Goodbye wet bush. He pulls Matsui upright and lets go. T-chan looks at both of them.]
That’s correct, yes. [He sounds a bit displeased in the way not knowing is peculiar.] I know some things that were going on, but… not how this happened necessarily.
[YOU REALLY JUST TOOK THIS RIGHT OUT OF MY PAWS i love this dramatic aesthetic post tho
He's just nodding at that, though, once he pulls his hand back. Sasuga!!]
Some, I believe, are reasoning that we may very well be alive based on the gaps in our knowledge. [Placing a hand against his own chest...] That, and the lively state of being that many of us appear to be in.
[Hewwo sir... Wherever D is today, whenever he's finally ALONE, he's being CORNERED BY A VAMPIRE.
Not really. Matsui does happen to approach when he's on his own, though, and reaches out to gently touch his arm. Touch week!! And he doesn't dislike D so he doesn't repress the urge, hilarious.]
...Do you have a moment to spare? I would like to speak with you.
This is one of the three people he will take the time to hunt for on purpose. He doesn't mind if Matsui and Buzen are together, but he does see if he can run into either of them or both of them at some point.
[Matsui can be caught alone at some point because i aki need to do other pcs that don't involve buzen fucking HELP MEEEEEEEE. He doesn't intend to be alone for long, specifically because of Buzen, but - he'll pause when he spots D. He's probably on his way back out of their warehouse like a busy lil bee.]
You're faring well, I assume?
[Said as more of an automatic greeting than any statement of actual concern. He doesn't even mean this scathingly, D just doesn't seem like the type of person to him that would be ruffled by this.]
[We're in the cathedral because Matsui needs at least SOME happiness.
D wanders in strangely not lighting aflame. No roasting from this cryptid. He looks surprisingly intrigued by the interior, hands clasped in front of himself as he glances about.]
[HEEEELP A SMALL SCRAP OF SOMETHING JOYFUL ON THIS, THE WORST WEEK OF HIS LIFE. Matsui's sitting at one of the pews in the front, trying to commune with god.]
--Have you never been inside of one before?
[He does not seem surprised that D isn't bursting into flames because he doesn't know that D is an homage to Dracula. He doesn't even know how Western vampires work despite his highkey vampiric theming.]
[D comes into the cathedral. It's clear it's him simply by the way in which he walks, graceful and light, but sure.
Though the tippy-tap of nails is also more reason why it's him. T-chan. Rather than sit by Matsui as he's done before, he sits across the middle aisle in the pews on the other side, but near where Matsui is.]
[Matsui had been in the midst of some prayer or another, but is paying enough attention to his surroundings by now to notice another person's arrival. It's familiar, and his heart wells up with too many emotions for him to make heads or tails of.
He remains silent for a few moments, hands still clasped together, the knuckles of his exposed hand going white.
But eventually:]
...You have taken Rin's life, and with my actions today, I have helped to take yours. It is a weight that I will be sure to carry.
[He doesn't take the trade or barter of lives lightly.]
[He said he would pray for D, and he's not the kind of sword who would go back on his word, so--
On Sunday, later in the evening, he kneels in the grass by the tree that they've started to put their makeshift graveyard together in, hands clasped together and eyes closed. Four crosses, now - each made from the branches of their first tree and fastened carefully together, set deep in the earth. Many are decorated with flowers. There is no one around at this hour, so he speaks aloud, as if there may be a way for the words that he sets free to be carried more easily to wherever these souls have returned, if they've returned anywhere at all.
His words are measured, first.]
With every breath, we share this world. With every step, we move toward an end. May we always feel our connection to those suffering, who deserve to find resilience in the truths that they carry within their hearts. Should they find peace within the confines of the system in which we must all exist, let it ease their burdens.
[And then, a little more freely spoken:]
May D find a moment's respite on the long path that he must follow. May the grief that he carries be worth what awaits. May he be delivered swiftly into a place of greater kindness. If life is a perpetual cruelty tied to the unchanging nature of humankind, then may he be freed from its shackles, from the hatred that holds him, and that he holds in turn. Please allow his body to return to the earth and bring forth new life in the world that he cared for so dearly, and allow his soul and mind to find tranquility in eternal sleep.
[In a strange mixture of the beliefs that he took on as penance and his own nature as a tsukumogami, he claps his hands together twice and then bows his head before the fresh cross. He then lifts up a garland of flowers in hues of purple and yellow, setting it neatly over the branches at their intersecting point.]
Though life and death both form an endless cycle, may peace exist in what falls beyond its shadow. Amen.
[looks up at my letter one of the only two letters i got to send.. my pain punches just for u and spoon with love xoxo...
Anyway IT'S TIME TO BECOME AS GOTHS. Matsui's standing outside of Lapin Angelique, hand pressed against the glass. Emotionshare week is no longer happening, so he's back to being an outwardly placid little alien creature... There's some interest in his expression, though. Whenever D happens to mosey over, he will offer a little nod of greeting.]
Hello. ...We don't need to pay for things here, correct...?
D languidly moseys over to Matsui who is looking longingly into the very gothic Shibuya store, his hands tucked into the ends of both sleeves. He peers into the store from the window, then glances at Matsui.]
[WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS GAME THE DESTRUCTION IS SO VAST AND IMMEDIATE. Well. Matsui, who liked both Shenhe and Lambda by the time he bit it shockingly, is just vibin in his soft sadness. Like on one hand, they aren't losing them?? They're gaining them??? On the other, they both just lost their immediate chance at returning to life. Ah, the unfair Sisyphean cycle they're all trapped in.
Presumably this happens after they go shopping for matching mourning clothes because im assuming francy is busy preparing to die all day tomorrow. Maybe they can be trying their fresh fancy garb on.]
...I admit, I had not expected either of them to fall.
[In general. GRANTED, BUZEN FUCKING DID so he guess anyone's possible.]
[THEM JUST TESTING OUT THEIR MOURNING CLOTHES HELP ME. The way I spent all this time trying to find an outfit as an example, but couldn't, so I will show it off when I do.]
I did not think anyone would go after Miss Shenhe... though I suppose both of them and I saw a little eye to eye on things.
[Matsui is fine, by now he's squashed his violent urges so he's just back to being morose and sad. He's probably vibing in the park even if it's nightfall because a little fresh air and flowers are always nice... When he spots D:]
[GIVE ME..... THE DEETS............d...eets....... get it... anyway here is my memshare menu and im of course down to trade multiple mems in this tinier memshare pool economy!!!
Matsui, in the meantime, is still dressed in the maid outfit. Why. He's just taken to it for the day, apparently?? It's fine. He's on his way out from a building and appears to have a destination in mind, but he'll stop when he spots D, the only other binch in this graveyard besides Lambda and maybe Yuyu who he can trust with style.]
[Wow that happened, huh... Matsui is going to go look for D after the APPARENT REVIVAL PERIOD IS OVER WHY DID NO ONE TELL HIM THAT THIS IS A THING THEY KNEW. HELLO.
Well, that's fine. He's going to go look for D when that period of waiting is over. Where art thou... fellow Catholic.]
[Well, he TRIED to go back to the pet shop, but SOMEONE gave him very horrendous effects, so being there is hell on earth he's found. No pet shop. T-CHAN EVEN RECOILS FROM HIM. :'(
Instead, he's in the park, but not sitting like usual. No, he is pacing slowly like a lunatic back and forth, muttering softly under his breath.]
Matsui is sitting in front of a randomass hotel room door genuinely, so if D is looking in the hotel he will PROBABLY FIND HIM??? MAYBE... Maybe not this is also on a different floor from where most people are staying damn DOES HE NEED TO TEXT.]
[I WANT ANOTHER D THREAD so Matsui is just going to approach wherever he is after this whole longass day... that Matsui was unconscious for a part of... It's fine.]
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hehehe he was right
Goodbye wet bush. He pulls Matsui upright and lets go. T-chan looks at both of them.]
That’s correct, yes. [He sounds a bit displeased in the way not knowing is peculiar.] I know some things that were going on, but… not how this happened necessarily.
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He's just nodding at that, though, once he pulls his hand back. Sasuga!!]
Some, I believe, are reasoning that we may very well be alive based on the gaps in our knowledge. [Placing a hand against his own chest...] That, and the lively state of being that many of us appear to be in.
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Not really. Matsui does happen to approach when he's on his own, though, and reaches out to gently touch his arm. Touch week!! And he doesn't dislike D so he doesn't repress the urge, hilarious.]
...Do you have a moment to spare? I would like to speak with you.
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Gently, he folds his hand over the one touching his arm in greeting, and then he takes Matsui's hand as if they are old friends.]
Of course. You may speak to me about anything.
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This is one of the three people he will take the time to hunt for on purpose. He doesn't mind if Matsui and Buzen are together, but he does see if he can run into either of them or both of them at some point.
Hopefully neither of them are disassociating.]
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You're faring well, I assume?
[Said as more of an automatic greeting than any statement of actual concern. He doesn't even mean this scathingly, D just doesn't seem like the type of person to him that would be ruffled by this.]
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D wanders in strangely not lighting aflame. No roasting from this cryptid. He looks surprisingly intrigued by the interior, hands clasped in front of himself as he glances about.]
Ah, it's lovely inside as well.
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--Have you never been inside of one before?
[He does not seem surprised that D isn't bursting into flames because he doesn't know that D is an homage to Dracula. He doesn't even know how Western vampires work despite his highkey vampiric theming.]
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Though the tippy-tap of nails is also more reason why it's him. T-chan. Rather than sit by Matsui as he's done before, he sits across the middle aisle in the pews on the other side, but near where Matsui is.]
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He remains silent for a few moments, hands still clasped together, the knuckles of his exposed hand going white.
But eventually:]
...You have taken Rin's life, and with my actions today, I have helped to take yours. It is a weight that I will be sure to carry.
[He doesn't take the trade or barter of lives lightly.]
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w1 sunday im not late youre late
On Sunday, later in the evening, he kneels in the grass by the tree that they've started to put their makeshift graveyard together in, hands clasped together and eyes closed. Four crosses, now - each made from the branches of their first tree and fastened carefully together, set deep in the earth. Many are decorated with flowers. There is no one around at this hour, so he speaks aloud, as if there may be a way for the words that he sets free to be carried more easily to wherever these souls have returned, if they've returned anywhere at all.
His words are measured, first.]
With every breath, we share this world. With every step, we move toward an end. May we always feel our connection to those suffering, who deserve to find resilience in the truths that they carry within their hearts. Should they find peace within the confines of the system in which we must all exist, let it ease their burdens.
[And then, a little more freely spoken:]
May D find a moment's respite on the long path that he must follow. May the grief that he carries be worth what awaits. May he be delivered swiftly into a place of greater kindness. If life is a perpetual cruelty tied to the unchanging nature of humankind, then may he be freed from its shackles, from the hatred that holds him, and that he holds in turn. Please allow his body to return to the earth and bring forth new life in the world that he cared for so dearly, and allow his soul and mind to find tranquility in eternal sleep.
[In a strange mixture of the beliefs that he took on as penance and his own nature as a tsukumogami, he claps his hands together twice and then bows his head before the fresh cross. He then lifts up a garland of flowers in hues of purple and yellow, setting it neatly over the branches at their intersecting point.]
Though life and death both form an endless cycle, may peace exist in what falls beyond its shadow. Amen.
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Anyway IT'S TIME TO BECOME AS GOTHS. Matsui's standing outside of Lapin Angelique, hand pressed against the glass. Emotionshare week is no longer happening, so he's back to being an outwardly placid little alien creature... There's some interest in his expression, though. Whenever D happens to mosey over, he will offer a little nod of greeting.]
Hello. ...We don't need to pay for things here, correct...?
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D languidly moseys over to Matsui who is looking longingly into the very gothic Shibuya store, his hands tucked into the ends of both sleeves. He peers into the store from the window, then glances at Matsui.]
No, we don't. Would you like to go inside?
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Presumably this happens after they go shopping for matching mourning clothes because im assuming francy is busy preparing to die all day tomorrow. Maybe they can be trying their fresh fancy garb on.]
...I admit, I had not expected either of them to fall.
[In general. GRANTED, BUZEN FUCKING DID so he guess anyone's possible.]
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I did not think anyone would go after Miss Shenhe... though I suppose both of them and I saw a little eye to eye on things.
[Thoughtful.]
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He lets Buzen go first because of course he does, and then after a while, he goes to look for Matsui himself. Just to check on him.]
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--My apologies. I left without returning this.
[D'S ROBE. HE'S STILL WEARING IT.]
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Matsui, in the meantime, is still dressed in the maid outfit. Why. He's just taken to it for the day, apparently?? It's fine. He's on his way out from a building and appears to have a destination in mind, but he'll stop when he spots D, the only other binch in this graveyard besides Lambda and maybe Yuyu who he can trust with style.]
Ah, good timing. May I borrow you for a moment?
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Matsui, why are you still in the maid outfit?! D wanders slowly up to Matsui when he's acknowledged.]
Certainly.
[He may be borrowed. Nothing bad will happen at all in this thread.]
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After their meeting, Matsui will be moving over to find D wherever he's meandered to.]
Hello. [HOLDS SOMETHING OUT OMINOUSLY (just kidding it's not ominous) (or is it).]
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He seems surprised, but sort of... holds his hand out for whatever this ominous thing is?]
Hello...?
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Well, that's fine. He's going to go look for D when that period of waiting is over. Where art thou... fellow Catholic.]
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Instead, he's in the park, but not sitting like usual. No, he is pacing slowly like a lunatic back and forth, muttering softly under his breath.]
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Checking on his stupid sword blorbos.]
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Matsui is sitting in front of a randomass hotel room door genuinely, so if D is looking in the hotel he will PROBABLY FIND HIM??? MAYBE... Maybe not this is also on a different floor from where most people are staying damn DOES HE NEED TO TEXT.]
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Is your blood still cold?
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A little b-bit... I really need to return Mr. L-Luo's coat...
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Ohhh, this will never come out...
[MATSUI AND BUZEN DID THIS.]
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Oh... Has it been ruined?
[Oopsie doopsie.]
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