http://be_my_chum.insanejournal.com/ ([identity profile] be_my_chum.insanejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] slt_archive2010-01-13 05:54 pm

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Who: Hydra, Ikki, Allen, ANY
Where: The Arena
When: Day 98, evening
What: When we last left our intrepid heroes...

[In the arena, there's some decent quality meat burning as a gift to two particular Judges, a comatose member of Hydra and a few guards with torches... and not a whole lot else to explain what's going on.

Well the real interesting part is going on a little deeper anyway.]

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
. . . I don't see a shark.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh . . . maybe Allen wouldn't.

[Gets up, touching Fang's cheek before going back to the meat.]

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
[stares at this, his eye pounding and hungry but it's still not Akuma, at his friend branching his soul, and he swallows thickly]




Feathers, I. . . that "gap" you were talking about. . .

I don't know how the old me would handle this at all. The difference between us is huge. This was where he was most confident. But. . . right now. . . I'm just scared of Fang disappearing.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Sets a few pieces of fatty meat to grill on the stone.]

I am too.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
[fists his hands]

I hope you're right. That this is something he needs.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . he saw his other reflection, once, in Mirror's glass.

Even if it's hard for us . . . they love each other. More than anything else in the world.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[takes a very deep breath]

Ah. . . I guess there's some people with pasts nobody can protect them from.

But if that's what happens, then. . . we'll have to roll with it, right? It's not like we're gonna let go of Fang. Or whoever he becomes.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't let go.

[Scrubs at her eyes—still gold, even now.]

They're still Hydra. They'll be grumpy, if they think you don't care.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . I've had a practice round or two. I think I'll manage first try for this one.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be good.

[Flips the meat, adding a few more pieces. The air is beginning to smell delicious.]

. . . he named me, here.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[his stomach growls (not that this is uncommon even when there's no food around) and he scratches the back of his neck]

Fang did? For your hair, right?

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nods . . . and takes off the first two pieces, putting them on a flat stone and sliding them over.]

Mmm . . . back before I knew anything. Even that.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[still looking at Fang]

I remember. You were really sweet.

Well. you're still sweet. But I was really aggravated.

... Well.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[huffs]

Now even though I remember manners, I don't feel like using them half the time.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-15 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It always sounds kind of strange, when Allen does.

[Leaves the meat to cook, taking the bowl of blood and setting it beside Persona's couch.]

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-16 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[rubs his temple above his crazyeye]

I was always polite before. Not always, but -- I remembered five years at a time, of that. It feels more natural to be polite. But everyone... it is strange, yeah? It's like it's dishonest, even if I don't mean to be. So. . . I keep talking like this.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-16 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
. . .

What is the blood for?

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-16 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
The big ones . . . they're strange, aren't they? So much, all at once . . .

I'm not sure yet.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-16 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Not sure. . . failsafe blood?

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-16 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Something like that.

Isn't Allen hungry? I can put those aside, if he's not.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-16 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
--Some is for me? You don't have to do that.

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] roadtothesky.insanejournal.com 2010-01-16 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Puts the rock-plate riiight in front of him.]

You're hungry, aren't you?

Re: MEANWHILE, IN THE ARENA:

[identity profile] pierrotdetous.insanejournal.com 2010-01-16 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
. . .


. . . Thank you.