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𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐲
( 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 )
→ Refer to the list above for active muses. Others on my muselist are available as well, but I cannot promise that they (or the other ones listed above) will be sustainable.
→ Put who you would like in the subject line & leave a starter! Feel free to come up with a scenario, or not. We can wing it, too.
→ Can be informal/formal/texting/cross-canon, whatever! Picture prompts (shipping and gen) can also be left and I'll whip up something from that.
→ AUs are super cool. However, I am not fond of modern AUs (coffee shop/high school/university, etc.)
→ Brackets preferred.
→ I love shippy stuff, but please check shipping prefs for characters if you'd like to go that route!
→ Some meme prompts listed below. (click to expand!)
RANDOM SCENARIO MEME
1. Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
2. Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
3. Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
4. Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
5. Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
6. Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
7. Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
8. Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
9. Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
10. No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
11. Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
12. Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
13. Fight for honour → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
14. Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
15. War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
16. Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
17. Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
18. Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
19. Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
20. Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.
ANGST.
1. Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
2. Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
3. Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
4. Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
5. Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
6. Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
7. Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
8. Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
9. Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
10. Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
11. Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
12. Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
13. Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
14. Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
15. Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
16. Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
17. Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
18. Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
19. Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
20. Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.
FLUFF.
1. Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
2. Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
3. Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
4. Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
5. Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
6. Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
7. Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
8. Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
9. Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
10. Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
11. Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
12. Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
13. Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
14. In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
15. Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
16. Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
17. Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
18. Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
19. Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
20. Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?
GEN.
1. Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
2. Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
3. Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
4. Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
5. Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
6. Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
7. Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
8. Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
9. Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
10. What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
11. I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
12. Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
13. My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
14. Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
15. Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
16. Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
17. Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
18. Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
19. Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
20. Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.
SOULMATE MEME
1. tats, your character has a tattoo of the first words the love of their life will say to them
2. familiars, your character has an animal tattoo representing their soul mate on them
3. glow, the first time your character sees their soul mate, their chests glow!
4. world in color, life is literally black and white, until you see your soul mate for the first time
5. choose your own
SITUATION
1. first meeting, you've never met this person before.
2. childhood mates, you've always known this person -- but on one particular birthday, everything changes.
3. together, you've been in a relationship for awhile now! happily wed or not, you decide.
4. not together, you've known you're soul mates for a long time, and yet have avoided a relationship.
5. choose your own
CAUGHT IN THE RAIN
001 PLAYGROUND - Well, you can try to hide under the slide or maybe in the jungle gym... at least you're some place fun?
002 PARK - Always happens, caught outside trying to take advantage of the weather... and it ends up pulling a fast one on you.
003 STORE FRONT - Better hope they have an awning you can take advantage of
004 THE BEACH - Not exactly the best place to be during a rainstorm, however it is possible to get caught in a sudden storm
005 WILD CARD - Anyway you want it
ii HOW:
001 TREE - Not the best cover, but it'll have to do, stay close to the roots and you won't get too wet.
002 UMBRELLA - Most conventional... Kinda boring. But it works.
003 NEWSPAPER - Not permanent, but it'll have to do. Good luck
004 BAG - Well... y'gotta do what you gotta do.
005 NONE - You know what. You're a rebel. You don't need cover. Screw convention
006 WILD CARD - that's the way you need it
iii WHY:
001 REJECTED - Welp. Rejection sucks. And no one will see you crying in the rain.
002 WAITING - For the bus? For someone else? For some revelation? What are you waiting for.
003 MELANCHOLY - Sometimes the best place to feel a bit down is out in the rain.
004 HAPPINESS - Is everything going your way? Are you singing a refrain while walking down the lane? Just singin. Singin' in the rain.
005 ANGER - WELL YOU KNOW WHAT. SCREW YOU TOO RAIN.
006 WILD CARD - Anyway you want it.
INSOMNIA
01 • FEAR. Maybe you're hearing strange, indeterminable noises; maybe there's a severe storm happening outside; maybe you watched a scary movie before bed? Whatever the reason, you're terrified and it's keeping you awake. You just want to wake someone else up so they can protect you from the monster in your closet.
02 • HUNGER. Your stomach is growling and it just won't stop. Or perhaps your throat is so dry you could cough up a tumbleweed? Well, you've gone to the kitchen to remedy this and hey, that was a pan that just dropped on the floor. It was loud enough to wake the dead! Oops.
03 • PAIN. Your body is completely worn out, be it from exercise, battle, sickness, or what have you. Either way you're in enough pain to keep you from sleeping, so maybe someone else has a home remedy or something, or can at least help you take your mind off of it.
04 • SOLITUDE. For some reason, your bed just feels so empty at the moment. You're feeling terribly lonely and really just want someone to keep you company for a while. Maybe it'd be easier to fall asleep if you're with them...
05 • DISCOMFORT. Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort.
06 • PENSIVE. Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help?
07 • SADNESS. Something terrible has happened that day, perhaps; or you could just be severely depressed. Either way you're trying your hardest not to cry yourself to sleep, and it's not working at all. Better find a way to get it out of your system somehow; you need a shoulder to cry on.
08 • ANGER. You are just... fuming. Who knows why - that annoying dog is barking again, or maybe the people next door are getting busy and keeping you awake. Whatever the reason for your ire is, you'd better put an end to it so you can get some damn rest already! Go wake up a friend so you can complain to them.
09 • RESTLESS. You're far too energetic to sleep right now. Maybe you're just trying to do so out of necessity - you have to be up early tomorrow! But you just don't think you'll be able to fall asleep for a while now, so why waste the time trying to sleep when you could be doing something else? Namely bothering someone else - you're totally jealous because they're getting more sleep than you.
10 • WILDCARD. Choose one of the options above, or make up your own scenario.
CITY AT NIGHT
1) WORKING.
You're still caught up at the office or wherever it is you're holed up. It's getting late, but there's work to be done.
2) RELAXING.
You're warm and comfortable someplace indoors, whether it's in a cozy nook of a café or maybe just in your own apartment. There's no other place you really need to be, is there?
3) MEET-UP/DATE.
Is there someone you're seeing for dinner? A date? Maybe you're going bar-hopping together with some friends, or your attendance is expected at some special event. Alternatively, there's someone you're meeting with to make a deal of some kind, whether it's perfectly legitimate or something that might invite trouble with local enforcement.
4) OUT FOR A WALK.
Sometimes, it's nice to get out for some fresh air—or, well, as fresh as it gets with all the air pollution around you. The park's not too far away; it might be nice and quiet at this hour, if you don't run into any...
5) TROUBLE.
It's getting late and it's dark outside, but someone has been tailing you for a while. Walking faster only makes them speed up; they're doggedly persistent. What to do now? Is there a busy street you can turn on to for help? Or maybe it's time to confront your pursuer... On the flip side, you're the one tracking someone. For what reason? Well, only you would know, right?
6) OTHER.
Anything else you can think of!
— setting prompts
A) STREETS/ALLEYS.
Are you visiting a busy district teeming with people? Or are you out on a quieter street? It can be dark out there, especially if you turn onto a smaller one without many streetlamps. Watch your step. Some of the alleyways might make good shortcuts if you're trying to get somewhere fast, but there's also trouble to be found sometimes. Don't get cornered anywhere, and especially don't get too curious if you see something suspicious in one of the dumpsters...
B) IN TRANSIT.
You're between locations right now, just trying to get on with your evening. You have some options, like public transportation: the bus, the train, the subway. Alternatively, you're a fancier kind of person: you've got your own car that you're driving, or better yet, you have a chauffeur and a private car. Or, you know, you're just taking a taxi or using a ride-share app. There are also transitional spaces like parking lots or garages.
C) DINING.
Some cities are melting pots of different cultures; you're bound to find countless spots at which to eat. There are small cafés if you want a quick bite, or fancier restaurants where you can wine and dine. You could support a small family business by dropping by at a local hole in the wall—sometimes the most authentic spots with the best food are nondescript locations. Or if you're really trying to impress, go for some famous Michelin three-star.
D) NIGHT LIFE.
Bars, clubs, lounges—all of it's fair game. Remember to drink responsibly—or don't, if you're looking to really forget about your troubles for a while. Just know that you'll only have yourself to blame for that raging hangover in the morning.
E) CORPORATE BUILDING.
In a larger city, major corporations might be headquartered in the glittering skyscrapers that line the most expensive districts. There are all kinds of businesses—banks, law firms, finance companies, tech groups, to state just a few. Some places might keep their lights on pretty late at night for the white-collar workers burning the midnight oil; others, perhaps not. Do you fit somewhere in this equation? Or if you're here for something more exciting, there's always corporate espionage...
F) SHOPS.
A lot of shops could be closed by now, but maybe it's that final hour before that mall or outlet you wanted to visit locks their doors for the evening. Time for some last-second shopping! Snatch up that deal before it's gone, or be sure to buy a gift for your date before it's too late!
G) HOME.
You're at home, wherever that is—an apartment, a condo, a house somewhere, or maybe something more extravagant. Real estate can get expensive in the city, especially in popular locations. Do you have a tiny apartment that covers all your basic needs? Or something much nicer, like the type of penthouse people usually only see in movies, complete with floor-to-ceiling windows?
H) CITY SQUARE.
Some city squares are hubs of activity, filled with street performers, pop-up stores, or food stalls. There's a lot you could do, especially when it's nighttime and the little lights strung around the place look so pretty.
I) ABANDONED SPACE.
Every city has its fair share of abandoned warehouses or other buildings that are slated for demolition. Sometimes they attract certain types of crowds that would make your average person think twice before confronting. A lot of places are off-limits, but every so often, the no-trespassing sign is more of a suggestion than a real threat, right?
J) OTHER.
Anything else you can think of!
FAKE DATING
home for the holidays ⇢ You need to prove to your parents that you do so have a significant other. Just until they're gone.
no singles need apply ⇢ The place is perfect, but the landlady will only rent it to a nice, respectable couple.
it's not safe for a woman alone ⇢ One of you is vulnerable in this big, bad world without a partner to protect you.
public relations ⇢ There's only one way to stop these pesky rumors: start your own.
undercover mission ⇢ They'll never suspect a couple of lovey-dovey honeymooners of... whatever it is you're actually up to.
marriage of convenience ⇢ It's good for both your families. Or your finances. Or your hetero street cred. Whatever: might as well make the best of it.
well that escalated quickly ⇢ It's common knowledge that you're together, except you're the last to know. Is it worth correcting people?
OTHER MEME IDEAS
→ Picture prompts
→ Body heat
→ Seasonal prompts
→ Mistletoe/Pocky meme
→ Gen/Midnight/Shipping texts
→ Nursed back to health
→ Trapped in an elevator
→ Bodyguard/Protector shipping
→ Intimate bathing
→ IDK JUST COME AT ME
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Maybe she'll have to find him a change of clothes too, she thinks, as she lets her sharpened gaze linger on him a moment before she's lifting the barrel of her gun to the lock of the door.
No time to waste. She pulls back the trigger and the gun fires. She's made sure to equip it with a suppressor—she isn't so stupid to run around Midgar like this without one—so while it does crack with noise, it isn't loud enough that it will draw the attention of anyone up on the walls. Even if it did, some Shinra infantryman isn't going to make it down here in time to catch them and take them out.
Lightning can barely stifle the scoff she gives the lock as it snaps off easily.]
So much for tighter security around here.
[She lets it clatter to the ground before pulling the door open. Immediately, they'll both get a whiff of the back alleys of Wall Market—it's a terrible mixture of food and garbage that's been sitting for far too long. Small rats scurry out past their feet, and Lightning pays them no mind as she leads him in through the door. It's just as she said: a back street that no one in their right mind would dare venture through. It's dark, the only source of light a dying one that flickers at the other end of the alley that's littered with trash. It's not the prettiest sight to see, but the darkness provides them some cover.
Pausing, Lightning regards Cloud for a moment.]
... Here.
[She unclasps her cloak and holds it out to him.]
Hide that blood on your face.
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The dizzying realization of how far they've walked, how far they've distanced themselves from the bullet shells and bloody puddles back on the hill, overlooking the city, seems to take its toll. Dazed, he can only stare at the woman with bright eyes as she pauses to look at him; he feels like a child, and immediately, his gaze hardens, narrows and peers at her like he'll bring himself the energy to fight if necessary. It's strange, how his emotions swing so violently--anger and rage swish with sadness and agony, and he can't seem to get a hold on any one particular emotion long enough to understand it.
He takes the cloak with hands that shake for a moment, before he steadies them. ]
Right. [ He lifts it up, almost like he's going to try to wipe it entirely free--and then stops himself. It seems rude to smear his blood, or--whoever's blood onto the fabric, and he simply draws the cloak up around his shoulders, hiding the buster sword and his face by ducking his chin down against it, brushing his cheek to it just slightly to smear what's there into something less recognizable as blood. ] We're not going far?
[ Swallowing, he comes in at her shoulder. It makes more sense for them to be walking side by side, after all, and suspiciously, he flicks his gaze over to her. ]
If it's here, then we might have to pretend a little.
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Neither of them has any time to dawdle, or to think too much. Any moment, someone could come whirling around the corner and it could be a fellow SOLDIER, a Shinra infantryman, or a drunk, all of which would be a dangerous risk to their identities if discovered, all for very different reasons. The thought, however, is cut short when Lightning feels his shoulder bump hers, and she immediately stiffens at the contact, looking aside at him as if he'd just asked her something much more personal than how far they're going.]
No.
[It's offered sharply, and her feet shift under her, as if she means to put some distance between the two of them, but the alley is too narrow for her to move anywhere else but forward. So, she pushes on.]
There's a small inn down this way. We'll stay there until morning.
[Morning, because Wall Market is always at its peak at night.]
Soon as the sun comes up, be ready to make a break for it during shift change. Got a small window before we're at risk of being caught again. Doubt those men'll know the difference, but better to be safe.
[Her nose wrinkles at the smell of the old trash that she's forced to step over.]
The less fighting we gotta do, the better.
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She doesn't like to be touched. He doesn't like it much either, but in the alley, it's hard to avoid. He takes in a sharp breath, listening to her explanation, and as much as he wants to be a jerk about it, he finds that there's fewer holes there than he would have liked. It makes sense. His tongue longs to loft up his own ideas, but something inside of him, pained and tired, seems to think that for now, following her lead without question will at least get him somewhere he can wash all the shame and blood off of himself, wring out his dirty uniform and look for something else to wear if possible.
So he tucks his chin down. ] Got it. Understood.
[ There's discontent in his voice--that much he can't seem to hold back, but he follows after her. The sounds and the smells are becoming a blur, anyway, and the exhaustion on his shoulders is starting to feel heavier with every step that they take; he hopes that he can pass himself off like just another faceless person in the crowd, like he's no one special, nothing important. The harder that his feet drag, he starts to convince himself of the same things.
By the time they make it to the inn--or at least, what he expects to be the inn--he's gone completely silent. Slowly, clouded blue eyes look up at the sign, reading it without acknowledging it; instead, he turns his head to look at his companion, waiting for a sign from her. Unless she passes through the doors, he won't go ahead of her: obedience, he finds, comes easier when he's too tired to fight against it. ]
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So onward they go in complete silence, letting the annoying, headache-inducing combinations of music fill the void. It's loud, and even over the thump of the bass, she can hear the people cheering and clapping on the streets as those who are too drunk to take it inside a club make a dancefloor out of the streets. Something she never really understood.
When they arrive at the inn, she wastes no time in taking the lead inside. She stomps up the front steps and swings the door open, expecting that Cloud will follow, and the man at the front desk is fast asleep with his hat pulled down over his head.
...
Lightning taps her finger on the desk. No answer.
...
She clears her throat. Still no answer.
.....
She then slams her hand as hard as she can on the bell and frightens the innkeep from his sleep. He fumbles around, blinking blearily, and straightens the hat on his head.]
For two.
[It's all she gives him while she watches with some disdain wrinkling her nose. He nods, and hands her a key and points down the hall to one of the five rooms that this sad excuse for an inn has, and with a motion of her head to Cloud, she leads him down to the one at the very end of the hall. It's only once they're safe behind the door that she even regards him at all, looking him over at first.]
You can take the shower. I'll wait until morning.
[Yep. He definitely needs it more than she does.]
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As it is, he's following after her in continued silence, sparing one wary last glance at the man, who seems more interested in collecting his bearings than paying any mind to how sorry they both look, drenched in rain and mud. By the time he's behind the door, the lock set into place, he almost feels like he might just fall onto his knees, collapse into the sorry-looking armchair in the corner of the room and give up.
Still. She mentions the shower--and he knows he needs it. Gingerly, he hands her back the cloak, not even waiting to see if it connects with her fingers before he's trudging to the bathroom. To his chagrin, at least, he leaves the sword and his dusty boots outside the door: once inside, the door quietly shut, he gives into the exhaustion, hands clamoring for the sink counter so that he can hang his head between his shoulders and take in a long, shuddering breath. It just doesn't feel right to be here. He's long since dismissed, now, that he must know this woman, and he doesn't feel like his life is in danger, but: where is he going, now? What is he supposed to do?
Shower. He's supposed to wash up. Focusing on only that as the next task in a long line of tasks that will lead him to sleep, he peels himself out of his uniform, folding it up into a neat pile and stepping into the shower. Lukewarm water washes away the mud and the grime and the blood; for a long time, he stands there, watching it spiral out into the drain, and he only realizes that the water has gone cold by the slight, frigid rise of goosebumps on his arms. A towel around his waist, and one scrubbed through his hair, he avoids looking in the mirror: he'd gotten a glimpse of it, that horrible scar spiraled out from the center of his chest, but his fragile mentality can't quite handle pondering it or touching over it more than necessary.
The door creaks open a little. He stands just behind it. ]
...Is there anything out there I can wear? [ It sounds tired, but not whining, not even petulant. ] A robe. A shirt. If you can...hand it to me.
so sorry for the wait 😭 was having some trouble with light's voice
She's in the middle of running her cloak under the small "kitchen" sink (really, it's a sorry excuse for one) when she hears his voice calling meekly from behind the bathroom door.
...?
Right. Something to wear. That's why she'd been fretting about the cloak, wasn't it? She didn't think to pack clothes—she wasn't sure she would even need to—and she's more than sure that Cloud's got nothing else but his sword and that uniform on his back. This is going to be a predicament... one that will have to be worried over in the morning.
For now, she finds a white bath robe folded on one of the wooden chairs and gives it a toss, expecting that he'll catch it.]
Here.
[He'll hear her sigh as well, the sound sharp and as tired as he feels, and she runs her fingers through her damp hair.]
Gonna need to figure out what to do about that. [Her footsteps move closer to the bathroom, but she stops in the middle of the space to think, keeping very aware of where her eyes are and that they are averted from his direction.] Wouldn't happen to have anything else on you, huh?
[...
....
Gods save them, do she have to take him shopping?]
no worries! ♥ and as you know we can drop threads any time you need if it's too hard/not fun!
By the time he's gotten it wrapped around his frame, secured with a tight knot of the belt around his middle, he emerges from the bathroom awkwardly: his gaze goes immediately towards the beds, but he at least wills his eyes up to watch her, instead. She's right: they're not going to be able to get all that blood out of his uniform right away, anyway, and he'll likely have to let it dry for awhile.
With another sigh: ] Just the...sword.
[ Very unhelpful. ] And my uniform. That's it.
[ There might be gil in his pockets; he isn't quite sure. He'd only been eager to get them off of himself. ]
...Which bed? [ One arm lifts to point at the both of them--he seems less concerned with the fact that he could very well be naked for days, and more concerned with the imminent need for sleep. ]
clings to you!!! 💕
Whichever.
[Offered in the most dismissive voice she can muster. An unhelpful answer just like his, but she doesn't think she owes him much more than that, nor does she think he needs anything more from her. A bed is a bed, and they'll only be here for the night anyway, so she's not going to let herself get too invested in it. Though, as she slides past him into the bathroom, there's a sharp pang of something in her chest.
Guilt, perhaps? More pity?
It's certainly not an emotion she's used to feeling very often, and she's feeling it plenty tonight.
Enough that it makes her turn around to him before he can move too far, that hardness that she'd been carrying in her eyes and in her posture fading, coming down like a wall of thorns that's being burned away. Though she doesn't quite meet his gaze, it's clear that she has more to say.]
Take the extra blanket from my bed. Gets cold down here at night, and I'm not gonna need it.