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yes. I'm away from everyone but the people who won't hurt me any more.
I felt everything.
I felt everything.
ok.
Junpei. I am your friend. right?
everything feels wrong now.
Junpei. I am your friend. right?
everything feels wrong now.
I'm so dumb. I never saw it coming. I told her I'd help her with her project however I could. and I guess I did.
you're not as trusting as me, and you're right not to be. you were right all along.
...?
[ No words, just a brief, tentative spark of connection from a familiar canine mind. He'd come around Junpei's home again after the announcement of Vesenya Lovti, intending to stay well out of sight when he checked in on the young man. But the house stood empty, shuttered and smelling of faded memories, and so Khoriya finds himself feeling.... slightly. Concerned. That's all. ]
[ No words, just a brief, tentative spark of connection from a familiar canine mind. He'd come around Junpei's home again after the announcement of Vesenya Lovti, intending to stay well out of sight when he checked in on the young man. But the house stood empty, shuttered and smelling of faded memories, and so Khoriya finds himself feeling.... slightly. Concerned. That's all. ]
[ Do NOT call him out like this. ]
Because of the hunt? Or... [ Khoriya does, reluctantly, allow the flood of thoughts from the various Void Touched into his mind from time to time, if only to keep abreast of whatever disaster has struck this accursed place. He remembers something from Junpei, like a formal letter tacked upon a post in the village square. ] Because the doctor has gone...?
As long as you have found someplace safe.
Because of the hunt? Or... [ Khoriya does, reluctantly, allow the flood of thoughts from the various Void Touched into his mind from time to time, if only to keep abreast of whatever disaster has struck this accursed place. He remembers something from Junpei, like a formal letter tacked upon a post in the village square. ] Because the doctor has gone...?
As long as you have found someplace safe.
[ A pang. He hadn’t expected Khoriya to pinpoint the reason.
But he keeps his tone steady, even if he can’t hide that even in his own mind he sounds tired. ]
I’m staying with my … boyfriend, and his people. Mavis and Aristaeus. If you know them. It’s temporary.
But he keeps his tone steady, even if he can’t hide that even in his own mind he sounds tired. ]
I’m staying with my … boyfriend, and his people. Mavis and Aristaeus. If you know them. It’s temporary.
[ If they had been speaking face to face, Khoriya could have better masked his reaction behind his usual stoic blankness. But as Junpei answers with Mavis' name, a sudden sharp edge leaks through their mental connection, the pricked ears and glint of fang of a predator who had sighted its prey. ]
...I do not think I know them, no. Do they reside beyond the township walls?
...I do not think I know them, no. Do they reside beyond the township walls?
[ The vibes are still weird, in that the sharp predatory edge acquires a hint of... not quite guilt, but perhaps concern. Still, Khoriya has no intention of being too overt in his questioning. ]
But neither of them are your... boyfriend?
[ Just to make sure he's got the order of relationships clear here. Being acquainted with Junpei, even intimate with him, doesn't mean Khoriya won't go after this Mavis... but he might feel very slightly bad about it. ]
But neither of them are your... boyfriend?
[ Just to make sure he's got the order of relationships clear here. Being acquainted with Junpei, even intimate with him, doesn't mean Khoriya won't go after this Mavis... but he might feel very slightly bad about it. ]
[ Fortunately for Khoriya, Junpei thinks it’s just a confusion over relationship dynamics and is distracted by the awkwardness of speaking so frankly about them. ]
No. Murphy is my boyfriend … but … things with Aristaeus are … we … we’ve been getting more intimate …
No. Murphy is my boyfriend … but … things with Aristaeus are … we … we’ve been getting more intimate …
[ ... ]
I see.
[ Not that he needs or wants Junpei's permission to. You know. Go forth and murder. But Khoriya tells himself that he may as well get the lay of the land, as it were, before he takes action. ]
Are you staying safe, then? Avoiding the town during this Vesenya Lovti?
[ Even if he's going about it in a roundabout way. By asking after Junpei himself. ]
I see.
[ Not that he needs or wants Junpei's permission to. You know. Go forth and murder. But Khoriya tells himself that he may as well get the lay of the land, as it were, before he takes action. ]
Are you staying safe, then? Avoiding the town during this Vesenya Lovti?
[ Even if he's going about it in a roundabout way. By asking after Junpei himself. ]
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