Game Side Thread: Fear

[paradetherain]

[Isamu was not one who was usually so afraid. He was a bit proud of the way he managed to handle himself in most situations.]

[This, however, was different. Being pulled into that warp, and seeing that sky, and walking around... he had sensed, somewhere deep inside, that something was very, very wrong with this. That woman he had met unnerved him, and swatting away the flies all the way up that building until he had gotten too frustrated to go on had worn on him...]

[But seeing that twisted version of Ichigaya, with the Obelisk lit up with a pillar of light... something in him had been shaken. For a long time he hadn't been able to move, until finally Kaichi had pushed him towards another warp, and he had stumbled back into Shinjuku.]

[He needed quiet. Hence why he was currently curled up in a corner of the park area of Protopia, attempting to calm himself.]

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[hewhodestroyed.livejournal.com]

[... Ryoji tended to usually dwell around here. After all, a lot of his people were here. He wasn't surprised to see Isamu again, though. He looked down at him. What do you say? What was wrong?

He doesn't totally understand this kind of sensation of--guilt, is it?--that he has, either.]

... Isamu-san?

[arisato-isamu.livejournal.com]

[He looked up at Ryoji, taking a deep breath.]

Hey...

[He tried to smile, but it ended up more forced than anything. At least he wasn't shaking anymore, but he still felt extremely uneasy.]

[donotneedpatra.livejournal.com]

[Sitting beside you is a go.]

What's wrong?

[arisato-isamu.livejournal.com]

Colme...

[He wraps his arms around the other, holding tight.]

Did you... have you ever stumbled into a warp in Shinjuku?

[donotneedpatra.livejournal.com]

... None recently, why's that?

[Okay now we're definitely concerned. Turning to face the other, he brings his own arms around Isamu, rubbing circles on his back.]

[arisato-isamu.livejournal.com]

[He takes a deep breath and tries to figure out how to say this clearly.]

I... ended up in a weird version of Shinjuku. Traesto stones didn't work, and my map had no idea where I was. The ground kept shaking, too. I found another warp and I thought it might take me back, but... it didn't.

It took me to another version of Ichigaya. It felt... wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong.

[Sort of... clings to Colme.]

[donotneedpatra.livejournal.com]

... [Just gonna hold him now because a) officially freaked out and b) definitely worried about what he's talking about. Trying to register it, he takes in a breath.]

... It's okay now.

[arisato-isamu.livejournal.com]

... I don't want to go back there. But... I think I have to, in order to figure out what's going on.

[donotneedpatra.livejournal.com]

... I'm coming with you.

[And since this probably doesn't sound good, it means yes- more nightmares.]

[arisato-isamu.livejournal.com]

... You have enough trouble sleeping.

[He knows he's already going to have enough trouble, himself.]

[donotneedpatra.livejournal.com]

That has nothing to do with this, I'll be fine.

[Just don't come running when we're screaming at night is all he really means.]

[arisato-isamu.livejournal.com]

... Okay.

[Still not letting go, though.]

Sorry. It's just... way too empty. The only living thing there was an Innocent, and it didn't seem to really respond or think anything was wrong.

[donotneedpatra.livejournal.com]

Well, we'll figure this out- works out that way most of the time.