omnicrafter: (peace in your mind)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-19 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll content myself with sleep talk for now, then.

[She rolls her eyes, but doesn't seem especially irritable about it. Not to say this whole situation doesn't anger her deeply, but it does not manifest as aggression, at least this time. She's just as wary, evidenced by the way she doesn't step far into the room despite taking the opportunity to enter.]

I... [Pause.] No other ill effects beyond a drain in energy?
omnicrafter: (pretend like you're okay)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-19 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
...That's good, at least.

[Even so, there's still a modicum of shame in her voice. If he was going to do it anyway, at least her getting to it first spared him from any deteriorating symptoms in the process. It's a price that, willing or not, she was going to have to pay. More sacrifices, more tears, all for nothing.

But the following silence says everything her words don't; that she has no idea what else to say to him. He doesn't need to know what she and Mira talked about, and any further thoughts on the conversation are still percolating in the privacy of her own mind.]


Did you want something to eat now that you're up? I made food earlier.
omnicrafter: (did not think that one through)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-20 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
But...

[She bites her lip. At the very least, she wanted the ability to look after him from a comfortable distance, something she loses if he decides to bail after all this. Perhaps it would be for the better, if it meant giving him time to cool down from everything, but it also leaves her helpless to do anything good in the meantime.

Is it inevitable that perhaps he'll do this to the other Warriors of Light here, too? Once they draw too close? And yet, it's equally as painful to think about him detesting some of them but not others -- specifically just her and Mira.

Her ears wilt. She doesn't even bother trying to hide it.]


Are you leaving?
omnicrafter: (the pain endures)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-20 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[She opens her mouth to speak; closes it again. She doesn't want him to go, but what she wants is irrelevant here. If he wants to go, he'll go. And if he's really on such bad terms with Mira, the likelihood he'll get fed up with it sooner or later gets higher with each passing day.]

That's rhetorical. It has to be.

[She wonders briefly if she should just tell him her plan or not, but decides against it. He'll probably put up a fuss if he knows, won't he? The shadows keep secrets well enough.]

What if Mira and I go instead? You'd have no problem with just Vanitas, right?
omnicrafter: (I love you、sincerely)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-20 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
[She rests her head on the wall wearily.]

If I told Mira it's something nice we could do for ourselves, just for her and I, maybe I could convince her. But Vanitas...

[Vanitas would see the effort for exactly what it is. Her eyes close.]

What else can I do? I don't want any of this.
omnicrafter: (ill-conceived)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-20 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Bile rises in her throat. She swallows it down to avoid turning things heated again.]

Do you believe that the other Warriors of Light would have chosen differently? Is the fundamental issue really that different with them?

[Perhaps that's one way to give him perspective; if he asks the others for their opinion, she's all but certain they'll deliver the same answer as Mira and Irhya did. The Warrior of Light would not forsake everything else they held dear for his sake, no matter what their form.]

Even if you wouldn't ask anything of me personally, I would still do what I can to help you from afar. You're not obligated to accept it, but I'll do it anyway. I still care about you even if you don't believe me when I say it.
omnicrafter: (peer aside)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-20 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
[A quick glance at him, then away. She barely budges.]

If you're insinuating I'm secretly hell-bent on changing your mind about what you've decided at this point where the others aren't, perish the thought. I can't change your mind. I can't change your suffering. I can't. I thought I could, but I can't.

[She doesn't sound irritated in spite of her wording, just tired. He's drained her of a lot emotionally already, between the former Bond and in general; she doesn't have much left to give.]

But I will still watch over you, and you won't change my mind about that, even if you tell me it's naught but trouble. I suppose working from the shadows is where I belong, in the end.
omnicrafter: (hardcore)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-20 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps we are not so different, then, if that's how you want to think of it.

[This time, she picks her head up and looks at him straight.]

If I'm wrong about your misery, then correct me. Tell me what will make you happiest so I can leave you to it, because it obviously isn't with any of us.
omnicrafter: (sorry...)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-20 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
This is no attempt, Hades. But I also can't force you to try, either. I can only do these things and hope it all sinks in someday. You're frustrated because you don't want it... I'm frustrated because I do. But in the end, the weight of my will is negligible in this.

[In fact, it's pretty negligible as far as this entire world goes. He's pointed that out already, but at least she knows how to try and make the most of her time. Part of that had been looking forward to perhaps getting on better terms with him, and it had looked like she was making progress, but... maybe it was just never meant to be. Maybe she and Mira were always on the arse end of some huge joke the whole time, one no one but Vanitas seems to have really noticed.]

I'll leave the food on the counter. If you truly don't want any, I'll eat it myself and figure something else out.
omnicrafter: (sidelong glance)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-21 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
...You did?

[That surprises her, enough to make her fold her ears back and blink.]

I... I wasn't aware. I apologize.

[He'd said that about getting along with the Warriors of Light, too, though, and it only seems to be getting worse by the day. But it may just be that his happiness, such as it is, is directly proportional to how small of a presence they are in it.]

It's just the two of us that are the problem?
omnicrafter: (maybe tomorrow)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-21 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
...I see.

[And that's all they remind him of, evidently. A sharp twist of grief runs through her chest, and she says nothing more for a long time, only glancing back and forth towards the door, wondering if it's really better for her to leave him alone and keep a sad distance.]

Have we no chance of reconciliation?
omnicrafter: (the last in the world)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-21 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Slowly, her ears return to their normal position, and she lets out a pent-up breath. She had considered keeping her distance, perhaps convincing herself he was too far gone to be helped, but the idea of having another talk with him to try and smooth things over was too tempting. Especially when things like this give her a glimmer of hope. For Mira, too.

He is trying, though their viewpoints have clashed on the matter. But trying is better than sitting there and enveloping himself in that comfortable pain.]


Inevitable, perhaps, but I would like to think we can have them and still be friends. In that case... I will try my best. Thank you.

[A pause as something else springs to mind.]

Oh, um... you don't have to worry about the feeding anymore, by the way. I'm doing what I can to expand my resources, especially so I don't have to rely solely on Mira. But I won't ask any more of you on that front if you don't want to give it anymore.
omnicrafter: (affirmative)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-22 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks dumbfounded for a considerable moment, then laughs faintly, despite herself.]

I'm surprised to hear you say that, but I won't complain. I'm trying to be more careful, since it sounds like one can really get messed up on too much Witch's blood, but I guess... I'll let you know.

[And it sounds like he may have changed his mind about her food offer, too. She's visibly brighter, returning to her usual humor as she takes a few steps towards him and bends coyly.]

Heh. Maybe you're not such a huge arse after all, old man.

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