February & March Catch-All

[spiritwalks]

Who: Vyng spiritwalks and various others
What: Catch-All for February. Closed Prompts (in comments) for now, but am open to adding more!
When: Various
Where: Various

Content Warnings: Listed in subject lines when applicable

Notes:

- Style veers wildly between prose and brackets. Just choose whatever style feels good when responding, and I'll match it ♥

- Feel free to hit me up at jackets or Jansen#8997 for plotting and general chatter...or if you want a starter of your own!

Comments

[frogiturgy]

[The gentle tone was enough to soothe Perell's emotional bruises, and he took that moment of confession to look up and regard Vyng in full seriousness.]

I remembered you having trouble with that before, which was why I thought to find you first. I was... I was gathering all of my data on the boat before I got to these shores, but I really was planning to tell you soon.

[He shrugged.]

Instead, I woke up here, and it feels like every day I'm fighting my own body over some new problem that pops up.

...It's a shame to hear you're still having trouble shapeshifting, [He added quietly.] You'd think that this world, being what it is, would have given someone like you more freedom.

[spiritwalks]

[He sighs.]

It could have. If I hadn't fucked it up.

[But there's no point in lamenting what could have been. Vyng needs to move forward. They all do.]

When's the last time you exercised, anyway? Maybe if you did more with those old bones of yours, they wouldn't be fighting you so much.

[frogiturgy]

[The comment earned Vyng a questioning look.]

What could you fuck up? I heard that the Dream was in shambles.

[He shook his head. There might not even be a point in asking...]

What does exercise have anything to do with this. It's not gonna change much. I wasn't that strong to start with.

[Translation: He did fuck all to even try exercising.]

[spiritwalks]

It was. But it still let me break my shapeshifting.

[That's the thing about Dream Logic. It doesn't always have to make sense. He's pretty sure Perell wouldn't have cared much for Deerington, where they were all biding their time and waiting for the end. At least Trench has an actual magic system he can dig into.

That answer is about what he expected, though.]

Exercise changes plenty, pal. [Vyng lightly pokes Perell in the chest.] Like how well you sleep. How much time you spend getting into fights with internet trolls. And how you handle an ass-beating with no magic to get you out of it.

[frogiturgy]

[Perell pulled away, frowning with obvious frustration and uncertainty at the suggestion. As much as he wanted to deny it, Vyng was right.

The last thing he wanted to be was helpless in this strange world.]

...Fine.

[He relented with a sigh.]

Only if it's you, or someone you trust. It's, uh...

It's been a long time since I've needed to hone any skills like that.

[spiritwalks]

You were boxed in. It's understandable.

[But step one to moving forward is getting Perell more comfortable with this new world...and all these new (mundane) ways of interfacing with it. With that in mind, Vyng clasps a hand on his friend's shoulder again.]

We'll take things one day at a time.