(closed) march catchall

[tealeafs]

Who: Ange (entreats), Chizuru (tealeafs), Daniel (miyagimagic) and various others.
What: March shenanigans.
When: During all of March.
Where: Locations vary.

Content Warnings: Nothing right now, specific warnings will be in headers when they come up.

( starters in the comments! if you want to plot anything with me, feel free to either pm the journal or contact me at queeningsquare, i'm always open to new ideas and threads! )

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[miyagimagic]

[ .. even though he still hasn't fully let go of the other. Daniel couldn't, not while Mob is like this. Even now he can't hug him anymore when he's lying down, he's instead moved to hold the other's hands tightly in his own. ]

See? I'm fine.

[ Maybe.. 'fine' is a big word...

But maybe he means a relative kind of fine, since Daniel is very well aware just how narrowly he must have escaped death back there. He's fine compared to this alternate universe dead Daniel. ]

I'll probably be out of bed in a week, maybe two. Then it will be as if nothing ever happened. And I sure won't think back on it and linger on it if you won't. [ I-Is that thought enough to calm down Mob.. Before this power gets any weirder.. ]

[centile]

[mob clutches his hand back, that open look of concern (and the way several of the floating items jitter with it) easing. he's still making little hitched breaths, nodding, tears breaking loose to float. the power does slowly seem to be easing though as mob scrubs his face with his sleeve.]

Can- can I help? I'm getting better at chores. [he offers, a little hiccup as the items start slowly lowering. his expression grows more closed as the last of the static in the air pops, though his eyes are red and puffy and he generally looks like a mess otherwise.

it's marginally better than the totally blank look of before.] I- I'll try not to. Um, I don't want to linger, but I don't want to forget it could happen again.

And... I'm sorry. I should have been more honest with you, about everything. [not that this could have been predicted but still. daniel was a good sensei. he was a good guy, even.]

[miyagimagic]

Of course you can help. You--

[ He wants to say more. Especially something addressing those last parts too, since they're even more important, but as Mob's power is slowly retreating, it sure makes the pain in Daniel's back return as well..

Which sure is a thing to suddenly be hit by after not feeling it at all for a few moments. Not to mention that the man only made it worse by actually moving up to hug Mob. The wave of pain is almost too much, though Daniel impressively manages to not make his face distort too much. It's mostly reflected in the way he suddenly frowns in pain, the way he squeezes Mob's hands a little without intending to do so.

Okay, okay, he can-- he can address all the other stuff he wanted to say in a moment, just-- ]

S-Shigeo. Can you--

[ He looks like it's even hard for him to just talk right now. ]

Can you hand me those painkillers? Please. On-- On the nightstand.

[centile]

Ah-

[he quickly goes to get the bottle, the burst of worry making his hair lift a little as he hastily does as daniel asks.

then hovers uselessly but hey, the worry on his face is a little muted but very much present.] Here. Should I get someone?

[why does he keep breaking his sensei, is the thing. whoops.]

[miyagimagic]

[ Daniel is weakly shaking his head, even as he's busy taking the bottle from Mob, taking out two pills and sticking them into his mouth. Usually he'd take a little water with it, but.. trying to move his head up enough to do that much sounds like a whole lot of effort when he's hurting this much, so he's just taking them down raw.

Anything for some relief, really. Even as Daniel knows it won't kick in instantly. At least he now knows it'll come eventually as he closes the bottle again to avoid spilling the rest of the pills all across his bed. ]

It's fine. I'm-- I'll be fine.

[ He just needs a few moments. And the last thing he wants to do here is worry poor Mob further, so he tries to smile a little despite the pain making him feel like he's about to burst. ]

Sorry. Your sensei is kind of an idiot, huh.

[ Maybe he should've thought about this inevitable consequence before moving up to hug Mob.. But how could he resist when the boy seemed like he needed some reassurance so badly? Sad kids are Daniel's biggest weakness. ]

[centile]

[mob doesn't ease exactly, but the 'i'll be fine' rather than 'i am fine' does get a little bit of tension leaving his shoulders. the immediate obvious pain isn't great but... well. the cost of a hug.]

No, you just think more about others than yourself. [blunt, just spoken like an obvious truth. still a bit of fretting as he regards daniel but okay. okay good.]

But right now you really need to think of yourself first, sensei. Please.

[miyagimagic]

[ CALLED OUT.. First you break a man's back, Mob, and then you also have to confront him with painful truths like this??

Granted, it's not like this is a truth about him that Daniel doesn't technically already know, deep down. It's not even that surprising to hear that Mob has realised it too, but that's the thing about people who are a little more quiet than most, right? They also tend to be more perceptive.

Daniel exhales. ]

I will. I am. [ He's staying in bed like a good sensei! .. even if it's just because he literally can't get up without being in immense pain. Case in point: what he's suffering right now just for that momentary hug.

He manages to move his arm, at least, holding out his hand towards Mob as if he's wordlessly asking the boy to hold it. ]

But you should do the same. Or I'm going to worry the entire time about you blaming yourself too much, you know..? [ Spoilers: he's probably going to do that anyway. ] You can cut one of the bonsai in the dojo, if you'd like to meditate to try and feel a little more calm.

[ It's not like Daniel is going to be able to do it himself any time soon, after all. :( ]

[centile]

[the massacre of daniel larusso will not stop until moral improves!!

daniel's answer gets a tiny, barely there smile of gratitude, the fact he'll try at least.] It's harder than people think, isn't it? It's easier to think of other people rather than yourself sometimes.

[especially if you're just repressing and ignoring large chunks of yourself. surely daniel doesn't understand that.]

Ah, I'll try. [he does promise, earnest and a little less placid and flat than before. more normal levels, so... there's him trying.] I thought... well, that people wouldn't want to be near me. But everyone's so- so kind. I think some of them even kind of understand.

[like peter, deku, maybe even jun to some extent. bonsai cutting gets a tiny nod before he looks up from his hands again.] ... can I visit more too? While you're recovering.

[miyagimagic]

[ Yeah.. Yeah, Daniel sure does understand. Not even sometimes, it pretty much feels easier most of the time. Especially when it feels like you have so many people to care for. He's not sure if it's a good or a bad thing, hearing it from this kid's mouth. On the one hand, Daniel thinks it's very good for Mob to be this kind, this concerned with others, especially when it feels like it might balance out the more destructive parts of his powers, keep them at bay.

On the other hand.. well, it's not like this guy over here doesn't know the downsides of repressing stuff, huh.

Unsure of what specifically to say to that, he instead focuses on the last thing. On what he can do here, even with a broken back, and that's just-- reassuring Mob. ]

Of course. You can visit as many times as you want. Come every single day, if you'd like. [ Especially when it feels like Daniel might still be here for a while, recovering like this. Even with his squid body having prevented the worst, it's still a long road to feeling normal again. ] I'm always glad to see you, you know?