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Mira Chambers ([personal profile] inlikethebrume) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2020-02-01 09:15 am

[Open] Come In From The Cold...

Who: House Darkness Residents and OPEN
When: All of February
Where: House Darkness in the Haven
What: It's an open log!
Warnings: Shadowbringers Spoilers in some threads possible, possible talk of the Snatched Event








[If anyone knows the residents of the house, it might seem strange that such a group have selected a cozy abode for their home in the city. However, it is not to be said that they are unwelcoming (depending on who) and usually when someone comes to visit, there's always a warm cup of tea ready for them...and maybe some food to go along with it. Feels like a crime if someone doesn't get fed. And despite the hardships of the previous month, the house does welcome guests for any particular reasons whether a visit for the soul, a chat to catch up on events, or even maybe go a few rounds with the poor striking dummy in the backyard.

When you live with sword users and have stress, it gets used, ok?

It might be chilly outside but strange enough, the house itself is pretty warm. Just mind the gaelkitten and Flood running around from time to time.]



((OOC: Feel free to make a top level if you wish! Open to all!))
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-24 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
He did. Ventus said it smelled "good and familiar." Whatever that means.

[ However he had also said that about Vanitas too. That he had smelled "familiar" and whatnot. Being a puppy and being given a sharper nose should not make him even more brazen and reckless than he already is. But here we are. Ventus saying these things where everyone could read it.

He shakes his head, turning his focus back to Sora and the Unversed. ]


It's weird. Under normal circumstances I would be able to feel it and with how it is right now, I can't. You're holding an extension of myself and the disconnect makes it weird.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-24 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't really say what Ven meant by saying that since he can't remember us but? Maybe because it reminded him of you? Or maybe it's because he's a puppy. It's probably both.

[Even if Ventus is in some weird spot in time maybe he can still recognize the other half of his heart. But Sora still thinks it's kind of funny Ventus associated a smell with Vanitas. He really is a puppy.

But then it really starts to dawn on Sora with what Vanitas says. He can usually feel what his unverse feel??? Sora makes a face and then suddenly holds the little one a little closer.]


Are you serious? Really? You can feel what they feel usually?

[Oh GOSH... NO.]
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-24 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably both. He's sniffed both myself and the Flood out enough times that there's probably some lingering scent. Who knows.

[ Van shrugs. Other than it being super weird and somewhat creepy, it's harmless. And it, ultimately, is kind of meaningless.

Instead his gaze shifts to Sora's hands. How they hold the Flood tighter. ]


Anyway, yes, Sora. They are my emotions. Little fragments of myself. How could I not be able to feel them?
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-25 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Sora gives quite the mighty pout at this realization. With how he's treated Vanitas, that bite mark on his shoulder, the various bruises and cuts, not to mention that red mark on his lip... And now he's realizing that Sora having demolished several unversed in the past meant that hurt Vanitas too?

Sora inhales softly. He feels TERRIBLE.

He cuddles the unversed so close he's got it up to his cheek. Sorry, he's not letting go.]


I'm sorry I ever hurt one of these little guys...
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-25 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ His head tilts to the side. Vanitas feels the distress. He has no idea where it is coming from. ...Well he sort of gets it. Sora is distraught over the fact that he's harmed the Unversed.

Van can't imagine why that is. ]


Why? I do it all the time.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-25 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[He barely contains a gasp.]

Vanitas?! I know you told me a little about how you first got these guys but you don't have to hurt them anymore, right?

[Sora tucks his chin downwards.]

You don't gotta hurt yourself.
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-25 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Poor Sora. Vanitas just can't comprehend this at all. ]

Why not? They disgust me. I never wanted anything to do with them in the first place.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-25 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sora frowns and looks down. The wound between them still feels quite fresh so Sora doesn't want to argue a lot about this but he can't help but feel like this isn't right.]

Even If they're an extension of you?
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-25 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn’t see it as an argument just yet. This is how Vanitas truly feels about the Unversed and, in some part, how he sees himself. ]

Yes. The ugliest parts. They’re monsters, after all.

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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-25 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sora tries not to pout, his ears twitching with that effort.]

All parts of someone should be treated nicely. Even the 'bad' parts.

[Scars and all the bad, it's still good. So he's just. Snuggling the unversed a little more. It's his now!]
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-25 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Vanitas really doesn’t understand the obsession with the Unversed recently. People are treating them as something other than the monsters that they are. Maybe he is the one in the wrong here? That can’t be right though. Who knows them better than Van himself? ]

Why is that. It sure sounds nice, but how can you possibly do that, knowing what these bad parts are?
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-25 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[How can he possible do that?? Well, like this.

Sora merely nuzzles his nose against the Flood's cheek.]


Like this?
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-25 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That doesn’t explain anything.

[ Sora what.... ]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-25 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sora lets out a puff of laughter.]

Hugs are nice, duh.
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-25 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
That still doesn't explain anything!

[ HOW IS THAT RELEVANT? ]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-26 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sora snorts at first before he gives a sheepish smile.]

I mean! If they are extensions of you that means that they shouldn't be treated badly either. A hug now and then isn't going to be a bad thing.

[For the unversed or for Vanitas, in his opinion.]
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-27 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
I can tell you for a fact it hasn't done anything to deserve hugs, Sora.

[ He's... Not really getting it, is he? ]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-27 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He's really not getting it... Sora lets out a soft breath and shrugs.]

Well, it helped me find you when I fell through my mirror into this world so I'd say that's something that deserves a hug.
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-28 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
One decent deed doesn't really account for much, considering everything else...

[ Maybe Sora has realized by now that Van isn't. Really. Talking about the Flood? ]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-28 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sora frowns while glancing at Vanitas.]

Of course it does, a good deed is a good deed. Just because there's a little bad doesn't mean that should be forgotten. The fact that it tried is what is important. It means a lot.

[And if it wasn't for the Flood Sora might have never have been able to help Vanitas too.]
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-29 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps the act itself was out of self-preservation. If viewed from that angle, then it isn't truly a good deed now is it?
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-29 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Sora squints his eyes and stares at Vanitas like he's almost scrutinizing him.]

You're saying something weird now.
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-29 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
More like you're too dense to really understand what I'm getting at, brat.

[ Maybe reaching over now to try to pry Sora's arms off of the Flood. ]

I just don't understand you at all.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2020-02-29 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Sora fusses and resists the attempt at prying the Flood away.]

Hey-! It's not like I understand a lot about you, either!

[Especially with this big misunderstanding they had.]

If I was guessing you're talking about you and not the Flood.
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[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-02-29 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ No, Sora. Just let the dumb thing go so it can scurry off and leave him alone. ]

You were never really meant to understand. It was never my intention to fully explain myself to anyone.

[ Because, you know, he'd prefer to just disappear and leave everything painful behind. ]

Now let it go already.

[ Not responding to Sora's other comment though. It really goes without saying. ]

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