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Hikaru Shinta ([personal profile] icarusalsoflew) wrote in [community profile] wakingthedead2014-11-30 05:50 pm

waking the dead 2.0 | 1st of samhain, deardaoin (thursday)

WHO: The War Hounds, Hikaru, Alistair, and Jason
WHAT: Base Camp Site 001, Arcadia
WHERE: An area off the roads of Akitagawa, somewhere between the Trods, the Hedge, and Arcadia itself
WHEN: November 1, Arcadian Year ???
SAFE FOR WORK? For now? Yes.
OTHER NOTES: Make your own threads as needed!


[ Tandang Sora, with Brianna and Alistair's help, clears out an area right beside a river - at least, it LOOKS like a river, even if it shines far too brightly in the light of the sun (or moon, depending on whichever one is shining upon the lot of you at any passing minute), and its ripples occasionally form watery mouths that quietly fill the air with song. Said song matches the whisper in the trees scattered about the area, and the laughing exchanges between Sister Sun and Brother Moon in the sky.

The Tower of the Lunargent Thorn, as promised, is always a fixed point somewhere on the horizon no matter where you turn - yet another weird thing to take note of in an increasingly bizarre place. The only "normal" thing in this area, beyond the lot of you, is the way the camp site has set up.

Tandang Sora has gone off to confirm the route that you will be taking. That means, thankfully, that the lot of you have some time to cool off your heels and attempt to acclimatize to how you have all changed. ]

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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-01 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Tracing your cheek now with one finger and letting his thumb ghost over your bottom lip. ]

You're one of the most compassionate people I know. [ A beat. ] I don't think I've ever told you that.

[ He'll lace the fingers of his free hand with yours at that. ] I know we're only going to be here a year, and that's not a short time, but I hope I can do something to help. And I don't just mean with the mission at hand.
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-01 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He nods at that, and then sneaks a kiss to the side of your neck.

If he looks a little sheepish, it's because he is. ]


I was thinking along... different lines.

[ He's marrying you. Eventually. When this is all done and you two can actually work out the details of what kind of ceremony you'd like ( he's okay with whatever matters to you, he'll tell you as much, when the time comes. ) ]
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-01 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He'll indulge in leaning in so that the bridge of his nose is snug against the slant of your jaw. What is it about you, here in this place, that he can't seem to breathe enough of you in.

Right: Arcadia.

Okay. Enough. Pulling back now and just... offering a slight shrug. ]


Do... do I still count as consort?

[ If that last word comes out awkwardly... it's because it's still pretty hard to say without sounding odd. To him, at least. ] I-it's just that... you know. I don't want to trip all over myself when we get there.

[ Yep. He's rubbing the back of his neck nervously now. ]
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-01 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A quiet nod. ]

I just... [ He wets his lips a little. ] It matters to me, you know?

To be able to stand beside you. To share whatever load you have to carry, if you'll let me.

[ He knows that sounds incredibly naive and young. But it's what he knows from the people he's watched and had in his life. ]
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-01 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That makes him smile. This -- you, him, here and now -- makes him smile; puts him at ease. ]

Then it's a good thing I'm not really inclined to leaving your side. Not unless I absolutely have to.

[ Have an eskimo kiss, love, and a sigh. ] I can't get over the way you smell.

[ A sheepish chuckle at that. ]

God, that sound so lame, but it's true.
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-01 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's no blush, but the expression that crosses his face probably makes up for that -- at least, right before he leans in and presses his mouth over yours to taste you again.

You taste like what he imagines the holidays could be like, things he and his family never managed to indulge in because America is a shadow of what it used to be, once upon a time. He presses close because you're solid and warm, a steadying presence in a place that seems so strange. ]


Don't make me pick. I happen to like both.
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-02 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Who said anything about 'like'? [ He'll catch your lips with his. That near-overwhelming feeling is nagging at him again, the one that makes him wish that you were both somewhere safer that you could both relax in.

He's leveling his gaze with yours now. ]
I love you.

And by that, I mean all of you.
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-02 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He'll tangle his fingers with yours at that, grip loose enough to cradle your hand in his and firm enough to show that he signed on for the whole package knowing full-well "no return, no exchange" ( as if he would ever. ) ]

You're always beautiful to me.

[ He means that. He's seen what Arcadia did to you -- what your durance made you. He knows, especially after speaking with Brianna, with the Vega sisters, that the mien is a scar that Changeling live with... but that doesn't matter to him. Scars mean you survived. It sucks that it happened in the first place, but what matters most is that you're here, you're alive and warm and with him. ]
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-02 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He'll steal another kiss at that, one that hints at the faintest bit of hunger that has nothing to do with food and everything to do with you. ]

I mean that. [ He says that with a smile when he pulls back, breathless, and one hand is now drawing you closer, because he misses the solidness of your body against his. ]

I thought you were gorgeous. It... [ he hesitates a little, and wets his lips at that. ] I couldn't look away. But I had to, because you were just so beautiful it hurt.
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-02 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Your words bring a soft laugh to his lips, and he's leaning his forehead to yours once more. Close is not close enough, it seems. ]

You're going to me make me forget that this isn't a vacation if you keep talking like that, babe.
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-02 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Do I ever?

[ Hmmm. Yeah, this smile. Right before he's snagging your hand again and cradling it between both of his. ]
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[personal profile] larue 2014-12-02 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He knows, theoretically, that you can be. ]

Be careful. [ A beat. ] I might hold you to that.

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