#slumbernanas

[cursedblessed]

" i am the happiest i've probably ever been. " / for ophie from suguru :) probably admitting where he's at now has made him feel less idk. pressured. depressed. awful ?? he's happier after defecting , ,, ,

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But does he feel this way because he is finally free of the rules that were always destined to break him, or because he truly believes he has found the right path? The question lingers at the edge of her tongue... she lets it die there.

A slow breath leaves her, not quite a sigh. It is not disappointment she feels, nor frustration. It is grief for the fact that this is the path he has come to believe in. She cannot bring herself to fault him for wanting happiness, yet she cannot look upon the road that led him there without mourning it; how terribly cruel fate had been towards him.

❝ I wish it had never come to this for you to find peace. ❞ The words leave her before she can catch them. Almost immediately she shakes her head, a faint, apologetic smile touching her lips. The last thing she wants is for him to mistake her empathy for judgment. Long ago she accepted that it was not her place to condemn him, nor was it her place to aid him in the path he had chosen. If she could be anything to him, she hoped it was simply a reminder that gentleness still existed somewhere in this world.

❝ Truly, I am glad that you have found something that lets you smile again. I only wish the road that brought you here had been kinder to you. ❞

[tewwor]

" there you go, nanami. " he says with a small smile, as he pushes the plate across the small table with two fingers. atop it is a singular slice of cake- with one candle stuck in it. " happy birthday. don't forget to blow it out before you eat it. " / from suguru. hey u remember that thing we talked about...

i'm gonna be honest, idk what i wrote. i can't see — @slumbernanas

The gentle scrape of ceramic against wood pulls the spirit's eye down. He stares for a long moment. Blankly, until finer lines of uncertainty start to crease between the brows and corner of lips. He knows what the offered thing is. Can almost remember the taste of it if enough focus is put forth, but he doesn't bother. Something else scratches at him, pulling the frayed edges of pockmarked memories. There sits a gaping pit where this disjointed feeling resides. Vast in its ruin, buried deep under the fresh raze of pain.

Something about this feels familiar, but why? Worse yet, why does the ache worsen when he looks directly at the man? Any other time and it's bearable. Dull, like an old bruise. Now, though? The lack of understanding squeezes tight. Just shy of suffocating — downright nauseating.

Knuckles curl atop his lap, balling into a loose fist. He continues to look at the cake, staring hard at the soft flicker of candlelight. Then, the silence breaks. 'Who are you to me.. really?'

[holyscorch]

" i've never understood the human greed behind attaining the shape of perfection. such a thing sounds so static to me ... to reach a state where you no longer change, and a state of mind where the growth stops. ... perhaps i have always loved the imperfections that came with humans, it sounds incomprehensible to me.

@slumbernanas / sc.

[lycanlike]

❝ the amount of force your guns have ... it's impressive that you can shoot straight. ❞ the battles that you had been in centuries before, they were not fought with bullets. now you preferred to heal flesh rather than wound it. ever since observing @slumbernanas in combat, it was difficult to hide that certain things had been on your mind. ❝ ... not that i was watching. ❞

[lycanlike]

❝ i may not regret my actions, but i do regret that they are necessary. ❞ / from suguru. but yk,,, this is like. cult era sugu i suppose. sorry he's a little delusional ...

incoming message ... @slumbernanas. accepted!

necessary. you allow that word to linger in the air. the skin between your brow creases as they furrow. clearly suguru wasn't in his right mind. there's such a finality to the way he speaks that it sets your nerves on end.

❝ you know as well as i do that harming the helpless is ... ❞ several words come to mind — foul, inhumane, cowardice. you trail off as you consider your next words carefully. those who have strength need to be held to a different standard. ❝ nothing is worth having that kind of blood on your hands. ❞

[holyscorch]

" it warms my heart to know that romance still blossoms. " / kenjaku for cas. pls he is being so painfully sarcastic here ok. idk cas prolly said smthn wild as hell and kenny is just :U okay sure whatever u wanna do boo.

--- ↪ UNPROMPTED.

" oh, but of course, my dear. don't tell me you don't believe in it now. " casimir rests a hand across his chest, feigning a look of surprise and an ache to his nonexistent heart. " don't you find it beautiful ? " he gestures to the sculpture presented to them both ... an almost grotesque yet intimate piece; an amalgamation of bodies construed into one. the stone looked so flexible and malleable despite it being solid, and it was difficult to see just ... where the amalgamation of the bodies begin and end. ( the eyes were scattered, the mouths spread too wide or too thin, the arms and legs are extended out in areas that they shouldn't stem from. )

" does this piece not intrigue you ? a pity ... i find it absolutely romantic. their bodies are so desperate to embrace each other, they become one. fused by an innate and burning desire to be together, why not make it a physical promise ? haven't you ever held onto such a desire before ? "

[holyscorch]

" I did try to warn you. " / kenjaku for crimson. no he did not. he's talking shit and rage baiting with everything he has. haterisms are real. he needs more haters.

--- ↪ UNPROMPTED.

" i had no idea you were capable of such sarcasm. " crimson's own of the latter drips from his tone, followed by the swipe of claws stained in blood -- splattering it across the ground beneath his feet. vexation was apparent in his gaze, but more of an empathy for the dead body lying motionless by his feet ... an innocent bystander. possessed of sorts; having gone rabid and rogue of all rationality and thought as if the anatomy of their will was taken from them. ( crimson gave them the most merciful death he could offer them. ) he stands over them with an ache across his gaze ... kneeling down next to them as a hand moves to gently rest it over their eyes; closing them on their behalf.

" ... no different from a parasite that feeds off the innocent to satiate whatever callous ambitions you have. i want no part of it. "

[kitsunae]

unprompted | @slumbernanas asked: " you should exercise greater caution. " / kenjaku for ... SURPRISE ME. this is lowkey a threat, but he's smiling n being funny about it. it's fine.

he  pauses  eating  his  bag  of  chips,  one  brow  rising  as  head  tilts  to  the  side  in  a  rather  curious  manner.  Heterochromatic  gaze  locks  with  their  eyes  and  his  fingers  crunch  the  chip  bag  a  little  as  he  mulls  over  those  words  for  a  mere  moment.  He  seems  almost  thoughtful,  almost.  Not  a  lot  of  thought  is  put  into  many  things  when  it  comes  to  him  (  he  really  just  goes  with  the  flow  of  things  unless  it  keeps  him  from  getting  more  food  to  eat  or  will  have  him  around  snow  ).  He  shrugs,  missing  the  way  that  words  could  easily  be  a  threat  and  instead  grabs  a  handful  of  chips  to  shove  into  his  mouth  before  speaking  with  an  entirely  full  of  chips  mouth.

❛   why's  that?  Caution  is  boring.  Throw  caution  to  the  wind  and  live  a  little,  y'know?   ❜   He  shakes  the  chips  around  in  the  bag  for  a  moment,  leans  it  towards  them  as  if  to  offer  (  but  genuinely  hopes  that  other  won't  dare  take  his  precious  spicy  chips  from  him  because  he's  so  hungry  and  plans  to  eat  this  entire  full  sized  bag  ).  ❛   you're  weird.   ❜   says  the  equally  weird  one.