Character B has the ability to use other people's senses. B is walking down the sidewalk when they see Character A wearing earbuds and decides to find out what they're listening too. All B hears is a voice saying, “Oh. You’re one of us,” and A turns mid-step to look straight at B.
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“See anything yet?” Mercury grunted as he laid on his back with his legs raised up above him and waited for something, anything to happen that would be able to be considered useful. It had been a while since he and Emerald had been sent out on a recon mission, but it was something that he could do.
He just didn’t like doing them.
“Pipe the fuck down, asshole.” Emerald hissed, bringing her binoculars down in displeasure. From where he was lying, Mercury had both the best and the worst view of Emerald possible, but it was also a position that meant that he couldn’t be lookout himself. It was a good thing that Emerald was good at what she did because otherwise Mercury was sure that they would be hopeless.
He rolled his eyes and picked his head up just slightly so that he could cushion it on one of his arms. “Is there anything?”
“No.” Emerald finally answered, grimacing and turning just slightly so that she couldn’t risk losing her balance on her perch. “Why, getting uncomfortable?”
“Kind of.” Mercury admitted, rolling his eyes. “Mostly bored.”
Emerald was quiet for a moment before she spoke up again, her voice a little less calm than normal. “Let me down.”
The order was more than enough. Mercury began to lower his legs as much as he could and Emerald clambered off. She took a moment to make sure that she had everything in order before turning to him and offering a hand. Mercury smiled, reached up, and took it so that he could pull himself up to his feet.
“Waiting around like this hasn’t been fun.”
“No.” Emerald laughed. “It really hasn’t been.” The two of them began back down on the path that would bring them to the road. She stretched, and Mercury found himself appreciating the sight, if only for a moment. “What do you think about getting food?”
“Food?” Mercury replied, thinking hard. How long had it been since the two of them had last been able to get something to eat? It had to have been a while, or else he figured he wouldn’t have been worrying about it so much. “Yeah, sounds good.”
Emerald smiled at him and began to lead the way, and Mercury couldn’t bring himself to even consider doing anything beyond just following after her. The two of them would find a place to eat, and then they would be on their way in the morning. Really, their main concern was making sure that they didn’t end up getting found by the people looking for them first.
When the two of them had been going through Kuchinashi they’d only managed to make a few enemies. Sticky fingers didn’t do anything good, and they had paid the price. Ever since every night was spent one step in front of the people that would probably have them killed. The situation wasn’t good by any means, but it was what it was.
Mercury was mostly glad that he had someone else that he was able to share in it with.
The road was empty for the most part, and so when they followed it Mercury and Emerald had a few things that they could rely on. Natural instinct was a more than large piece of it, but taking breaks to survey their terrain as they just had tended to go a long way. At the very worst, they might find a village and go in for an hour at most so that they could get supplies. Mercury was already certain that Emerald was looking for one so that they could get a hot meal instead of having to go ahead and hunt something down for them to eat.
But walking with Emerald often got too quiet too fast. Mercury figured that she was just focused on keeping them from getting killed. It wasn’t as though the two of them couldn’t fend for themselves, quite the opposite-
It was just that they couldn’t deal with too many people at once. Not if they wanted to get the most use out of both of their skillsets while they were in battle.
“So.” Mercury spoke up, deciding that it might be a good idea to break the silence. “We find a village and eat, then what?”
“Camping.” Emerald said, smiling softly. “Why?”
Mercury laughed, stepping up and bumping into Emerald playfully. “Dinner, warm fire... seems almost romantic.”
Emerald stopped dead in her tracks and shot him a too-hard glare that Mercury only saw affection in. She was smiling, despite everything. The girl let out a sigh and shook her head before nudging him back in response. “Why don’t you listen and pipe the fuck down, asshole?”
“Make me.”
Emerald looked like she didn’t know whether she wanted to punch him or kiss him.
