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He chuckled slightly. "Normally that's the question I'm asking you...no, no, It's fine."

2015-09-25 07:07:26

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"Well when you're asking me, I'm somehow alive at that moment."

2015-09-25 07:10:33

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"....that's true. But still....." He quietly wrapped his arms around her from behind. "See? Not too cold." There's no such thing as too cold for me.

2015-09-25 07:13:50

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She giggled softly. "If you say so." She spoke before looking down at his arms. She stopped at his wrist. "...what happened there?"

2015-09-25 07:16:32

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Oh no. I grabbed the sleeves of my too-short shirt with my opposite hands and tried to tug them down over my wrists. "Nothing. They're just old, that's all."

2015-09-25 07:18:27

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"...let me see them." She reached out and gently took one of his wrists , carefully pushing up the sleeve.

2015-09-25 07:20:05

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Oh no. Oh no. "Please don't," I whispered. "I didn't want you to see." The ones on my wrist were old and webbed, but further up they were fresher, some only just scabbed over.

2015-09-25 07:21:09

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She stared at them for the longest time. The old ones. The new ones. Each little one. Without another word, she brought his wrist to her lips, leaving small kisses on each little scar.

2015-09-25 07:24:08

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....wh...wh-what is she--I don't-- The kisses each left a tingle where her lips touched. She kept doing it. I don't know if I blushed. What is she doing? She isn't angry, but what's this? The kisses left a tingle in my back when her lips touched. It doesn't hurt. But it does. I don't understand why she would do something like this. To me, of all people. Does this mean what she'd said the other time was true? That she really loves me? She really loves me?

2015-09-25 07:33:49

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Once she finished, she took his hand into hers, and gave it a gentle squeeze before resting her head on the back of his hand. "There's nothing about you to fear. I know it for a fact."

2015-09-25 07:38:30

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"But I'm.....I'm not right." In the head. In general. Ever. "How can you....." I felt tears welling up.

2015-09-25 07:42:45

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"I think the point has been made that I'm not as well." She answered. "But that doesn't matter to me. Yes, you're not alright, but that's not going to keep me away."

2015-09-25 07:47:41

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".......I............." Anndrea would try to prove me wrong. Terezi would watch silently. But Ivory simply.....accepted me. She didn't try and lie to me. Or to herself, for that matter. All the moping in the world couldn't drive her away. I hugged her tighter, curling her up against my chest, and arched my back to huddle over her....and......there was a snapping. A tearing.

2015-09-25 07:54:53

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She let go of his wrist to return the emrace. Tightly, she held him. She heard a soft tearing noise. For her, she already knew. The sound was so familiar to her, she didn't have to look up to know what it was.

2015-09-25 08:00:58

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I cried with joy. It was just as lightening and gleeful as the very first time I realized what I had on my back, and just like then, I now had two of the only things in the world that still brought me joy here in the room with me. And one of them wasn't bleeding from an open wound. It was untainted.

2015-09-25 08:04:24

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She softly smiled, and looked up at him. "See?" She whispered. "I knew you could do it."

2015-09-25 08:07:10

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They spread, and folded around us. Have they gotten bigger? I don't know. I tried to remember everything I'd done to get them to come out. I never wanted to put them away again, but if I wanted to leave, I had to. Just....not right now.

2015-09-25 08:13:37

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She went back to burying her head into his chest. He did it. He finally did it after all this time. She was proud of him. His soft wings folded around him, and it was wonderful. Everything about him. Was wonderful.

2015-09-25 08:17:56

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I'm wonderful? She's...proud of me? She shouldn't be. Not at all. But if she wants to be....I'm not going to stop her. She was proud of me. Had anyone ever been proud of me? Never. Not in this life, nor the other, not that I could recall. I have nothing to be proud of. But if she's proud of me for being happy....I can live with that.

2015-09-25 08:23:53

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When I fell asleep again, I was feeling better, but concerned for Terezi, and Ivory was curled up beside me. I woke up in Calistor once more, feeling actively more well. How odd, that my physical body's state doesn't affect my soul nearly as much as scars to my soul do my body. I stood up and stretched a bit. Would I see Ivory again? The concept was infinitely preferable to anything else. Too much of a good thing didn't exist in this case.

Alright! Cally time! Where are ya, doll? I straightened my tie and grinned. So what if I'd only just visited her? It was Cally. Too much of a good thing didn't exist in this case.

2015-09-26 07:56:06

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This time, Ivory fell asleep with Seculus, body entwined with Seculus's. If Tassek came in and saw? That was his problem. That and, then their problem with finding Tassek would be solved. When she fell asleep, she found herself in the foggy place of Serendipity. Would she meet Ren again? They were lovely company? Or Seculus. That probably was preferable right now, since Calypso might be here again. Oh well. One way to find out. She moved forward.

2015-09-26 08:01:13

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I began walking. In the distance, I could make out two shapes moving towards each other. Two? ....oh no. One was bright red, the other black....oh /no/. I hurried. I had to reach Ivory before /she/ did.

I spotted a black smudge and sauntered off towards it. Okay, so maybe not Cally, that's disappointing, and it showed on my face, but it does look like it might be another devil. Or...maybe not. What the everlovin' fuck? What's /she/ doing here??!! I'm not hallucinating, am I? Maybe this is just a regular dream.

2015-09-26 08:05:42

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She noticed two figures, and recognized them both. Well shit. She froze. Looked at Louhkie, then Seculus. Then made a bolt for Seculus. Fuck you Louhkie, you aren't touching him.

2015-09-26 08:16:38

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Wait, that isn't Calypso, what's he -- I stopped and stared for a moment before she sprinted at me. Louhkie just stood there, looking just about as confused as I felt. No, he wasn't coming near me. He knew not to.

2015-09-26 08:25:35

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Once she was close enough, she moved to a stop, and promptly wrapped her arms around Seculus. "He hasn't done anything stupid since I last spoke to him, has he?" She whispered into his ear.

2015-09-26 08:35:27