⚔ // once upon a dream

[discutio]

[You all know the drill by now. Ignis and Camilla have taken over the nearest kitchen, and there's going to be food in the Pokemon Center soon enough; a warm and comforting vegetable curry. Highwind's even out now, welcoming any and all who might need a large cloud bird to hug after everything that was.]

[It's been a long night. Everyone needs a good meal and a long rest, and luckily one of those things is being seen to immediately.]

Comments

[semistableman]

[Ignis is back to not being able to see him, but that's probably good in case Bucky really starts being a mess.]

Better than I thought I'd be. Cresselia's presence helped a lot.

[He sighs.]

...Not seeing Steve in that nightmare helped, too.

[discutio]

From what I'm hearing, we got off comparatively easy. We were lucky.

[semistableman]

I guess it helps being the only non-Galactic people with spirit.

[discutio]

Yeah. Still--I know you were having a rough time. I was worried, and wanted to make sure you were alright.

[semistableman]

Yeah, I'm--

I appreciate it, Ignis. I'm not very... good when it comes to voices inside my head that aren't my own.

[discutio]

...neither am I. [Ignis placed a hand on Bucky's shoulder, the small smile looking just a little more hesitant without his visor.] You did well, and I was able to keep myself calm because I knew you were at my back.

And...joke though it was, I did mean it. It was nice to see all of you.

[semistableman]

It turned all right in the end.

[He sounds proud of himself, of the two of them.]

You got to see the clever ways I have to pin my sleeve up.

[discutio]

We're doing the best we're able. And luckily, I think that's enough.

[Ignis laughed softly, sounding like he was actually in decent spirits despite everything.]

And all of you got to see a bit of a less unsettling eye color from me, no doubt.

[semistableman]

Seems to work for all the deities we've met so far.

[At least they're both doing okay right now, that's more than they could ask for, honestly.]

If I said I've seen worse, would you believe me?

[discutio]

I just might, in fact. None of you have ever seemed all that bothered by seeing me without my sunglasses, after all.

[semistableman]

Doesn't bother me any.

[That's entirely the truth.]

I didn't exactly get a chance to show you all the scars I have on the left side of my body.

[discutio]

I'd imagine a fair few, all thing considered.

[arms don't really just pop off, ravus notwithstanding]

Still--it's nice not to have it questioned or thought much of at all, isn't it?

[semistableman]

Yeah. If I can go without people asking questions, it's going to be nice.

[He's got you covered, Ignis.]

[discutio]

The last person I happened to ask about his prosthetic arm tried to kill me. Fairly sure I've learned my lesson.

[ignis don't just SAY shit like that]

[semistableman]

[That makes Bucky snort.]

There's nothing there right now, just the cap where it attaches to me. Even if I could get my arm here, I don't know if I'd be able to reattach it. It's usually done for me.

I don't like wearing it when I can avoid it, anyway. It's a weapon, not a true prosthetic.