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Day 80

[insomniumirae]

[From here.]

[Shoving him out of the water and rising to stand behind him. Dressing is a rushed affair as he drags him into the jungle.

Look, I don't know how Dendro powers really work. Is it plant? Is it nature? Life? But he uses foliage and vines to create a space for them as he shoves him roughly to the ground.

Where are the worst of the scars?]

Re: Day 80

[abovefate]

[ There are several cuts on his torso — some on his arm, and a few on his sides, where ribs were taken. And as Haruki shoves him to the ground he grabs on his shirt, pulling him down with him ]

That's convenient.

Re: Day 80

[insomniumirae]

If anyone gets too close, I'll just trap them in a dream loop. A few hundred times should buy us enough time.

[Oh. He looks at the ribs and doesn't like that one bit before he's tugged forward.]

Did they even give you a heart in exchange?

Re: Day 80

[abovefate]

No. The heart I had to take on my own.

... Does it bother you? Seeing this.

Re: Day 80

[insomniumirae]

Would it bother you if the reverse was true?

[He feels the cuts along his ribs and the ribs themselves.]

Re: Day 80

[abovefate]

[ since he died he has them all again ]

... Mm. It probably would. I won't do something like this again. Next time, I'll value myself more.

Re: Day 80

[insomniumirae]

You're priceless now.

[Said so deadpan as he pushes hard enough to crack a rib.]

Don't ever forget that.

Re: Day 80

[abovefate]

[ there's an immediate grunt of pain, followed by a few harsh breaths at that - and once again he reaches for him, hand on his shoulder and holding it tight ]

—Nngh.

Re: Day 80

[insomniumirae]

[He considers breaking the rib entirely and digging it out, but... Mochi has suffered enough damage. The injury will just be a point of pain he can utilize if he needs it.

He takes Mochi's free hand into both of his own running circles along his palm with his thumb.]

I could ask who you traded with, but I don't care. I hate them all.

Re: Day 80

[abovefate]

[ It's probably a good decision — the game did take a lot out of him, and though the pain is welcomed when it's inflicted by him, putting on a limit is better. ]

One of the teams I traded with won. That — does make the effect of this game easier.

Re: Day 80

[insomniumirae]

Why? Because you were finally useful?

[Leaning forward and putting the weight of one elbow right outside the area of the injured rib.]

Re: Day 80

[abovefate]

[ keeping his hold on Haruki's hand, squeezing a little as he feels him shifting ]

No. I just wanted to help Yuki.

Re: Day 80

[insomniumirae]

Oh, that boy.

Does he mean more to you than the one on Snail that left?

Day 92

[insomniumirae]

From here: https://serpentinehorizon.dreamwidth.org/134102.html?thread=129325270#cmt129325270

[He bites him sitting up oh his lap as he does. He cups the side of his neck with his hands thumbs running along his the lines of power there.]

Don’t complain them.

[He fills though lines with electro energy letting them light up bring purple.]

Re: Day 92

[abovefate]

[ Ah. This is the last thing he expected, and as electro surges through him he lets out a startled noise, but it's not a bad feeling despite the pain of it ]

Is that how you plan on - marking me ...?

Re: Day 92

[insomniumirae]

[His hand goes to the back of his neck, to the spot that once joined Mochi to the divine machine. It has long since healed, but he still runs his fingers over the spot.]

I don’t feel like breaking your bones today, so it is a good alternative.

[He starts to fill those lines again but this time with dendro energy. Instead of a quick shock, it will slowly spread through him so he can see the green glow slowly move across his body.

There also might be some vines growing inside him, too, you know, as a treat. In the hollow of his arms, his chest, his stomach, tethering him to the swing as well.]

Re: Day 92

[abovefate]

[ it should be terrifying to have something so foreign inside him, but it isn't. Maybe it's because he trusts Haruki, or maybe just because he wants to see how far he could push.

That doesn't mean it's not painful. It is still something inside of him that shouldn't be there, after all. But his pain tolerance is high, and he likes where this is going ]

... Mm. Making a new heart for me? How sweet of you.

Re: Day 92

[insomniumirae]

[He wraps his arms around his shoulders and leans his head against him.]

Do you want a new heart? Even though it bothers you, I expected you not to actually want one.

[The energy continues to flow but the vines don’t grow much more than they already are.]

I’d fill that space with all that I am if I knew how.

Re: Day 92

[abovefate]

[ he reaches for him, wanting to bring his arms around him as well - testing how much movement he can still have while tethered like this, but mostly just wanting the contact ]

I'll always lament my lack of it. But that doesn't mean I want it. ... Still. I like this. This feeling of you invading my very being. Making me a part of you.

Re: Day 92

[insomniumirae]

[He has to tug and pull but the vines will let him. Haruki rests his head in the crook of his neck kissing it possessively.]

I could keep you like this. Maybe not forever. But for a long, long time. No one would find you.

Would you like that?

Re: Day 92

[abovefate]

Leaving me like this at your mercy, unable to move ... shouldn't I be asking if you'd like that?

[ but inevitably he's thinking about it. He can't deny how part of him finds it as exciting as he always does with anything extreme like that - pain and submission to such an intense degree that he should hate it. ]

I'm still trying to fix my bad habits, you know.

Re: Day 92

[insomniumirae]

I would.

And I did listen. You wanted not to be treated as an object.

Do you not feel love and adored? That I would cherish you so much.

Re: Day 92

[abovefate]

... I do.

[ and he really does. It's different from the other day, Haruki is looking at him differently, and the atmosphere is different too ]

But I can't actually let you keep me here for you to adore and nothing else. People would come looking for me.

Re: Day 92

[insomniumirae]

I know. You aren’t fully mine yet.

[He scratches then inside of his chest cavity as the vines recede.]

One day.

Re: Day 92

[abovefate]

You said “love and adored”. Is that how you feel?