☁️ just a bard ☁️ ([personal profile] outofoffice) wrote in [community profile] imeeji_frontstage2022-02-28 12:46 am

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Who: sensitIV + friends + enemies
Where: sensitIV
When: Day 447, post-game

[ what the fuck. ]
sancrimony: (☨ 114)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-02 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ after a moment he's looking up ]

Ah—yes?
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] the theory of surrender)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-02 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Stew's done, so I thought I'd check on you.
sancrimony: (✞ 166)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-02 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ah . . .

[ with a smile, or at least a tired, attempted one ]

Thank you. Though, I'm not particularly hungry . . .

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-02 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
You're unusually tired. What happened?
sancrimony: (♱ 006)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-02 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Ah—did you not hear about the game?
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] Darkness caused by)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-02 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
I heard the broad strokes, but nothing about how sensitIV played, other than... "enough to win" apparently.
sancrimony: (♱ 004)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-02 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ . . . huffs a little, quiet for a moment ]

One person was made the "heart" of the unit, whose continued life anchored our sanity. The rest of us were given the ability to turn into monsters, but with it—we were cursed with an insatiable hunger.

No food was provided. Instead, it was incumbent on us to—target, fight, kill, and find sustenance in individuals in other units.

There were three rounds, with a sort of intermission period in between each round, wherein we were ushered into one large space with other units.

. . . sensitIV did not do well to slake our hunger. Moreover, Venti-san was partaken of during the first intermission.

That we won at all . . . I can only surmise it was due to how many battles Eirene-san and Nyx-san fought and won.
bondsofsuffering: ([Down] love and hate)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-02 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
...

Eirene cried when I first found her. I wasn't really expecting it.

If she and Nyx did the bulk of the fighting, what happened with you?
sancrimony: (♱ 011)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-02 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
. . . I—

[ his throat tightens, gaze cast to the ground ]

I did not do anything, in particular.
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] "No regrets)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-02 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh?

Does that upset you?
sancrimony: (♱ 026)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-02 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ just! barks a bitter laugh ]

Does the teacup not mourn its loss of use, when its porcelain has cracked and its luster has faded? When its shape has fractured so prominently as to be useless, even as an ornament? Even should it retain its general shape, how could it dare hope to be displayed?

Yet, what use is it afterwards? Its purpose, born in fire, cannot be reforged—for it cannot regain its malleable nature once it has entered the kiln. Wherefore does it still exist then, besides to give refuge to dust?
bondsofsuffering: ([Sigh] Why does a)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-02 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
[




Gently bapping him on the head.
]

You aren't a teacup - you're a person. A person who's been watching over this unit from day one.

Besides that - if your favorite old teacup's on the verge of destruction, wouldn't you want to spare it a little to preserve it and ensure you could enjoy it even a little longer?
sancrimony: (☨ 124)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-02 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ bapped

sighs a little, scrubbing his face ]

To call it a favorite. . .

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-02 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. You've helped guide and protect all of us, haven't you?

It's not like we're going to throw you out if you aren't constantly productive for our sakes. If the others could get a win by their power - that just means we're acting as your unitmates and helping take some of the burden off of you.
sancrimony: (☨ 140)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-03 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
. . .

It isn't as though I was afraid of something like being thrown out.
bondsofsuffering: ([Sigh] Losing everything was)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-03 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Well, not literally... That's not really possible?

Someone like you can still be treasured even if you take a back seat.
sancrimony: (✞ 166)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-03 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm. That's very kind of you.

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-03 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't believe me?
sancrimony: (🕂 177)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-03 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
No—I think your words are true. After all, you and the rest of this unit are quite kind.

. . . I'm just frustrated with myself.
bondsofsuffering: ([Question] So let's disprove the)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-03 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You have been working hard for our sakes for a long time now...

Is it hard to stop?
sancrimony: (🕈 240)

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] sancrimony 2022-03-04 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Just why would I stop?

Re: cw motions toward self-harm

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2022-03-04 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
Not permanently, but occasional breaks like this, where the others handle things.