(Awash & Hugtopia) IC contact

[meridio]

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Somnus is slow to respond to text messages and accept calls.

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[mythratastic]

[ Instead of contacting him via a private message, Mythra decides to meet him in person. Knowing that he's prone to wandering aimlessly through the town like a lost spirit]

Hey.

Just wanted to let you know that it's a no-go on the compass from Cairngorm. [ Although she would have liked to try using it, perhaps it's for the best. It's not as if any of her excursions into the woods lately have been particularly revealing. That, and finding the hen via the compass with the feather from Dextera might not have yelled any results anyway. ] Sorry to disappoint. [ Her shrug comes with a brush of her hair over her shoulder. ]

[meridio]

[ If it were so easy to arrange, it would have been done a long time ago. Somnus neither looks nor feels disappointed, only troubled (and this, he doesn't show. As ever, he dons an impassive countenance). Between the time since they last spoke and now, even more news have trickled in with fewer answers. ]

What will you do next?

[mythratastic]

Get black-out drunk.

[ IT'S A JOKE.

Wow wow the mysteries of a living weapon. Be in awe of the divine, Somnus. ]

[meridio]

[ That's nice, Mythra.

His only response is to look at her without so much as blinking. She made no comment about drinking in company, so he doesn't bother to tell her that he'd make a poor drinking partner. It doesn't matter to him if she wants to get drunk or stay sober. ]

1/?

[mythratastic]

[ Waaaaaaaiting for a response........


....... ]

[mythratastic]

[ Mythra waves a hand in his face, as if it would dispel an utter lack of expression. Rather than be offended that she hasn't gotten so much of a laugh or a smirk from him, she seems... surprised and curious that there isn't anything more than a blink from the man. ]

Wow... nothing at all, huh.

[pyrafect]

[ Pyra appears in a flash of light, her form rippling over the silhouette of energy.

And she's giggling, lifting a hand to cover her lips politely. ]

4/4

[pyrafect]

...Not even a smile. [ Although saying that as she lowers her hand, she looks at him kindly, if a bit with a hint of pity. Had those two millennia made him forget how to feel? To not even remember what joy and laughter is?

...Ah, but she hasn't smile like this in a while. It feels almost alien. ] Sorry, that... joke was in poor taste.

[meridio]

[ If she wanted to partake of liquor, she should have sought his brother instead. The world is small, so she must have crossed paths with him at least once. (Not enough for secrets to be whispered aloud.) Somnus, who always lacked a sense of humor, doesn't say any of this.

As if broken out of a trance, he blinks, momentarily breaking eye contact. ]

Hail, Pyra.

[pyrafect]

[ She nods at the greeting... and parrots by the way he says it. ] Hail, King Somnus.

[ One last giggle escapes her at that.

A slight cant of her head follows, however, as she looks up at him. ] Are you.... disappointed that we can't try to find the hen together?

[meridio]

[ She's in a good mood. ]

The hen is only one of the town's many mysteries. There are others that demand attention.

[pyrafect]

[ It was from this moment on that Pyra realized that she liked joking at Somnus' expense...

And he doesn't answer her question. Then again, it probably does-- indifference. He feels indifferent. ] Interested in pursuing another one?

[meridio]

[ If it makes her happy . . . ! ]

Mythra's priority lay in the hen. What of yours?

[pyrafect]

[ Watch and learn. ]

Tell me about your brother.

[ Priority = bonds. ]

[meridio]

[ Somnus blinks again, and his eyes are downcast when they reopen. There's an audible pause before he answers. ]

His name is Ardyn.

1/2

[pyrafect]

[ ....................Oh wow he actually answered. ]

[pyrafect]

[ .....Also, double wow, she-- ]

---Ardyn?

[ So surprised that she is, she says the first thing that comes to her mind: ] You two look nothing alike!

[meridio]

[ That, he knows. It's probably better that way. ]

Our dissimilarities extend beyond appearances. I ask that you refrain from mentioning my name in his presence.

1/2

[pyrafect]

[ She appears thoughtful. ] ...We've only met twice; I wouldn't ever have guessed.

[pyrafect]

[ --Ah.


Not a good relationship, then. ]

......He seemed rather... kind. Like you.

[ Somnus... kind...... sorry, she has such a low bar. ]

[meridio]

[ She doesn't understand human nature very well if she can say that about him. Somnus knows what he is, and kind is the furthest thing from it. ]

I took everything from him. I was not kind . . . just envious.

[pyrafect]

[ I was a victim of my own envy. Nothing more.

....Envy of his brother, then.

I have given you my answer. Ask no more for it.

She knows better not to meddle. ] ...I'm... assuming that you've spoken with him here already. [ A pause. ] And you still say your bond is strong. [ He did mention his brother as the sole person with whom he had a strong bond. ]

[meridio]

The ties that bind us need not be positive.

[ His brother holds him in deep contempt, whereas he houses remorse for what he did. Although by no means an effective bond for productivity, it is a potent bond nonetheless, because it will never change for as long as they both exist. No matter what he does, this will be the one constant between them as a pair of monsters. ]

We have spoken once, but the bond we share now should still be sufficient for the town's needs.

[pyrafect]

[ Her brow furrows as she reaches out to him, placing a hand gently upon his shoulder. ] ...I'm sorry.

[ Not for asking, not for hearing more about his story, but... ] I'm sorry that the two of you... do not have a better relationship. [ How many others has she told that the time they have here is precious with the people here? That there is no other world, no other opportunity like the one in this nexus, that they have to make up for lost time with another?

She wants to say the same to him. ] Is there no room for reconciliation?

[meridio]

[ He cranes his neck to eye the hand on his shoulder. She has nothing for which to apologize. ]

My brother has his part, just as I do mine.

[ Reconciliation has no place in either. But how strange, to refer so casually to his brother. ]

That is why I offer to accompany you.

[ She doesn't turn away from him with scorn in her eyes. Their relationship is better, enough that it won't hinder their efforts to restore the world to what it once was. ]