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action, sometime during day ██ palace shenanigans

[inklongdry]

[ Welp. Most of their team sure is busy dealing with the unconscious people. Nothing they can do for now except wait. ]

... I believe there is a selection of games in the common area. Would you like to go have a look?

I hate being idle in times like this.

[hearthwarming]

Ah... It's really difficult, isn't it? It took me a long time to get used to it when I started staying behind on quests to watch our little base of operations...

Anyway, that's a great idea, Arthur. Let's go!

[inklongdry]

[ Away they go! On a boardgame hunt! He turns to her as they walk. ]

"Base of operations"?

[hearthwarming]

Oh! For the Alchemighty. An old friend of mine has an adventuring guild, and I help him out with it...

day 78, afternoon, GIFT DROP OFF

[vecna]

I left something for you at your dorm. Keep an eye out for it.

[That something is a pretty pink present, small and square, with a tag that reads To: Ori, From: Henry on it.

Whenever she opens it, she will find a little succulent plant.]

day 79

[inklongdry]

[ Ori will find a small package in their team colors outside her bedroom door. There is a note attached that reads: ]

Ori,
Happy Starlight. Thank you again for everything.
- Arthur

[ Inside is a jar of hand cream! ]

day what one are we on again

[ambiography]

Oh- Oriphi, there you are.

[hello! wherever she's been hanging out today, she gets a little nod from Lucretia.]

I take it you've seen our newly-added space, by now?

good question

[hearthwarming]

Hello, Lucretia!

[ she is out and about the village, wandering with no particular destination in mind. ]

Are you referring to the conservatory within the clock tower?

[ambiography]

I am. If you hadn't-- well, it seems like the sort of place you should.

[hearthwarming]

Ah! I'll be honest, I haven't spared it more than a cursory glance...

[ there were a bunch of people in there and she was feeling Shy. ]

Are you busy? Perhaps we could go there together?

day 83 evening!!

[veardant]

[ so. they have some things to discuss, don't they?

tighnari shows up at ori's dormitory in the evening, bundled up warmly, with a small basket of food, and.. the loveliest padisarah he could grow, wrapped gently in some brown paper, tied with twine. it's not the prettiest gift, but it's difficult to find beautiful things, in this place.

anyway, knock knock. ]

[hearthwarming]

[ This, of course, is not the first time that tighnari has visited the Sphinx dorm. But is the first time since they shared in each other's intimacy, and thus things have changed...

It had been with some reluctance that Ori and Tighnari had decided to part late in the morning, but in the end, it had been for the best. If not, she wouldn't have been able to help Ingo... It's sometime after that perplexing conversation that Tighnari arrives. Ori had remained at the kitchen table in contemplation, with the coffee Ingo had made that she shouldn't be drinking this time of day, so she's able to answer the door in a short moment. ]

Tighnari!

[ Her gaze snaps to the basket, and then— a flower? ]

Oh...!

[veardant]

[ oh. he hadn't expected that it would be ori herself answering the door, but he's lucked out, it would seem.

smiling, he rubs the back of one ear. he's not terribly nervous, this is something he wants to talk about like adults, and he's a pragmatic creature by nature, but his face still feels a little warm, nevertheless. ]

I should have sent you a message first. Is this a bad time?

day 87

[hearthwarming]

( from here )

[ Ori wouldn't want to change either Tighnari or Aki for the world, even when it hurts to see them in pain. When that pain has been wrought by her own self. What happened wasn't her or any of their faults, but in the face of such harrowing events, it will be difficult not to think of how things could have gone differently...

But truly, she can't help but admire Tighnari's stubbornness in the face of such aggrieving circumstances as she leans on him; and at the same time, Aki's openness, the way that he holds onto her hand tells her that it's alright to feel. She can only hope that in the days to come, she'll be able to help them in turn.

But for now, as they finally arrive to Tighnari's room, she's simply... thankful that they found her. And that at last, the three of them find respite, a reprieve from the chaos and hurt that ensues around them in this prison.

As Aki sees to it that the door is closed and asks about supplies, Ori finds herself leaning against a wall, doing her best not to topple over, resisting the urge to draw one last time on her magic, and cursing the way that this place has dampened her magic. ]

[veardant]

[ it's not a long walk back to the dormitories, but it's a difficult one. they're all tired, all injured and aching both in body and soul, so the way is slow, but soon enough they've made it back to tighnari's cozy, comfortable room. books and green surround them, and tighnari takes a deep breath. there's no way to ever feel safe in reverie, but.. here, in this room, with these two is the safest he possibly can feel.

carefully, he leads ori toward the bed to help her sit. ]

In my cabinet, but we should get cleaned up a little, first.

[ he looks to ori, before he's carefully tugging at her blouse; if she's not comfortable stripping here in front of them both, he'll understand, but there's a deep, deep trust that runs between them here, and a quiet, gentle intimacy. to make it easier for her to decide, tighnari gingerly tugs his shirt off first, tossing the bloodied prison stripes to the floor.

ori will have seen all of this before, but beneath it tighnari is lean and fit, with two parallel scars visible on his ribs, as well as a long lichtenberg scar that climbs up his back, spreading in webs over his left shoulder and arm, as well as down his chest. newer, however, are the gouges across his stomach from the dragon, as well as a great deal of bruising, especially around his right shoulder, where it was dislocated. blood and grime cake his skin. he can't help but imagine they're not much better off. ]

There's a large basin in the bathroom that you could fill with warm water, if you like. And some hand towels.

[ he'll busy himself fetching supplies from the cabinet - gauze, wound cleanser, and ointments, as well as a suturing kit, just in case. ]

[unwinds]

[ Though Aki is tempted to forego Tighnari's instructions and go for the supplies in the closet anyway, he relents after a moment of hesitation before pulling off his jacket and beginning to unbutton his shirt. His gaze flickers over to Tighnari and Ori only for a moment; scars are commonplace in his line of work, though Tighnari's lichtenberg scar is a unique case. It must have a story to go with it, but this is not the time, nor the place.

He shrugs his shirt off his shoulders, revealing an impressive set of scars of his own - once again, it comes with the territory of begin a devil hunter. He has plenty of cuts and bruises from the glass he fell on, not to mention from his own beatdown from the dragon.

Why did he have to survive, when --

But there's no point in thinking like that right now. Sighing, Aki nods and heads to the bathroom to fill the basin with water and grab the towels as instructed. ]

day 94, night. u kno

[striketwice]

[ Hey Ori, how are you holding up after your run in with Henry?

Well, wherever she happens to be after licking her wounds (or like actually literally tending to them), she might find a familiar figure wandering somewhat aimlessly through the graveyard. ]

[hearthwarming]

[ If one were to assign a number to how she's holding up physically based on her constitution and experience, she's probably at a solid like... sixty or so. Maybe a little bloodied, after her shoulder's been dislocated multiple times, and after being tossed around by Henry.

She spots Alec wandering around the graveyard after having gone to check on Tighnari and Aki at the clinic. ]

Alec...!

[ She doesn't know what's happened to him yet, just that something has. Henry made that abundantly clear. ]

[striketwice]

[ The sound of his name causes him to pause, and he turns to look at her. He's not visibly injured, but there's something incredibly wrong about the way he regards her. No concern, no recognition. He doesn't even spare her the distain one would spare a stranger or an enemy. He looks... hollow. ]

Ori. [ Even his voice sounds so very empty. ] What do you want?

day 96, morning. hello again

[striketwice]

hey, i'm back to normal now
can we talk?

hi :)

[hearthwarming]

Where would you like to talk?

[striketwice]

diner?

day I DON'T KNOW... timelines are a lie

[vecna]

[Suddenly, a text!]

We need to talk.

[hearthwarming]

[ and here we have two grannies texting each other. ]

Hello to you too, Henry...

[vecna]

[Two olds, having an awkward text exchange.

Obviously, he did not even think about starting this off with a "hello". That feels needlessly hollow.]

I thought a "hi, how are you?" would be tone-deaf, all things considered.