Let me Crawl Inside Your Veins (Wide Open)

[bridge_princess]

Who: Parsee bridge_princess and You!
What: February Open Log
Where: Pretty much anywhere
When: February (after the 8th)
Content Warnings: Body Horror, Blood, Roots and flowers growing in things like lungs and other places they don't belong. Probably some serious self loathing here

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[blue_eyed_obsession]

Kaiba had been riding on a bit of a high ever since he had seen one of his longterm goals come to fruition and he got little more than a slap on the wrist for it. Sure, he'd gotten an earful later but nothing could erase the look of an enemy's face when the trap had been set and revealed, not from his memory and not from cleverly hidden recording device he'd planted for such purpose. Aside from that a few of his other projects had gotten off the ground as well.

He was taking a break that he didn't necessary want, but he had to maintain the regular inspections if he wanted to keep abreast of any new developments. Hearing the incessant coughing initially, Kaiba frowned and halted his footsteps trying to get a sense on the direction of the source. The shouting soon followed, tensing he pivoted to turn the other way in time to see the blur running towards him.

"What isn't happening?!" Barking the question with some intensity to try and snap her out of her panic. When he looked past her to see if she was being pursued he saw nothing.

[bridge_princess]

Fuck. Kaiba. Not exactly who she wanted to talk about this with. But the order slapped her right out of her initial freak out session into mild irritation which was at least something. She could have gone on like that for hours, so it was better to be annoyed and calm than the alternative.

She coughed again, flowers going everywhere, having to spit the petals out of her mouth while she leaned against a tree and glared at him like this was his fault. "I'm coughing up rose petals. That's what's not supposed to be happening, duh." She grumbled it. "This place is trying to force my hand and I don't like it."

[blue_eyed_obsession]

Kaiba wasn't known for being patient or having an overly sympathetic ear so there was little wonder why Parsee wasn't so enthused to see him during her crisis. Personally, he would have agreed with that unspoken sentiment as well. He often used anger or irritation to keep himself focused and it was preferable to less desirable emotions.

At the expelling of additional flowers, he took a step back as if he was afraid of getting something on him. Truthfully, he was. Having expected something more grotesque than foliage he both felt relieved and confused. He said the first thing that came to mind. "Normally I wouldn't question your eating habits, but now that sufficient alternatives are available I don't know why you keep experimenting..."

Look- it was an honest mistake. Parsee did like to test the peculiarities of this world, and he just... kinda... assumed it was related. From context, it wasn't.

"Force your hand? What do you mean?"

[bridge_princess]

"You're a laugh a minute, mister comedian," she muttered acridly right before she realized that he didn't know. Well, she'd heard it was a recent urban rumor, not like some of the older ones like spontaneous combustion. No surprise that the crazy immortal had taken that one up. None at all. "I didn't eat anything weird."

Frowning, she brought her hand up to block the next petaled cough, finding a tree to rest against for some support. Did she tell him? Did she pretend it wasn't happening? It wasn't like confessing to him would do a lick of good. He'd know exactly why this was happening real quickly. He wasn't that stupid.

"It's a magic disease. Don't worry... it's not catching. Damnit..." She tried shaking her head before she winced. Nope, nope, that hurt. "Hanahaki... It's hitting because I'm keeping feelings botted up. And I don't like being forced to deal with my feelings. You should know that."