Charonquest

[wooliefrand]

WHO: Lily
WHERE: Lily Barn
WHEN: Early Day 36, post ritual!

[alright nerds lets go get your emotional support shepherd]

Comments

after

[endsjustified]

[you blink out of the mindmeld. Charon gasps awake the next moment, already struggling to sit up.]

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[hardpity]

[ shuffles over to him

opens arms

waits to see what happens ]

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[endsjustified]

[he's physically not super with it after being immobilized for three days so he kind of qwops forward into them in confusion]

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[hardpity]

[ HUG COMPLETE ]

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[endsjustified]

[achievement unlocked! he's getting Charon's arms around him too, a lil shaky]

Aides.

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[spinebuddyandme]

[ Takes a deep breath

Reaches for Charon's shoulders to help him straighten up, holding him steady ]

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[endsjustified]

[thanks Ananke. he's maybe hyperventilating just a lil bit, wide-eyed, but he's. he's fully conscious. he's processing.]

You--

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[spinebuddyandme]

Hey, hey, it's okay.

[ Tightens his grip on Charon's shoulders in a way he hopes is reassuring ]

Everyone's okay.

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[endsjustified]

[it's like 'everyone's okay' are the magic words he needs to hear; he sags in Ananke's grip, heaving in a deeper breath]

Oh.

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[terraria]

( starts as well, blinking back tears. he's a little shellshocked, only managing to kick himself out of it when he realizes charon is moving. )

W-wait, be careful! We don't know if your body has undergone any ill effects...!

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[endsjustified]

[he stills again but he's breathing hard and fast, staring wildly around him, hands curling into the grass around]

Perci--

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[terraria]

( he settles by his side, wrapping a wing around him to keep him stable. )

... welcome back. You're really in the pasture, I promise.

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[endsjustified]

[hides his face in the feathers

wait no he can't perceive people if he's doing that. peers out again]

The--demon--?

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[featherduster]

[ Hanging back to not intrude on what feels like a moment that belongs to Lily, wings folding back in.


Thank God, though. Thank fucking God. ]

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[endsjustified]

[can he grab the edge of a wing before it fully retracts. he's trying, a spasm of uncalculated movement]

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[featherduster]

[ I mean yeah sure.

That one wing in particular stops pulling away. ]

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[endsjustified]

[ok

he doesn't try to yank him in closer if he doesn't want to step in there right now

but he won't let go of it]

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[mykidisthebest]

[automatically reaches to steady him before his brain can catch up with the entirety of the emotions he just experienced]

--Easy there.

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[endsjustified]

[he's breathing very fast.

holy shit hell fuck damn he is breathing]

--you came.

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[mykidisthebest]

[don't cry don't cry

rests a hand on his back and lets him breathe for a minute if he needs to]

You can't get rid of us that easily.

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[endsjustified]

[yeah he needs it. relaxing slightly under the contact also. oh my goddd]

I don't--want to.

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[ohlord]

[hooooveriiiing because letting others get in their fusses while he tries to get his brain around the feelings and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa about yet another emotional whiplash.]

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[endsjustified]

[ok but does he get in grabbing distance at any point]

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[ohlord]

[if charon's reaching, he'll shift over to be in distance, yeah.]

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[endsjustified]

[he gets a hold of Styx's wrist or something and just. holds onto it. he doesn't necessarily need a conversation right now but he really, really needs the contact]