hot girl summer is over...

[philandery]

CHARACTERS: Sylvain & CR
DATE: Now! and Later!
WARNINGS: Will update as needed but general thottery to be expected...
SUMMARY: Catch-all for closed starters.

Sylvain was recently blursed with a certain pair of undies but I will leave it up to the player whether they wanna deal with it or not! Feel free to PM or Disco (omo#9246) me for plotting!

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[philandery]

[ Okay well, if at some point Jinwoo has to pick up said add-on battery pack and run with him... don't say Sylvain didn't try to warn him... (Please do not pick up the add-on battery pack.) ]

Because we have no idea how long we'll be walking for, or if there's something unpleasant we'll run into along the way...?

[ Not to be a whiney baby but he hasn't eaten in ages... Just trying to conserve energy is all... (But maybe Jinwoo doesn't have normal human needs... No, he definitely doesn't have normal human needs. What healthy adult male doesn't f—) ]

What, did you hear something?

[ ...Is he unhappy with Sylvain for not walking faster? ]

[reanimate]

[ (He's going to get there on his own time, Sylvain, don't you worry.)

For now, he's just a little bit grumpy about having his senses played with, and now he'll be on the alert for whatever the hell that had been. ]

It's nothing.

[ Because it really is nothing. Just Jinwoo and Sylvain who is apparently going through it. ]

If we run into something unpleasant, I'll deal with it.

[ The way he always does. His slightly slower pace does continue itself, though. It's not like he wants to drag Sylvain after him (even if he totally could). ]

[philandery]

[ (bg laughing at the idea of Jinwoo having to perceive Sylvain as a Threat)

'Nothing'... That's NEVER true. That NEVER bodes well. Sylvain isn't convinced but there's no choice here but to, surprise, keep walking! At least the light of the torch isn't unpleasantly searing anymore, though it is... dreadfully uneventful around here. Sylvain has to withhold a sigh. ]

Wow, my hero.

[ He says it with a smile, tone completely affable. (...He'll probably have to hold Jinwoo to it. He's still feeling beat up... Jinwoo really does all the work in this household...) ]

So... what even happened to your spider?

[ Where does he keeps his pets? Sylvain has yet to witness Jinwoo's super OP manhwa powers in action. ]

[reanimate]

[ It's okay, Jinwoo prefers to be the one doing all the work. He'd also prefer to actually be attacked, if only to give him something to do. It's just... nothingness stretched out before them.

He sounds distracted when he answers Sylvain, part of him still wary of the feeling from before. ]

After the mines were destroyed, it went back to being a normal spider.

[ A shame! Having a giant spider monster had been really cool, tbh. ]

So I released it.

[philandery]

[ Sylvain suddenly shivers again—maybe it's a bad idea to be discussing monster spiders in the dark. (It's kind of... weirdly chilly? Something getting under his skin.) ]

Huh. [ Bye Hubert Jr... ]

Did you keep pets often as a kid? Or have any back home?

[ (He doesn't understand that when Jinwoo says 'released' he means like, releasing its sOuL. He thinks this is an innocent albeit strange hobby of his... Like the classmate who really loved bugs in elementary school.)

...Even as they talk, there's no echo or distortion of their voice. There is literally nothing to go off of here. Sylvain is getting increasingly weirded out, but has to constantly remind himself he's seen plenty of strange things on this train so far. Nothing complies to logic or rationale, or even the basic laws of physics. ]

[reanimate]

[ Hey, if it helps, Jinwoo is armed with a dagger that he can summon from hammerspace, along with an entire of army of undead soldiers. Not to mention that he's incredibly strong and has killed people before! So Sylvain's got nothing to worry about.

:)

Nothing to worry about. ]

No, we never had time for—

[ Jinwoo halts abruptly. He'd heard something. A whisper, perhaps. That familiar feeling from before has returned, and this time he can almost hear it. There's no mistaking it this time, it's so close. Too close... Like it should be right there with him.

With... him.

He turns again, fixing Sylvain with a glare, and Jinwoo's hand clamps down a little tighter around the other man's. ]

Did you say something?

[philandery]

[ Yeah! That isn't weird or worrying in the slightest!! Just normal protag things! :D

Also wow what a crushing grip! Sylvain frowns, partly because it's kind of uncomfortable and partly because he definitely didn't say anything?? ]

No?

[ What's his deal... Just free me already. ]

...Are you hearing things again?

[ ...Actually, the further they walk, Sylvain is starting to pick up on the strange noises, too. It doesn't quite feel like it's coming from anything around them. More like a suggestion planted directly inside his head, given artificial sound. He bristles, but makes no comment—though of course, Jinwoo can probably read his thoughts loud and clear: Don't like this one bit. Where're we even headed? Is something following us?

His fears start off innocent enough, for now... ]

[reanimate]

[ Jinwoo is losing his MIND... He hates this... He was so sure he'd heard a whisper? This is just like when he went exploring the mines with Claude. Something about the Fire Emblems, man. ]

I thought that...

[ His response drifts off. It doesn't make much sense to him now that he thinks about it, so. ]

Forget it.

[ And then he's back to leading the way, the torch still lighting up absolutely nothing. It's just darkness as far as the eye can see, and when he hears Sylvain's thoughts, he assumes it's the other man speaking out loud. ]

I can't sense anything following us.

[philandery]

[ Will this canon prejudice ever end... (jk Jinwoo is valid they all suck) ]

...

[ That's the second time that he's cried wolf. (Sylvain also has to wonder exactly what Jinwoo's abilities entail, because he talks like he's got a sixth sense...)

—Wait, how did he even know what Sylvain was thinking?! Was it a lucky guess...?? ]

So are you uh, like some sort of psychic...?

[ He knows nothing about this guy other than that he's probably OP, and loves spiders, so this is a very reasonable conclusion. ]

You can normally just... tell what's going on around you?

[ I'm probably overthinking it...

You're not, says another quiet voice, an abrupt intrusion in his mind. It doesn't startle him, more as if it's always been there but has been waiting to speak up. Words that aren't really his own—but, aren't they...?

(He's dangerous. Get away from him.) ]

[reanimate]

[ This is the most puzzling conversation he's ever had (up until he meets Rex), and Jinwoo doesn't know if Sylvain is being deliberately confusing? What is up with this sudden topic change!!

He doesn't bother looking back this time since the darkness guarantees they can't see each other's expressions. It wouldn't be like Jinwoo could get a read on the other man unless he put the torch really close to Sylvain's face. ]

What? No, I'm not psychic.

[ A big ol' HUH? as Jinwoo's own thoughts start to sound.

Overthinking what? He's not making any sense.

Was this really the right guy to get stuck with in this car... ]

[philandery]

[ Not only is Jinwoo a psychic, HE IS LYING ABOUT NOT BEING A PSYCHIC!! Sylvain knows for sure this time he didn't say that last part out loud! ]

Then what are you? Because you're definitely reading my thoughts right—

[ n o w... Hold up! Jinwoo had said "He's not making any sense" instead of "You're not making any sense"...

Sylvain... doesn't think he was just talking out loud to himself for the sake of it. He's definitely not the type, too ~*silent and mysterious*~ for that kind of behavior (or so Sylvain decides, suddenly an expert in Jinwoo Studies). ]

Whoa! Can't you at least control it?

[ Get out of my head, will you... He's too normie for this. ]

[reanimate]

[ It's... coming together... slowly but surely.

Reading minds was never on his list of overpowered as fuck abilities so suddenly being able to has to be a result of this car. Another peculiar case. Sylvain suddenly does not Exist as Jinwoo gets deep in his head on how this is possible.

Sylvain is privy to all of it.

The darkness, the elusive cauldron, the torch that only lights up when we hold hands... The hands?

Jinwoo finally halts then, turning toward Sylvain and bringing the torch swinging around so that it settles between them. He stares, hard, at his unfortunate companion, mouth set in a firm line as he speaks through his mind.

This is another effect of this particular car. ]