mind_blown | THE LOST DAYS... Round 2.

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THE LOST DAYS... Round 2.

It's all darkness.

The feeling of nothingness, of being nothing. Of not existing. You have no thoughts, you will never have any thoughts again. While that fact is not comforting, because you cannot be comforted anymore, it is true.

There's a certain rest to being... nothing. And to both knowing and not knowing, that your time is done.

So it's all the more unfortunate when you feel, because you shouldn't feel. And the feeling is burning in your lungs, which you shouldn't have. Because you are- or were- nothing.

And then, you inhale a desperate gasp of air and open your eyes...

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The glow here is an eerie green. As you walk in further, you realize you are in some sort of cave that has been fashioned into a basement of a more elaborate mansion? The stone walls appear carved, rather than put together, and the ground is smooth, though slightly uneven stone. Otherwise, the green glow of the water ahead of you drowns everything else out. You can see a woman facing the pool just ahead of you.

She’s tall, with dark skin and hair. Her back is to you, though you don’t get the impression that she’s unaware of you, either. The only way out of here is back the way you came.

When you next can open your eyes, you realize that the loud noise is not just a pounding headache, but your voice screaming in agony long past when your lungs should have given out. Everything tinting your vision is green. As you stand, and air hits your wet, nearly naked body, you finally feel the scream abate and you're able to take a deep breath.

You don't notice it, but your mind races so fast. You can't actively keep up with every little impulse bombarding your senses. And you realize, as you stare up at a woman with long, dark hair, you are angry. And she, for a brief moment, is scared of you. But the moment passes, and she stays rooted in her spot, just outside of the pool of green water you find yourself in.

You are angry. You are confused. Your mind is so loud, but you don't notice anything off. It's just always been like this. You have always thought fast and desperate, tinged with anger, with a subtle desire to destroy it all.

[Man, the disconnect is just]

[Huge]

[What]

[The yelling makes sense, he wanted to yell because he didn't want to fight Arya, wanted her to stop, and now they're here and now there's anger and he's naked, but he's never angry, not like this, the only time he's even been close was when he watched Toothless collapse, watched Dagur run from him, abandon him-]

[Thinking fast makes sense. Desperate, sure, that happens plenty.]

[But destruction is the most foreign thing of all, and its so]

[Confusing]

[But then]

Arya! Is that you?!

[Because someone else is always More Important.]

[Also I guess he will Read A Bad Situation while fussing and 9]

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So, there is nothing bad about this room. The water, obviously, seems to be the source of all his head confusion in this room.

But the woman? She seems benign. Concerned. Almost-- matronly?

[It is Green, isn't green bad.]

[Also woman????]

[Hope was told not to trust green by a Robin, but????]

She does not seem. totally untrustworthy?

But she does remind him of someone.

Also yes, this water is definitely Bad.

[She does, who is-]

[Wait]

[WAIT!!!!!!!!!]

[Those eyes SURE REMIND HIM OF TALON.]

[Greeeeeeat.]

[Okay. OKAY. She is probably not immediately hostile, but no way he is trusting her as far as he can throw her, she has fucked up priorities and mind games.]

[A careful ally At Very Best.]

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[ it's too much happening too quick, the fear and pain and adrenaline in conflict with the soothing effect of Rye's power. her brain feels stretched thin, like a motor that's run too long but has to keep turning. thankfully, Primal Instinct holds her back from acting on the anger and adrenaline when she sees the woman. ]

What-- What's going on? Rye?

[ Rye. ]

Where's Rye?!

Arya!

[He's swimming over to her because if she's that confused, he's Pretty Sure Primal Instinct is working.]

I'm here, are you okay? Please tell me you don't want to kill me anymore.

[He kind of wants to check before leaving the green water because he can probably take her in the water, he is an island boy.]

The woman steps back from the edge of the pool, to avoid getting splashed. And she frowns.

"You really did try to fight him."

She sounds... vaguely amused.

I...

[ her head is pounding, the slow drip of blood in her hairline dyeing a portion of her bangs red. ]

I don't think so.

[ she's not okay, not really. thinking is hard, focusing harder. her thoughts slip away from her like water out of her hands. but the woman is speaking, and the normal defensiveness she'd feel isn't there. ]

He hurt-- There was this kid--

I just got there. I didn't see a kid. It might just be that place.

[Okay, she's not trying to attack him, and the water is doing SOMETHING, so he's gonna get an arm around her, and help pull her to shore.]

[He is used to drowning and saving drowning people, it's fine.]

[He ain't dropping Primal Instinct as long as he's got it though.]

That kid was already dead.

[where did Jason come from?

And why does he look like he's had a worse day than those two? His head is heavily bandaged, as are his torso and arms. His clothes obscure some of the bandaging at least, but he looks like he's had it rough.

and as such, he's just tired.]

Need some first aid?

[ she leans into Rye's help more than she ever would otherwise, letting him guide her, but not yet making a move to get out. she'll probably need help with that. ]

...Jason? Are you okay?

We need out, Arya, the water is weird. [The warning as he pulls himself out, before kind of manhandling her to get her out too.]

First aid would be great. Arya first, she breathed in something weird. I'm keeping her calm right now, but I don't know what's gonna happen once the hour is up.

Jason died in his world, didn't he? He died and came back.

[CONTEXT CLUES AND ALL.]

I've seen better days, but this's a state of being.

[he extends a hand to Arya.]

Anyway, would rather you not have had to get to know me this way. It's much better to talk about my shit life in the abstract.

[he's reaching into his pockets with his other hand.]

[ It takes her a moment to actually manage to grab his hand, but once she does, she allows the men to haul her out of the water.

She sways where she stands, dizzy. Her head is throbbing like a drum. ]

Jason, what's going on? How-- That kid was still alive. And that man...

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[Okay, good, Arya is out. Now he needs to be out.]

[Ugh, his head is still ringing and his arm is all cut up from death plant.]

[He will force himself to flop out and he thinks he'll just. Lay here, actually.]

[That sounds good. He doesn't trust Talia much and Jason may be an asshole, but they're also not the type to just murder them outright.]

I didn't see a kid. Might have been a mind game.

Guessing that was the guy in green?

The kid was dead. And that was the Joker, the man who killed him.

[he pulls out a roll of gauze, and he's going to start bandaging them, while inclining his head to Talia, who just... intuits it, and starts bandaging the other.]

This's my "heart." I like "my psyche" better personally but... You guys just got a taste of all the shit I'd rather keep dead and buried. Honestly, I should kick you both out before you get yourselves killed.

Your--

[ it stops her short, and she stares at him. ]

There were...coffins. Jason, did you...die?

.... [Yeah, he's pretty sure Arya is right on that guess]

[Gods, Talon, your world is a mess.]

[He will not fight any bandaging, as long as Arya is getting help too.]

...so instead of just being a dream world, or literal dreams, it's like...all of you?

I guess all this does explain why you can be such an asshole. [Listen, he's disassociating HARD from all these weird angry, destruction feelings, what that leaves is sarcasm.]

I died and came back, yeah.

[THEY ARE BOTH GETTING BANDAGED, it's fine!]

And this isn't strictly why I'm an asshole. But it sure doesn't help, huh?

[ she doesn't mention it again, the very thought of the coffin sending a bolt of anxiety through.

properly bandaged, she feels just a little bit better, at last. she glances toward Rye, guilty. ]

You said we should go, but there's something we have to help with, right?

Certainly doesn't, true.

You're Talon's brother. Even if I was the kind of person who could turn my back on someone in need, which I'm not, to a frankly insane degree, that means I can't.

It would be the wrong thing to do to walk away.

Walking away means Talon would be hurt, and I would never forgive myself if I didn't try to protect him. And that means protecting you.

So. Morals and personal. [Shrugs.]

You don't have to help. And frankly, you don't look like you're doing hot. Either of you.

So regardless of if I'm Talon's brother [a head incline to Rye] or someone you can help [back to Arya], I think I got a responsibility to call it when someone's in over their heads.

And my demons are pretty bad.

THE LOST DAYS... Round 2.

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