The small realm is mostly dark, with the only light coming from a set of stained glass windows. There's no visible furniture in the room, and in fact the only detail that can be seen is the fact that the floor of this room is made from wood.
Atsushi is sitting in the center of the lit up area, with his knees drawn up to his chest.]
Hey...how are you doing?
[Kumon kinda. Went through a lot of shit today. I can't believe he found a body.]
[Atsushi doesn't believe that, but he's smiling regardless.]
Good.
...Sorry, that I'm leaving you alone like this. But maybe Vin will let you stay with her if it gets lonely at night? And I bet Kazunari would come over if you called.
[It's hard. It's hard and he has no idea what to say now. He was a good roommate, he liked living with him. Their shared room was warm and cozy between the two of them and now... it's going to feel emptier. Their whole apartment will, between Atsushi and Vanille being gone.
He squeezes his hand lightly, though he can't tell who he's trying to reassure.]
[It really isn't. But Atsushi doesn't want Kumon to deal with that existential crisis.]
Good.
...there's a book on my side of the room. It's got a yellow cover and prints of leaves and sticks on the front. Do you think you could bring it here, along with one of the pens in our room?
[And he'll open it up and show Kumon the book he's been working on. Which will actually have more pages added soon, I need to put them on that page still.]
[There's... warmth when he begins to read it, a gentle wash of affection. The days they spend in their apartment all together, almost like home. How cruel of the prism to give something like that to them, and yank it away just a few short weeks later.
[He doesn't feel kind right now, but hearing someone say it makes him feel a bit warmer at least. He leans against Kumon a bit, both trying to comfort him and to comfort himself too.]
I just want to help as best as I can with the time I have left. 12 hours should be enough time to add a few more pages, I think.
[Kumon's sure that whatever happens under refraction isn't really how people behave. It's not their true self. So he lets himself get leaned against, and thinks about how nice it was to live with Atsushi for this last month.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 01:42 am (UTC)Atsushi?
[Soft, like he doesn't want to startle him.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 01:49 am (UTC)The small realm is mostly dark, with the only light coming from a set of stained glass windows. There's no visible furniture in the room, and in fact the only detail that can be seen is the fact that the floor of this room is made from wood.
Atsushi is sitting in the center of the lit up area, with his knees drawn up to his chest.]
Hey...how are you doing?
[Kumon kinda. Went through a lot of shit today. I can't believe he found a body.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 01:54 am (UTC)[He is not gonna promise that because he really has no idea what's about to happen in these next couple of weeks.
Anxiety for tomorrow, the feeling of "I didn't do enough", and generalized dislike for what's going on here. He wishes none of this was happening.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 01:59 am (UTC)Good.
...Sorry, that I'm leaving you alone like this. But maybe Vin will let you stay with her if it gets lonely at night? And I bet Kazunari would come over if you called.
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Date: 2022-03-20 02:03 am (UTC)I wish- I wish it wasn't like this. It wasn't your fault.
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Date: 2022-03-20 02:10 am (UTC)...me too. I didn't want to leave you behind.
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Date: 2022-03-20 02:13 am (UTC)He squeezes his hand lightly, though he can't tell who he's trying to reassure.]
This place is so cruel.
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Date: 2022-03-20 02:30 am (UTC)[The words from Shale last week, they've stuck with him. And right now, they feel suffocating.]
Stay safe, yeah? I don't want anything to happen to you.
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Date: 2022-03-20 02:32 am (UTC)[He's going to do his best. He's going try to find it.
What is there to lose? (Everything.)]
I'll do my best.
[But honestly... is that really up to him? With the refractions and everything else?]
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Date: 2022-03-20 02:54 am (UTC)Good.
...there's a book on my side of the room. It's got a yellow cover and prints of leaves and sticks on the front. Do you think you could bring it here, along with one of the pens in our room?
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Date: 2022-03-20 02:56 am (UTC)I'll be right back.
[He kind of doesn't want to leave, but he will go get it and come back.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 03:12 am (UTC)Thanks. I really want to finish it tonight, before...
[Yeah.]
If you can keep a secret, I'll let you see what's in it.
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Date: 2022-03-20 03:18 am (UTC)I promise. I won't tell anybody.
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Date: 2022-03-20 03:28 am (UTC)[And he'll open it up and show Kumon the book he's been working on. Which will actually have more pages added soon, I need to put them on that page still.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 03:34 am (UTC)He does his best to blink away his tears.]
... You're such kind person, Atsushi.
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Date: 2022-03-20 03:51 am (UTC)I just want to help as best as I can with the time I have left. 12 hours should be enough time to add a few more pages, I think.
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Date: 2022-03-20 03:54 am (UTC)Find some time to rest too.
[Because tomorrow... he did pick combat.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 04:02 am (UTC)...stop by right before everything tomorrow, alright? If you, um, don't stay here all night. There's something I want to give you.
[But he has to wait 8 hours to use his Amber power again whoops.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 04:04 am (UTC)It's a promise. I'll be back in the morning.
[Because he can't be the only person who wants to see Atsushi, and the portal only lets so many people in at a time.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 04:13 am (UTC)Thanks.
I know trials are tough on you, but you always try your best, huh?
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Date: 2022-03-20 04:15 am (UTC)[It's that as much as he can sometimes involves fainting.]
Hey, um, what's your favorite flower?
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Date: 2022-03-20 04:20 am (UTC)Ah? Well I like just about everything, but sunflowers are nice.
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Date: 2022-03-20 04:23 am (UTC)[A certain warmth to knowing that.]
That's a great one.
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