19 [Video + Action] - Post-event

[niepokonany]

[Video]

[On screen, Feliks is all bounce and cheer, dressed up in his nice clothes for the first time in longer than he cares to admit, smiling so much he's literally sparkling.]

Gods, how weird was all that? Does anybody know what the whole deal was down there? 'Cause I don't know about the rest of you, but my team saw some pretty crazy stuff! [That's a bit of an understatement, and he is trawling for more information with this post, but he's not one to dwell too openly or too long on the big things.]

It kinda took a bit out of me and Jadwiga and the others, actually! So we're gonna be around the city for some R+R for a little while. We'll see how long it takes me to slip past my grandparents again after all the running off I've been doing. If anybody's up for, like, shopping or a drink or some serious gossip or something, hit me up.

[Action: The Forest Shrine]



[He might smile and flutter for the camera, but Feliks hasn't been his best self lately, and coming face to face with the godly embodiment of death itself...]

[Well, he's not quite sure what effect it's had on him.]

[On the one hand, maybe it was good. It's been a long time since he was so powerfully aware of his own will to live, of how much being a part of the world still means to him. He's been forced to think about the people of Union and worry about them again, and that's probably not a bad thing, in the end.]

[Part of him almost resents it, though. It's selfish of him, but he doesn't want other worries and other obligations tearing him away from trying to get back that one important thing he lost.]

[How is he supposed to live, and get the most out of life, without giving up hope that they're out there alive somewhere?]

[He's not quite sure why he came to the Forest Shrine, other than to try and find someplace quiet to be with his thoughts. A shrine seems like a good place to think about gods, anyway, right? And with his fire typing, the forest is generally pretty safe for him to walk around alone.]

[He lies down in the grass on his back, and looks up at the long branches and their new leaves, and thinking himself free from prying eyes and the need to put on a show of being perfectly fine, quickly loses himself in thought.]

[Alternative action: Around the city]



[Feliks is going to be spending a lot of time in the shopping district (and a little time at Teeter's) over the next few days, if you'd like your character to encounter him around town!]

Comments

Action, let's go with the feels option.

[rainsrespite]

[Feliks isn't the only person down at the Lake Shrine today. Yuuna comes here when she needs to relax, just...floating on Hyozan's back. Nevermind that the Avalugg seems to cool the lake just by being there. He likes that, apparently. But she's not quite to the water yet when she spots a certain someone laying down near Hyozan's favorite entry point.

Hopping down off the icy titan, she waves it on and lays down beside her friend, silent for the moment.]

Feels it is!

[niepokonany]

[Feliks looks a little alarmed when he notices someone is there, but settles down when he recognizes Yuuna.]

[Well... He could put on his usual act, but there's something a little comforting about the thought that he doesn't have to. Yuuna was there, after all. She probably felt it, too, even if she didn't see. And she knows what he's already been going through, and how reckless it's been making him.]

...Hey.

[rainsrespite]

[She felt a lot of things that day. Fear among them. She'd led her partner and her friends into a hole in the ground where a god of death waited. That...was a jarring, shaking experience for just about anyone.]

Hey.

[How do you even start a conversation like this?]

[niepokonany]

[Feliks lets the silence hang between them for a second or two, but he's not very good at staying quiet. It's only a moment before he pipes up again.]

...How's your girl?

[She'd been though that terrifying experience, too, after all. Seemed only right to ask.]

[rainsrespite]

[Yuuna smiles fondly, shaking her head.]

Merrill's fine. She bounces back from most things really quickly. She's...been all twittery and excited to get out exploring since we got back honestly.

[Merrill was enthusiasm incarnate, really.]

[niepokonany]

That's good.

[What else can he say? He goes quiet again, fiddling with the grass between his fingers, mindful not to let out any sparks as he does.]

[rainsrespite]

How about you, sweetie?

[Silence is never really ideal, especially not when someone needs to just...talk...]

How're you holding up?

[niepokonany]

I'm holding up?

[He thinks he can be forgiven for that being the best he can say, right now.]

That was... pretty intense, though.

[rainsrespite]

It was, wasn't it?

[She lets out a long, slow breath, tired just thinking about it.]

Must've been worse for you and Merrill though. Bela, Martin and I all know what it's like not having powers.

[niepokonany]

That was freaky, but like, not half as freaky as the Pokeballs.

[rainsrespite]

Don't...remind me.

[She strokes her Warp Band, still glad to have that.]

I'm the one that got sick about it, remember?

[niepokonany]

I mean, I don't blame you for that? It was super gross.

[Like, morally, but on a level that felt visceral. Obviously to her, too.]

[rainsrespite]

Mmmhmm, like...someone had done something horrible to my best friend.

[And that was the truth, someone had.]

Frankly, I don't mind the gods coming by to test us, but I mind them hurting my friends a lot.

[niepokonany]

I mean, they are the gods? They can kind of do what they want.

...But Jadwiga's still a little shaken up.

[rainsrespite]

That doesn't make it right.

[None of hers are pleased either, but the one that's bothered the most is now happily floating in the lake, feet kicking, his head barely poking out. Definitely just an ordinary iceberg, yep.]

Humans were the ones that messed up, 500 years ago. Not our friends.

[niepokonany]

[Feliks shrugs his shoulders a bit, not sure he's really comfortable with the concept of gods not being right, even now.]

I guess.

[rainsrespite]

[A sigh.]

How's the family?

[niepokonany]

Still pissed off that I'm not married, not having kids, and never home? I think they'd probably disown me if they had any other heirs, sometimes.

[rainsrespite]

So same old same old? [Glad she's not a noble reason #1000001]

They didn't say anything about well...what happened?

[niepokonany]

...About what happened under the city? I haven't talked to them since then.

[He avoids home even when he's in the city, because it just turns into arguments about how he's neglecting his responsibility to the city to run off after the shadow of a boy he shouldn't have been dragging his reputation through the mud with to begin with. His patience is a limited thing in the best of circumstances, and he has none of it left for that.]

[rainsrespite]

You'd think they'd contact you about it. They...had to know you went down there...

[She'd definitely had dinner with her daddy. Ryo had been more than happy to listen, and he and her sisters and brothers had marveled at the tale, but...never pushing. They were smiths, and she was doing something else. That was just that.

The life of an artisan...]

[niepokonany]

They did, I just didn't answer.

[rainsrespite]

No chance they'll change their tune?

[niepokonany]

About needing me to come home? Probably not.

[That's really the crux of the issue. They want him home, and he can't give up. Even though now he's torn about it, wanting to protect home, too.]

[rainsrespite]

Then when are you leaving?