trashprince | scawwy: pc: iwatooshi

[ absolute bottom behavior. nina needs to update her chart.

iwatooshi just laughs. ]

I'm used to sleeping in much less comfortable conditions than that for our missions. Even at home, sometimes Imanotsurugi will fall asleep on my chest when we're resting. It isn't a problem for me, I promise.

[ nina doesn't have to update shit he's doing great you're a hater ]

You really think about him a lot.

[ oh no ohhhh noooo. that need to win. it's, uh. it's something. in this exact moment. flaring uncomfortably when caelus has never felt competitive toward that person before.

caelus cobbles a blockade but emotions of mild jealousy for iwatooshi to puzzle over. ]

Of course I do.

[ his eyes drop, briefly, to the broken blade on the tabletop as he takes a sip of tea.

...and just as quickly, back to caelus, brows knit in confusion. why those feelings? ]

Are you alright, Caelus-dono?

I'm okay.

[ he will be once thought+emotionshare have both passed on! his gaze flits down, too, searching for whatever iwatooshi had been looking at. ]

What is that?

[ nosy (as he accused others of being at the party). caelus leans forward to look at the broken blade more closely ]

Are you sure...?

[ doubt. ]

It's Imanotsurugi. [ sorrow blooms in his heart, slow and quiet but undeniable. ] I saw him while we were in the bar. That is what was left of him when we awoke.

[ there's more to the story there, but for now, that's the simplest answer he can offer. ]

[ that sorrow of iwatooshi's is enough to slice clean through the murky feelings caelus already wanted to detach from. ]

It could be fake. I saw friends of mine during my missions this week, but it wasn't really them.

[ 'missions' ]

Did he say anything to you?

It is, but it's all I have.

[ he simply refuses to believe it's the real thing. ]

Mikazuki-dono did most of the talking. Imanotsurugi... [ he takes a deep breath before continuing. ] After he stabbed me, he asked what we were made for. If it was to take lives and later be broken and discarded. That was all he had the chance for before Cloud-dono cut through him, and he broke in half.

[ a wince. cloud did what had to be done, but that can't have been pleasant for iwatooshi to witness. ]

This place preys heavily on the things you feel the most guilt about. I wish I'd been around when that happened.

[ possibly caelus would have attacked the same as cloud (albeit with a bat instead of a buster sword), but he would have been there for iwa during the spiral to follow. ]

Yes. That's why we take care to try to warn everyone who joins us here.

[ he smiles, grateful. ]

Thank you, Caelus-dono, but it's alright. It was weeks ago now.

[ gazing down at the fake--it has to be fake--imanotsurugi again. ]

Is it a good idea for you to keep this? If it's not him, having it here must be pretty painful for you.

[ if it was the other sword for realsies, that'd be a whole other story ]

I don't know, but it didn't feel right to leave it, either. [ ... ] It isn't the worst thing. I talk to him sometimes, when it gets too quiet here.

If that ever isn't enough, please call on me, too.

[ he tapes over any lingering despair with newfound confidence. required, so iwatooshi will believe in this promise as much as all the others. ]

I'll come over anytime. Or you can come to my place! My door is open to you.

[ hmmmmm there's a little bit of uncertainty in his heart, still, but iwatooshi eventually nods. ]

I'll keep that in mind, Caelus-dono. Thank you.

[ but there's an easy out from a conversation about feelings, so he gladly takes it. ]

...I am curious to see what your room is like. They all seem to be very different.

scawwy: pc: iwatooshi

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