[December Catch-All] [Wildcard Prompt OTA]

[pyrafect]

Who: Pyra, some closed thread, and one open thread!
Where: Errwhere
When: December
What: quests and shizz
Warnings: nada

Closed to Akira
[ It makes for an easy trek through the snow when not one but two people are like living furnaces. Pyra is, and always will be, never appropriately dressed for the weather, with the only addition to her typical outfit a long scarf she has wrapped about her neck. She doesn't need it, of course, but it was too fluffy not to wear.

Talk about your strengths with a red, the message had said. Were it only so simple. ]

I've been thinking. [ She tells him as they walk, hands linked behind her back. ] About what to wish for. And I can't seem to narrow it down to just one. [ She smiles a bit playfully. ] Think I can wish for more wishes?

[ That's probably not how it goes, and she knows it (not that she actually believes that any of these wishes will come true). Still, it makes for an interesting conversation piece. ]

Closed to Tsumugi
[ Ask a blue for help with something.

Oh, and does she ever need help with something. Caroling. That is, singing. It is a quest, and it is something that needs to be done. Only, Pyra is not some sort of songstress, and if she does indeed have any memories of holiday carols from a time long past, that information is wholly blocked to her. So what else can she do but turn to another for a bit of help. ]

Here you go, Tsumugi... [ She says to him courteously, setting down a cup of tea down in front of him. Pyra had invited him to the home in Bluo to which she had been assigned, and even if their first meeting hadn't gone as smoothly as one might have hoped, she appreciates him being here nonetheless. ] So. What's the first thing one should know when singing?

Closed to Link
[ As luck would have it, the message of Have a good time with a yellow that had appeared on her computer might not be all that difficult to fulfill. All it takes is her walking into the Flavo district and finding a Yellow and asking them for a bit of their time.

For singing, that is.

And so they are currently outside, with Pyra having built a fire to keep the both of them warm as they practice. Or rather, for him to keep warm since she's perfectly fine dressed as she is, despite all appearances. ]

...Think we should try harmonizing on that last part?

Wildcard, Open to All
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[pyrafect]

[ And then she shakes her head, releasing him. Whatever she had been about to say, she keeps it to herself. ]

...Thank you. [ That's the right thing to say in this situation, isn't it? ] That was really sweet of you.

[lacrimose]

[Akira looks at her as he feels that tug on his sleeve, and is silent, not wanting to interrupt whatever it is she has to say. He recognises the look of someone struggling to talk about themselves, when there had been so many times Miki had asked him to talk about what was on his mind and he simply couldn't, or wouldn't.

Maybe Pyra is more like him than he thought. But when she offers a simple thank you instead, he won't press, instead offering a small smile.]

With both of our wishes together, I'm sure something will happen soon that will make you happy.

[pyrafect]

[ Eventually she will tell him more. Eventually. Or maybe she won't, and there will come a point that it is too late to tell him anything-- and that is a very real fear she has, a regret she may know she might have, because she knows that not everyone remains in this world. And if either he or she leaves, she would be left with the guilt of not ever opening up to him, to anyone she hides from in this realm.

But that day to tell him more is not today. ]

...This makes me happy, Akira. Spending time with you. [ She tells him gently.

And then she laughs, unable to help herself. ] Aha, I had thought you'd just be wishing for erotic magazines, not this.

[lacrimose]

What? No, that was...

[He looks faintly embarrassed, if only because it's Pyra. He managed to get that particular craving out of his system for now, at least, but now basically the whole town knows he's horny on main thanks to his stupid demon brain. Nice.]

I wouldn't waste a wish on something dumb like that.

[pyrafect]

[ She only laughs. ]

I know, I know... [ She's just. Trying to distract herself from having to think about how he's clearly aware of her sorrow. How he knows that secret, even if he doesn't exactly know what is behind it. Joking with him is so much easier... ] I'm just teasing you.

But it makes you think about how little any of us might have compared to what we're blessed with in our homeworlds. [ Or, well, what others have in their homeworlds. She's still sealed there, for all she knows. ]

[lacrimose]

Yeah... [He agrees, albeit hesitantly. Few people in his own world can be considered blessed when the world has broken out into all out war against demons. Devilmen like Akira are even less blessed, hated by humans and demonkind alike.

Because of that, it's not difficult to think of what kind of dire situation might await Pyra in her own world. He'll try not to cry about it -- this time, anyway.]

For some people, Chroma is all they have. So, it's okay to want to be happy here, too.

[He turns away from the bell.] Let's head back.

[pyrafect]

[ It's okay to want to be happy here, too.

She needs to keep these words close to her heart. She will try to, at least. ] Mm. I... hope you're happy here, too.

[ ...And as they head back to the town, perhaps he'll notice. Or perhaps not. But Pyra will be walking just a little more closely next to him. ]

[lacrimose]

Yeah... Thanks.

[Akira says it haltingly. He's both happy here and he isn't, when he knows people in his own world are suffering so much, and he's here, unable to do anything about it. It makes any happiness he has here bittersweet. Frustrating, at times, even.

But he doesn't mention any of that, content to simply walk by her side as they return to the town.]