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[ open ] Life is what our thoughts make it...

Who: Vanitas + You!!
When: All of April
Where: Various
What: Open + Closed Prompts
Warnings: Violence, PTSD, Fluff, and more to be added later

( Cometflies: 4/3 only )

[ Vanitas has already spent enough time watching the meteor shower. He's a little dazed and confused trying to walk back to the house and there's a reason for it, but that's neither here nor there.

He is soon distracted by all of the colorful little glowing things now fluttering around. The natives seem amused by it, but Vanitas does not. Red and yellow seem to want to linger close to him as well as blue, but he keeps batting them away before any single bug can actually hand on him. ]

Go away and bother someone else!

( Pile's Plantagorium: A )

[ Earning some funds by growing plants? Well count Vanitas in. It's not that he went out with the mindset that he is going to specialize in flora. In fact, it isn't as though Vanitas really finds any relaxation or enjoyment in this activity. However, he is good at it and he believes plants are easier to deal with than people are.

So, sure. Vanitas spends plenty of time helping out on that rooftop, tending to and growing what seedlings tare there. Vanitas can be seen putting his talent to use, standing above flower beds and soon seeds become greenery and leaves. Then they begin to bloom in an array of colors. ]

( Pile's Plantagorium: B )

[ Buuuut there's more to be had if he ventures outside, right? Vanitas is standing right at the edge of the Wall. His Keyblade, Void Gear, is strapped to his back. The problem is, Van sure doesn't know what is a deadly plant or what isn't. So maybe stop him before he goes out and offer a hand?

Or maybe Vanitas is encountered already exploring beyond the wall. He has a plant isolated, it's true. It doesn't look sick... But those are a lot of sharp looking thorns on it. That's probably not a very good thing to bring back, but it looks like Vanitas doesn't really care. Only... he's kind of circling it. Looking for how he can get a cutting of it. ]

( Out of the City )

[ Once again Vanitas takes the opportunity to not stick around the city. When the chance is offered to venture beyond the Wall to one of the settlements, Vanitas takes it. He makes sure to leave a note stating that he'll be out. Doesn't state why or for how long because who needs to know that? He played it pretty safe last month by staying within the city walls so naturally Vanitas needs to get out and actually do something.

To get rid of some of his restless, excess energy, Vanitas takes to patrolling around the settlement he is brought to. There are plenty of infected monsters in the area and the spar he had last month isn't enough. Thus he can be found engaging in battle, fierce grin on his face and laughing. It's almost like he's enjoying every single moment that he cuts down one of those monsters, hurling around Void Gear like it weighs nothing. There's no magic used, just brute strength.

And when Vanitas tires of this - not that he will ever fully tire - there is something else he can do. Don't get him wrong it's not that he cares about these people. He doesn't, at all. Vanitas isn't doing this for their sake, but for his own. He joins some of the other Witches that have set up healing stations. Vanitas, see, has been working on the healing artes for months. Now he's putting himself to the test to see just how much mastery he has over those skills. Feel free to bother him or tease. ]

( Book shopping )

[ Vanitas enjoys being self-sufficient. He doesn't like to rely on others, though there are at least a few people out there that... Well he'll let them help him out if he really needs it. Over all? Vanitas still is uneasy. Normally that would be his motivation for getting out and learning anything.

That's not the case this time, but he's going to keep that to himself. Instead he's at this bookstore, going through the shelves. However, Vanitas looks more and more irritated as he goes. ]

Augh. This one's useless too.

[ He's getting aggravated enough that he's not bothering to put all of the useless ones back. Nope. There's starting to be a book scattered here and there. ]

Why is this proving to be so difficult!?

[ All he wants is a ding dang recipe book. To meet certain Monster dietary requirements. ]

( Wildcard )

[ Anything that you wanna do with Van, of coruse. As always, feel free to contact me at

jardaan

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I don’t think they happen too often is why.

[ He gets what Sora is trying to do. Van is then the one tugging, immediately heading towards the tallest building in the city. Scaling it is easy for him, really. But that’s not what he’s going to do.

Instead he wraps an arm around Sora’s waist. ]

Hold on tight.

Edited 2020-04-07 15:14 (UTC)

Yeah, that's why--

[Sora makes a quick noise of surprise when Vanitas suddenly tugs and wraps an arm around him. What's he up to?! He does automatically grab hold of the other boy, though!

???]

Huh?! Vanitas?

Trust me.

[ Oh they aren’t going to climb up. Van holds Sora tight and murmurs a spell. One moment they are on the ground. The next they are on the roof. Teleportation. ]

Didn’t feel like climbing.

[He would have been fine with climbing! But then suddenly the whoosh of magic makes his head spin for just a moment before he blinks and realizes they're somewhere else completely. On top of the building and with a perfect view of the open night sky above. It's glittering.]

Whoa-! When did you learn something like that?

[Teleportation seems like it would be a rather high level kind of magic to learn. He's kind of impressed. And full of an excited chuckle.]

I’ve always been able to, you know. You saw it when we fought right before Ventus woke up.

[ He gives Sora an amused, curious glance. Then he carefully releases the other and puts hands on his hips. ]

It was just a matter of adapting.

[Sora tilts his head with a grin. Leave it up to Vanitas to find a way to convert dark corridors into teleportation.]

I guess when you're used to moving around like that it's only the easy thing to do, huh? Lucky.

[He's always wondered what it would be like to use a corridor. Not that he ever could, though! With that, Sora looks up at the sky and then lets out an excited whoop before he moves to the ledge of the roof.]

Just look at everything from up here, though! It's awesome!

I'm not the only one. The old man in the house also likes to teleport around when convenient.

[ And while Emet-Selch doesn't really teach... He doesn't stop Vanitas from observing and he does engage in some discussion. Vanitas learns this way, of course.

Though he doesn't know what to think about Sora and Dark Corridors. They don't hurt Vanitas, of course, but they are dangerous to other people. The Darkness that lurks within is damaging to a heart. Not a heart that is comprised of Darkness, of course, but hey.

He walks behind Sora, looking up at the sky. ]

Used to come up here sometimes. Before I had a place to stay.

[The old man...? Sora has to assume that's Emet-Selch. He doesn't know much about that man yet but he still rubs Sora the wrong way sometimes. But he nods. The important part here is Vanitas is doing very well in his study of magic and Sora's pretty proud of him. He can still feel magic being filtered through his own nerves on and off.]

Really? Up here?

[Sora looks around. This high spot is such a great little vantage point. He can see all the lights in the city down below and the docks nearby. With the sky illuminated with falling stars, it makes everything look that much more majestic. Sora moves to sit down on the ledge, hanging his legs over it without batting an eyelash.]

It feels like you can see the entire city from here.

Mmm. A few stolen blankets. A bit of a fire.

[ Because it had been the real start of Winter by then. He had done this during the Autumn nights right up until the most frigid ones started. Then Mira had given him a choice and Vanitas had taken it. Vanitas wonders if Sora realizes that he had been a homeless wanderer for months... ]

Anyway, yeah. That's why I picked it. Able to see everything and not anyone could get up here.

[ Harder to be ambushed. Harder to be attacked. Vanitas follows Sora's lead, sitting down on the ledge and allowing for his own legs to dangle in the air. All the while his eyes are fixed on the sky. ]

[Sora lets his feet dangle while he shivers lightly in the night air. He glances at Vanitas with a bit of surprise.]

You mean... you stayed up here?

[He had originally thought that Vanitas meant that he just visited this place sometimes. Not that he stayed up here.]

When did you move in with Mira and the others?

Obviously. It's not like I had a place to go.

[ A little defensive, maybe. Sora makes it sound like it is such a strange thing! It's not... He's never had a roof over his head before, thanks. ]

I think it was the beginning of the twelfth month that I moved in. There was a snow storm that went through and it was after she forced me to wear this ugly sweater.

I didn't mean it like that...!

[Sora says this softly. He just feels bad that Vanitas stayed out here when it was cold. If only Sora had somehow been able to arrive sooner? Would he had been able to help Vanitas?

Sora glances back up at the sky.]

But at least you had a view like this to see. Even without the falling stars, I bet the night sky was really something to see.

[The meteors in the dark night sky... It reminds him of something.]

[ Honestly it probably wouldn't have helped anything, Sora being here sooner. Vanitas wouldn't really have been open to his help just quite yet. No, Sora's timing in this case had been nothing short of perfect. Right when Vanitas really had need of him. ]

Honestly, I never really bothered to look. Looking at the sky isn't really something I ever did or even thought about doing.

[ Because if he had been caught staring off, who knows what kind of creature would have taken advantage of that.

Right now though? Right now it's okay. It's... It's okay to take time and see if he actually enjoys these sorts of things or not. So that's what Vanitas is doing as another dim light streaks across the sky. ]

I'd say it's a first time for everything, but it literally has been a lot of first times.

[Sora's eyes are still on the night sky and he watches one particular meteor spark through the sky with a bright explosive spark of light.]

Now that you the chance to try some new firsts.

[He holds up two fingers and shuts one eye as if he's trying to capture a meteor in between his fingers to squish it.]

It's almost like...

[Sora smiles. He knows what this night sky reminds him of now.]

It's almost like looking at what darkness can look like. So dark way up there and so far away but filled with sparks of magic or light. Like warm fire.

[ And boy has Vanitas been doing so many new things. A lot of those things are because Sora insists. Mira too, of course, but Sora is the one dragging him out of the house whenever the fancy strikes. Kind of like tonight.

Van's gaze shifts to Sora and the brat's odd behavior. What is he doing pinching his fingers like that? Almost like what...?

Then Sora finishes his sentence and Vanitas gives him an odd look. Just what goes through Sora's head sometimes? Vanitas doesn't even know and can't even begin to figure that one out. ]

Huh?

[ Sorry if he doesn't really understand. He thought... That this is obvious? That's what the vastness of space is, Darkness. And those little points of light are sparks of magic. Places of safe harbor to chase away just a bit of the Darkness. ]

[Sora feels a slight sting of embarrassment. Had he said something weird? Or was Vanitas not really seeing it how Sora sees it?]

I mean... [He chuckles a little.] Something as big and vast as that darkness? All those meteors and comets shooting around in the sky, making it so much more than just darkness. It's really... beautiful.

[He glances at Vanitas a little.]

I almost wish I could reach out and touch it.

[ Van nudges Sora's shoulder the moment that embarrassment shines through. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. He already knows Sora is a weirdo.

He looks at Sora for a moment, frown marring his features. Vanitas is thinking about this, what Sora is saying. ]

Light and Dark all wrapped up into one package?

[ Is that what Sora means by "more than?" Vanitas really does want to understand here. ]

[The nudge helps although he tries to ignore the warmth in his cheeks. Sora tilts his head.]

More like the meteors and comets are part of the darkness. A thing that makes it all its own. Making it even better.

[He's not really sure if he's talking about the night sky or if he's talking about something else. All he knows is that this sparkling night sky reminds him of Vanitas. This beautiful sparkling darkness that can be more than just black.]

[ He isn’t entirely sure what Sora is actually getting at. Maybe because it is more geared towards thoughts related to Vanitas himself. Vanitas returns to looking at the sky, as if he can see it the way Sora does. Which he doubts because Sora is the one with the unique way of looking at the world.

However there is one thing that he can agree with. ]

It is beautiful in its own way, I suppose.

[ At least Van can see the appeal of watching the stars fall like rain. ]

[Maybe he doesn't know Vanitas as well as he thought he did. He's always so mysterious in his own ways, as unreachable as the cosmic splay of darkness above them. Maybe Sora's head's in the clouds when he thinks to compare the night sky to the person sitting next to him. Maybe his heart is just too loud. Maybe he's just plain silly.

Sora looks down, his fingers scratching gently at the ledge of the roof. Then he looks up again, new golden eyes settling on his bondmate next to him. Sora watches how he looks up at the sky and agrees at least with that one thing.

So unreachable.

Before he can realize he's doing it Sora shifts closer. His fingers brush Vanitas' leg as he leans forward and gently brushes his lips against Vanitas' cheek. He lingers there for just a fraction of a second before he pulls back and looks back up at the sparkling dark sky.]

Yeah. Yeah, it is.

[ In Sora's defense, Vanitas doesn't even know himself as well as he had thought. The things that he had thought of himself and what he is or was have changed since coming here. Now Van isn't as certain about his stances on so many things that once been cemented into his brain.

If he seems mysterious it is because he is a mystery even to himself. Vanitas no longer knows who he is and well. He is taking the time to maybe learn that. Perhaps that's why he goes along with Sora on these things. Why he interacts with people like Mira and Marie. Then there are people like Emet-Selch that also remind Vanitas that he doesn't have to be anything he doesn't want to be.

His eyes are fixed upon the sky. Van feels the brush of fingers against his leg but doesn't seem to care about it. Sora is affectionate and tends to like touching, even if it's the barest of touches. But then he feels the pressure on his cheek and Vanitas' mind?

Well it just shuts down. He immediately turns to look at Sora, question on the tip of his tongue and yet he can't think what the question is. ]

[Sora keeps his own eyes glued to the sky above, watching one certain spark move across the sky in a big explosion. He doesn't quite want to look at Vanitas' expression but his silence says enough. Sora's cheeks are warm and his heart is skipping in his chest. Did he really just do that? Did he just mess something up, big time?? Maybe he should jump off the ledge right now--

But eventually, he mutters quickly,] Have you ever wished on a falling star?

[Time to change the subject. YEAH.]

[ If Sora is really paying attention... Then he'd notice that there isn't anger or disgust or anything negative coming off of their Bond. There's confusion, yes, but something more... Well Vanitas doesn't really know why there are little fluttering things in his stomach and he doesn't know why his face is so hot. It's not embarrassment so what is it?

It is a conundrum he can't solve at the moment. Instead Sora throws him off again with another question. ]

No...?

[ What is even going on anymore? ]

[Another plus side to having a bond with the other boy is having that stream of emotions flickering between them. Sora's gentle wash of unsure affection mixed with Vanitas' fluttering confusion... Sora knows he should say something appropriate, explain himself or something but he finds himself a little tongue-tied and warm.

He just can't stop going a mile a minute, it seems. Sora fidgets with fluttering energy.]

Wanna wish for something?

[ Sora also having some emotions makes Vanitas somewhat concerned. ]

Sora -

[ He's about to address it. It's really on the tip of his tongue! Vanitas then huffs, rubbing at the back of his neck and maybe just. Snatching up Sora's hand instead. ]

What would I want to wish for?

[ Van doesn't know how to ask. ]

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