes that’s been blooming these past few months is extinguished entirely, but that’s only visible for a moment before he goes face down into the snow and stays there. ]
b. [ over the next few days following the above incident, anyone who knows both dextera and guren, and possibly even people who don’t, are going to receive a desperate message from his hex code in their inbox. possibly more than one, possibly several. ]
Wheredid he go?
c. [ until guren’s return, dextera is going to be in his room. definitely crying, maybe not eating, but he’s not going to fight anyone who comes in to check on him. ]
( here is everything else! assuming that the mini-event doesn’t fuck me right up with the timing of this, anyone can respond to those first two, but if you’d like to do something else, something more specific, or quests, let me know by PM or at
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And there's Kaoru. Suddenly this is a small party. He's still holding Dextera protectively, looking at Kaoru like an animal protecting its young. Just what would she do with him? ]
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[It's easy for Kaoru to gauge how serious a situation is when just from how Shiho reacts after shooting someone.
When Shiho doesn't deflect or joke or make excuses...that's not life or death but definitely serious.
Also...who are they lecturing?
She can ask later, she supposes.
She watches Sinistra for a moment. She can recognize that look. She, Shiho and Aoi had looked like that, once upon a time. Back then, if someone had tried to take them from her, regardless of the reasons, she'd probably have thrown them into a wall.]
Flying back would be the fastest. [There's a slight weightlessness--a small tug to all of their bodies, suddenly, like they were about to be picked up, but she hadn't gotten anyone's feet of the ground yet.] Could you hang onto him?
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She does give Sinistra a worried look just in case she needs to tranquilize him too. After all, Kaoru was important to her in much the same way.]
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He looks down at his brother, though, and realizes he's too weak to carry him all the way back on his own. A conscious part of him knows these are his brother's friends trying to help. He tries to pull his brother up more securely into his arms. ]
I believe that I can...
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Then we're counting on you.
[She gives Dex a quick, worried look...but it wasn't the time for that. Then she picks them up properly so they were a few feet off the ground.] Who's house are we heading to?
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He gives her another short glance. ]
We should take him to his home. It is better if he wakes somewhere familiar to him, I think.
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Okay. We'll take him back to his home.
[She decided not to go too fast. Because she didn't want anyone to flip upside down by accident. But it's definitely faster than if they were walking and she takes them higher up too so no one will ask them any questions.]
Maybe we can go in from a window...so we don't run into any of his housemates.
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Shiho carries herself easily as they fly, though she does keep half an eye on Dextera and Sinistra to make sure the two of them are okay. Or more importantly to make sure that Sinistra was okay. She knows Kaoru won't drop any of them, but he doesn't.]
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He's terribly silent, eyes fixated on Dextera but hazed over. ]
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Hey. I don't know what happened but we'll figure it out together, okay? He'll be fine because he has a brother and he has friends that won't give up until he is.
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We'll make sure he's fine.
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They're trying to help. As mixed up as he is right now, he can realize that much. He'll put some faith in them for now. ]
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So which one is his window?
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Probably the one with all the chickens waiting in it.
thanks for not sending me thread alerts, dw
He lifts a hand and points the one he knows to be his brother's out easily. ]
how dare it do that. dw, we believed in you!
But once Sinistra points, Kaoru nods then flies them over to the window. She doesn't ask this time and just takes over getting the window open and takes them inside.]
We should probably tuck him in.
[Again, she has no idea what happened but whatever it was, catching a cold probably wouldn't help.]
wow dw you had one job
She lets Kaoru maneuver them, reaching out to nudge Sinistra with a shoulder.]
You tuck him in, okay? He'll be a bit groggy tomorrow morning, but give him some water and it should probably be fine.