Pyre [cI7]

[21:44] <Ames> [There is a corpse in your arms- you're carrying it bridal style for lack of a better way to do it. You alight on Rigel's spire, face blank, and you're not sure where to go so you just end up on the usual floor.]
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04[21:46] <@Rigel> [You haven't quite made it back yet. But the room is cold and dark. Even though it's a grey land to start with, the view out the window is even darker than usual, and probably isn't helping with the mood.]
[21:48] <Ames> [Well isn't this just fitting? You stand awkwardly, almost uncomprehendingly, on the edge of the room.]
04[21:51] <@Rigel> [Theres some noise from up above after a minute or two that slowly makes it's way down to the room. Suprise, it's you. You look exhausted, and give nothing more than a nod to Ames and a "Hey" in greetings.]
[21:53] <Ames> ["Hi." Low-voiced, more a mumble than a word. You barely look at him; all you have eyes for is the body. How did it even happen?]
04[21:58] <@Rigel> [You sigh. "Alright, give it." You say softly, reaching out to take it.]
[22:00] <Ames> [The words take a moment to register in your mind, and then you pass it over. You blink a few times, focusing. "What are you gonna do with it?"]
04[22:02] <@Rigel> [Take it easily, carrying it the same way Ames did. "Cremate them. Normally it'd be in the Forge, but since..." You let that trail off. "Yeah, I'll send them off here." You're going to need some wood and a boat. Start heading downstairs.]
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[22:08] <Ames> ["Okay," you agree numbly, and follow him down the stairs. You're still not really all there, but you know enough that you're going have to help or watch or /something/.]
04[22:10] <@Rigel> ["They have any weapons or stuff like that on 'em?" You ask as you make your way to the base of the spire. Placing them down on a couch and covering them with a blanket before heading to the alchemiter.]
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[22:14] <Ames> ["Not anything that I could see." You can think a little more clearly now that the body is covered.]
04[22:18] <@Rigel> ["Alright." Wooden boat? Takes a few tries, but check. Kindling? Check. Fuel? Pff, you're Rigel. Captcha them all and pick up the body again. Head to the river, never done it this way before.]
[22:23] <Ames> [A Viking funeral, huh? You... guess that's a suitable way to go for a Flow player. You follow him out, feeling useless, but you kissed that corpse a few hours ago, so. Maybe you don't need to do much.]
[22:27] <Ames> [...or maybe you should do way more, because you just remembered Warren is the Coins player. Alright, you are beginning to feel suitably like shit.]
04[22:28] <@Rigel> [Lay the body and cloth to the side while you set up the boat. You're tired, they're dead, and you never really knew 'em. Not much you can say, not much you want to say. Kindling in the bottom soaked with a lot of fuel before carefully placing the body on top. "Anythin you want to add?" You ask once you're done.]
[22:30] <Ames> ["...well, he was good at escort quests," you mumble, because you don't know much more about him than that. He helped you ride the peach, and you're grateful.]
04[22:35] <@Rigel> ["...alright." You pull out one of your swords, which ignites as soon as it's out. "Want the honours?" You ask, offering it to Ames.]
[22:39] <Ames> ["I... no. No." You shake your head. Touching that sword is pretty far down on your priority list, and so is lighting someone else's corpse on fire. You don't know if you should thank him for offering, so you don't.]
04[22:41] <@Rigel> [You shrug, and plunge it in to the kindling below his feet. Sticking straight up out of the wooden boat. It takes you a second to push it out on to the water, and by the time you do, the entire boat is in flames. Slowly drifting down the river.]
[22:47] <Ames> [...ah. You watch the boat go, numb. No one ever died for real in your first session. You think you might have broken down if they had. Once it's gone some distance, you glance at Rigel.]
04[22:48] <@Rigel> [You watch it until the fog swallows up the boat and the light until it might as well never have happened. Standing shin deep in cold water that isn't wet.]
[22:55] <Ames> [You take a deep breath, letting your eyes wander to where the fog has taken the boat. Best not to think about what you're about to do. "I, uh. I'm sorry about before."]
04[22:57] <@Rigel> [You glance back at them. Then shrug. "It's alright." You say before sitting down at the edge of the bank, lost in your memories. "Ya figure things out?"]
[23:01] <Ames> ["Well... sort of," you nod and sit next to him, crossing your ankles. "I guess-- I just don't think we should be fighting anymore. I sort of overreacted, anyway, even if you... well. Whatever."]
04[23:03] <@Rigel> ["I ain't interested in fightin. But I ain't gonna change how I act either. If ya ain't comfortable with that, don't have me around. If ya are, thats great. But it's up to you."]
[23:09] <Ames> ["I..." and you give a noncommittal shrug. "It's just weird. You're weird. Not even the bad kind of weird, but you-- why would you even-?" Ah, back to your old articulate self, so you shake your head. "It doesn't matter anyway."]
04[23:10] <@Rigel> ["Sure it does. Cause I'd rather /not/ get smacked in the face again cause you're uncomfortable.]
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[23:15] <Ames> ["I won't do that again unless you're /really/ asking for it. But... uh." Summon your Sound jives. Maybe you just psybuffed yourself. No one will ever know. "You were flirting. To make me uncomfortable, I think, but still... flirting. And you kissed me, and... it's just weird, okay? Nobody does that to me."]
04[23:15] <@Rigel> ["Well I guess I better rename myself Nobody. Cause I did." You say with a slight smirk.]
[23:17] <Ames> [You cover your face. "Wow. I should never tell you anything."]
04[23:20] <@Rigel> ["Oh come on. What do you want me to say? That it was a mistake? That I didn't mean to? That I find you repulsive?" You say a little annoyed. "I ain't gonna again if ya don't want me to. But I ain't gonna say it wasn't intentional."]
[23:23] <Ames> [Oh no, you're blushing on a funeral site. You mumble helplessly for a second. "No. I dunno. Don't get snappy with me for being myself if I can't get snappy with you for being yourself." Oop maybe that psybuff is still in effect.]
04[23:25] <@Rigel> [That gets a small chuckle out of you. "Alright, fair enough." You say evenly. "Like I said, figure it out. I already know what I want."]
[23:28] <Ames> [You... instantly take that the dirtiest way possible. Goddammit. "Stupid attractive assholes," you say out loud-- wait why did you say that out loud what the fuck. You did not mean to say that out loud.]
04[23:29] <@Rigel> [You actually start laughing at that. "Hey, if I can get one compliment out of three adjectives, I'll take it. Even if it's the one that says the least about me."]
[23:33] <Ames> [You get flustered, but you are not allowed to hit the people who embarrass you anymore, so you kick your feet in the weird river and go quiet. "Uh-huh."]
04[23:36] <@Rigel> ["And I wasn't flirting to make you uncomfortable by the way. I was just flirting. It's who I am."
04[23:36] <@Rigel> ]
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Session Time: Fri Oct 03 00:00:01 2014
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[00:06] <Ames> [Oh. Well. At least it wasn't to slight you personally. That makes you feel better for some reason. Your feet stop kicking so vigorously. "...huh."]
04[00:07] <@Rigel> ["Like, dude, unless I'm goin Black for ya, it ain't my intention to make ya uncomfortable. Some people act like ya did and are enjoyin themselves. So I assume that if you're askin me around, ya ain't mindin it."]
[00:13] <Ames> [You... don't quite know what to say to that. Maybe because you don't know what 'goin Black' means. Is that a racial thing? Did he just...? Nah. Probably not. "I dunno. You're alright. I just thought you were... making fun of me."]
04[00:14] <@Rigel> ["Nah man. Just tryin to have fun. Ain't suppose to be at your expense."]
[00:16] <Ames> [You scratch absently at your jawline. "Oh. That's. Huh. Okay then."]
04[00:19] <@Rigel> ["Yeah." You stretch, then lay down on the bank and close your eyes, giving a soft groan.]
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[00:22] <Ames> [You pull up one of your knees and hug it. "Communication," you mutter, almost scolding yourself, and the Orchestra rewards you with a little timpani. You really like the timpani.]
04[00:22] <@Rigel> ["It's a bitch sometimes." You say from your spot on the bank.]
[00:24] <Ames> ["Yeah," you nod. "Talking probably gets the job done better than hitting, though." Gonna have to remember that.]
04[00:24] <@Rigel> ["Mmm."]
[00:28] <Ames> ["...in situations like this, anyway." You are not going to talk imps to death, whatever Sound tells you to do. That would be silly. You pause and look at Rigel where he lays.]
04[00:31] <@Rigel> [You look tired, and a little in pain to be honest. On a closer inspection, your clothes are slightly worn and are slightly stained with what is presumably underling, though the river has presumably washed some of it off.]
04[00:31] <@Rigel> [You also gave up one of your favourite swords in the boat. But thats not so easily figured out by looking at you.]
[00:34] <Ames> [Er. Wow. "Have you been... sleeping?"]
04[00:36] <@Rigel> ["Eh, what?" You open your eyes and look at them. "Not as much. Finally got to my denizen. Spending a week in front of him doing nothin ain't conduscive to the whole 'sleepin' thing. And once you're out, ya gotta find a safe spot, and yeah..." Rest your head back again.]
[00:39] <Ames> [You talk a little more lowly, feeling like Rigel should nap or something, jeez. "Maybe you should take it easy."]
04[00:40] <@Rigel> ["Been takin it easy for a week. I wanna sleep for a day, and then do somethin I actually /wanna/ do."]
[00:43] <Ames> ["That's... sort of what I meant. Don't do whatever's making you look like you haven't slept in a week. Come back to it after you stop your brain from being fried."]
04[00:44] <@Rigel> ["I ain't plannin on doin Borealis, trust me." You say with a chuckle.]
[00:49] <Ames> [You blink. You should probably feel embarrassed but this one is actually just too weird. "What. Why would you...? ...eugh."]
04[00:49] <@Rigel> ["Hence the 'not plannin on it'." You wave a hand dismissively.]
[00:51] <Ames> ["It was more of a 'why would you put that mental image' in my head," you deadpan. "I don't understand."]
04[00:52] <@Rigel> [You shrug. "I can put somethin else in there if ya want?"]
[00:53] <Ames> [Okay, never mind, you're embarrassed again. "Uh... no thank you?"]
04[00:54] <@Rigel> ["Aww. Please? I mean, I did catch ya lookin at me when I was changin for the dresses~."]
[00:55] <Ames> [There goes your composure. Hello blushing, your old friend! "Hrk."]
04[00:56] <@Rigel> ["And ya did say 'attractive' earlier~."]
[00:56] <Ames> ["Hrrrrk."]
04[00:58] <@Rigel> ["Oh come on. Is it really that hard to admit you're attacted to someone?" You say, curious.]
[00:59] <Ames> ["...yes?" Your voice squeaks and you resist the urge to curl up into a ball.]
04[01:02] <@Rigel> ["Why's that? I ain't bothered, clearly."]
[01:04] <Ames> ["Rrk. I dunno, it just is. It's... embarrassing," you say, and then as an afterthought, "also, the last time I admitted I had a crush on someone, their boyfriend beat the shit out of me."]
04[01:06] <@Rigel> ["Well, I ain't gotta a boyfriend. And if ya wanna try some things ya can, I'm literally open to just about anythin. Ain't gotta be embarrassing."]
[01:08] <Ames> [And yet for some reason that just makes it more embarrassing. You shrug and pull your other knee up, trying to hide the fact that your face is literally a tomato.]
04[01:11] <@Rigel> [You just don't get it. "Well, the offers there. Best way to get over somethin is to just do it."]
[01:15] <Ames> ["So they say," you mumble. "I'm just... not a touchy person, and I've never-- I mean, I haven't... urk. I'm bad at this sort of thing."]
04[01:16] <@Rigel> [Clearly. You, fortuately, don't say that out loud. "Have you tried?"]
[01:19] <Ames> [You resent that. "Well, no."]
04[01:20] <@Rigel> ["Do you want to? That way ya know for sure."]
[01:22] <Ames> ["Uhhhh." You look in the direction of where the dead coplayer vanished and things feel really surreal and juxtaposed all of a sudden. "...that's a weird question for a place like this."]
04[01:24] <@Rigel> [You look down the river. "I don't know. Sometimes, ya need somethin like it to be reminded that you're alive." You shrug. "But that might just be me."]
[01:29] <Ames> [Huh, you'd almost think Rigel has actual depth. ...that's not fair, and you know it's not fair, so you tell your brain to be quiet. Surprise, Rigel is a person. You snort at yourself and stand, trying to get over the tremors you're feeling.]
04[01:32] <@Rigel> [You'd almost be insulted if you knew what was going through their mind. Alas, you don't, and you get to your feet as well. Climbing up the bank.]
[01:37] <Ames> [Up the bank you go, and once you're at the top you stop. Turn around. Think about your life choices. ...you really don't want to think about your life choices.]
04[01:38] <@Rigel> [Thinking is for suckers. Doing, now theres where the real action is. Unfortunately, you're stuck thinking about the life choices other people aren't making instead of doing.]
04[01:38] <@Rigel> [Alas, it's a hard life.]
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[01:43] <Ames> [If you were aware of Rigel's inner monologue you'd probably agree with him. At least for today. Maybe you should just... not think. "I--" Nope too much thinking. All your air comes out of you a somewhat frustrated huff.]
04[01:45] <@Rigel> ["You alright there?"]
[01:47] <Ames> ["I'm fine." Your voice is tinged with annoyance. You are officially irritated with yourself. Congratulations!]
04[01:47] <@Rigel> ["Ya want a hug?"]
04[01:47] <@Rigel> ["Hugs are a great way to cure being 'fine'." You imitate their tone of voice for 'fine'.]
[01:48] <Ames> [Well isn't he just peachy. "I- uh- yeah, sure."]
04[01:51] <@Rigel> [Open your arms up. "Come on then."]
[01:52] <Ames> [You are still skeptical about this 'hugs are good' thing. Maybe it's because you're so shitty at it. Still, you hug that boy.]
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04[01:54] <@Rigel> [You wrap your arms around them and give them a tight hug. You're also very warm, and if Ames is touching any of your scars they'd notice they've got an unusal texture.]
[01:56] <Ames> [...oh. Well, at least he's warm. You relax a little, less raised shoulders and more noodle arms.]
04[01:57] <@Rigel> ["See, ain't so bad." Gently rub their back.]
[02:00] <Ames> ["I guess not." You inadvertently calm further at the back rubs, going a little limp.]
04[02:02] <@Rigel> [Considering you're already hugging them, isn't so bad to hold them up. "You guess not?" You can hear the raised eyebrow in the question.]
[02:03] <Ames> [You grumble a little. "Okay, it's nice. You win."]
04[02:05] <@Rigel> ["See, it's hard to really judge how good somethin is without tryin it." Keep gently rubbing their back.]
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[02:08] <Ames> [If you were a cat you'd probably start to purr. "Uh huh, fine," you agree absent-mindedly, sort of nuzzling, sort of nodding.]
04[02:13] <@Rigel> [Oh, you're getting nuzzling out of it now. Upgrade the rubbing to some light scratching, see if you get a reaction from that. "Live a little, try everythin atleast once."]
[02:18] <Ames> ["Mmm, no way," you say decisively, but your words are sort of being lost to the scratching. That is very nice-- oh god you feel like a pet and now you are blushing goddammit this was not supposed to be an embarrassing exercise.]
04[02:22] <@Rigel> ["Come on, what do you have to lose?" Scratch a little more firmly. If this was someone else you would've given them a kiss already, but you're showing great restraint right now.]
[02:25] <Ames> [...Oh, fuck all, that's too nice to be paralyzed by awkwardness. You nuzzle thoroughly. "No- just- mmm. Why would I ever want to do everything? There's... a lot of things on that list that are fucked up."]
04[02:27] <@Rigel> ["I don't mean everythin everythin, just ya know. You're definin yourself as someone who ain't wantin to be touched, but I got the evidence right here that says otherwise." Scratch scratch scratch.]
[02:31] <Ames> ["But I /don't/ usually. This is weird as hell on my end." Slightly less nuzzling, as that prohibits talking.]
04[02:32] <@Rigel> ["Ya said ya had never really tried it before. It ain't makin a lot of sense from my side a things."]
[02:34] <Ames> ["Rrk. Well..." you fumble awkwardly. "...I have no good way to disagree with that."]
04[02:35] <@Rigel> ["So, do ya wanna try it then?" You life their chin up with your hand so he's lookin at you. "If it ain't doin it for ya, we just move on, and it might as well never have happened."]
[02:37] <Ames> [You blush like an anime school girl. It takes all your willpower to not literally run away. "I... um, fine?"]
04[02:43] <@Rigel> [You smile, lean down and kiss them. Nothing too special. No tongue, no going overboard. But it's nice, and you've had plenty of practice.]
[02:46] <Ames> [There goes any train of thought you might have had. Weird lipsmooshing abounds. Nice weird lipsmooshing. It becomes extremely obvious that your own practice at kissing has been with corpses. ...ew.]
04[02:50] <@Rigel> [You don't seem bothered (cause you aren't). You let the kiss linger for a little before slowly pulling away. "So?" You ask. "What's the verdict?"]
[02:54] <Ames> [You blink very slowly. ...oh, you were supposed to say words. "Uhhhh." The shade of red on your face intensifies twofold. "Nice." Wow, voice cracks, you thought you were done with that. Go away.]
04[02:54] <@Rigel> ["Do you need another sample to be sure?" Ignore the voice cracking. (They're kinda adorable).]
[02:58] <Ames> [Oh god how old are you again. What is even your name again. You swallow, glance at your feet, and then look back to Rigel. If you were a flirt you'd be coy about this, but nope. You're just sort of starstruck. "Um, okay."]
04[03:02] <@Rigel> [Grin. Wrap your arms around them and pull them in for another kiss. A little more passion this time, one kiss after another.]
[03:06] <Ames> [Oops you have no idea what you're doing. Where do you put your hands? What is your mouth even supposed to be doing?  Your whole body goes warm but your brain panics like no tomorrow in some sort of weird nice/what the hell thrill.]
04[03:09] <@Rigel> [You figure they need time to breath, so you break the kissing after about half a minute. Lazily scratching up and down their spine. "Any clearer?" You ask with a grin.]
[03:11] <Ames> [After all of this, there is only one thing you can be unequivocally certain of. You fist Rigel's shirt with both hands and look him in the eye. "Nothing makes sense," you say in a crackly voice and with very wide eyes.]
04[03:12] <@Rigel> ["Considering my new name is apprently 'Nothing' I'm glad I do!" You say with a grin, and kiss them again before they can respond negatively to the pun.]
[03:15] <Ames> ["But y--mmrf." Welp. Rude. And you think you just bit him. Is that a thing you're allowed to do? Too bad, it already happened.]
04[03:16] <@Rigel> [You just laugh in the kiss. One of your hands slides down to their hip and pulls them in closer, doing a little bit of a dip for good measure.]
[03:19] <Ames> [Everything is dizzy and confusing and nice and nothing makes any sense. What the hell is this guy doing to you? Oh, no, you know. He is kissing you /silly/. A sort of shrill noise that might be a giggle escapes you.]
04[03:22] <@Rigel> [Oho? You grin again, and pull them up from the dip. "Things don't have t'make sense to enjoy 'em." Give them another quick kiss before they can respond.]
[03:26] <Ames> [Yeah, you're just gonna have to believe him right there because you can't even think anymore. There might be some smiling going on-- you, actually smiling for something that isn't punching someone in the face.]
04[03:28] <@Rigel> ["Come on. More comfortable spots than this hunk of junk land." Pick them up bridal style, assuming you don't meet too much resistance.]
[03:30] <Ames> ["Wh-whoa," you stutter, not sure if it's because you are being moved by someone or because your brain is trying to catch up with what the hell is going on here.]
04[03:33] <@Rigel> [You hold them close to your chess, and lean down to give another kiss. Taking the short walk back to the spire. You think you've still got that massive pile of blankets and pillows somewhere.]
04[03:34] <@Rigel> [You're checking your sylladex as you maneouver in to the house, and it's actually still in there. Makes it easy.]
[03:35] <Ames> [What. What is even. Is there something going on here. Are you being seduced. Shit. You don't know if you're ready to be seduced.]
04[03:36] <@Rigel> [TOO LATE!]
[03:36] <Ames> [SHIT!!!]
04[03:37] <@Rigel> [You plop the blankets and pillows in front of a big window and gently place Ames down in it. Flopping down beside them. "There, much better."]
[03:41] <Ames> [You give Rigel a very wide-eyed look.]
[03:41] <Ames> [ http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iyrvjz6ld1U/hqdefault.jpg ]
04[03:43] <@Rigel> [Sigh. "Come on." You reach over and pull them over so they're leaning over you. Get back to kissing them, hand running up and down their back.]
[03:46] <Ames> [Well. Okay, you can totally do this thing. You get back to your shitty kissing skills and steadfastly do not think about the fact that you kissed Warren's dead body a few hours ago. Put a hand or both hands on Rigel's shoulders. You're okay.]
04[03:52] <@Rigel> [If they're thinking about that, they clearly need to be distracted more. See if you can work in a little tongue in to the kisses, with one of your hands slowly working down their back to their ass. Ready to stop if they're acting too uncomfortable.]
[03:55] <Ames> [...oh. Well that's. Different. You do that thing where you're not sure if you should open your mouth or not and overcorrect and things get really sloppy really fast. You do not notice the hand creeping down until it is already there and then-- well. You are already so out of your element you don't know how to respond.]
[03:55] <Ames> [What is life?]
04[03:56] <@Rigel> [Life is hot makeouts. Clearly.]
04[04:06] <@Rigel> [The two of you keep going until you, reluctantly, ask if you can go to bed now.]
[04:08] <Ames> [Yup, you'll allow this. You flop back into pillows. There's this sinking feeling in your gut that you're going to regret this later, but fuck it. That time is not this time.]
[04:10] <Ames> ["...Sleep cuddles?" You force down the embarrassment because goddammit you just made out with this guy, okay.]
04[04:11] <@Rigel> [Smile. "Sure. Here? Or can I actually sleep in my bed?"]
[04:13] <Ames> ["Yeah, whatever you want."]
04[04:14] <@Rigel> ["Alright. Bed. Sick of sleeping on a sleeping bag." Pick them up again, and head to your actual bed. Where you almost pass out instantly once you're cuddling with them.]
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