mingle (regular edition)

[widenessofthesea]

Who: y'all
Where: all
When: day 350, midday

[ so uh how y'all doing after that stuff ]

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[protectshisown]

[Rye tried to do his usual stress relief of flying, but being plagued with his worst fear is]

[Well, he's felt it might be better to land. Currently just sitting on the curb, not far from the hotel, head bowed, just trying to clear his mind.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Strolling out in LiliS-wear for once and...]

-Rye? You okay?

[protectshisown]

[It takes a minute fir him to look up.] You say something?

[And he looks like he's had no sleep in the worst way, and usually attentive, observant eyes are decidedly....unfocused. Not fully present.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[...Rye???

He crouches down and peers up at him.]

Have you slept?

[protectshisown]

[He waves a hand.] I've gone without sleep before.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Rye??????]

Whhhhhy wouldn't you sleep? And how long has it been?

[scattershot]

[... oh.

[Well, perhaps it's not surprising. This seems a sick sort of world.]

Are you quite well?

[protectshisown]

[It takes a minute for him to react and he looks over.]

Hm? What?

[scattershot]

I was asking if you were well. You don't look it.

[protectshisown]

Its nothing you need to worry about.

[scattershot]

[So, this is "Tokyo-F"...

[It feels even more unfamiliar than she was expecting. Something about this empty place, its towers of glass and concrete and steel, is only profoundly alien to her. Alisaie might not know what her concept of normal is, but from the way this place makes her feel, it was clearly nothing like this.]

... there really is no aether here at all. I can't feel a single thing.

[No wonder it all seems so dead.]

[crystalbraves]

........A-

[ He has.

No idea how to process this?

Because both of the options, here, are very bad.

Either she doesn't remember him, or - She does, and she's been through things that he does not want her to have gone through.

And, so! He just. Gawks? ]

[scattershot]

[That's mutual.

[Because no, maybe she doesn't know this boy - and that's suddenly extremely troubling all in itself - but she recognizes him just as plainly as she does herself. Because it's like someone took her, switched up a few of the details and not very many at that, and gave her a wizard outfit...

[That's not the strangest part, though. The strangest part is this: the feeling that she's been given back a part of herself she only now notices had been missing, as if he'd been carrying some essential piece of who she is. She feels the weight of it, for all she didn't understand why.]

I should know you.

[Who are you?]

[crystalbraves]

[ Ah.

There it is.

He had braced himself for it, he thought - but there isn't anything that can fully brace yourself for finding out that your twin doesn't remember you. ...It isn't as if he fully has all of his memories, yet, but he does remember her.

He knows that she is probably frightened- stressed out, too proud to say those things. So ... He will mask his own feelings, here, forcing a smile instead of showing his upset. ]

...And, you will again within time, Sister.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[For the last week or so, he's actually had some color in his face for once, but it's gone again now]

[Possibly that's not the most concerning thing, though]

[Possibly the most concerning thing is that he's just picked up his coffee and his croissant from the counter, turned to bring them to a table, and then just - dropped them, before he can take more than a step, into a sad puddle of coffee-pastry on the floor. He doesn't even seem to notice, eyes wide and staring without seeming to take in the room]

[protectshisown]

[Listen! Attempts to eat have to be made!!!!]

[Also coffee since he's trying to stay up. So he wandees in towards the coubter, still out of it, blonde hair barely getting attention.]

[Wet floor does and he looks down as his foot slips a bit, then looks up, blinking some awareness back.]

Hurricane?

[Also Izanagi there too.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Nothing]

[Zero response. Not a flicker of recognition; his eyes don't even focus. His gaze is darting back and forth, rapidly, as though taking in something that isn't there]

[Also, Nem is also here, too]

[protectshisown]

..... [Nope.]

[Light face slap.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Absolutely nothing]

[Not so much as a flinch]

[protectshisown]

Hurricane! [Loud now.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Hhhhhere but mostly watching as Rye does his thing.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[It's cool, he doesn't seem to notice Izanagi any more than he notices Nem or Rye,]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Wwwwwwwelp he's also getting caught by that Primal Instinct, everyone here is doing great.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[One hell of an AOE, amiright]

[At least he's breathing steady now, though]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Improvement is good!!]