joshua is alone and his city is dying around him and him along with it, and it's easier to just give up now, right, at the very end?
so joshua drifts.
in a sea of shadows it's easy to get lost, to feel like you're drowning. but the shadows aren't as all encompassing as they used to be, and he can hear some things filtering in. sounds of combat, people shouting, and-- right.
this isn't shibuya.
in the background of it all, he hears it - mafuyu's song, the sound of her soul wrapped into a thread like a lifeline and joshua stumbles, follows the faint threads of her music like a beacon of light, and it's like struggling against the current in the oceans but he trusts (14)
[ it takes a moment for joshua to come back into himself.
long enough that when mafuyu hugs him, he doesn't react for a moment, at least, not until he hears her trying very hard not to cry, and
(when was the last time someone who wasn't neku cried over him?)
for a brief moment, joshua's hand wraps around her waist, returning the hug in the lightest of touches.
(he's still not very good at the physical affection thing.) ]
Silly Mafuyu. [ there's no bite in his words, or even the condescending teasing that he usually employs. ] Did you not trust me to follow your lead back?
[ because that was what mana told him to remember, right? the answer to the riddle - trust your partner, find your way back. ]
... Thank you.
[ wow is this the first time he's said it???? anyway, it's only then that he tries to push her off, but gently, staggering to his feet in the meantime because that penalty game hurt, but they both have a score to settle with atem's shadow. ]
I believe we were in the middle of a coup for an undead Pharaoh.
( she's certain he almost died, that he flickered for a moment and atem - atem is enjoying this. she can't say its him entirely, not while possessed but-
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mafuyu will know that something is Very Wrong because joshua just... lets her. no resistance. nothing. ]
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( quietly, just for him, she sings. come back, joshua... )
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silence. (2)
it's deafening. he's never felt this alone. ]
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joshua is slipping away. (1)
the longer this goes on, the less responsive joshua gets, until his hand falls limply, out from mafuyu's hold and he slumps over. ]
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( if she casts diarama, will it do anything? )
This isn't the end, come back! Please!
1/2 thank god we have two dice bots in the server.
joshua is alone and his city is dying around him and him along with it, and it's easier to just give up now, right, at the very end?
so joshua drifts.
in a sea of shadows it's easy to get lost, to feel like you're drowning. but the shadows aren't as all encompassing as they used to be, and he can hear some things filtering in. sounds of combat, people shouting, and-- right.
this isn't shibuya.
in the background of it all, he hears it - mafuyu's song, the sound of her soul wrapped into a thread like a lifeline and joshua stumbles, follows the faint threads of her music like a beacon of light, and it's like struggling against the current in the oceans but he trusts (14)
(trust your partner?)
and joshua resurfaces-- ]
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( oh thank god. she immediately hugs him around the neck, and he might hear soft sniffles as she tries not to cry. )
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long enough that when mafuyu hugs him, he doesn't react for a moment, at least, not until he hears her trying very hard not to cry, and
(when was the last time someone who wasn't neku cried over him?)
for a brief moment, joshua's hand wraps around her waist, returning the hug in the lightest of touches.
(he's still not very good at the physical affection thing.) ]
Silly Mafuyu. [ there's no bite in his words, or even the condescending teasing that he usually employs. ] Did you not trust me to follow your lead back?
[ because that was what mana told him to remember, right? the answer to the riddle - trust your partner, find your way back. ]
... Thank you.
[ wow is this the first time he's said it???? anyway, it's only then that he tries to push her off, but gently, staggering to his feet in the meantime because that penalty game hurt, but they both have a score to settle with atem's shadow. ]
I believe we were in the middle of a coup for an undead Pharaoh.
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( she's certain he almost died, that he flickered for a moment and atem - atem is enjoying this. she can't say its him entirely, not while possessed but-
...
something white hot burns in her heart. )
... But you did hear me... I'm so glad.