If I had died

[shiro2hero]

Who: SHIRO & OPEN
What: Catchall for December Shenanigans, House Meeting, Event, Silent Hill Player Plot
When: All through the month.
Where: Mouse House, Around Trench

Content Warnings: Silent Hill type imagery/body horror, violence against snowmen, will update as needed


See the headers below for specifics!

• Mouse House Meet Up
• Silent Hill Player Plot
• Event Post

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[shiro2hero]

[ ????? ]

[Is there a word for that feeling? That confusion? This feels like all the times Chloe sent him emoji and expected him to get the reference. There's something here he isn't grasping. But he's trying.]

About... you coming in... late?

[When Venus stares at him, meets his eyes, there's pure bafflement. No judgment. Why would he be mad?]

I was worried, yeah. But you don't have a curfew, you're your own person and you've got a key.

[wingstosee]

[ for a few seconds, venus just stares. he looks into those eyes for something - some evidence of something that only he understands.

...something he doesn't find. he sighs, shakes his head gently - and when he looks up again, he's smiling. ]

Haha. Um. Don't worry about it, I guess. [ he finally budges from his position, taking a few hesitant steps towards the kitchen. ] You're... up late, aren't you? Is everything okay?

[shiro2hero]

[Oh - Venus is smiling. It's a good sight. The kid should have reason to smile more often, he thinks, Venus should be happy more often. Shiro's still somewhat worried about the questions. About having missed something here. But he'll take that smile.]

I'll try my best. [Not to worry. He grins in response, though it's a bit sheepish.] Yeah, I am. That's pretty normal for me, though.

Just going over some old notes in here. Stuff from the dream world. [Shiro holds up a little pile of papers, wiggling them. If you want to look...]

[wingstosee]

Oh, I get that too! Mostly I just lie in bed and hope I'll get sleepy eventually, haha. Maybe I should just. Do something productive instead?

[ the tension is still obvious in venus's shoulders, but at least it doesn't seem like he's trying to apologize anymore. slowly, like a deer deciding whether or not there's an oncoming car, he approaches shiro and his enticing papers. ]

Sorry. Um. Dream world? Is this... Did this happen recently, or...

[shiro2hero]

You... could, yeah. Or if you ever want, we've got a cabinet with tea that helps sleep. It's the kind with the bear on the box.

[He should know. He's had that used on him often enough.]

[Venus approaches, and Shiro perks up. He scoots his chair to one side, silently offering Venus the other chair if he wants it.]

It was the world before this one. A dream - people were trapped in, brought there by a little girl with power no one taught her to use. [He sounds more somber, as he says it, though the corner of his mouth quirks in a slight smile.] But few now live who remember it~!

[... that last bit with ominous hand wiggles and a lower-pitched voice. Which lasts about half a second before he shakes his head.] Sorry. Nerd reference there.

[wingstosee]

Does that really work?

[ slowly, the tension in the air starts to dissipate. venus takes the chair next to shiro, peering over to stare at the notes in front of him.

and then shiro says that part, and god bless his stupid little heart, venus actually startles. ]

Oh! [ oh. it's a joke. ] Oh. Um. Ha... ha?

[ sorry, shiro. now venus just looks spooked. ]

[shiro2hero]

Usually, yeah. Works on me pretty well.

[He slides the pile over so Venus can have a better look. There's a lot. There's so much.]

[... and then he absolutely looks like he wants to launch himself out the nearest airlock ASAP.]

Sorry - I'm - it wasn't even a good reference, either. I think I messed it up. Sorry. [HE IS SO SORRY, VENUS. PLEASE BREATHE.] People are still alive and well, they're just... squids.

[wingstosee]

Oh! Oh, it's. It's just a joke. [ he tries to laugh. it is the single least convincing action ever taken by a human being. ] Right. Um. I still don't know how to feel about the... squid? Thing. I mean, I'm more okay with it now, I think? But I don't really feel like... You know. A squid. Haha.

[ god help this poor, anxious child. he's breathing now, at least. ]

Are there. Um. Are there a lot of people from that world, here?

[shiro2hero]

I'm so sorry. I... it just kind of came out. But, yeah. It was a joke. I didn't mean to scare you. [How does he fix this. Shiro genuinely feels like he needs to - like this is a gross oversight he needs to repair.] That's completely understandable, not to know how to feel.

[Please keep breathing, Venus.]

Not as many as there used to be.