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mooninthewater) wrote2023-08-16 12:10 pm
mooninthewater) wrote2023-08-16 12:10 pm
[A presence within the barrier of the fog watches...]
[ Hm. That hair standing on the back of your neck feeling isn't fun. Is he able to make out any shapes within the fog after some scanning? ]
[It's dark, so it's quite difficult to see. If Mizuki stares long enough, he'll see small, green-glowing lights. Two are shaped like balls. Two are shaped like curved lines, fatter at the centre than at the ends. The last is shaped like a V.]
[ Hmm. He’s gonna ever so casually climb out the window. Like a normal person does. ]
Is someone stuck out there? You can come this way, if you’re lost.
[ Danger sense: 0. There’s clearly nothing wrong here— ]
Is someone stuck out there? You can come this way, if you’re lost.
[ Danger sense: 0. There’s clearly nothing wrong here— ]
[The green lights flicker for a moment. There's the distant sound of breathing from beyond the veil, if Mizuki's hearing is sharp enough to make it out in the first place.]
[The talking is rough due to the fog interfering with communication, but Mizuki will be able to make out words:]
Help. Yes. Mizuki...
Help. Yes. Mizuki...
[ He starts to take a step forward, but there's something that stops him. There's a voice in his head pulling him back, and though it's in his own tone, he knows it's not his own.
How do they know your name? Something isn't right. ]
… [ But he doesn't want to not help people…??? ] How?
How do they know your name? Something isn't right. ]
… [ But he doesn't want to not help people…??? ] How?
[The orblike lights disappear, and then reappear after a few short seconds.]
My duty... protect all of you. I need to... in the Grove.
[They've tried to explain themself. As for the how:]
...New Moon... call to... Purif... ...First Sentinel ...Grove's Guardian.
My duty... protect all of you. I need to... in the Grove.
[They've tried to explain themself. As for the how:]
...New Moon... call to... Purif... ...First Sentinel ...Grove's Guardian.
[ Mizuki gives a little nod, digging around in his bag to pull out a small pad of paper to write that down before looking back up. Duty… protect… new moon, purify, 1st sentinel, grove's guardian.
…
None of that makes sense to him, but— ]
Okay, Protector, I'll let the others know. They're real smart, so we'll all figure out how to help you, okay? Ah—
[ From his bag, he pulls out one of his saltwater taffies and places it just on the edge of the fog. ]
Please stay safe until then, Protector!!
…
None of that makes sense to him, but— ]
Okay, Protector, I'll let the others know. They're real smart, so we'll all figure out how to help you, okay? Ah—
[ From his bag, he pulls out one of his saltwater taffies and places it just on the edge of the fog. ]
Please stay safe until then, Protector!!
[The green lights move down to perceive whatever it is Mizuki left. Hm.
It will still be there if he comes back during the daylight. The blinking lights, however, will not be.]
It will still be there if he comes back during the daylight. The blinking lights, however, will not be.]
[ Caoimhe had yet to enter this strange building that she had learned recently belonged to Mizuki. Wanting to see it for herself, but also apologize to him as well. The elven woman found herself entering into its domain, with eyes looking around attempting to find where her friend may be. ]
Mi... Mizuki?
[ After a moment of being a bit lost and uncertain, she pulls out a copper wire and sends a sending spell to Mizuki. ]
'Hello, I wanted to talk to you. Are you at the place you built? I am inside as well.. Trying to find you.
Mi... Mizuki?
[ After a moment of being a bit lost and uncertain, she pulls out a copper wire and sends a sending spell to Mizuki. ]
'Hello, I wanted to talk to you. Are you at the place you built? I am inside as well.. Trying to find you.
[ Mizuki only doesn’t hear Caoimhe because of the headphones he has on, listening to his music, but the sending spell snaps him out of his little trance. There’s something inherently… exciting to hear someone else in his head. The little jellyfish has to take a moment to recompose himself, else he lost to the other voices in his head yelling at him to seek out that oneness he so craves.
He’s good. He’s fine. It’s all okay. Caoimhe hadn’t wanted to commit to something like that anyway. This just felt like a tease…
Mizuki pops his head out from the pile of stuffed animals in the corner of the room, previously totally buried as he pulls his headphone out. ]
Caoimhe!! Hello!
He’s good. He’s fine. It’s all okay. Caoimhe hadn’t wanted to commit to something like that anyway. This just felt like a tease…
Mizuki pops his head out from the pile of stuffed animals in the corner of the room, previously totally buried as he pulls his headphone out. ]
Caoimhe!! Hello!
[ LMFAFNJKDSF the way i spliced in some cool dynamic without realizing.... ]
Mizuki! [ Caoimhe's voice lights up but then, her expression seems to look away as she places the wire back into her bag. Giving the look of someone who felt dejected and overall, ashamed of something that happened. After the two were closer, she looked around a bit and let out a slight exhale. ] Um... I wanted to apologize for the other day when... W-When I cast the spell of winds at you.
Mizuki! [ Caoimhe's voice lights up but then, her expression seems to look away as she places the wire back into her bag. Giving the look of someone who felt dejected and overall, ashamed of something that happened. After the two were closer, she looked around a bit and let out a slight exhale. ] Um... I wanted to apologize for the other day when... W-When I cast the spell of winds at you.
[ Mizuki’s got a thing for people being in his head, sorry, Caoimhe… He seems to have the sense to not let it get to him, though. He just seems… confused. ]
Huh? Apologize?? Whyever for? [ Beat. ] Oh! Were you worried you hurt me? Don’t worry, my stingers don’t really have nerves.
Huh? Apologize?? Whyever for? [ Beat. ] Oh! Were you worried you hurt me? Don’t worry, my stingers don’t really have nerves.
Yes that as well... [ Caoimhe is glad to hear that he was not hurt by the spell she cast, but it seemed the truth of what she had done did not ail his mind. Although, on the one hand, she felt this was okay and good - the more important truth was that she needed to convey this and let him know how she truly felt that day. ]
Mizuki that day... That day I was more scared that you were going to eat Chung, than I was hurting you or anything else... And I wanted to apologize for that, to think of you so horribly. [ She had begun to look into his eyes, but then, emotions overwhelmed her and she truly felt she discarded Mizuki's feelings at that moment. ] With everything going on within the grove, and everything that I knew becoming challenged... In that moment - I thought, horribly of you and that you would hurt others around you. I... [ Her voice becomes shaky, and she tries her best to continue speaking. ] I cannot watch you when you eat another like you did, such imagery haunts my mind. After everything I have seen so far... Everything seems to blend sometimes... It is frightening, I am sorry.... I did not mean to feel as if you were a monster at that moment.
[ She bows her head, hands at her heart clutching to it tightly. ]
Mizuki that day... That day I was more scared that you were going to eat Chung, than I was hurting you or anything else... And I wanted to apologize for that, to think of you so horribly. [ She had begun to look into his eyes, but then, emotions overwhelmed her and she truly felt she discarded Mizuki's feelings at that moment. ] With everything going on within the grove, and everything that I knew becoming challenged... In that moment - I thought, horribly of you and that you would hurt others around you. I... [ Her voice becomes shaky, and she tries her best to continue speaking. ] I cannot watch you when you eat another like you did, such imagery haunts my mind. After everything I have seen so far... Everything seems to blend sometimes... It is frightening, I am sorry.... I did not mean to feel as if you were a monster at that moment.
[ She bows her head, hands at her heart clutching to it tightly. ]
[ Mizuki starts to shift himself out of the pile of toys about halfway through Caoimhe's explanation, closing whatever distance is between them. Finally, when she finishes, he pulls her in for a hug, carefully petting a hand against the back of her head. ]
Shh, you don't have anything to apologize for. I hadn't meant to scare you. I'm sorry for that! I'll eat somewhere more private next time, okay?
How funny you would think I would eat Chung, though~! You are all good people, you know? I'd never do that to any of you while you were still alive, okay? So you don't have to worry about that.
[ He drops his head to settle his chin against her shoulder. ]
Besides, you're not too far off. I mean, what kind of non-monster causes people to go mad and allows his friends to get hurt like that, right~?
Shh, you don't have anything to apologize for. I hadn't meant to scare you. I'm sorry for that! I'll eat somewhere more private next time, okay?
How funny you would think I would eat Chung, though~! You are all good people, you know? I'd never do that to any of you while you were still alive, okay? So you don't have to worry about that.
[ He drops his head to settle his chin against her shoulder. ]
Besides, you're not too far off. I mean, what kind of non-monster causes people to go mad and allows his friends to get hurt like that, right~?
[ When the other hugs her, she leans into it more and holds far tighter than he had. ]
... I know... I'm sorry... [ She felt like a bad friend, to have thought that Mizuki would ever do something like that. Unable to accept in that moment, something about him that scared her - it was wrong, of her to not accept him as he is. Especially in a moment, that Mizuki himself was clearly helping them all with. ]
B-But... I don't know why - I don't understand why you eat others like that... [ But Gods consume people, Devils eat souls, and living beings eat animals - it's all the same ultimately. ] ... But, I know Mizuki only does things because he cares about all of us... So I know what you were doing was to help us, and it's okay... [ Her locks of hair seem to drown the other's face within it. Her voice gets a bit quieter, and she holds him still without letting him go. ] S-Sometimes we hurt each other... But... I-It's okay, that's why... That's why I came here to talk to you because even if you didn't realize it... Even if you didn't understand - I still h-hurt you Mizuki, and I wanted you to know... I am sorry... I-I will do better.
... I know... I'm sorry... [ She felt like a bad friend, to have thought that Mizuki would ever do something like that. Unable to accept in that moment, something about him that scared her - it was wrong, of her to not accept him as he is. Especially in a moment, that Mizuki himself was clearly helping them all with. ]
B-But... I don't know why - I don't understand why you eat others like that... [ But Gods consume people, Devils eat souls, and living beings eat animals - it's all the same ultimately. ] ... But, I know Mizuki only does things because he cares about all of us... So I know what you were doing was to help us, and it's okay... [ Her locks of hair seem to drown the other's face within it. Her voice gets a bit quieter, and she holds him still without letting him go. ] S-Sometimes we hurt each other... But... I-It's okay, that's why... That's why I came here to talk to you because even if you didn't realize it... Even if you didn't understand - I still h-hurt you Mizuki, and I wanted you to know... I am sorry... I-I will do better.
Caoimhe, it's alright. There's no reason to be so beside yourself~. You really don't have to apologize to me. I didn't think you were doing poorly or anything. You were scared and there was a lot going on. That's a completely reasonable reaction, okay?
[ He combs his fingers through her hair. ]
I do care about all of you. Would it calm you any if I told you why I did it?
[ He combs his fingers through her hair. ]
I do care about all of you. Would it calm you any if I told you why I did it?
[ WE CAN DO THIS AFTER THE OTHER THREAD BUT LMAO - -
Anyway, have a crying Caoimhe contacting Mizuki through sending after having a 'heart to heart' @ Heimr. ]
Where are you? Where may I find you?
Anyway, have a crying Caoimhe contacting Mizuki through sending after having a 'heart to heart' @ Heimr. ]
Where are you? Where may I find you?
Ehehe, I mean, yes~. But I'm always hungry, so, not quite that.
[ Endless, insatiable, eldritch hunger is a bitch sometimes. ]
My mentor taught me how to… absorb all the goodness around me and share that unto others. But, even more than that, he taught me how to expel the evil within myself.
[ Mizuki offers out his own gloved hand, attempting to help wipe away some of those tears. ]
Taking someone's evil into myself means I can get rid of it. So I try to eat the things I kill to absolve them of that. It's… a little different here, since things "respawn", so it's not like there's an afterlife or anything like that, but… if I can offer just a little bit of solace, I'm going to try.
[ Endless, insatiable, eldritch hunger is a bitch sometimes. ]
My mentor taught me how to… absorb all the goodness around me and share that unto others. But, even more than that, he taught me how to expel the evil within myself.
[ Mizuki offers out his own gloved hand, attempting to help wipe away some of those tears. ]
Taking someone's evil into myself means I can get rid of it. So I try to eat the things I kill to absolve them of that. It's… a little different here, since things "respawn", so it's not like there's an afterlife or anything like that, but… if I can offer just a little bit of solace, I'm going to try.
.. That must be horrible to feel so hungry and be unable to eat... [ She gives the other a quaint frown, concerned over their wellbeing completely. ]
You can... Eat evil..? And... Share goodness...? [ Never in her life had she ever heard about such an ability - it is so unique and intricate... sadly they never got to the eldritch abominations stuff, so Caoimhe knows NOTHING about that mess. ]
If you consume them.. Then... When their soul is freed - they no longer are tainted by the darkness of evil?
[ Her eyes are blinking and she seems to try to put thoughts together. ]
You can... Eat evil..? And... Share goodness...? [ Never in her life had she ever heard about such an ability - it is so unique and intricate... sadly they never got to the eldritch abominations stuff, so Caoimhe knows NOTHING about that mess. ]
If you consume them.. Then... When their soul is freed - they no longer are tainted by the darkness of evil?
[ Her eyes are blinking and she seems to try to put thoughts together. ]
Mhm. Their evil no longer has to affect and fester in the world. They're free to the afterlife without and burdens to bear and able to provide nutrients, too. Really, it's the best way to go.
…
Plus, it'll be nice to not have a massive, rotting corpse over there. [ Just, you know, as an after thought. ]
…
Plus, it'll be nice to not have a massive, rotting corpse over there. [ Just, you know, as an after thought. ]
[ HhhHHHH Caoimhe's gonna be the death of him. It takes a moment for him to respond, having initial excited twitches about a new voice outside of his own swirling in the disgusting, elder god cocktail of his mind. Maybe when he replies, Caoimhe will hear whispers behind his words of his kin. It's not words, though it sounds like maybe they should be?
It's probably best she doesn't focus too much on it. ]
Caoi~mhe!!! Can you hear me, too~? How exciting, to be able to talk like this!! I'm at Elsword's, in his fish tank. I'll also be-
[ Aaaand the message cuts short. The other ambient noise stops, too, at least! ]
It's probably best she doesn't focus too much on it. ]
Caoi~mhe!!! Can you hear me, too~? How exciting, to be able to talk like this!! I'm at Elsword's, in his fish tank. I'll also be-
[ Aaaand the message cuts short. The other ambient noise stops, too, at least! ]
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