nothalfbad: (014)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-15 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[let me poof into a (fully clothed) human being while you figure that out]

K-Karutaaaa.
rootless: (masks hanging on the tomb walls)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-15 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[unbothered by the poof

still bothered by the crying.

awk. headpat.]

Hey...
nothalfbad: (35)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-15 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[there's still a lot of that crying going on here, yep]

I-I told her I'd stay by her side! And because I wasn't strong enough—!
rootless: (fuck you)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-15 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[...fuck it.

pulls into a hug.]
nothalfbad: (019)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-15 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[w-what??! super confused, but is still kind of a crying wreck, so he doesn't fight it]
rootless: (ground level down where the dry leaves)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-15 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[lets go pretty fast because GOD I SUCK AT EVERYTHING.]

-Sorry.
nothalfbad: (033)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-15 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[what just happened]

A-Aaah...
rootless: (no ground is ever going to hold me)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-15 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ayakashidere and pings and roles and--]

It'll be okay. Somehow.
nothalfbad: (014)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-15 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
How can anything be okay like this?
rootless: (he crammed in his jeans)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-15 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. But it does feel better, eventually. I promise.
nothalfbad: (33)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-15 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
But she's still back there...
rootless: (and pages of trade magazines)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-15 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
...Can you explain what happened?
nothalfbad: (19)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-15 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
It's kind of a long story...
rootless: (then walked to a town)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-15 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
I have time.
nothalfbad: (031)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-15 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
A while back... Karuta was attacked. She wouldn't wake up for a very long time, and when she did... she couldn't change into a human anymore. She had been cursed.
rootless: (that flew up her gown)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-15 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...

[shuts up and keeps listening.]
nothalfbad: (034)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-15 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
She started to feel like she was losing a grip on herself, too... she was really scared. But I promised to stay with her no matter what, because even if she couldn't change back, she was still Karuta.

... Then there was a raid.
rootless: (held no appeal)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-16 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[just this face ohgodddd]
nothalfbad: (111)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-16 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
We got ambushed... there were other ayakashi who... weren't themselves anymore. It was like they'd totally gone crazy. I. I tried my best to fight them, but...
rootless: (no one's ever going to hurt them here)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-16 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[this is. way too familiar.]

But...?
nothalfbad: (35)

[personal profile] nothalfbad 2012-06-16 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[shakes his head, not looking at him]
rootless: (and all that we've been through)

[personal profile] rootless 2012-06-16 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
...Right.