open | everybody knows that the captain lied

[abeautifulgame]

Who: Damien Brenks + You
What: Prompts below.
Where: All over the place.
When: Mostly centered around the event, to start, but if you want something before or after, hit me up!
Content Warnings: Body horror as per the event.

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[starshower]

I can help you with that.

[However, she takes the seat next to him, setting her tea down beside his.]

How about you finish up your drink and I'll walk back with you?

[You know, to make sure that he actually goes to his apartment and gets some proper rest? She's not going to babysit him, but she sure as hell is going to see to it that the people that are sick do what they can to fight off whatever bug is spreading around.]

This thing's pretty nasty, huh...? I've seen a lot of stuff, but nothing like... that.

[abeautifulgame]

Sounds good.

[he'll even allow it, that hit to his pride, to be carried or guided or however much she has to actually manhandle him to get him home. he's too tired to argue much, to be perfectly honest]

[he's almost too tired to finish his drink, but somehow, he manages to raise his cup to take a sip all the same. when he lowers it again, it's on a heavy breath out, the sound equal parts upset and just labored breathing] Of course this place picks now to figure out sickness, when I haven't been sleeping much. [obviously, that's why he got sick. because his immune system was shot, because of the lack of sleep] How fucking predictable.

[whoever's running this shitshow hates him -- he's pretty sure of that, now]

[starshower]

[Tifa takes a sip with him, pausing to blow the steam away before she does, but her focus remains solely on him. Eyes wander over the rim of her cup, sideways to gaze at him through her lashes when he mentions his lack of sleep.]

Something on your mind that's keeping you up?

[Unbeknownst to her, the whole reason anyone is coughing up these flowers is because there is, but had she known he'd been having troubles, she might have tried to do something to help sooner...]

[abeautifulgame]

[he spreads his hands wide, at something of a loss] What's not? [his laundry list of upsets is long, but there is one thing that tops it]

[that in mind and after a beat, he gives up on being so damn extra to tell her, simply:] She's gone. Melinoë.