I want to have the same last dream again (march catch-all)

[ghostfromthemachine]

WHO: Kaiko and... you, perhaps?
WHAT: assorted shenanigans
WHEN: throughout March
WHERE: Nightwake, Amberfall, probably wherever you least expect her—
WARNINGS: will update as necessary!

Prompts will be in toplevels! OTA unless otherwise stated.

Comments

[ghostfromthemachine]

Gross. May they all get exactly what they deserve, and then maybe a little more.

[ ...obviously, she can't really cross the boundaries between universes even with a lot more oomph than that casual utterance. still, there's enough power in those particular words out of her mouth that the temperature drops a little. ]

[abnormalizes]

[Evangeline is observant enough to pick up on that, but she already sort of knows Kaiko's general deal, so.]

A-fucking-men.

-None of them are here, though. I'm the only one from my world who's here right now, which is... [She wiggles her hand.] It'd be nice for other people from the City to get to come here and experience a gentle world like this? But also a lot of people from the City are dicks, so I don't know how that would go.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ hums ]

Well. One could hope that they could learn to be more gentle once allowed the room for it? But if not... even if it's kinder here, that doesn't mean everyone's a pushover.

[abnormalizes]

I hope so too - and I'm sure a lot of them could do it, if they had the opportunity. And most of the people I've met can handle a jerk or two, I think. Even Rinku.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ giggles ]

From what I've seen... I think Rinku-chan is in some ways more well-equipped to handle jerks than the average person, actually? Not that she doesn't deserve not to have to deal with them, just... she seems very resilient.

[abnormalizes]

She is. She's gotten a lot stronger in the time she's been here, in more ways than one.

[With obvious pride.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

That's good. That kind of optimism...

...well. It's the kind of thing that some might see as a target, I think? So it's good if she's gotten herself shored up.

[abnormalizes]

She's good at defending herself. I know sometimes she worries about not being strong enough, but also she's comparing herself to like, ridiculously overpowered people like demons and gods and shit.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ MAKES A RUDE NOISE ]

She had my back just fine when we ended up on the same quest... Really, nobody should be comparing themselves to full gods.

[abnormalizes]

No one should! I keep telling her that she's doing great and that even really strong people sometimes get hurt.

[ghostfromthemachine]

...Unfortunately, all the retorts I've got to back that up are so philosophical I think we might end up talking in circles. But if she expresses any of that kind of doubt around me, I will say something.

[abnormalizes]

Thank you. -You probably would've done that anyway even if I hadn't said anything, but still, it means a lot to me.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ thumbs up! ]

Like I said, she backed me up at a rather critical moment. I'm not going to hear a word about how she needs to be doing more than her best as herself.

[abnormalizes]

Good! -She's usually pretty good at internalizing praise, unlike some of us [she means herself obviously], so hearing it will help.

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ snerks quietly at the obvious self-dig ]

Thank goodness. I know I'm a brick wall when it comes to that sort of thing, so it's not like I would let it stop me, but. I will take an easier mission.

[abnormalizes]

Good at compliment terrorism, huh? I better be careful.

[ghostfromthemachine]

Not exactly! It's more that I'm just really stubborn.

[abnormalizes]

Those can be similar things under the right circumstances! Best to be careful either way.