[ vax really does not think tasting that was a big deal at all you are all so freaked out for nothing
however.
... as he just kind of stands there for a moment, he eventually just leans forward and bonks his face into his torso. tired. so fucking tired. emotionally, physically, mentally, exhausted. ]
[ his voice is muffled and he still has a toothbrush in his mouth. ]
Bof'. [ and he just stays there for a second longer. this is fine...
...eventually, he pulls his head back to prop it on him and look up, removing said toothbrush to actually speak. ] ...Not like I'm gonna be fucking sleeping tonight [ again ] anyway. Might as well start with talking.
[ alright, alright, we're going. he'll pull back fully and pad properly into the apartment - i didn't mention it but he's changed into comfy clothes, hair out of the silly space buns and hanging loose at his shoulders.
he'll go take care of brushing his teeth and rinse his mouth out before coming back to lean against the doorframe of the bathroom, watching emet move around as he likes. there's no one else here at the moment, so. it's all very domestic. ]
[he settles on vax's bed, while he finishes up in the bathroom-- it's large enough to sit on, and it just feels a little more private.]
...I do not know. No one I inspected showed any signs of having bled from the face, and I do not believe Nogiku located any, either. She came to a similar conclusion based upon the clothing.
Jiuqing felt somewhat anxious without her hairpin, however, and was the one who dealt with the clothing initially.
[actually. looking at his phone:]
She messaged me to say she had not done it, and not to use my ability on her.
snorts, and shakes his head as he pushes off the door. ]
I know she didn't. You wanna know why she had that thing in her hair?
[ as vax is approaching, and just clambering onto the bed... he decides to just continue to go, frankly, and clambers into emet's lap with literally no fanfare, swinging a leg over him to get comfortable.
and once he's close enough - ]
She thought I did it to protect Percy. And she was worried about giving me away, if she noticed something was off. She told me earlier, right after the trial.
What? I wouldn't have attacked him first. Thought about provoking him into attacking me, but that seemed like a bad idea.
[ he used his braincells
anyway ] If it had been me, I wouldn't have tried to hide it.
[ but yeah. he picks up on those flustered vibes and just looks fond and a little amused - tired, still, but this helps? just being like this is helping, too, and that entire situation was so fucking ridiculous that he's feeling warmer for it, and obviously so. sometimes you are just a very tactile person.
vax leans in a little bit further, tapping him gently on the chest. ]
C'mon. If you had the chance to wake up and protect me, you can't tell me you wouldn't. [ he's obviously not expecting a real answer to this question, just quietly amused with it, gently teasing. he knows emet knows how fucking important percy is to vax, and how badly last week screwed him up, so, he can't say he's really ashamed of it, either. ] I can't think of anyone else who would've protected him, though, so, someone must've struck because they were refracted.
[of course. better that than to simply allow someone refracted to kill him.]
But I cannot think anyone who wished to protect him would have struck preemptively, so-- I agree. They are likely a second refracting individual.
I still think the blue gum more likely to be November's, and the purple to belong to whoever killed him. So-- if not a heliotrope, someone who could utilize it.
[ gay. there's a little flutter of fondness, and he leans over and just steals a smooch for that answer. ] Swooning, big guy.
[ that's very teasing, but, he knew he'd get it.
anyway, yes, business talk, very serious. vax makes himself comfortable, a little more thoughtful. ] Well... it's hard to tell, week to week, with people changing all the time. The main ones're ... Crow, Marcie, Fluffy--Itsuki-- and Kazu. Not sure if I've seen anyone use Heliotrope this week, otherwise.
You really think November might've had a blue one?
Either one of those was his, or his killer had both purple and blue. Which might help to narrow it down more, but...
He wouldn't have been able to earn one from a task associated with my dream, this week. However-- Kashuu told me having one from the other source, which leaves the pig tattoos, gave him a task as well. He did not like it, and says he did not complete it.
But November could, potentially, have afforded one of the three-token gumballs in addition to the two-token we knew of. If that was his.
[ thoughtfully... he's content to vibe like this. there's a little "man i still don't have any extra tokens" 8C pout but it is very faint in his emotions. when will he get to get his daggers back!! or his wings!!! or his healing which would be the most pragmatic choice.
...anyway. ]
Makes sense. I know he had a two token green one, before - was the same as mine, just the stronger version. [ the plants, anyway. ] Feel like the most likely person in Marine to have heliotrope too would be me, and I don't.
[ considering!! his amber and sunrise. ] ... I thought Hot Pants, maybe. Initially. She has that fucking can, it could've made the injury on his head.
...ah. Maybe so. She also claimed not to have spent any tokens, and fit the clothing. She's told me before that she wishes to use hers to regain a particular ability, so personally... I doubt she has not spent any at all.
But since she has been open with me about this, mayhap she will admit it to me, and be willing to show me if she does own a multicoloured gumball.
[ gay. he felt that! his mouth quirks up at the corner, fond. ]
Good plan.
[ he will tap against his chest again! tap tap. ] Now stop fucking thinking so much, huh? You've got a plan, so let it be for a bit. Much as I like that big, sexy brain of yours, I was promised a little rest, too, not just business.
[ oh my god you fucking nerd. a smile crosses his face immediately, unfettered by the heaviness of that entire conversation, and his emotions go to amusement. ]
Relax. [ christ ] What do you think I'm going to do, huh?
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[he primarily feels tired, more than anything, not exactly sad. it's more a low level melancholy, but-- there's something warm on his end as well.]
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[ vax really does not think tasting that was a big deal at all you are all so freaked out for nothing
however.
... as he just kind of stands there for a moment, he eventually just leans forward and bonks his face into his torso. tired. so fucking tired. emotionally, physically, mentally, exhausted. ]
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Do you wish to rest, or to discuss.
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Bof'. [ and he just stays there for a second longer. this is fine...
...eventually, he pulls his head back to prop it on him and look up, removing said toothbrush to actually speak. ] ...Not like I'm gonna be fucking sleeping tonight [ again ] anyway. Might as well start with talking.
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[nudging him to go back to the sink, go spit already.]
I've yet to decide for certain who to use my ability on.
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he'll go take care of brushing his teeth and rinse his mouth out before coming back to lean against the doorframe of the bathroom, watching emet move around as he likes. there's no one else here at the moment, so. it's all very domestic. ]
... What're you thinking?
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...I do not know. No one I inspected showed any signs of having bled from the face, and I do not believe Nogiku located any, either. She came to a similar conclusion based upon the clothing.
Jiuqing felt somewhat anxious without her hairpin, however, and was the one who dealt with the clothing initially.
[actually. looking at his phone:]
She messaged me to say she had not done it, and not to use my ability on her.
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snorts, and shakes his head as he pushes off the door. ]
I know she didn't. You wanna know why she had that thing in her hair?
[ as vax is approaching, and just clambering onto the bed... he decides to just continue to go, frankly, and clambers into emet's lap with literally no fanfare, swinging a leg over him to get comfortable.
and once he's close enough - ]
She thought I did it to protect Percy. And she was worried about giving me away, if she noticed something was off. She told me earlier, right after the trial.
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exhales a groan, head tipping back against-- the wall? the headboard probably isn't tall enough.
he even allows vax to settle in his lap, though he gets a flicker of... it's not quite uncertainty. maybe a little flustered again.]
Of course. I suppose we ought to bear in mind she could be lying if she is refracted, considering she knows of my soulsight, but... honestly, you two.
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[ he used his braincells
anyway ] If it had been me, I wouldn't have tried to hide it.
[ but yeah. he picks up on those flustered vibes and just looks fond and a little amused - tired, still, but this helps? just being like this is helping, too, and that entire situation was so fucking ridiculous that he's feeling warmer for it, and obviously so. sometimes you are just a very tactile person.
vax leans in a little bit further, tapping him gently on the chest. ]
C'mon. If you had the chance to wake up and protect me, you can't tell me you wouldn't. [ he's obviously not expecting a real answer to this question, just quietly amused with it, gently teasing. he knows emet knows how fucking important percy is to vax, and how badly last week screwed him up, so, he can't say he's really ashamed of it, either. ] I can't think of anyone else who would've protected him, though, so, someone must've struck because they were refracted.
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[of course. better that than to simply allow someone refracted to kill him.]
But I cannot think anyone who wished to protect him would have struck preemptively, so-- I agree. They are likely a second refracting individual.
I still think the blue gum more likely to be November's, and the purple to belong to whoever killed him. So-- if not a heliotrope, someone who could utilize it.
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[ that's very teasing, but, he knew he'd get it.
anyway, yes, business talk, very serious. vax makes himself comfortable, a little more thoughtful. ] Well... it's hard to tell, week to week, with people changing all the time. The main ones're ... Crow, Marcie, Fluffy--Itsuki-- and Kazu. Not sure if I've seen anyone use Heliotrope this week, otherwise.
You really think November might've had a blue one?
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there's a little fondness in return, though.]
Either one of those was his, or his killer had both purple and blue. Which might help to narrow it down more, but...
He wouldn't have been able to earn one from a task associated with my dream, this week. However-- Kashuu told me having one from the other source, which leaves the pig tattoos, gave him a task as well. He did not like it, and says he did not complete it.
But November could, potentially, have afforded one of the three-token gumballs in addition to the two-token we knew of. If that was his.
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[ thoughtfully... he's content to vibe like this. there's a little "man i still don't have any extra tokens" 8C pout but it is very faint in his emotions. when will he get to get his daggers back!! or his wings!!! or his healing which would be the most pragmatic choice.
...anyway. ]
Makes sense. I know he had a two token green one, before - was the same as mine, just the stronger version. [ the plants, anyway. ] Feel like the most likely person in Marine to have heliotrope too would be me, and I don't.
[ considering!! his amber and sunrise. ] ... I thought Hot Pants, maybe. Initially. She has that fucking can, it could've made the injury on his head.
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But since she has been open with me about this, mayhap she will admit it to me, and be willing to show me if she does own a multicoloured gumball.
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[ yeah!! good job emet use those brains AND your charisma. he gives him a little pat on the chest, over the heart. soul sight! ]
Might be worth a shot for your power if she can't, too.
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I think the same. If she claims she's turned gumballs into tokens, or dodges the question in any way-- I will use it. She ought to tell me otherwise.
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Good plan.
[ he will tap against his chest again! tap tap. ] Now stop fucking thinking so much, huh? You've got a plan, so let it be for a bit. Much as I like that big, sexy brain of yours, I was promised a little rest, too, not just business.
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[-but ok. he does like vax calling his brain sexy and saying he likes that, he can feel a flicker of that in emet's emotions.]
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Relax. [ christ ] What do you think I'm going to do, huh?
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I never truly know, with you.
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[ you like em chaotic and gremlin, huh. ]
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hehe ]
...You know, someone taught me a word, the other day. Made me think of you.
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And what word would that be.
[it's fucking tsun isn't it]
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