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tushanshu_ooc2017-01-24 10:01 pm
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[He has the benefit of having been here before. Maybe solid reasonability can help.]
Okay. It's okay.
This world's a bit different. You go back to wherever you were at the same time. Whoever you're looking for, you'll still have time to find them.
Just breathe, all right?
[Yes, they are definitely going to both be covered in blood. That's all right.]
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Except for today, apparently. It's been one of those days.
Yep, those snazzy clothes of yours are doomed, Ghastly. Eventually Fai finally leans into the arm around him, hiding his face against Ghastly's shoulder while he finishes crying himself out.]
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[There, there. Gently:]
All right. Take your time.
[It's not like Ghastly's on a schedule.]
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I'm sorry, I don't usually just fall to pieces like that on a complete stranger. I--
[His gaze drops to Ghastly's shoulder]
I've got blood all over your shirt, I'm so sorry.
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[Ghastly considers the same shoulder his new acquaintance is, and shrugs lightly.]
I've had worse. You don't want to know the things I've fallen into. I don't want to know the things I've fallen into. It will come out.
[He can handle bloodstains. Or, failing that, he can make himself an entire new shirt.]
...that said, if you do want to talk about it, now is probably the time.
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Yes, I... I suppose you're right. And thank you. I doubt most people would be quite so eager to let a bloody stranger cry on them.
[Even so, Ghastly's offer is still a bit of a shock. Fai never talks about himself, and most people aren't able or willing to look past his smile to see that he even needs to talk. Kurogane is one of the few, and he....
Fai's smile slips away again. Still sitting in a bloody heap on the cobblestones, he stares down for a moment before opening his mouth to speak again.]
The world I was just in... it was collapsing. I barely managed to get the children out in time. I wasn't going to make it. I didn't think there was any way to get out. My-- [His mind stutters a little on what to call Kurogane. His friend? His traveling companion? In his confusion he sails right past the problem altogether.] --he was trying so hard to get us both out, and I told him to go, and he....
[He pauses, swallowing, trying to keep it together this time.]
He did something incredibly foolish, to save me. And wherever he is now, he's probably bleeding to death. And I can't find him.
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[This is said by way of explanation: good-naturedly and matter-of-fact, like this is normal.]
I can get the blood out. Is this...
[Ghastly hesitates, listening to the rest of what the not-stranger is saying. Oh. That's... that's a big one, all right.]
This is all his, then? You're not about to bleed to death on me?
[It's much less sensitive than he would have liked, but it's important to establish that he doesn't need to take Fai to someone immediately.]
...I can promise you one thing. Your friend, wherever he is-- he doesn't regret it. I don't know if you'll find him or not, when you go back to your world, but if you're safe, then he won't regret it.
[This is said with some wistfulness. Ghastly is, granted, extrapolating; but it sounds like the way the Dead Men were about each other. Any of them would have died to make sure the others were safe.]
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A... a skeleton? I... I don't understand.
[As for the blood, Fai lifts a gloved hand to touch to the corner of his mouth. There's a bit of blood there that's probably his, from when his magic failed back in Celes, but that problem seems to have largely rectified itself now that he's no longer casting. Probably best not to mention to this kind stranger that he was coughing up blood recently.]
Most of it... is his, yes.
[His eye closes; despite Ghastly's assertion, Fai seems more like he's in pain than comforted by the thought. Finally he blurts out:]
I don't care!
[His eye opens again, but he's not looking right at Ghastly.]
We're not from the same world. We were traveling between worlds--the dimension that collapsed was mine. I don't have a home anymore, and if he's not here I don't know if I can find him again. I don't care if he regrets it, I just want him safe. I just want to find him.
[He doesn't sound angry at Ghastly--mostly he sounds like he's verging on panic once more. And the tears are starting again.]
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[That's as technical as Ghastly can get here. Besides, this man seems to be having much worse problems. Patiently:]
There's ways in our world to go between different ones, too, but the same rules don't seem to apply here. This place is different. If you were traveling with him, you'll probably find him when you go back. I promise, I've been here before. It's just like... like blinking.
[This is not the best analogy Ghastly has ever made, and he tightens his arm around Fai's shoulders. He's not quite sure how else to reassure.]