CATCHALL: Dion

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w1 monday

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[ "somewhere weird", spoon said.


anyway here we are outside of the blood bank, and shoma's just. staring. incredulously. this planet is already kind of both fascinating and creepy all at once, but an actual blood bank sure sends a message. he doesn't even really realize he's saying this out loud, but perhaps dion is close enough to hear him. ]

You know...this feels almost a little too pointed after last week. [ scien and dahut could've had all the blood they wanted?? damn. ]

[agamid]

[ too soon shoma... ]

It is remarkably unusual. I've never felt my blood so deeply in demand. [ ... ] At least, not in this sense.

[solesuccess]

[ he turns his head to glance at him a little. ]

Is that supposed to be as ominous as it sounds...?

week 2, monday, elc paddock (anoria)

[agamid]

[ okay well this is cool as hell

just smiles at shoma ]

Sir Shoma. Just here to observe?

[solesuccess]

[ happy to inform you that there is a dog tail that's behind him and immediately wagging at mach fuck even if his expression is mostly relaxed. roboji is also here, too, wheeling around in a slow circle to eyeball these mounts. ]

How'd you guess? You have to admit they're pretty cool.

[agamid]

[ HELP HE'S SO CUTE ]

That... they are. [ he doesn't comment on it ] You've quite an interest in robots, correct?

week 2, thursday

[agamid]

[ idk where is shoma... searches for him!! is he still bloody and fruity ]

Sir Shoma, I trust you've been able to rest?

[solesuccess]

[ he's in the rec room! under a bunch of blankets. he's not watching the tv or anything, more here just to be warm and in an area people are likely to come through. he looks like he's healed enough that he's not openly bleeding and his wounds are closed, but there are bandages on some of the bigger ones just in case. he's also in clean clothes, so that's progress, but he really is bundled up so it's hard to see anything else. ]

Working on that part, I think. [ sometimes you are simply shellshocked. ]

[agamid]

[ he's just a little guy ): dion will come over to sit by him, a little pleased to see him all bundled up and clean. ]

That will likely take more than a scant few hours. Or even days. You've had your physical injuries tended to, at least?

week 2, sunday

[agamid]

[ hello... looks for him after execution where is he :( is he staying hydrated ]

[solesuccess]

[ hewwo...unfortunately he is not staying hydrated. he is in fact actually making coffee in the galley? he's kind of leaning a little heavier into the counter than usual to stay upright, watching the pot burble and drip, but hearing footsteps means he turns his head to glance over his shoulder.

ah. ]

Do...you want some? [ do they have coffee in valisthea. should either of them be having coffee right now. look it's been a super long weekend. ]

[agamid]

[ i'm going to make the executive decision that there is no coffee, but he doesn't want to be rude so, ] I would be much obliged.

[ but, he frowns. ]

You seem tired, Sir Shoma.

week 3, monday, tram station

[agamid]

[ They're in the tram station on the Eudora when the rift tears into the space around them both, transforming it into a grand audience chamber.

Now, there is one thing you know: that there have only been two people in your life who have loved you. The second is Terence, a better man than you have ever deserved, and whose youth you greedily enjoyed.

But the first is your father, the only family have ever had. Your father, who kept you from the streets of Oriflamme, took you in though you were not of his wife, and raised you as a prince of Sanbreque.

And there is your father, your lance through his chest.

"... Kinslayer."

All at once your heart cracks, twenty-eight years of grief, pain, love and loneliness flooding your veins like poison and corroding away the tight control with which you keep Bahamut's power in check.

Tonight, the eikon wins the battle of wills, and the great wyrm rises over the city of Twinside.

The sight of the city ablaze fades first, but the sounds of the people screaming linger a moment longer. ]

[solesuccess]

[ first of all, why are small children so fucking horrifying.

second of all...oof. oof, oof, oof, this is a lot to contend with, and this is a lot to witness all at once for a variety of reasons and spoon i believe you less and less that you're canonblind i'm going to die.

anyway. i assume we're doing the standard memshare which means that when all of that happens and all of that fades away (the resounding sound of the screams lingering in his ears, even with his headphones on), shoma's only response is to turn to face him while they're still in this rift. ]

...that seems really, really recent, Dion. [ and the tone says "are you okay" more than anything. ]

[agamid]

[ shoma is the only small child he trusts... also I AM CANON BLIND i promise help

dion, for his part, is fairly horrified to see all this play out. his expression is stricken, struggling to contend with what he had just seen—what he'd just done, and it's no easier to witness the second time around.

his head whips around to shoma when he speaks, and all at once he wishes that the ground would swallow him up, or that he didn't have too much pride to simply run from this conversation. ]

It was... perhaps, two moons prior to my arrival here.

w3 saturday

[solesuccess]

[ wanders into the jail holding cell area...and approaching to watch dion for a second. ]

...am I allowed to be here for a bit? [ or would you rather be alone? ]

[agamid]

[ he's just sitting here ]

Of course. Though there are better places to spend an evening.

[solesuccess]

[ sits on the ground to face him. ]

Maybe. But this is actually more familiar to me than most things about this ship, believe it or not.

week 6, saturday, mega park

[agamid]

[ mega park!! once they're alone dion will give shoma the gentlest hug ]

I truly hope the past few weeks have not been too onerous, Sir Shoma.

[solesuccess]

[ unsurprisingly, it's returned immediately. his movements are a little stiff just because this week's been a mess but the affection's pretty obvious. ]

I think I always knew it was going to be difficult, but remembering that you guys were waiting made it easier to keep going.

[agamid]

[ that's... SO SOFT! SHOMA!!

he huffs softly ]

We had the utmost faith in you. Though it was difficult to watch you all continue to undergo hardships... I am glad we have been reunited.

w7 monday

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[ we are outside today, and shoma's at the edge of one of the hiking trails. he seems a little wary, sudden cat ears flickering nervously but he looks up at dion curiously. ]

Well...it's not the park, but this doesn't look too bad? At least there's a trail to follow.

[agamid]

[ HE'S SOOO CUTE dion is giving off waves of weariness and concern as he looks out over the space ]

I wonder if that is what makes this planet so effective. It is easy to be drawn into such a picturesque scene...

week 7, endgame

[agamid]

[ back at the dog park... probably laying on the grass ]

So it is done.

[solesuccess]

[ it is possible he is face down, but he's laying on his arms so he's not completely muffled. ]

So it is. Are you surprised we did this well?