no longer you

[mermaidcursed]

Who: The resurrected and the escorts
What: You sure did die a week ago. Time to come home.
When: Forward dated to the end of the month
Where: The Garden
Warnings: death, mentions of mutilation, potential mentions of torture

Comments

[mermaidcursed]

( you BONK the nene? you bonk her on the head like a foosball? )

[eidxiety]

[Yes :) bonk bonk bonk bonk hiiiiii]

[mermaidcursed]

( she will cup him gently in her hands... hold gentle.... like hamburger...



and then kiss the little orb right on the head. mwah. )

[eidxiety]

[Wowe.......

Glowbug bonks against Nene's nose. It's kind of like a kiss if you think about it. Or a hug. Or any other physical friendly contact he could make if he had arms right now.]

[mermaidcursed]

( she appreciates it! )

Hehe. Let's get you back to your boys, kay?

[eidxiety]

[!!!!! Spins happily!!!!

(You cannot tell he is spinning, he's even on all sides, so he's just kind of. There, to the naked eye.)]

[mermaidcursed]

( she thiiiiiinks she sees motion? so she gently scoops him up and starts looking for ezell or wolfwood. )

[lupusxylem]

[They are here! Waiting for Nene to round up Ain and bring him back to them, more than anything...Wolfwood is probably standing there with his arms folded, all broody as usual, but when that familiar flash of turquoise out of the corner of his eye, he's suddenly paying attention.

He doesn't want to leave Ezell behind, but he also doesn't wait for him to start walking either. He just approaches, immediately, the moment he sees Nene walking over to them so they can meet her halfway.

...and. Yeah. It's just as Ain described he would be. Yet, even then, Wolfwood can't help but mutter under his breath:]

That's...Ain?

[ezellotry]

[ Don't worry, Wolfwood, Ezell is not just sitting around. No, no, he is also stumbling over himself to get to Nene and the little lightball. He also immediately throws his hands out so he can just hold the little guy for a second so maybe it'll keep him from crying because boy howdy does he want to. ]

[eidxiety]

[It's Ain!!! At a slight bit larger than glowbug normally is because he's been eating Clive.

He flits over to Ezell and lands in his palms, and then spins.

It does not look like he is spinning.]

[lupusxylem]

[Ezell reaches out to grab Ain pretty much immediately, so Wolfwood will keep his hands to himself for the moment, albeit feeling a little unsure as it is. He knows this is Ain, because Ain told him- warned him, even- that if he were to die, this is the form he'd take. But you have to remember this is the first time he's seen him like this, and he can't feel Ain's little Ainmotions like Ezell can. To him, Ezell is just cupping a nondescript ball of light, and Wolfwood feels a little awkward because of it.

He still has Ain's necklace and earrings in his pocket though, burning a hole there.

Wolfwood will take a small step closer after a moment, his expression difficult to discern. He starts to hold a hand out, tentatively, then pulls back like he's not sure what to do. He can't figure out this feeling he's grappling with suddenly, but his brain is screaming at him, like "what if he's just fucking like this forever now and it's all your fault because you weren't fast enough to save him you god damn piece of shit--"]

...hey. Can...you hear us?

[ezellotry]

Hello, my love. We missed you - I'm so glad you're back, I... [ He wants to hold Ain so tightly right now, but he can't... so he just holds little lightball Ain out to Wolfwood. Hi, sorry, he doesn't mean to hog the Ain or anything - he wasn't even there. What a garbage boyfriend. ]

[eidxiety]

[His Ainmotions right now are yay! hooray! yippee! in case you were wondering.

Glowbug flies out of Ezell's hand and spins Very Fast around his head a few times, then goes over to Wolfwood and does the same thing.

You can't catch him he is Very Fast.

...

He comes to a stop in front of both of them and bounces in the air. Hi, he can hear you! Yay, yippee!]

[lupusxylem]

[...yeah, this is Ain. He can tell just by the way he flits around all happy, which does kindof baffle Wolfwood a tiny bit since he just died. But maybe he feels differently while he's in this form, he doesn't know.

For what it's worth, he won't try to catch him, but he will try to finally reach out and sort of hold out the edge of one of his fingers to brush against him. Wolfwood opens his mouth to say something, then thinks better of it.

No, he doesn't need to delve into the should-haves and could-haves now. He can spend time showering Ain in regrets when they're not still stuck in the garden.]

...c'mon sweetheart. We need t'get you out of here.

cw drug ment

[ezellotry]

[ Ezell sits upright, wiping his eye with the back of his hand to clear some of the tears that have started to form against Ezell's better judgement. He's glad Ain's happy and back and safe with them, but Ezell still feels that weight inside of him and it's not going away.

Then again, he's spent most of this time being completely fucking high, so he hasn't given himself any time to, you know, grieve. That probably has something to do with it. ]

[eidxiety]

[He's not happy to have died, he's happy to see you! Goodness! He doesn't have tear ducts in this form, please wait for the breakdown when we're out of here.

("Ain are you dissociating?" he is dissociating.)

He spins around a few more times affirmatively, and then tries to find the nearest empty pocket to be carried out in. Wolfwood's is full of STUFF >:( so he squeezes out of that one and goes into Ezell's instead.]

[lupusxylem]

[Haha, imagine that. Grieving. Couldn't be Wolfwood. It's easier to just not have feelings, then you won't ever get hurt! Take that, atheists.

Wolfwood pulls his hands back to himself when Ain flies away and pushes them into his pants pockets instead. Sorry he's carrying YOUR shit (and also a ton of his own shit, he has a lot of shit).]

You go 'head. I'll watch your back.

[Ezell has Ain on his person, and Wolfwood knows this forest isn't about to let them just walk out lightly. He needs to keep his head on a swivel, just in case.]

[ezellotry]

[ Oh, hello, Ain. Ezell will very gently hover a hand around the pocket to "shield" it the best he can. ]

...Mmh, we should at least stick by Aurora. They've mentioned in the town halls before that if we don't hold onto one another, things can get bad for us.

[eidxiety]

[Correct! If y'all don't start holding hands Ain is going to Leave this pocket!!! Don't make him leave!

He wiggles ominously within the pocket. Wigglewigglewiggle. Y'all best hold hands while you leave.]

[lupusxylem]

[Wolfwood's expression remains hard to read and impassive for a moment, before he finally sighs, his shoulders sagging a little.

Mmmumble grumble...he'll catch up to Ezell, then, and hold out his hand.]

C'mon, then.

[ezellotry]

[ He's going to hold Wolfwood's hand and take him back to Aurora to hold onto her like... presumably everyone else is doing. They might not be able to conga line out of here, but hopefully everyone is holding onto bird mom?? ]

...Ain, you're likely to lose something when we leave. We probably won't know what it is until you're back as a person, but... whatever it is... I hope you know I love you so much, okay?

[eidxiety]

[Ain simply vibrates in Ezell's pocket like a very round cellphone, or an orb with battery power. This is meant to be a "yes" "I know" "I love you too" but it probably comes across more as anxious jittering.

...

Anyway, yeah, everyone's holding onto Aurora holding onto Nene holding onto each other etc etc. Out the Garden they will go, and unlike how Wolfwood probably remembers it — where a vine snaked out of nowhere and said "FUCK you dude" — that doesn't happen to Ain specifically.

Although, if Ezell is looking at his pocket at all, he'll probably notice Ain's light growing dimmer for a minute or so after they leave before it brightens back up when they're free.

Yipee! Hooray! Yay! He will fly out of the pocket when they're back in the Grove proper, then smoosh up into Ezell's cheek, then Wolfwood's. Kisses! Except it feels like a very cold orb getting too close and personal but it's fine.]

[lupusxylem]

[Yeah, uh...there's a reason Wolfwood is dead silent for the entire trip, because he is Fully Expecting shit to go pearshaped pretty much immediately. He is also prepared to throw himself in front of Ezell and Ain if needed to block whatever tries to come at them, but...it doesn't. Nothing ever comes.

He doesn't know how to feel about it. He doesn't like it, at all.

But they'll keep going until they somehow make it out of the Garden without a hitch, and despite everything, Wolfwood will lift a hand to gently cup it around Ain as he comes to "kiss" his cheek.]

First thing...we need'tget you to someone who can fix you. Squirt, or Angel.

[ezellotry]

[ Ezell is honestly not nearly as prepared for something to go wrong on the way back, but only because he thinks Aurora will keep that from happening, and also... he doesn't think that Suri has quite recovered from their attack yet. ]

...Is there anything that we can do? To help or... [ Do they just get to sit on the sidelines and feel useless? ]

[eidxiety]

[Girl do you think he can answer that question—

Hm. Ain's Elsword senses are telling him to go THAT WAY! Follow him and try to keep up through all the snow, he's very fast in this form.

...

Anyway yeah I'm not gonna make us drag Elzuki into this but as we talked about, obviously Ain has to sit on Mizuki who's sitting on Elsword for like, an hour. They can stand there awkwardly for a bit (Elsword will undoubtedly be like :D at them though) and then

with a VERY BRIGHT flash of light, suddenly!

There is an Ain, who pops into existence and slumps forward onto the floor.

...

And then he starts sneezing. Hold on—]