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pawnstorm2016-09-01 12:44 am
impulsives) wrote in pawnstorm2016-09-01 12:44 am
[Open] Wings of Tiredness
Who: Shinn Asuka and You!
When: Post-War to September 7 (For Now)
Where: Caissa.
What: Downtime
Warning: N/A, but Shinn might swear a bit.
[1; Dead of exhaustion ] - Early September (01-04), Cassia
[ Having exhausted himself from the war effort, Shinn felt that he's not exactly feeling like moving about, and would rather laze around compared to doing anything. Unfortunately, whether it's due to something or not, here he is, outside. He was supposed to have just gone on a simple errand for Caren (showsnopiety), but instead, he's just either lazing around or outright sleeping on a bench / park somewhere. After all, the weather's quite nice. Waking him up would earn a tired glare, or just a vague dismissal. He needs his sleep, and he sure as hell isn't getting it when Caren's around. ]
[2; When Tired, Eat.] - Early September(05-07), Gammon
[ Having rested himself and probably being scolded by Caren, Shinn's reaction is to just fuck off and wander around Caissa properly, this time. Figuring that he needed to replenish his energy, he decided to go on a special kind of tour. While Shinn's not exactly a gourmet eater, he's definitely one that prefers eating when he absolutely has nothing to do to entertain himself. Thus, his reasoning to go out and find even more exotic food that exists in Caissa.
Thus, you can find him hanging around café, food stalls and any other place you can get food at. Sometimes, he might even notice other Heroes around and wave them down to eat with him. ]
Don't worry about the price, I'm paying.
[ Course, what he's eating might be as simple as a charcuterie board with smelly cheese and funky smelling cured meat, or maybe something even more involved like stew made from beef offals. Eat with him at your own risk. ]
OOC: This post will be updated later on with more prompts reacting to the events happening during the month!
When: Post-War to September 7 (For Now)
Where: Caissa.
What: Downtime
Warning: N/A, but Shinn might swear a bit.
[1; Dead of exhaustion ] - Early September (01-04), Cassia
[ Having exhausted himself from the war effort, Shinn felt that he's not exactly feeling like moving about, and would rather laze around compared to doing anything. Unfortunately, whether it's due to something or not, here he is, outside. He was supposed to have just gone on a simple errand for Caren (
showsnopiety), but instead, he's just either lazing around or outright sleeping on a bench / park somewhere. After all, the weather's quite nice. Waking him up would earn a tired glare, or just a vague dismissal. He needs his sleep, and he sure as hell isn't getting it when Caren's around. ][2; When Tired, Eat.] - Early September(05-07), Gammon
[ Having rested himself and probably being scolded by Caren, Shinn's reaction is to just fuck off and wander around Caissa properly, this time. Figuring that he needed to replenish his energy, he decided to go on a special kind of tour. While Shinn's not exactly a gourmet eater, he's definitely one that prefers eating when he absolutely has nothing to do to entertain himself. Thus, his reasoning to go out and find even more exotic food that exists in Caissa.
Thus, you can find him hanging around café, food stalls and any other place you can get food at. Sometimes, he might even notice other Heroes around and wave them down to eat with him. ]
Don't worry about the price, I'm paying.
[ Course, what he's eating might be as simple as a charcuterie board with smelly cheese and funky smelling cured meat, or maybe something even more involved like stew made from beef offals. Eat with him at your own risk. ]
OOC: This post will be updated later on with more prompts reacting to the events happening during the month!
2!
[ For Shinn to foot the bill (so to speak!), for Sion has already made his purchase from the pop-up food stall: twin three-scoop waffle-cones of solar flower ice cream! After all, it would be rather terrible, would it not, if his roommate (Shinn, who had watched over him while he slept through the turn of the month, and into the first days of Sylvant) were to go uncompensated for looking after him. Ice cream, of course, cannot possibly repay all that the younger man has done, but even so...
It is a start, of sorts, a work in progress, as is Sion's smile, that expression which does not quite reach his eyes as it had in the past. But this, of course, is no fault of Shinn's own, but rather a shortcoming on the King's part, and if cannot be remedied by ice cream, then...!
(They're doomed, done for, destined for calamity alone.) ]
Tell me what it tastes like?
[ Canting his head to the side, he offers Shinn the second waffle-cone, the heat of the day already beginning to melt the sunshine-colored delight.
Quickly now, Shinn! Sion will wait for your express approval before partaking himself. ]
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[ He didn't have to do that. Shinn's definitely fine with paying for their waffle cone ice cream. But, Sion already did it before he could open his mouth. Well, he supposed he can accept this kind of treat once in a while. But still...
A gift, huh. It's weird, Sion's given him two now, and he still have yet to give the older man one (Friendship is not a gift, it's a bond between two people). Maybe he should start looking for one to give in return too. ]
...I'm sure it'll taste good. Treats like these taste the best when enjoyed with friends, right?
[ He says as he licks the ice cream. Yep, it's good, alright. From the way his eyes brighten slightly from the pout he had earlier, it's clear that he's not lying. ]
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Right. [ —is the King's answer, accompanied by a decisive nod of head which sees the silvered fringe of his hair bouncing lightly the motion. And afterward, of course, he takes a lick of ice cream for himself (the taste is pleasant, not perfumed as most treats flavored with flowers have a penchant for being!), beckoning Shinn away from the crowd of people surrounding the food stall so that they might walk the streets of the Capital at their leisure.
What's more, surely he cannot be blamed if that bid for his friend to follow so too turns into a grasp for Shinn's hand, his fingers enveloping the younger man's in an effortless gesture, as though it were something commonplace. And from the way Sion takes to leading (read: tugging) Shinn along, it might as well be.
But where might they be going...? (It's a mystery!) ]
Have you ever had dango before, Shinn? [ A corner turned here, a short-cut taken there...! And ah, what's this—is that a smile, a featherweight laugh upon Sion's lips as he takes care to lick the melting solar flower ice cream before it can make a sticky mess of his fingers? Perhaps! ] It is a different sort of taste entirely.
In my country, it is a traditional sweet to share with both comrades and friends, its popularity such that I am certain I will have to issue formal legislation to rename Roland Empire to...! [ And here, a pause, as they stand before one of the tallest buildings in Caissa: the ivory clock tower. ] "A kingdom of dango and afternoon naps."
[ Just once, he rocks back and forth, shifting his weight from toe-box to heel. ]
At the height of this tower, the coastal district is just visible, as is the property I've come into possession of. After climbing up... would you retire there with me?
[ A pause, sacrificed for the sake of a theatrics, followed by an (unexpected?!) declaration!!: ]
I want to make dango with you.
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[ When Sion grabbed on his hand and pulled him, Shinn noted on how warm his hand is. And to be honest, besides Luna, Stellar, and his sister, he never really had someone pull him along like this. The sensation is nostalgic, and Shinn found himself thinking slightly on how everyone's doing back home, at least. Honestly, Sion could've just asked and he would've gladly followed a long. ]
I'm quite surprised that your world would have them, actually.
[ "A kingdom of dango and afternoon naps." Did cause him to just snort, thankfully after gulping down his ice cream. That sounded so silly, and yet, at the same time, it does fit Sion's whimsical nature, doesn't it? He smiled a bit after that. Though he's not sure if Sion's recovered from his week-long coma, but... If he's at least saying things like that, he's well on his way on recovering.
Right?
Though. For a second, he thought he was hearing things. Being invited to someone's home to make dango like that... It's been far too long since he's been in the warmth of a home that's not the usual dormitory, or an empty apartment. Sure he has Luna to keep him company at time, and even then she still has her own thing to do...
He really doesn't think he deserved it. But, at the same time... ]
You know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you're asking me out, Sion. But sure, I can hang around for a while.
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He is running from something, hand in hand with a friend.
(His week-long sleep had consisted of what most might consider to be nightmares, but for Sion were only reality.) ]
But I am glad, and it would do well to best prepare yourself, Shinn. [ Tugging lightly again upon the link of their hands (curious, hmm, how Shinn has yet to let go...?), Sion leads the way into the ivory clocktower and toward its many, many flights of stairs. After being indisposed for so very long, could there be a better way to stretch the legs? ] You'll be a fan of dango after sampling the tried and true recipe from the widely acclaimed Wynnit shop...!
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(Had written him a letter, along with Kiefer, turning to him for aid even as he burned all the world before him. I trust you, she'd written, and how at that time, he could not help but think who is it...? Who is this person that you trust?) ]
...it is, perhaps, a happy coincidence that we should be able to share something despite hailing from different eras, different worlds.
[ Suddenly, his voice is quiet; his grip on Shinn's hand falling slack. ]
Shinn... When you, too, fell into a coma induced by the phenomena of this place... did you experience visions? Did you glimpse your home?
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[ He's loyal. That's for sure. After all, wasn't he the one that swore an oath of loyalty to Sion? Just like he did to Kira, Sion's someone he would never say no to, at least within this world. Still, the way Sion boasted about his land's local recipe made Shinn struggle to keep his face straight. A smile is generally easy for him, but laughter? It's a bit harder to coax, even when he's fooling around with someone. ]
With that confidence of yours, I'm pretty sure you would be able to sell anything to anyone. Including your local food.
[ Still, he can hear Sion's tone change, he remembered when the man woke up. Shaken, and perhaps recovering from a nightmare. He knew that it happened before with him, but unlike Sion's, his was just a void. An uncertain void where nothing happened at all. ]
I didn't. It was just pitch-black. A long sleep without any dreams.
[ He didn't push to ask Sion about what he saw, but he knew that it probably was something that shook Sion to the core, for him to be shaken like that. ]
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In that case....! Sion nods his head, the soft sound of a hum upon his lips as he curls his fingers, squeezing Shinn's hand. He had been shaken, after waking from the balm of slumber imposed upon him, this he'll not deny, but he is satisfied with Shinn's answer, and there is precious little reason, isn't there, to continue talking about such dreadful, such dreary things (that vision, that glimpse of what could only be true events, for in his heart he knows that is the path he would have walked, were he not bound as a Hero of Blanc) if his friend hadn't shared a similar experience.
Instead: he happily tugs Shinn forward, a murmur of minor magic upon his lips (to re-freeze the remnants of his solar flower ice cream!) before— ]
Taken? [ Here is a playful loft a slender silver brow! ] Could she be prettier than I am, I wonder?
[ He is teasing, of course, joyful to receive word that Shinn is taken and too-eager to know more. Why would he not wish to know the details, after all? Sion Astal is the Hero King who moves to save his own world by spreading love to everyone!
And then they are ascending the first of many flights of stairs, joining the climb alongside many tourists, gawkers who part way while whispering, gasping—those are our Heroes, I'm sure of it!. ]
The view from above is breathtaking, Shinn. The horizon is endless, and precisely at that line of coast and Caissa's sea is where my cottage lies. [ A beat, another flight of stairs conquered! And look here, Sion isn't even out of breath...! ] Should you ever wish to visit, please do not hesitate to make your way there.
My home is your own, and there is an extra bedroom which is yours, if you should want for it to be.
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[ There's a wry chuckle. On one hand, he can't exactly say that she's prettier than Sion, considering her charm was from a completely different thing. And Sion tends to look... elegant, despite his quirks, most of the time anyways. Either ways, it does gets him thinking about his own home that he's not at right now.
His promise to save this world, alongside protecting his own world. Those are really hard words to live up to. But that's why he's here, with some like-minded people. So that he can see this war to the end.
But well, while Sion's attractive and slender, Luna's fiery and headstrong, never afraid of reeling him back whenever he's about to do something stupid. She's also... his pillar. Someone he could lean on when he had nothing, when he felt the world had completely betrayed him and only Durandal's words existed as an empty comfort.
So it's a different kind of attraction, but... ]
But she's strong, and well, she's not afraid to speak her mind whenever I'm being a dumbass. I ain't that kind of guy who would gush about her appearance, though, so you'd have to try harder than that.
[ Ah. They got recognized, well, that's kind of annoying, but still. This kind of reception, he's not surprised at all. After all, they did won the battle. But still... ]
Your home, is my home, huh...?
[ Man, this sucks. Since when did he grow to be so sappy, a person? To think that he would let someone in besides her, yeah, he sure did end up in a weird place, hasn't he? ]
I guess it wouldn't hurt to visit once in a while.
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Shinn, he would never change, would he? Even if the world betrayed him, Shinn would always barrel forward and blitzkrieg through, and it is refreshing (a relief) to know that, in this way, they are two of a kind.
And precisely because they are the same--...
Mm, Sion cannot help it: it sucks, it is sappy, and it is weird territory and foreign ground for a King who so rarely allows for others to glimpse the truest facets of himself, but he wants to let Shinn in; he wants for the younger man to know the peace for which they fight, even if it should start with something so small as making dango with a friend in a place which could never be infringed upon—home. ]
Only once in a while? [ He grins, chancing a glance back, toward Shinn, with a rather expectant look. Are you not more fond of me than that? ] Then...
[ Perhaps it is some small blessing that they were recognized as Heroes, for those lingering upon the many stairwells of the iconic climb part way for the two who are seemingly keen upon swiftly reaching the ivory tower's height! ]
Expect me to call upon you often. [ Woah. That was unabashed??? ] The rooftop, I've found, is perfect for gazing upon the stars at night, and I should hate to be without your stories.
I want to hear more about her, the one who has captured your heart. And in turn— [ Could they be nearing their destination? It seems so, as the crowds thin, the clamor of many voices dissolving away into just their own. ] —I would like for you to meet my own radiant Lady.
[ Ah yes, the dramatic reveal, coming on the heels of Sion finishing his ice cream cone...! ]
She lives with me, as a matter of fact, likely to ensure that, much akin to yourself, that I not be a 'dumbass'.
[ ..........Shinn, you've influenced this King's style of speaking, haven't you? That was much too casual! ]
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Heh, yeah, there's something that makes a story more interesting when you tell it under a starry sky.
[ And he trusts Sion that the view from his new home is grand enough for the kinds of story he intends to tell Sion, of his own exploits, and perhaps, his own failures. When he's ready for it. ]
Though, wow, Sion, she must be a pretty tough girl that she can keep you in line like this.
[ THIS, though, was definitely the jest he can come up with at the fact that Sion has his own lady. And that he probably needs to dial down his cussing lest Caren or the lady he just mentioned smacks him for imprinting bad modern social practices on the prince. ]