catch-all: the one where we handwave the opposite of anders introducing himself.

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week zero, saturday...1!

[purities]

[looking at sweet charlie's note, still posted on the door of the mansion, and mumbling:]

Like any of them would take her up on it...

[spiritbalm]

[ making a Face at the note. ]

Be wary of that one. She's a bit desperate.

[ i also keep forgetting: fit check. ]

week zero, monday.

[purities]

[peering into the arcade with the absolute most unimpressed look ever.

solemnly:]

The future looks bleak.

[why is it so loud!!!]

[spiritbalm]

[ it is terribly loud. but it is very glowy. ]

And you said you don't believe magic is real. Clearly all very enchanted.

W1 - MONDAY

[spiritbalm]

[ he's had a Long Day and is now just. hiding out in the library. old habits. but he hasn't got a good book or anything, it seems like it's just ... trashy romance. in fact it's this and he seems pretty invested. ]

[purities]

[the way i was almost expecting a chuck tingle book in that link

mizu squints the cover, just clocking the vibes like... i see...]

All these books, and that's what you pick?

W1 - THURSDAY

[spiritbalm]

[ MIZU YOUR BONES

well he'll come track them down after thursday return some time, he's got a few supplies, but he figures they might already be Mummified. ]

Did someone cover your injuries? Did you let them?

[purities]

[HELP mizu's bones are fine... it's just the everything else that's a problem. like, most notably the sudden lack of a left eye? it's been very visibly covered up by bandages.]

Yes. [SIGHS.] Jiaoqiu was insistent.

week one, saturday.

[purities]

[sorry about your lameass boyfriend, babygirl... this is the plight of the mages...

anyway, i guess we're at? the beach or something? mizu takes a moment to try and gauge just how rancid his mood is, on a scale of 1 to a billion probably.]

... You're awake.

[spiritbalm]

[ it's bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but mostly in a sad, empty way instead of an angry way. which for mizu may be worse and more annoying actually. his face is bruised and bloody still, since he hasn't bothered to clear it up. ]

I am. I'm not sure I want to be.

week one, sunday.

[purities]

[anders your tragic doomed toxic yaoi execution...........

i guess mizu is looking for him after, like, a reasonable amount of time for him to have gotten some kind of medical attention. where is he?]

[spiritbalm]

[ he's just in his room - the door is open so mizu can just come in if they want, he'll look up and just gesture like they should if they need encouragement. he's got a bunch of random junk spread out, sorting it into piles.

burns run across his arms and hands - both ice and fire, and a few specks on his face, but they're bandaged up by now. and there's the various bruises from being bashed around, raccoon eyes deep and dark. not to mention the deep, red strangulation marks. there are those. ]

I'm organizing.

[ right now?? ]

week two, saturday.

[purities]

[mizu can be found at the beach, feet bare and standing close enough to the shore to be caught by the water as the tide ebbs and flows.

anders will get a cursory glance. an acknowledgement, but nothing more. hello. mom said it's MY turn to be dramatic at the beach.]

[spiritbalm]

[ the beach is truly the best place to be dramatic, it's understood. ]

I'm sorry. I know it doesn't mean much, to just say it. But I'd rather have said it than not.

week three, monday.

[purities]

[wowie! imagine being powerful enough to write an actual starter during memshare week. anyway, they are both stuck in the funhouse for the long haul while one of mizu's memories plays over the mirrors. loud and chaotic, and above all, horribly violent.

the only reason mizu hasn't shattered the fuck out of the mirrors or ander's collarbones is because his presence hasn't been noticed yet. mizu stands as still as a statue, hands clenched tightly enough to be painful, and eyes dark while watching the memory come to its inevitable conclusion.]

[spiritbalm]

[ this is quite the gender reveal party. honestly mizu get his ass.

anders is, uh, pretty aware of that kind of posture. he's hung out around fenris long enough to know a violently wound string is about to snap. he'll do his best to stay out of swinging range.

`Biggest city in the world is burning to the ground, as a blood sacrifice to your revenge.` Well. it's not like mizu had tried to hide it, the desire for revenge. but that ... is pretty familiar. ]

Mizu.

W3 - FRIDAY

[spiritbalm]

[ welcome to the void. anders is glowering at his phone. ]

I can't make heads or tails of this ...

[purities]

[raises an eyebrow.]

The pictures?

[the fuck is an emoji...]

W4 - MONDAY

[spiritbalm]

[ well we have a whole beautiful candy kingdom but anders today can actually be found in the hospital clinic, undoing the bandages from his hands to check on their progress. ]

You'd think it would be further along.

[ the emotion is. a big horrible wall of grief. sorry. ]

[purities]

[NOT THE GRIEF... he'll get the sense here that mizu does, in fact, feel very sad for him.]

... They were very nasty burns. I suppose you aren't used to letting your injuries heal without magic?

week four, thursday.

[purities]

[WHERE IS HE... mizu is coming up to check up on his ass. i am going to kill you for the brand on his face now that i'm caught up on cyoa returns, actually. shakes violently.]

[spiritbalm]

[ HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL. because he can't move fast enough to leave it.

it takes him a while to fully wake up - he won't be completely unconscious for very long, but he's extremely dazed and out of it for a while - there's a lot going on here, but most obviously are the gaping wound on his chest - more like an animal tried to take a bite out of him - and some scattered gunshot wounds. his arm is also deeply fucked, though it's hard to tell if it's broken or not. he's covered in bruising once the blood has been cleaned off.

and then finally, yes, the sunburst brand on his forehead, though that looks nice and healed over. :)

oh and the emotions? deeply bad. just awful.

eventually he'll start moving around enough that it's clear he's awake, if groggy. ]

week four, saturday.

[purities]

[welcome to the void. i'm not thinking about locations at nearly 10pm.

emotion share is betraying just how wrung out mizu feels after that whole ass trial, but anders will get a nod whenever they happen to cross paths. hello.]

[spiritbalm]

Thank you. For looking out for him.

[ for kaworu, he means. ]

W5 - MONDAY

[spiritbalm]

[ he is currently being summarily arrested and dragged towards the stocks in the wild west car by bugs in cowboy hats. ]

They're trumped up charges!

[purities]

[HELPPPPPP

she just watches this happen, like. i see. waits for him to get put in the stocks like a good friend would, and then approaches.]

What did you do now?

W5 - FRIDAY

[spiritbalm]

[ hi this is a bad starter but

he's doing fucking bad. sitting somewhere with his head in his hands and just. disassociating. it's fine. ]

[purities]

[man.

mizu is more composed, but hell if this isn't a mood. quietly, without saying a word, she moves to sit down next to him. holds her phone in a death grip and lets him dissociate for a bit, before eventually—]

Anders.

[come on, bud...]

week six, monday.

[purities]

[looks up at the sign for hexside school for magic and demonics... looks at anders... raises an eyebrow.]

Hm. You can't say they have something about mages here.

[spiritbalm]

[ HE IS SCOWLING AT THE SIGN. ]

If they want to be idiots who invite trouble, then who am I to stop them.

[ no he is. clearly going to complain. ]

week six, saturday.

[purities]

[what a fucking day.

mizu's pinching the bridge of her nose and looking so fucking tired. hello. looks at him when they happen to cross paths. and after a beat:]

Good job.

[our sweet sleeping beauty marcoh...]

[spiritbalm]

[ yeah same, same. what a fucking day!!!! ]

I should have done it an hour sooner.

[ but, you know. ]

I didn't want him to be unconscious for it. That would be worse.

W7 - MONDAY

[spiritbalm]

I forgot how busy it was around here that first week ...

[ so many people again ]

[purities]

So did I. [It's loud. Yet this doesn't seem like a bad thing based on the vibes.] But they will have made the long trip back for nothing, if they go back to vandalizing the few livable spaces we have left.

ENDGAME

[spiritbalm]

[ so sorry, but no matter where she is, he is just coming up and is going to hug her. get hugged, idiot. ]

[purities]

[ah.

well.

there is a blip of surprise and confusion, her arms hovering awkwardly at his side and clearly not expecting the hug at all. then the feeling fades, and it's soon replaced by something a touch more sad. bittersweet, too. before she sighs and, still just as awkward, returns to gesture.

get hugged back, idiot.]