open | i hit the bottom but I'm on the mend

[abeautifulgame]

Who: Damien Brenks + You
What: Prompts below.
Where: All over the place
When: Throughout the month of October.
Content Warnings: Implied nudity? Nothing graphic, though.

Comments

[king_in_dreams]

[Noct seems to consider all those possibilities - and doesn't seem particularly inclined to dismiss any of them offhand.]

Yeah, those are all kinda equally good guesses, though. I mean, considering no one actually knows what's going on.

[abeautifulgame]

Unfortunately.

[a beat]

That's one of my biggest bitches about this place. It would be nice to have some indication, one way or another. [it would be nice to have even a clue, something he could dig in and obsess over, but no. and isn't that a bitch?]

[ .... whatever. at least he can get to the bath house, now. he's going to just try and focus on that and not let his own mood tank]

[king_in_dreams]

[Noct nods.] Yeah. I wish we knew anything about why we're all here, considering I don't think most of us know each other. I mean, Tifa and Aerith do, and Ren and Ann, and so on, but...

[It seems so random for most of them.]

[abeautifulgame]

But then you get into people like me.

[where there's no one here from his world (which is probably for the best, but). where he has no supernatural power, unlike everyone else here. where he's not in the teenager-to-young adult age range. and so on. he's an outlier in so very many regards. he breaks nearly every connection one might make about the people who have ended up here]

[king_in_dreams]

[Noct nods.]

Yeah. Most of us are from different places and times, and some people are... robots or just not human looking at all?

[abeautifulgame]

[he smiles a little crookedly, at that]

Have you met Legion?

[who is a robot, as far as he understands it, but -- hooboy, there's a lot to unpack there, just beyond that. it's kind of amazing. and getting a little off topic, but]

[king_in_dreams]

[Noct smiles, too.]

Yeah. Why I mentioned robots, actually.

[It's definitely amazing.]

[abeautifulgame]

[he hums, amused]

Great minds.

[a beat]

But they're -- fascinating, aren't they? [there's really no other word for it, even if he tried to find one]

[king_in_dreams]

[He nods.]

Yeah, they are. It's cool knowing robots that are actually, like... people instead of just being fighty things.

[Yes, he said fighty.]

[abeautifulgame]

[yes, he did, and Damien barks out a laugh, at that]

Mm, fighty -- is that a technical term?

[king_in_dreams]

[Noct smiles a little, the expression mostly in his eyes as he nods decisively.]

Oh, definitely. You mean you've never heard it before?

[abeautifulgame]

[he's silent for a moment, mock-thoughtful, holding up a hand, feigning a eureka! moment. aha!]

You know, come to think of it ...

[and then he drops his hand, smiling outright now]

Smartass.

[king_in_dreams]

[Noct smirks back at him, pleased he got the right response to that.] Yeah, I get that a lot.