kristened: (9)
𝓦𝓪𝓰𝓷𝓮𝓻 ([personal profile] kristened) wrote2020-02-11 08:08 pm

DAY

Day


The sensation is like being dragged through a cloud. A heavy, roiling nimbus which pervades your eyes, your ears, your skin, and what feels like your very soul. Or what's left of it.

Your eyes squeeze shut and when they open....well you know this place already, there was much ado about lampposts in this square not too long ago. But what you haven't known in how many weeks is the sun hanging high overhead, not stuck in a perpetual state of Twilight but properly shining in the sky.

The sun feels good and you feel more whole than you have in a while. Those are all inexplicably good things, and they should be celebrated. But the mark on your body, faded but still visible warns of something still more to come. And for those who have been missing a part of themselves for longer than that..it's just a whisper of a feeling, but it is very much real.

Welcome to Krakow, for real this time. For however long it lasts, at least.
notbymyside: (12)

[personal profile] notbymyside 2020-02-12 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
...probably, yes.

[He's going to try not to worry about his other worry too much. Even if Rembrandt called it a 'last request' when they discussed it.]

So tricking her into saying the contract is fulfilled and letting Rembrandt handle the rest is a possibility. But would that strand them in the Night?
tokihanate: (what's your name again)

[personal profile] tokihanate 2020-02-12 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm~ It'd depends on how we got here in the first place I suppose. If it's also remmywemmy's doing then.... well. I guess we'll have to find another way.

[ He hmms because the Goddess had teleported him into another dimension to save him... if he could get his powers back, maybe... But he wasn't Aoi. And he didn't have his powers. ]
twoasone: (Talked about everything)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-13 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Clearly.
tokihanate: (don't have a plan)

[personal profile] tokihanate 2020-02-13 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Then there's no need to ask~
twoasone: (let’s drink a toast)

Thursday afternoon

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-13 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
["Day" turned out to be a bit of a misnomer. The sun went down sometime in the afternoon, the moon floated across the sky for a few hours, and the sun returned in the morning. It's been far too long since Shin had experienced such blessed normalicy.

And yet... He still wasn't fully human. Part of him worried he may never get that part of himself back. It seemed so likely, given his personal track record of making mistakes that could never be fixed. He knew Miss Wagner saw him as a threat, so how would he finally get home if the changes were permanent? Would he even get the chance to leave Krakow?

Such a question was largely out of his hands, much to his frustration. You might see him pacing the pews of the church corridor, carrying a sketchbook in one hand and a pencil under his thumb. Occasionally he'll glance at the finely crafted altar with the melancholy air of a fallen angel. He seems to be rather lost in thought...]
Edited 2020-02-13 03:34 (UTC)
twoasone: (Talked about everything)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-13 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
. . .
notbymyside: (12)

[personal profile] notbymyside 2020-02-13 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
You look like someone in need of a distraction.

[Yes, he's starting off the conversation that way. Hi, Shin. Ango is walking up the middle path of the church to get to where Shin is.]
twoasone: (This is our birthday)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-13 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Shin turns his head at the sound of the voice...]

... Maybe I do. [He'll turn and meet him, then. No harm in that.]

There is one thing I've been wondering about for the past few days.
notbymyside: (08)

[personal profile] notbymyside 2020-02-13 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? And what is that?
twoasone: (Why don’t you let me free?)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-13 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
What was it you wanted to hide from Dazai so badly?

[ He's not mad. Just curious and a little somber. ]
notbymyside: (30)

[personal profile] notbymyside 2020-02-14 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
...something very selfish that probably wasn't worth it.
twoasone: (You gotta laugh when you're the joke)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-14 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ He raises an eyebrow. ]

Well? What was that selfish thing? You've already taken your secret to the grave and I'm sure it can't be worse than what anyone else here has done.
notbymyside: (15)

[personal profile] notbymyside 2020-02-14 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
I really shouldn't say it. If we're to all meet up again, then someone could tell him.

[Then again, if they all meet up, they will have beaten death anyway. And if they beat death then it's fine, right?]

...

In Dazai's time, there's three of us: Dazai, myself, and Odasaku. It's hard to really get to know anyone in a shady organization like the mafia, but the three of us were friends somehow.
twoasone: (Can we be astronauts?)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-14 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
No one's listening but us.

[ He smirks as he says that... But he listens for the sake of his own curiosity. ]

A shady organization? I can relate to being part of something like that- You're lucky to have found such good friends.

[ Yes, he got along with everyone there once he got settled in, but it still felt a bit lonely due to artistic differences. Plus the fact that it was so easy for them to turn on each other if something went horribly wrong... And yet... ]

What happened?
notbymyside: (32)

[personal profile] notbymyside 2020-02-14 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
[You never know there could be eyes anywhere!!1

But still, Ango will continue with his Tragic Backstory.
]

I wasn't in the mafia for the titles, or money, or power. I was already a member of the Special Ability Department. Since the Port Mafia was made up primarily of ability-users, keeping them in check fell to my department. So they sent me in undercover to keep track of the Port Mafia's movements.

[He pauses to adjust his glasses. Telling this story isn't easy.]

Making friends, even just two of them, was the worst mistake I could have made. It compromised me. I kept thinking about them when I was supposed to be keeping up an act, and it led to the leader of the Port Mafia figuring out that I was a spy.
twoasone: (Why don’t you let me free?)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-14 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ The Lady probably thinks you're dead, Wagner's got her hands full, and these religious figures have no souls. Nobody else is here.

Shin goes silent as the man continues on. An undercover spy getting too close to the people he was supposed to betray? An interesting tale, if anything. ]


So you didn't want Dazai to know that? Or is there something more to this situation?
notbymyside: (30)

[personal profile] notbymyside 2020-02-14 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
No, he figured out I was a spy right away. It was in my profile, after all.

The last thing Dazai remembers before coming here is that I had 'gone missing'. What really happened was that the Port Mafia boss had started a convoluted plan. He could have just had me killed, but instead he used me as bait to draw out the Special Ability Department and get them to extract me from the Mafia while also paying a hefty price to keep the Mafia from killing me in the future.

But the boss didn't tell anyone about this plan. And during all of it, Odasaku tried to rescue me.

...he died, because of that. And the Dazai in my time still grieves and blames me for Odasaku's death.
twoasone: (Evelyn... Evelyn)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-14 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
. . .

[ He frowns... That's a terrible tragedy, and it takes a good while for Shin to think of a response. ]

But it wasn't your fault.

[ He closes his eyes, his voice coming out somber, but a bit stern. ] How could anyone blame you for the actions of others? The Mafia's boss decided to use you as bait and no one else knew, and even if they did? Odasaku would have still put himself in the line of fire.

[ He reaches to place his free hand on the back of a pew, letting his fingers drum on the wood as he glances up at Ango. ]

Unless you killed him yourself, you don't even have his blood on your hands.
notbymyside: (09)

[personal profile] notbymyside 2020-02-14 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
...he really would, that idiot. He always cared more about his friends than himself.

[But nobody has ever told him that none of this was his fault before. It makes his stomach turn in an unpleasant way. ]

I'm not looking for pity or to escape blame here. I just... ever since that day, Dazai has only looked at me with cold eyes. To see that friendliness again was... I missed it. And I was selfish and I wanted to hold onto that for a little while longer.
twoasone: Drama for Life - Poets of the Fall (I've got this madman in my mind)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-14 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Shin's nails dig into the wood, and he brings the sketchbook to his chest. ]

. . . Yes, perhaps it was selfish... But isn't it human to want things that badly? To do anything to save what was lost, or to go to a place where people won't frown upon your work... It's even worse when the choices you make when you're desperate have such horrible consequences.

[ Perhaps, in another life, Shin and his brother could have convinced Reverend Gray to accept them both. Maybe he should have known that was even an option before... But it's too late to save his twin. Far too late. ]

... So, yes. I know how you feel.
Edited 2020-02-14 06:45 (UTC)
twoasone: (you’re always insisting)

Investigation Popcorn

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-14 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's a giant vision fire in the square that's following the first group down the mines, and Shin's drawn to that fire like a moth.

There's no rational explanation for it. This is the closest to the Night as he can get right now and the lizard part of him wants to be there right this minute. Even when he knows this is probably a very bad idea.

So here he is. Hovering around the light like a restless ghost. He's having some trouble staying still, but maybe company might help him take his mind off things? ]
Edited 2020-02-14 20:40 (UTC)
twoasone: (We grew up so very close)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-14 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Well... That's interesting...

[ Those sure are demonology books in an underground church. He's kind of trying to pay attention to the investigation himself to ignore the constant thoughts of wannagotonightwannagotonightwannagotonight bouncing around in the back of his mind. ]

The chapel itself is a marvel of architecture, but...
twoasone: (I just want my privacy)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-15 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
... What.

[ They moved on to the castle, and there's blended money on the table. For drinking.

Shin glances around, where the hell is the manager bat?! ]
twoasone: (Fill my glass)

[personal profile] twoasone 2020-02-15 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ In case you're wondering, yes. Shin is still near the fire, and he's staring longingly at the freaky crypts. Because why wouldn't the sawbones carpenter take interest in that? ]
tokihanate: (your eyebrows are disgusting)

BOSS BATTLE popcorn

[personal profile] tokihanate 2020-02-15 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ For this final popcorning, shousa's noisily pulled a coupe tables over. One of the ones with the umbrellas. He's brought the favorites for the kids, but also just raided McDonald's and has pretty much whatever they have on their menu. He will be sipping down some iced tea with a straw today. Also procured some actual popcorn in a bowl for every table. ]

Well, this is starting off well.

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