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Who: Allen + You!
What: Holy clown boy coming to a Grove near you!
When: Beginning of March
Where: ??? Around
Warnings: None yet, will be in headers as the pop up.

I. I've tasted all your sin (Forest entrance)

[ There is, perhaps, not a single person who would say arriving in the Grove isn't jarring. Some woke up here from their own slumber back home, and that is perhaps the smoothest transition you can get, even even that has yet to be graceful. For Allen, one moment he's holding the hand of his friend, trying to wake him up from what he could only assume was a horrific coma, and then next he's... here. His hand clasps in on itself, and he's suddenly looking around in a panic. He knew that the place he'd ended up may very well kick him out of his consciousness. May lend just the right amount of strength for Nea to pull him out of the "driver's seat", so to speak, but... is that what's happening now? Now, when he was so close to saving his friend?

No.

No, no, no.

The panic sets in as he darts from out of the trees, attempting to look for something, anything that might help him figure out how to get back. It's once he gets into the Grove proper that his eye activates. He has his own questions about that - if he's not in control, where is that coming from? What would his eye see... in his own head? Before he can ponder it for too long, he at least gets one of his answers. What does his eye see? Well.

Death.

It's the first time Allen's seeing souls not attached to something else, but Allen doesn't have time to process that part. Rather, he is trying to remember how to breathe again, because as of now, seeing the horrible visions in front of him - death of his friends, of those he loves, of a fire that isn't really there - all has the air he's trying to get out caught in his throat. It's only once his eye deactivates, the sclera turning from black to white and the red of his eye back to a silvery gray, does he finally have some kind of reprieve from the overwhelm. It's not much. The panic has only gotten worse, after all.

He falls to his knees, gasping for air as if he'd been held underwater for too long. ]

II. You've lost your appetite (for sacrifice) (Timcanpy, the Inn)

[ Timcanpy is a little golden golem. He is here! He isn't sure why he's here, but he is! How exciting! He's gonna...! He's...!!!

...

Where is this!!!!!!!!!! He is going to float out of the inn room he Spawned(tm) in and??? chew on the first person he sees. Hello. ]

III. How can we terminate this parasite (Around the Grove)

[ Fortunately, although the panic attack hits Allen like a train, the fact that he's so fucking hungry does as well. Which means... this is definitely his body. He's not stuck in his head. That's?? Good. Probably. Well, it's not good that he doesn't know where he is, but it's good he's still Him. Does this make sense? No. It doesn't. Fuck, he's SO hungry-

He will very hastily try to find the first person he can and catch their attention with a friendly wave of his normal-looking hand, and in a thick, British accent: ] Cheers! Uh, I have a lot of questions, but... most important, do you know where a bloke might find some food? Preferably, a lot of it?

...

Oh, also, what is that? [ He's, uh, pointing at Moder. ]

IV. If you keep digging up the Host? (Wildcard)
HMU if you wanna do something else pls I have such a strong muse for my baby boy I'm gonna be SO annoying-

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[He doesn't want to say it, because it's just too embarrassing, but...he doesn't think Allen really realizes how true that is. Like, my Lord.

He sighs, letting the feeling of Allen resting against him be something he focuses on for now, grounding him.]

I see. Thank you, I apologize for these redundant questions. I am just...still trying to understand it all.

[ Can't believe Link is assigning seductive force to Allen Walker... how could this be.......... ]

You don't have to apologize!!! Goodness, I'm gonna start bloody pinching you if you keep that up. [ He squeezes his hand. ] I think... part of the fun of being in a relationship is... figuring stuff like this out together. I'm not experienced in any of this, either. I'm just kind of blindly feeling around to what feels right, and I'm managing it somehow. I'm excited to learn these things together with you, Li.

[No he's going to keep apologizing until he dies, sorry-]

Well...I can't think of anyone else I would rather learn it with than you.

[Ugh. UGH. Stop.]

Your patience is appreciated.

[ He's not Canadian or British! Stop apologizing! Allen will ??? kiss you, I guess, who knows- ]

The same goes for you! Don't worry, you're sure to see me clumsily get through a lot of this, too. Like that confession? Yikes. It was only slightly better than the one I gave Kanda, and that's only because I didn't headbutt and kick you.

[I mean...not a terrible punishment lbr.]

You...

[Boy...]

Why?

...I don't know if you noticed, Li, but I don't really deal with my emotions well. And neither does Kanda.

[ Which, like, is something he has to work on. He's aware. But it's hard when he doesn't even know where to start working on it. Just because he's aware he needs to regulate his emotions, doesn't mean he knows how to start learning how to do it. ]

We worked it out, though. Obviously.

You deal with them better than some people I know.

[Coughs-]

Then again, I think it would be weirder if you two got along from now on just because you're together.

Huh? We do get along, though???

[ Y'all fight every other day, what do you mean- ]

...you fight every day?

...But we make up pretty fast?? That's getting along!

I'm not here to judge, but it seems more like you two just gotten used to bickering and are able to patch things over quickly as a result. Usually.

[Ask him how he knows.]

...Uh? I... suppose. I never felt like we didn't get along in those cases? It... He isn't hostile when we bicker. It's not like when the two of you go at it.

[Urk-]

I think that's moreso because he doesn't like me.

...I don't think that's true. I think he doesn't like that you work for Central. I think he doesn't like that you're a CROW.

But his feelings about you, personally, probably aren't dislike. That's not what I've picked up on, anyway. You guys got on real well at the beach, too. So...

I suppose...but we were talking about cooking. That's different.

[It is not, you just can't admit you two were actually getting along for more than two seconds.]

[ Snorts. ] Talking about your interests with someone and them engaging you with is proper getting along, love.

Are you that opposed to admitting the two of you could find common ground?

I never said that...I was the one who proposed we form a truce, after all.

[Though...that was more for Allen's sake than their own.]

I just. I don't know. Talking to Kanda can be difficult...you know that better than I do.

Mmh. Talking to people in general can be difficult. You and I fought a lot before, too, right? [ Granted, that was mostly Allen's fault. He didn't like having someone survey him when he didn't think he did anything wrong. He took that frustration out on Link for a bit, at the start. It was definitely not the best beginnings.

But then, look at them now. It's the same for him and Kanda. So, really, anything is possible, right? ]

...But I get it. Kanda is rough around the edges. That's for a good reason, though, you know. I'm sure you've gathered his feelings on the Order aren't pleasant ones. Hence why Johnny and I were so shocked he agreed to being a General...

So, think about that, then. Hating something you've been a part of all your life. Would that not make you rough around the edges, too?

It would. The two of us certainly came up in completely opposite worlds.

[Though both essentially "raised" by the Order, Kanda was an experiment, whereas Link was a lapdog. It makes perfect sense why Kanda would be antagonistic towards him, and it's certainly not just the CROW thing.]

I'm sure his feelings run far deeper than I understand. I will just have to keep doing my best to meet him in the middle.

...Thanks, Li.

[ He stands here, holding out both of his hands. ]

Do you still want to wait to use the confessional, or... can we go get some lunch together?

[Link's expression softens, and after just a brief moment of hesitation, he'll reach out to take his hands and slowly get to his feet.]

I don't think Father Nicholas will be here for a while, so I'm fine with that.

[Don't ever let him hear you call him that.]

Haha, probably not! Though, if you're looking for a place to just be quiet with your thoughts, there's these, um... In that building by the general store? [ The therapy building- ] There's a room with these pods you can get in and just float and... it's kind of hard to not just nap in them, but they're real nice for clearing your head, if that's what you need.

Not that I was able to clear mine, but I did take a nap. [ Thanks, Allen.

Anyway, he's gently coaxing Link to come with him to head back to their home, then. Not before sneaking in a very quick peck against his cheek, though. ]

Really? Those sound good for medita-

[He’s kissed, and Lord if his face doesn’t glow the brightest red on the planet. This man is so emotionally constipated, someone help him.]

…tion…

Hehe! [ Sorry, Link. You chose this one. He is going to go so far as to link their arms together. No more than that, though. He feels like Link needs time to come out of the closet, and not be yanked out. He’s go his foot out the door already, so…

But Allen also can’t help but tease him. Just a little. ] Can you make schnitzel for lunch~?

Ah- of course. I didn't know you liked schnitzel.

[Buddy I don't think there's a food on planet EARTH that Allen doesn't like.

Anyway, his arm is being holded.]

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