Eve & Iolani
[Evaughn finds Iolani in a secluded cold cave near a inner waterfall ]
Io: …you shouldn’t have found me
Eve: well, excuse us for wanting to know where you up and gone to.
io:..you should go back to the island,
Eve: not until you come with us.
Io: i..can not unfortunately..
Eve: and why is that?
Io: ... Eve: well?
Io: ...how come you try with all your might for hurt to be undone
for you
for everyone.
Just for it to be rooted deep within your every action, every dream , every thought every want every need every- everything that is you! [Iolani takes a breath]...your whole existence is entangled in it ... even in another's..
Eve:...
Io: i'm not coming , Vaughn. For the sake of everyone, for ..Luka ….and for me..too
[ Eve is disheartened to see Io like this. The determined ,hopeful and perspicacious friend he knew reduce to hopelessness and utter despair. Just like him once upon a time before he knew this light ; this light that illuminated his little dark corner that is his being and brought him needed company. And where Io succeeded in helping him escape , here he is standing utterly powerless against his friend's plight ]
Luka & Iolani
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you’re the best thing that happened to me in my entire shitshow of a life
[io looks at him with a blurred vision, trying to not break down in front of him]
[Luka’s heart aches heavily ]
[ Luka steps closer to io , attempting to reach him]
Please io.. let’s go back hom-
[ Iolani blocks him with Luna’s wing]
(to say luka was disheartened was an understatement , he was completely crushed to small pieces. And every piece yearned for his friend. )
Luka didn’t want to be aggressive with Io, he didn’t want to use manipulative and underhanded methods to make Io give in, but..
good god he just want him to come back, back to his arms ,back to their bed where they would hold each other if the other had a nightmare
to their room where they hang out, cooked meals for each other , talked , dreamed, laughed, cried
just.. just being there
he want them to come back to their safe haven in the woods , relive the precious moments they had.
he just wants his best friend back with him..)
Eve:… i guess we go with the back up plan ( operation prey ambush, if you will)
Pipa & Co.
Pipa: " io..do you like it here?"
io:"…no"
Pipa: "did you like it back home on the island?" ( an innuendo that iolani has made a home back at school for them despite it’s problematic environment)
Io: "….i don’t know ,Pipa" he doesn’t want to lose anymore of his small home to the strong wind that is himself.
pipa: "…do you..want to go back to your village?"
(he can’t go back there anymore, due to his father)
Io: "…i can’t even if i want to."
Nash covers io with his jacket, Jiro has brought with him food for him and Vijay attempts to sooth him with soft scolding ” io you should have not ran away like that””what if you got hurt? how would’ve we known that? this is too reckless of you” “ i almost died worrying about you “[fitting of an indian moma]
[Pipa’s , with the prey gang, attempt at convincing Iolani to come back with them]