scawwy: pc: iwatooshi

[trashprince]

[ all i want to see is a giant ma-an...

real meme coming later ]

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[naginota]

[ there's a part of him that immediately thinks I should have broken already, but iwatooshi doesn't acknowledge it. instead he focuses on caelus's words and his touch, trying to commit them to memory. ]

It isn't over. I know it isn't. [ when his breath hitches, he squeezes his fist a little tighter before forcing it to uncurl. ] But it's even more frustrating, I think, that all we can do is watch and wait for them to join us. I should be used to it, but... somehow this is different from my missions.

[trashprince]

Watching and waiting is the worst feeling. You want to be able to reach out, but there are so many barriers between us. But you know that Rondo will want to see you and talk to you. He won't blame you for being unable to act. He'll need you once he's here.

[ some if not many of these words are for caelus as much as they are for iwatooshi. when the other's hand relaxes, caelus presses his own tighter. ]

This path is bumpy and difficult, but that means at the real end it will be all the more satisfying that we made it.

[naginota]

It's agonizing.

[ watching, waiting, not knowing what's to come except for tragedy. there's a pause as he closes his eyes, as if that will shut out all the emotions in his heart, but eventually iwatooshi nods. ]

...You're right. I'll have to be there for him when he arrives. I was looking forward to seeing him again even before.

[ but not like this. not with rondo suffering at the hands of what must be a friend. iwatooshi worries how he'll take it, knowing what he knows of rondo's past - but this place really does have a way of forcing you to face the worst fears, and not always for the better.

with a sniffle, he reaches up with his free hand to rub at his eyes. ]

I'm sorry, Caelus-dono. I should be stronger if I'm going to support him.

[trashprince]

This moment doesn't make you any weaker.

[ caelus is perhaps too tired to shed tears or did his fair share in the earlier weeks, when everything felt fresh and new. as a trailblazer must, he's adapted to tragedy as the norm. it hurts, it aches, but his freakout at aventurine and cloud's return was another sign he had to get it the fuck together. and now he can offer that to iwatooshi. an exhausted yet insurmountable will. ]

All I see in front of me is the same impossibly strong Iwatooshi who cares so deeply for his friends and allies.

[ plus: ]

Rondo will probably be crying, too.

[ ya babies. ]

[naginota]

You're too kind to me, Caelus-dono. You always have been.

[ it's that sweet, sweet protag energy. he offers a small smile. ]

I'm not as strong as you seem to think, but thank you, anyway.

[ a soft, hiccuping laugh - he's' still a little teary. ]

That's how he's always been.