Charonquest

[wooliefrand]

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

[alright nerds lets go get your emotional support shepherd]

Comments

Re: after

[ohlord]

Yeah, "unwilling sacrifice"....

[pauses...]

Think about that later. Focus on one foot in front of the other.

Re: after

[endsjustified]

Still trying to ease my mind, Styx?

[even if he's accepting someone else's support, he hasn't let Styx's hand go.]

Re: after

[ohlord]

Yer mind need easin'?

[don't point it out...]

Re: after

[endsjustified]

[very faintly grudgingly, even now]

Sometimes.

Re: after

[ohlord]

... what'll ease it?

Re: after

[endsjustified]

[he glances away a moment, uncomfortable with asking, but he does answer.]

Don't leave. At least--not right now.

Re: after

[ohlord]

[... damn.

sighs.]

Not gonna go anywhere. Nowhere else to go right now, anyway.

Re: after

[endsjustified]

[he knows Styx would rather stay with Minuet that's why he hated asking. presses his mouth together in a thin tight line for a second before responding again]

...thanks.

Re: after

[ohlord]

[please consider how Styx is nnnnot actually looking at Minuet just now]

Sure.

Re: after

[endsjustified]

[okay yeah we can say that just registered in his tired mind actually]

What's wrong.

Re: after

[ohlord]

[moment to consider saying nothing except sure was hit in the psychic face about Charon's hate for being the one in the vulnerable position, so.]

Been wonderin' since I woke up here why Minuet's hair was completely black.

Found out why and how yesterday. Didn't handle it well, still not handlin' it well.

Re: after

[endsjustified]

...

[does he have the energy to panic any more about something that is not at all about him except in the most tangential sense

no

thank god]

I have asked him to consider fixing the situation, while we are dealing in impossibilities here.

Re: after

[ohlord]

Right, 'cause askin's gonna get anywhere.

It's not the main issue, anyway. I'll deal with it later.

Re: after

[endsjustified]

Styx...

He hadn't thought about it, before I brought it up. Sometimes asking cracks open the door.

What is the main issue?

Re: after

[ohlord]

That's not what I meant.

I mean that even if he's thinkin' about it now, you idiots get so much on yer plates, it's easy to forget. Or, in his case, convenient.

[Vash means well about literally everyone but himself, he knows this.]

The main issue is you need to rest, so it can wait. I needta talk to him at some point, but now's not the time to get into it.

Re: after

[endsjustified]

Charming of him, or you, to assume I ever stop thinking about something when it involves your continuance of life.

[that came out a lot more acid than he meant; exhales, just as sharp, moderating his tone]

Will you tell me how it goes?

Re: after

[ohlord]

Did I say to stop thinkin' about it?

If ya wannna know, then fine. I'll tell ya after I talk with him.

Re: after

[endsjustified]

Fine.

Re: after

[ohlord]

[keep getting fussed at by Lethe and co, idiot]

Re: after

[endsjustified]

[FINE!!!

he only lets go of Styx's hand once he's passed out in Lily though.]