catch-all: akira.

[rerouter]

one day a meme will go here

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[rerouter]

Huh? Well, yes, but...

[She gestures at the gross ass fountain water.]

Wasn't it nicer than this?

[bloodread]

Well yeah, but we had the entire ocean last week.

[rerouter]

[A blink. And then she laughs.]

Oh! Ahaha, jeez, not that one. I'm talking about the beach in Cittagazze. You know, the one with the bottles? The water was a lot cleaner than this.

[bloodread]

Oh, yeah that one was pretty nice. Or it was until I was knocked out on it for several hours.

[ He had so much sand in his clothes... ]

[rerouter]

[Oof. She sucks in a breath, sympathetic.]

You mean, after Qi Rong...?

[bloodread]

Right. But the beach wasn't a bad place to spar either.

[ He makes a face at this and grumbles because f his sparring partner. ]

[rerouter]

Really? I would have thought all the sand would make it uncomfortable.

[F... She's still holding a glass bottle in her hand, though. So she moves to place it back into the fountain, only for a shard to get yeeted at her hand with the splash of the water. He will immediately be treated to a memory.]

[bloodread]

It absorbs the impact—

[ Off to memory lane they go. He's not sure what to make of it initially though the seemingly normal day doesn't give him any comfort; he's the type of guy who always sees the glass half empty and doesn't trust anything at face value.

He kinda wishes he wasn't right here.

His teeth are clenched when the memory finishes, though he unlocks his jaw and shakes out some of the tension coursing through his muscles. ]

...the hell was that? Was that some type of curse?

[rerouter]

[Ah.

She hates that.

Monika is visibly pale when the memory ends, a haunted look frozen on her face. It takes her a couple of seconds to calm down, squeezing her eyes shut before she shakes head.]

Ah... No, it's not a curse exactly. [A little wobbly.] I'm really sorry you had to see that. I was hoping it wouldn't happen again now that I'm here, but...

[bloodread]

...yeah, I know the feeling. [ A slight shake of his head. ]

I've seen a lot worse, so don't worry about it. But were you able to get out of all of that?

[rerouter]

[She looks at him curiously when he says he knows the feeling, but... ah. About that.

A shake of her head.]

Only when we woke up in Cittagazze, so... no. Not really.

[bloodread]

[ A slight nod. ]

So you wanna stay here?

[rerouter]

... Not here here.

[Quietly, a little tired.]

But I know I don't want to go home if I don't have to. Every time that happens, it feels like I've been killed. I can't take it anymore.

[bloodread]

...yeah. [ He doesn't know what else to say without prying and he's not that type of guy, but he does agree. ]

When we find the door outta here, the Watchers can probably help you with that.

[rerouter]

[...]

I won't get my hopes up. But if they could... that would be nice.