[ open + closed ] In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man

[warfares]

Who: kylo ren + you
When: the entirety of august
Where: around various places, including the coven, smugha cave and the wilde
What: monthly catch-all.
Warnings: TO BE UPDATED. his quest with rey does involve giant spiders and the possibility of violence. otherwise, violence is a given. magical shenanigans, potentially. kylo being kylo.

Notes: starters will be in the comments. if you'd like anything specific, either pm this journal or message me at resurrectionist.

Comments

[purpose]

Fine.

[ The concession isn't hard won — they've no choice but to enact on his plan — but the begrudging quality to it highlights how reluctant she is to agree to his terms. Any other protests would be a waste of their precious time, already ticking down.

The rustle of the trees reminds her of it, muddling her senses as she listens sharply for the sound of movement. Finally, with a huff, she gestures for him to get into a crouch in order to boost her upward, expectant. ]

Don't do anything reckless.

[warfares]

I'll contain the urge.

( settling onto the ground, his fingers lace together, forming a basket for rey to step into. it shouldn't pose a challenge, lifting her. she's not quite as undernourished as she'd been when they'd first met but the early weeks spent here had stripped some of the softness from her body — they would have to fix that, later. )

If it comes to it, you need to run. Get help.

( she's faster than him. perhaps she'll be able to catch up to the wilders that had brought them here. )

[purpose]

No. [ Forgetting their predicament, it bursts out of her, vehement and firm. She won't let him take advantage of their urgency to try to impress that upon her when she has no intentions of following that order. ] I won't leave without you.

[ He's human. More fragile, whether he'd like to admit it or not. Leaving him to these creatures seem as though it would be a death sentence. She shakes her head, unnerved and disgruntled as her expression twists, and steps up into his hands. Her arms raise skyward, waiting for a branch to come within her reach. ]

Asking me to do that counts as reckless, Ben.

[warfares]

( there's something like relief; the fear, buried deep, that she will take the opportunity to turn from him given the chance. they've come a long way, all thing considered, but some wounds are still raw enough to twinge. this is one of them.

but that's beside the point. )

Rey. ( exasperation is pushed into the word. she's justified in her fear, of course, in the fact that even someone as capable as he is would struggle if too many swarmed him at once, but they are dealing in possibilities not certainties. not yet. )

I'm not as fast as you are.

[purpose]

And weaker. You're only human.

[ Delicate. Mortal, rather than monstrous. Pushed to acknowledge it, she has no choice but to draw attention to the fact. Much as she has rejected what she is, it works to her advantage to announce it. ]

You won't survive alone.

[ It isn't a kind reminder, but she isn't interested in sympathy when he is asking her to leave him for dead. It's a gamble, in truth, that risks him doubling down to prove his strength, but Rey isn't having an of it. ]

I'm staying.

[ Without allowing him room for argument, Rey latches onto the next branch, hoisting herself up higher toward the treeline. ]

[warfares]

( air rushes over his teeth in a frustrated exhale.

her refusal to yield means that they can either stand and argue until the suspected threat become very real or he can capitulate, and while there's still a chance of at least one of them dying, there's an equal chance of her surviving, perhaps to intervene. )

Fine.

Now hurry, before they return. You'll have a better view of the area from up there.