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Tweak says, "Radish!"

Feathers (Kururu) (roadtothesky) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2011-06-13 22:33:00

Entry tags:

!days 240-249, akin iyapo shing kaalnikanjlo, apollo justice, aragaki shinjiro, ashikawa mitsuru, claude c. kenni, edward elric, shinonome hangetsu, sumeragi kururu, {chaz villette}, {emil castagnier}, {howell jenkins}, {kuchiha}, {lumiere}, {nicholas d. wolfwood}

Who: Feathers, anyone wandering by
Where: The riverbanks by the cove
When: Day 245,
What: Picking up the pieces

[Braving leeches, lizards, and unknown horrors of the ~~deep~~ shallows, a Pavo is knee-deep in the river, salvaging what's left of their bridge. A yellow flower (that has definitely seen better days) is still tucked into the front pocket of her overalls.]

Ahh, it really is completely broken . . . can we even make rope like this?

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	tothelight 2011-06-25 09:38 am UTC (link)
	[ s-staring down at her face. at the ground beside. ...back again, not directly at her eyes, swallowing hard. ] Aaah-- sorry--- I.... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-25 09:43 am UTC (link)
	Are . . . [Swallows, lips still . . . still warm, tingling, brushed slightly damp.] . . . are you going to run away now? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-25 10:01 am UTC (link)
	[ ---blinks at that, bewildered-- and there's a flash of guilt across his face. ...one arm still around her, the other hand lifts-- hesitates-- ...settles for threading through the bangs beside her cheek. ] Do... you want me to? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-25 10:25 am UTC (link)
	No. But I don't know what to do now. And Ikki did, and you wanted to, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-25 11:53 am UTC (link)
	... [ moves that hand away, and takes up one of hers instead, holding it loosely between them. ] I... Back then, you said... you didn't want me to give up my world. There's no way you'd give up yours, either. But... right now. Where we are, just for now... it's the same world, isn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-25 11:56 am UTC (link)
	[Lets him, her hand staying loose in his.] It is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-25 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	So... [ ...bites his lip, trying to find the words. ] So... just as long as we're here. Until we go back to our worlds. I... [ fingers curling around hers, as he lowers his head. ] If you'd let me... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-26 01:21 am UTC (link)
	[Lifts her other hand, resting her fingers against his lips.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-26 01:27 am UTC (link)
	[ stops. ] ... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-26 01:45 am UTC (link)
	Kururu . . . the part of me that's Kururu . . . . . . I love Ikki-kun. Even when he doesn't remember me, or doesn't need me. Even though . . . he's got someone here who needs him. And he has someone . . . someone who's always wanted to be there for him, too. Someone who's definitely waiting for him to come home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-26 02:45 am UTC (link)
	...I know. [ slowly shakes his head, and looks up, with that smile not reaching his eyes. ] I know that. I'm not asking... I didn't think that'd change. But that's why... I thought, more than anyone... you would understand me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-26 02:56 am UTC (link)
	[. . . tugs his headband down over his eyes, holding it there.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-26 03:03 am UTC (link)
	... [ blinks behind the fabric, unmoving. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

roadtothesky
2011-06-26 04:45 pm UTC (link)

Claude is even worse at trying to smile when things hurt than Red is.

. . . scars aren't . . . always bad things, for storm riders. Roads are made from the 'wounds' A-T cut into sidewalks and buildings and trees, put there by trick after trick until there's so many they cut their own path. Agito's A-T even leave his Road over the people he fights with; that's why it's the 'Bloody Road'.

Caring about Ikki-kun hurts you. And leaving . . . that's going to hurt even more, maybe in a way that always will. But . . .

If Claude is really able to accept that, I'll accept responsibility for leaving those marks there.

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	tothelight 2011-06-26 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	...... [ eyes close, and the hand holding hers tightens a little more. ] This "road"... it's not just me it'll leave its marks on. If they're something Feathers... Kururu would rather not have... that's something I'll accept, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-26 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	[Leaves his headband where it is, reaching around the back of his neck to pull him down against her instead.] Silly. I already answered that, didn't I? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-27 05:17 am UTC (link)
	[ whuh-- ] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tothelight 2011-06-27 05:20 am UTC (link)
	[ ...rests his chin on her shoulder, fingers on her back fisting against the cloth. ] ... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-27 07:50 am UTC (link)
	[Leans against him, her fingers curling lightly over his nape.] Unconditional acceptance . . . that's part of Ring Road too. Sensei told me that once. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-28 07:26 am UTC (link)
	[ there's the slightest shiver at that. ] ... I'm no storm rider, Feathers. Just me. What Ring Road calls for doesn't have to have anything to do with this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-28 07:52 am UTC (link)
	Roads don't call for anything. They're reflections of the people on them. [Does it again, blunt nails brushing his neck as her fingers trap the soft strands of hair just above.] . . . it was advice, back then. There were a lot of things I didn't want to accept at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-28 09:11 am UTC (link)
	[ a catch of breath. ] ...even so.... not everything has to be accepted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-28 09:22 am UTC (link)
	It's not about things. It's about people. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2011-06-28 09:35 am UTC (link)
	... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	roadtothesky 2011-06-28 09:41 am UTC (link)
	[Switches to just . . . running her hand over the back of his head, the soft stroke of someone calming a saddened child.] Including myself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)