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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[bridge_princess]

[She thumped her chest after a cough and winced. Never... do that... again. A grow and she clenched her eyes shut.] Feels like Hananaki. Stupid magical disease back home. People in love. Had to confess and get closure, but most refused n just died.

Might not be exactly the same. You know how it is around here. Nothing works right, even diseases. Probably have to figure out what you're not dealing with and have to deal with.

[abeautifulgame]

Considering love doesn't factor into this, for me? [his love left him. he's pretty sure he was in love with Melinoë, anyway] More than likely.

[a beat]

Hell if I know what I'm not dealing with, though.

[that's a lie. he can think of more than a few things. there's his grief, still. the fact that he's been meaning to tell Tifa the truth for months, now. his familial feelings for Akechi, that they've never actively addressed for both their sakes. how much it hurts, for everyone to have moved out of the Merlaut all of a sudden. the fact that literally all of his close CR is going to drop in the next month. there's a laughable number of things he's not dealing with, he just -- doesn't want to deal with them]

[bridge_princess]

Ngh... so, if you're the type for introspection, you don't have to tell me. But if you can think of anything you've been holding onto all this time? Something you haven't given up on? Haven't dealt with. that's probably it.

[She coughed into her hand.]

N... if it deals with people here, well... you probably won't actually deal with it by talking to me. I guess I arguably qualify as a decent listener... but I'm not them, am I? Just... like you're not her.

[abeautifulgame]

[he hums -- no, she's not them. mostly. at a loss for anything else, anything more personal, he shrugs, offers:] Part of it is probably feeling like I've been abandoned. [a beat, then by way of explanation:] The Merlaut is from my world. [and just about everyone's moved out of it]

[ ... is this helping? no, he still feels like that elephant in the room is sitting on his chest]

[bridge_princess]

Well, good to know where that came from anyway. I'd been a little curious. But I'm pretty sure you're dancing around the topic here.

[She coughed into her hand and laughed with a pained wince.]

Like I have room to talk, avoiding talking to some girl because I'd rather hurt like hell than be told No.

[abeautifulgame]

[he shrugs] The hotel, the train -- both mine. [he makes no secret of that. just everything else] Though, I'm not sure how I could be more blunt about my feelings.

[isn't saying he feels abandoned enough???]

[bridge_princess]

... If it doesn't get better talking to me, there may be someone here you need to talk to.. And I suspect you'd know deep down who it is. And ... much as I'd be the sort of gossipy bitch to press? Not gonna.

[She coughed once into her hand.]

You're not really pressing me, and I don't want to push too far with you. You have to figure this sort of thing out for yourself. It's inside yourself after all.