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[rootless]

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[rootless]

[Rolls his eyes.]

Someone bit you. I'm going to tell them off, nothing more.

[liberare]

[ well you could but there's a dead body in there

like a really gross black thing with tentacles and shit

keeping his hold on him firm ]

It is unnecessary.

[rootless]

[... Catching a glimpse.]

Oh. Guess I missed my window of opportunity.

[liberare]

[ ... ]

Let's continue.

[ reasserting his grip on him, firm, and pulling him away... ]

[rootless]

[Goes easily...]

good job me

[liberare]

[ so the rest of the village is mostly... young people. and like how it was in the castle, they're all super stoked to see him and there's a whole lot of attention and "who's your new friend" and all that. it's not a big place, but there is a whole lot of farmland and trees and even a few roaming livestock. ]

eh I've done it too

[rootless]

[Tsuyu seems pretty comfortable, this time around, though not exactly friendly so much as tolerant, so maybe he really was just startled the first time.]

[liberare]

[ just like an animal

how cute...

eventually they'll reach the end of the town, and the forest that extends beyond stretches out deeper than what they'd traveled through. ]

Do you know what I was doing in the cottage?

[rootless]

No. Do you feel like explaining?

[liberare]

Do you wish to know?

[rootless]

Yes.

[liberare]

[ ... ]

Are you familiar with lunaglyphs?

[rootless]

[Wrinkles his brow]

Moon writing?

[liberare]

It is not something that is often publicized. But...

[ turning Tsuykusa's hand over, and squeezing gently over his fingers. ]

It is what enables us to use magic in this world. Those that are able to be marked by a lunaglyph and, consequently, utilize it, are considered blessed. Those that cannot are unblessed.

[rootless]

... Sounds unnecessarily complicated.

[Curls his fingers a little, trying to catch at Sigmund's hand.]

[liberare]

[ allowing him, lacing their fingers together with a small smile. ]

Sometimes it is necessary. But it comes with a cost, as do most things.

[ pulling him... closer?? if he can. and then resting his chin on Tsuyukusa's head, like he's trying to comfort himself or Tsuyu. ]

Should one ever lose control, or be overwhelmed by the power, then they will start to transform into a creature we call Vermiform. When it progresses past the point of no return... then there is only one thing we can do.

[rootless]

[He shifts closer easily, then nods shallowly so as not to dislodge Sigmund.]

There's always something like that. In almost every world.

[liberare]

[ yes cuddling the tree :X ]

I suppose it never gets any easier?

[rootless]

[Sounds tired.]

No.

I've had to be put down a few times, myself. Coming back, though, to find the person who saved you running herself through, or handing you the knife so you can do it...

No, it never gets easier.

[liberare]

[ ...

turns his head a little, pressing lips to Tsuyukusa's forehead. ]

I'm sorry.

[rootless]

[...Squeezes his hand.]

Thanks.

[liberare]

[ he'll stay quiet a bit longer, and then pull away. not dropping his hand, but looking around quietly, and stroking his thumb over the back of Tsuyu's hand. ]

Would you mind if we stayed here for the night?

[rootless]

Not at all.

[liberare]

Thank you.

[ squeezing his hand again, and then releasing him, putting a hand on his shoulder before leading the way to a small inn of some sort. it's home-run and terribly quaint, and the owner apologizes over and over and scurries to give them the best room which is really just. big. but nothing too extraordinary about it, really.

and then she's leaving and they're alone and Sigmund's sitting on the single (small) bed looking at him. ]

[rootless]

[Tsuyu seems pretty pretty charmed by the place, to be honest, looking out their little window and then sitting on the sill to take the room in in its entirety.

So it takes him a moment to notice Sigmund's stare, but he tips his head curiously when their eyes eventually meet.]