November Catch-all

[sirnyxalot]

Who: Nyx and Friends
Where: Mostly Chroma, but potentially venturing forth into the forest
What: Quest logs and other such shenanigans
When: The entire month of November
Warnings: Standard Awash-level caution, probably nothing to be concerned about


[Starters below. If you'd like to plot something for the month, established and potential CR both welcome, then hit me up in a PM or on plurk @Dannipet.]

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[satanslash]

[Rin isn't handling it any better, staring at his hand and curling and uncurling his fingers tentatively. The buzzing numbness doesn't go away with the movements.

At Nyx's frightened question his head snaps up, shaking fervently.]

N-no way! What if I do too much?!

[The last thing he wants to do is hurt anyone he cares about.]

[sirnyxalot]

[While they've seen some of their peers devoid of colour before, it had always been temporary. Hopefully this would be the same?

Pulling himself back together, Nyx rolls his shoulders to rid himself of the tension knit between them and focuses.]

You're right. Reversing it the other way would probably only sap me of mine, too, rather than restore it. Huh.

[He looks at the laptop, curious.]

What's the point of telling us to do this?

[satanslash]

Your guess is as good as mine...

[He says it softly, finally releasing his own wrist and shifting to pick up the laptop and go back to the side of the bed he had been on.]

Mn. It-- I'm not hurt it just feels really, really weird.

[He attempted a strained smile.]

It ain't your fault. We had no way of knowin' that was even possible.

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I should have known better than to take it for granted, regardless.

[Nyx sits next to him, flexing his own hand. There's a deliberate distance still between them, the man unnerved enough to still not trust that it won't just happen again.]

This could be dangerous if someone really gets it in their head to take someone's colour entirely. It's... intoxicating isn't the right word, but I don't know how else to describe it.

[satanslash]

Guess it really was possible...

[Teach them to mock the quests.

Rin is just as hesitant to get close again, though there's an unnerved chill going through him now, a silent want to be comforted that he wasn't keen to speak aloud.]

You... really think anyone here is like that?

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No. [A weighted pause. If it were anyone else he'd have stopped there, probably capped it off with something positive. But Rin has long since known about the shitshow that went down back in Insomnia. There's no sense in dodging the truth now.

Somewhere along the way he'd stopped wanting to, actually. Miracles do exist.]

But I didn't think the men who risked their lives for each other would turn around to stab their brothers in the back, either. I don't suspect anyone, and I'm not planning on going out looking for trouble, but I can't just...

[He sucks air tightly through his teeth and rubs his palms on his legs.]

I won't fall blindly into a trap again. I'd rather plan for the worst and never have to use it.

[Ramuh's ballsack, what is he doing? Sitting here awkward like a kid who's expecting to be grounded.

Without giving himself a chance to overthink it again, Nyx cuts off his guilt and reaches out his arm to pull Rin into a hug. He doesn't know what he expected--maybe for the kid to feel cold or something--but the damage seems minor. Rin is still solid and breathing. They'll tackle everything else in stride.]

[satanslash]

[Yeah, I didn't think that would happen either...

And yet there was Shima, a double agent that had clearly chosen which side he actually wanted to be on.

He had been behind Yukio in those last moments before Rin had been dragged to Chroma, a disgustingly smug smirk on his face as he told Yukio the Illuminati would take him in.

God, Rin would love to punch him in to the nearest wall.

He had talked a bit about what was happening back home so it wouldn't be difficult to guess that he was lingering on thoughts of that, prompted by Nyx's words. He had nodded quietly but said nothing. Being dragged in to a hug surprised him, breaking his focus on those depressing memories.

He blinked rapidly, eyes wide for a second until he relaxed into an appreciative smile.]

Thanks...

[sirnyxalot]

No sense dwelling on what could happen. We're not gonna let this place get the best of us, kid. We've got each other, we've got literal worlds of varying expertise across the whole town, and despite all odds we've survived this far. We're only going to get better at it.

[A pause.] And next time we experiment with these quests we'll think them through first. Or pick someone else to be a guinea pig. [A quirk of a grin.]

[satanslash]

[This place was certainly trying to get the better of them. It almost had with the sirens. That was something Rin would still occasionally have nightmares about.

He wouldn't have made it this far without people like Nyx and all the others he had made friends with, though.]

Next time we should just go for the safe ones.

[He's stuck with his arm being colorless for now, but really, it could have been worse and he's grateful for that.]

Are you gonna be okay?