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[daggering]

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w7, saturday

[daggering]

[ phew

relief.

at the end of the day, vaxildan is up on the rooftop, sitting on the railing and just... looking out at the world around them.. he doesn't at all mind emet's presence, so. when he hears him approach, he leans back a little. ]

Hey, Hades.

[ktiseos]

[he's been out here for a while, himself, doing exactly the same. looking out over this space they've shared for nearly two months, now. so he's made his way back, after a detour to go elsewhere; the feathers tied into his hair flutter in the breeze as he steps close.]

Vax.

[he's tired, but it's still warm.]

[daggering]

[ soft.

vax doesn't have as much to say as usual today, but his expression is warm as he looks up at emet, if a little bitter sweet. he leans back further, just to see if emet's going to catch him. ]

All done out there?

[ktiseos]

[of course emet's going to catch him.]

For now, yes.

Not feeling quite so talkative, are we?

[daggering]

[ good. it brings a little smile to the corner of his mouth - vax leans back into him, then. ]

Mm. Just thinking.

[ktiseos]

[he supports him, of course. just as he usually does now.]

Then do you wish to share your thoughts?

[daggering]

[ ...

vaxildan closes his eyes. deep breath in, deep breath out. ]

... Got a question.

How do you tell people that you're okay with dying, when none of them are okay with it?

[ktiseos]

...that, I do not know if I can answer. 'Tis difficult, if you have made your peace with it and they have not quite had the time, or knowledge.

[a slight shake of his head. hades has known, of course, but...

it must be hard on others.]

Save for, mayhap, emphasizing this has already occurred. That it has been accepted.

[daggering]

Someone today was talking about how they wanted to make the prism some kind of touchstone. A place for the dead to be, I guess.

[ he just stays like that for a moment, keeps his eyes closed. ]

I didn't know how to tell them I didn't want that, so I didn't say anything. Must be a dick move, for me to not show up.

[ktiseos]

So long as it is optional-- well. It may not be such a bad thing, for those who would wish it.

[he shifts. slides his arms a little more securely around him.]

You would not wish to visit it, at the least, if so? Or is it only that you would not choose to exist here indefinitely in such a case?

[daggering]

...Guess I'd feel guilty, visiting. Don't think I could really do it like me.

[ he thinks... fret and rindo's world will be a bit different. emet's, too, because of the unique nature of his position. but for the rest of the worlds that might exist... ]

Not to mention, 'm gonna be busy. If I came back here, it'd just be... Iunno. Running away.

[ there's a sigh, there. ] ... I stopped running away from it a long time ago.

[ktiseos]

If you came back to stay, mayhap it would be. But for a shorter time...

[well.]

I do keep hearing that any duty requires its breaks.

[daggering]

[ pfft. that gets him to laugh, softly - he tilts his head up to look at him. ]

Iunno if that really counts for a Champion. Not really a day job.

[ktiseos]

Nor is Keeper of the Underworld, and yet you surely intend to disturb my work.

[he's just saying.

visit the people you love if you get the chance, you stupid fucking bird.]

[daggering]

[ ... that gets a little smile out of him, and he tilts his head up. he will go see the people he loves - but they'll never see him. it's fine.

which... ]

... y'know. You're probably one of the only people I'll be able to see like this. [ like himself. ]

[ktiseos]

Then I shall be there, when you wish me to see you. Mayhap I shall come to find you as well, from time to time.

[you know, depending on how busy the both of them are-- but it will happen.]

[daggering]

[ that's

kind of funny for some reason - he laughs, opening his eyes to actually look up at him. ]

You should meet her. [ the raven queen. ] I think you'd like her.

[ and she's so lonely. vax knows that about her maybe more than anyone, so - he's fond of the idea. ]

[ktiseos]

I think that I should like to, yes, after what I saw of her.

[he thinks, from what he knows, that he would like her as well.]

[daggering]

[ he lifts a hand, finally, gently pulling it free and reaching up towards his face. ]

She needs more friends. [ his MOM

there's a little pause, as his fingers curl in mid air, waiting. ]

[ktiseos]

[he leans down, obliging.

he's not doing the dog thing where they put their chin in your hand he just assumes vax wants a smooch so he's bending down close enough for it]

[daggering]

[ the dog thing would be very cute but no. he was just gonna touch his cheek!

but when he comes in close like that he lifts up to gently kiss him, soft, and say, honest as ever; ]

...'m glad I met you.

[ktiseos]

[he indulges in that for a few seconds, before:]

...as am I. Regardless of everything else here, everything we went through--

I am glad for this.

[daggering]

...yeah. I am, too. [ it will be enough.

vax's smile lifts a little further, just for a moment, and he reaches up to steal a second kiss before settling there like that, close, enveloped by emet's sheer bulk. ]

... Gonna be one of the last nights I have like this for a long time. Next time I see you, I'll probably be a fucking bird.

[ktiseos]

[he wraps both arms around him, then, allowing him to settle close. enveloped, warm.]

Well, so long as you may still take your own form, I shall not complain. I will be just as pleased to see you in that shape... but it shall be quite limiting.

[daggering]

[ oh my god

amused??? ]

Did you just make a dirty joke? [ HELP ]