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akira "king of #YOLO" kurusu [joker] ([personal profile] jokered) wrote2017-09-05 10:26 pm
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week five ♡ wednesday ♡ magilou

[he made himself scarce on tuesday.

sometimes, a person needs time to decompress, and save for having checked on fie once the news was going around that mera was missing...

he stayed in his hut.

even as the sun set, he didn't leave. and the night was restless, with little sleep to be had and a lot of stress on his shoulders—a protag will be a protag. a leader will be a leader. akira is absolutely both of those things, and with things coming down to the wire, it's overwhelming to say the least. he's got all too many reasons, and because of that?

he isolates himself a bit. selfishly, and yet also selflessly, because he doesn't like burdening other people with his problems—and maybe a bit because some of the thoughts in his head and things weighing on him are things he doesn't even really know how to talk about.

stupidly, because people don't ever fuss about his problems, akira doesn't really think his presence will be that missed for a day.

whoops.]
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-06 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[he'll realize his mistake in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when a familiar voice starts yelling from outside]

Akiraaaaaa!

I swear on Bienfu's cute hat that if you've gone and disappeared on me I'm gonna hex you for a thousand years! Frogs, hopping out of your mouth, every time you talk!

[. . . yep]

[after Mera's disappearance yesterday, on the heels of Ruby's and Raven's. . . she doesn't want to take any chances]
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-06 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ah--]

[his demeanor may be casual, but his disheveled appearance speaks for itself. there's hesitation as she takes him in, gaze flickering from his messy hair to the bags under his eyes, and the words tumble out of her mouth before she can stop them]


You look like a certified mess.

[no beating around the bush today]
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-06 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Glowing so brightly they're a beacon in the darkness!!

[you're welcome, Akira!!]

Mind if I come in? [. . .] You sort of look like you could use some of my energetic company.
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-06 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's all." After you disappeared on me for an entire day.

[yeah, she doesn't believe that for a second. she's seen his cracks, she knows what they look like]

[as soon as the door closes, she steps immediately into his personal space, hands coming to rest on either side of his face. she catches his eyes with her own, frowning at the sheer exhaustion within them]


. . . what's on your mind now, I wonder?
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-06 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
. . .

[she thinks back to his actions this weekend. the way he held her when the full implications of Laphicet's incentive tore her apart. how he offered to build her a place in his world, to give her somewhere to belong, to give her an anchor to return to no matter where she went in life. how he invited her over for a quiet evening after Laphicet's execution]

[she thinks back to that conversation on the beach, the one they had after Raven and the others returned from the jungle in tatters. thinks back to how he told her that he had always been everyone else's pillar]

[she thinks back to how tired and afraid and worried he was when Raven disappeared, and she thinks she might know what's happening, here]


Don't crumble underneath the weight of trying to hold everyone up, Akira.

[she mumbles, voice quiet. it's an invitation. talk to me, please]
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-06 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[she can't. and that's why she's asking. she's come an awfully long way from the distant shitposter she was some five weeks ago, after all]

[her hands fall from his face, down his shoulders and arms, until she's grasping at his wrists and tugging him towards the bed where they can both sit down]


Here.

[sit, sit! she's already perched on the edge, indicating that he should do likewise]
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-07 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Akira??]

[she initially freezes, every muscle in her body tense, not because she minds the contact (she's getting awfully used to it) but because she's never quite seen him like this before. her instincts tell her to bolt, that she can't deal with this, she doesn't know how, she's not equipped, but--]

[. . .]

[she wants to help. underneath all of that, she wants to understand, to sympathize, to hold, to comfort. and, geez, when she thinks about it. . . isn't that all she's really wanted all along?]

[he slumps against her, and she slips her arms around his shoulders, drawing him forward until his chin rests on hers, their cheeks pressed together. she's bad with words in situations like this, and she knows he is, too]

[maybe something more non-verbal will get through to him instead]
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-07 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
. . . eh. It's not wrong.

[coming from someone who spent a good portion of her life incapable of feeling or caring about anything, she can't really think of it as wrong]

It sure does make things easier.

[speaking from. personal experience. but she also knows, from personal experience, what one gives up when they decide to go down that path]

[she doesn't warn him against it. she doesn't need to, for she knows he understands, and she knows he's a lot stronger than she was back when she was still Magillanica. so instead, she keeps him held close, letting him ride this out as she tries to ignore the way his nose and mouth feel pressed against her neck]
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-07 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[it's. . . extremely non-specific, and she almost doesn't ask. almost offers some of her usual vague pearls of wisdom in an attempt to soothe whatever wounds are burning right now]

[but that wouldn't help]

[with some hesitancy, with some uncertainty on whether she is doing this correctly or not, she presses]


. . . do what?
Edited 2017-09-07 04:37 (UTC)
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-07 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[. . . oh]

[under normal circumstances, and if it were literally anyone else, she'd probably just shrug it off, tell them that she didn't really care how they felt, and be on her way. but these aren't normal circumstances, and he isn't just anyone. and god damn it, she knows she made a bet that he'd break or die before things ended, but that was before all of this. . . this whatever it was, and. . .]

[auuuuugh why does she hurt when he hurts? is this what empathy is? is this what it's like to care about someone-- genuinely care about them, about their happiness and well-being?]


. . . hey. I know I made that bet, but I'm not really ready to collect, you know.

[a light joke, because even now, she can't help it]

What makes you say that, anyway?
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-07 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[the first few things he says doesn't surprise her. for someone so used to protecting and supporting others, of course he'd feel guilty for being unable to protect those closest to him]

[it's the other thing that takes her off guard, along with the dampness of tears against her skin. she feels her stomach coil and flip, and her instincts tell her to get the hell out of dodge because she's so not equipped, so not ready for this]

[her grip on his shoulders tightens instead. no, Magilou. don't run from this.]


You're gonna have to elaborate on that, Akira. [it's fine. this is fine. she's fine. she can handle this] . . . how'd you make it worse?
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-07 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[she can tell he's deflecting. takes an expert at deflection to know a fellow deflector, although his method is a little different than her own. she almost calls him out on it, pushes him again to answer her question genuinely. but then she thinks about how she'd react to someone pushing her that way, and reevaluates her approach]

[. . .]

[she has something. . . that could maybe help. she made promises-- promises not to tell a single soul, promises to someone she believed in wholeheartedly. but she trusts Akira to keep her secrets (he's done a great job of it so far, and that's an honest thought), and the person to whom she pledged her loyalty could always use more allies]


You know, sometimes I have secrets to tell and I just can't keep them locked up behind by big fat mouth. It's tragic.

[lllightly, again. still trying to joke a little]

There's someone on this island who knows how to end the game right. They're working to do just that, as we speak.
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[personal profile] spinatalltale 2017-09-07 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
You've already done at least one thing right.

[. . . UGH DID SHE REALLY JUST SAY THAT. how sentimental. how sappy. she's appalled at herself, as true as those words are, for using such a cheesy line at a time like this]

[she moves past it quickly]


I was wrong when I surmised the final Wickie wasn't on our side. They are.

[. . .]

They're going to kill the remaining Sirens. That's how we end this game "the way we want."

[if her word choice sounds weird, it's only because she's echoing what the Wickie told her exactly]

Helping them involves assisting a known killer. If you're willing to do that. . .

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