#iroksa talks

[needleandstory]

you'd be better off staying here. do you really have to go? irokai

Iroksa stands on the balcony of Kai's apartment, looking out at the brilliant orange and pinks splashed across the city skyline. Little streetlight pinpricks burst to life in the blue-black darkness of streets and alleyways, and they lean their jaw in their hand. Soon, Her darkness will overtake the city for the span of a night, bringing it to its most beautiful.

They glance at Kai, smiling. "You know I must. My people are awaiting my brilliance, after all, and I cannot deprive them forever. Besides, I miss my mountaintops dearly. It will be a breath of fresh air to be among people who understand my faith."

"My only regret is that you won't be coming as well."

[needleandstory]

Kal's sitting in one of the lobbies, half an eye on some hour-long infomercial, trying halfheartedly to practice calligraphy in an overwritten sudoku book. (His hands won't stop trembling, and the ectoplasm leaking intermittently from his scalded fingers keeps smudging the ink.)

Twists to look over the back of his chair as the mystery visitor marches back out of Kai's room, headed past him towards the stairwell. Hm!

He looks to Su-jin first, and not her master. Smiles, easy and with the tiniest hint of ill omen. "And who might this be?"

Su-jin hardly bothered to spare Kalmar a glance. Her eyes glazed over him, cool as marble. If he wasn't worth the attention of her master, then he was not worth hers.

To Iroksa, Kal may as well have been another piece of furniture: his presence was merely set dressing, something to liven up the atmosphere. But when he spoke, they stopped and turned sharply. It had just occurred to them, you see, that perhaps this lucky bystander could be of some use to them. Smiling, they approached Kalmar in his chair. "Greetings, would you perhaps--ah!"

Their eyes fell on his burned hands. A bad hookup, Kai had said. Iroksa lacked a list of this clinic's residents, but perhaps that was a fact they needed to rectify. As things stood, they lacked the evidence to be certain. It wouldn't do to make a mess of the wrong person, not right outside Kai's room. It might make coming back unnecessarily difficult. "My, those burns look quite painful."

[needleandstory]

💝 iro and kai :3

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"If only I had been permitted to meet him sooner. It is endlessly frustrating: I can see the sparks within him, but every time he begins to shine, he's doused! I feel at times I have come too late; he is a ruin I walk amongst. He can be rebuilt, I'm sure; he has already come miles in the embracing of his Blessing, even after so long an absence of it. The return of Her gift in its full power tells me I am on the right path; I need only be patient. This is worthwhile work."