dreampost: even more after dark edition (IV)

[wotanon]

[ sexy dreams for thirsty idol bastards

shit's going to be sexy in here.

please list what you're open or not open to somewhere in your toplevel pls and thank ]

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[constellationprize]

[ "miss." that answers one question.

the look on her face at his response is a bit odd - smile quirked and set stiff in her face as if pained somewhat (however briefly), a sense of understanding in her gaze ]

I just wanted to say your name...

Did you come here to pray?

[counterfaith]

. . . I have already said my prayers.

You should retire to your quarters—there are still a few hours before the sun rises, after all. I will keep this sanctuary safe, so please, be at ease.

[constellationprize]

Well, I'm not really worried about anything strange happening, but if it's okay, could I stay here with you...?

If you want to come with me instead, then that's fine too, but you want to keep protecting this place, don't you?

[ where would she even go? is she in tokyo-f? she isn't sure. she can recognize the building for what it is, but the layout and particulars remain more than a little beyond her. ]

[counterfaith]

—Stay here?

[ there's another pause, while he mulls that over ]

Is there a reason why you wish to stay?

[constellationprize]

[ no, the longer she thinks on it, she must be - it's odd to her to be forgotten, odder still that there's no sight of her phone anywhere, but any number of these could be attributed to any number of events, or else a game, or another dream they're sharing, she's sure, though it feels, still, altogether

odd, a shoe-on-the-wrong-foot feeling she struggles to ascribe any greater name to ]

... If I can, then I want to stay with you. I want to stay with you for as long as I can.

[counterfaith]

[ if he were any other person, he might ask—why him? that seems like the appropriate question to ask a stranger, but he doesn't question it.

instead, he takes a moment more, before he smiles. under the hood, it's hard to see his eyes. ]

Very well. I can only stay here for a little while longer—still, until then, I will stay by your side.

[constellationprize]

Thank you -

Can we sit? It should be okay to talk for a little while, shouldn't it...?

[counterfaith]

Please give me a moment.

[ picking up the black keys from the ashes, before he goes to the entrance to ? set up ? something?

some sort of barrier. ]

[constellationprize]

[ just patiently waiting, going between watching him and glancing around the church, curious ]

[counterfaith]

[ setting it up for the windows too, before going back to her ]

Then, what shall we talk about?

[constellationprize]

... Mm...

[ she could ask about the thing he killed, but the context has revealed enough. her hands toy with the fabric of her dress idle as she thinks, ]

It's a little hard... um, everything about this situation is a little strange, and I'm still really confused about what's happening - even though I want to stay with you, and I want to talk to you about lots of different things, I'm not really sure where we should start . . .

[counterfaith]

What is the first thing that comes to your mind?

[constellationprize]

Well, that - ...

First, I thought - ... if you're leaving after sunrise, I wondered if that had been a reanimated corpse, or a vampire... but even when it's something that's important for you to do, you don't like being violent, do you...?

So I didn't really want to talk to you about that...

[counterfaith]

. . . Rather than liking or disliking—such violence is too gruesome to speak of, is it not?

[constellationprize]

[ ah ]

. . . I think ... whenever we can, it's always better to try fixing things with words. But -

If you don't want to, then we don't have to talk about things like that, do we...? It's true that I want to stay with you, but it's because I want to keep you company too, you know...?

[counterfaith]

[ s m i l e ! ]

Then, why don't we talk about something you like?

[constellationprize]

. . . If it's okay, could I ask you something first...?

Do you know who I am...?

[counterfaith]

. . . My apologies, but this would be the first time I have visited this church.

[constellationprize]

... No, that's okay.

[ though there is some disappointment in her tone and expression that she can't quite quash entirely, the straightening of her back and withdrawal of her now clasped hands further into her lap additionally more telling than she'd probably like. ]

I was just wondering about the sorts of things I should say... I'm sure you know a few things about magic, so I'm sure you would believe me if I told you everything, but it's definitely a little strange, isn't it...?

[counterfaith]

Hm?

What is strange?

[constellationprize]

Meeting someone who seems like they might know you, even though you don't recognize them at all... Um - I'm sorry, if it's been frightening . . .

[counterfaith]

Not at all—it doesn't bother me one bit.

[constellationprize]

. . . You aren't worried?

[counterfaith]

Should I be?

[constellationprize]

Oh - no, I -

I love you, so I wouldn't do anything strange . . .