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estoria2016-06-13 08:39 pm
notsogreedy) wrote in estoria2016-06-13 08:39 pm
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Who: Ankh & OPEN for event catch-all. Specific event end prompts for Cole, Hikari, and Eiji.
When: 7/19 - 7/23
Where: Various
What: Memory shenanigans, and then what happens when all the forgotten things come crashing back.
Rating/Warning: Ankh having a total breakdown? There will be a lot of unpleasant memories coming back, so talk of violence and death and things generally going wrong.
Notes: If you're tagging in for general event stuff, ability permissions here and also let me know if you have a preference for memories that are good, bad, or just ridiculous.
Open: 7/19-22 – Around
[Ankh is convinced that stupid little fox is taunting him. Even he can't see where it's hiding most of the time, and for some reason whenever he catches sight of the thing, it's almost always about to go run over someone's foot.]
Oi!
[Too late.]
Cole: 7/23, around noon – Streets, near the zoo
[Ankh hadn't been looking forward to being stuck in a public place that morning, what with the fox liking to cause problems. He manages to spend most of time in the company of just birds, though, which works out well enough. The fox isn't as present today, anyway, seeming fainter every time he catches sight of it.
As he leaves the zoo to get lunch at one of the restaurants nearby, the fox fades out of existence in the corner of his vision – and in the same instant, all the things he had forgotten over the past few days come back to him. Immediately in that moment, this day ceases to be pleasant. He knew he'd lost some things, maybe important things, even, but it had been more than he thought and oh, yes, those were important memories and yesterday was a lie. The things that come crashing back to him now are every reason he had to be wary, every mistake he ever made.
It hits him all at once, and all of a sudden, it's like he can't even keep himself standing. He's by an alley and he staggers around the corner, eyes wide as he slumps against a wall. The only plus side of this is that there weren't many people nearby, and he can at least pretend that no one saw that.]
Hikari: 7/23, after the above - Somewhere in town
[Right now, Ankh doesn't want to deal with people, especially people who happen to have previously talked to him about wiping memories and thinking it's a good thing. When he leaves, he flies, rather than walks; there will be fewer people to bother him in the air. It's only when he finds somewhere that seems presently unpopulated that he lands, collapsing to his knees and trying to force himself to breathe normally.
Unfortunately for him, he's still not as alone as he hopes.]
Eiji: 7/23, after the above – Their apartment
[Ankh wasn't supposed to be done with work this early, and Eiji knows it, but he doesn't care; he's going home. Clearly something happened, because he doesn't even say anything as he comes in, looks at Eiji with a complete mess of not-quite-readable emotions on his face, then climbs up to his bed before falling face first onto it.
No, he is not interested in talking. Leave him alone.]
When: 7/19 - 7/23
Where: Various
What: Memory shenanigans, and then what happens when all the forgotten things come crashing back.
Rating/Warning: Ankh having a total breakdown? There will be a lot of unpleasant memories coming back, so talk of violence and death and things generally going wrong.
Notes: If you're tagging in for general event stuff, ability permissions here and also let me know if you have a preference for memories that are good, bad, or just ridiculous.
Open: 7/19-22 – Around
[Ankh is convinced that stupid little fox is taunting him. Even he can't see where it's hiding most of the time, and for some reason whenever he catches sight of the thing, it's almost always about to go run over someone's foot.]
Oi!
[Too late.]
Cole: 7/23, around noon – Streets, near the zoo
[Ankh hadn't been looking forward to being stuck in a public place that morning, what with the fox liking to cause problems. He manages to spend most of time in the company of just birds, though, which works out well enough. The fox isn't as present today, anyway, seeming fainter every time he catches sight of it.
As he leaves the zoo to get lunch at one of the restaurants nearby, the fox fades out of existence in the corner of his vision – and in the same instant, all the things he had forgotten over the past few days come back to him. Immediately in that moment, this day ceases to be pleasant. He knew he'd lost some things, maybe important things, even, but it had been more than he thought and oh, yes, those were important memories and yesterday was a lie. The things that come crashing back to him now are every reason he had to be wary, every mistake he ever made.
It hits him all at once, and all of a sudden, it's like he can't even keep himself standing. He's by an alley and he staggers around the corner, eyes wide as he slumps against a wall. The only plus side of this is that there weren't many people nearby, and he can at least pretend that no one saw that.]
Hikari: 7/23, after the above - Somewhere in town
[Right now, Ankh doesn't want to deal with people, especially people who happen to have previously talked to him about wiping memories and thinking it's a good thing. When he leaves, he flies, rather than walks; there will be fewer people to bother him in the air. It's only when he finds somewhere that seems presently unpopulated that he lands, collapsing to his knees and trying to force himself to breathe normally.
Unfortunately for him, he's still not as alone as he hopes.]
Eiji: 7/23, after the above – Their apartment
[Ankh wasn't supposed to be done with work this early, and Eiji knows it, but he doesn't care; he's going home. Clearly something happened, because he doesn't even say anything as he comes in, looks at Eiji with a complete mess of not-quite-readable emotions on his face, then climbs up to his bed before falling face first onto it.
No, he is not interested in talking. Leave him alone.]
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It isn't until the man lunges for him that he really realizes he's done anything wrong, and he vanishes, only to appear just out of arms' reach.]
I only do it if it helps. They don't forget what happened, only that it hurt.
It's...a whisper, a worry, a flicker of fire and rage. It's too bright to hear, to loud to see. I won't look. I don't hurt people.
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Tch.
[He looks up, finding Cole again and glaring. He's tempted to really take a swing at him now, just out of frustration, but he doesn't because he'll just move again, and Ankh doesn't have all his balance. He won't connect. He'll just knock himself over.]
That- [The words are cryptic as usual, but this time they're understandable. They make almost too much sense, because it's what he was missing yesterday. Fire and rage and hurt and power and violence. And he was more peaceful without it, less distrustful. But that was a lie. There's a force behind his next words, different from the wild way he's been yelling this whole time. These words have weight.]
That's who I am.
[And as he says it, wings appear from his back with a dramatic explosion of red feathers, because Cole will have something to say to that, he's sure, and he doesn't want to hear it. So with a last glare, he takes off, leaving nothing but feathers in his wake.]