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Yona ([personal profile] darkestbefore) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2017-06-26 07:40 am

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Who: Yona, her shinki, and others happening to be wandering by her temple.
When: Mid-to-late July (following certain conversations among her shinki)
Where: Yona's Temple
What: Information (and volatile emotion) is being shared among Yona's three shinki and it has some less-than-pleasant side effects for their goddess.


[ It had been a few days since she'd revealed the truth behind her nightmares - and the happenings that haunted one particular chamber within her temple - to Shizuo after he'd pressed for her trust and it had given her a lot to think about as well, revisiting that place and the memories of that night. Not that she didn't still see it so vividly in her memories and nightmares, but here... she hoped that being here might be able to give her new perspective on that night.

So far, she wasn't having much luck finding it. But she hadn't spoken any more about it to anyone either, spending a few days quieter than normal and immersed in her own thoughts as she dealt with her own emotions and the grief Shizuo told her she needed time to accept. It's distracting enough that she doesn't immediately realize how much it's affected her first shinki until she feels the sharp stinging pain that she knows come from him, but feels it much more intensely this time than she has before. Giving a yelp, she drops the book she'd been holding (and definitely not paying attention to enough to be reading) to rub at the sharp pain in her upper arm.

Well. That had been decidedly unpleasant. And far worse than the stings she'd gotten from her shinki before. Troubled by that, she debated what to do and whether or not to confront him over this one, but as it seemed serious, she finally pushes herself to her feet to go looking for him. Unfortunately, he proved rather difficult to find (because she hadn't thought of the roof) and while she looks, her other two shinki have, in the meantime, discovered him. And the hole he'd left in the wall. And then got the story directly from him about why it was now there.

Which is why, in abrupt succession, There is more stinging, each more painful than the last but still annoyingly in the same spot on her upper arm as tempers flare and the negative emotions created by the information has a direct physical effect. Shizuo's own is still mixed with the guilt of having damaged her temple and the effect rebounds between the three until Yona gives a soft cry, clutching at her arm near the entrance to her temple as she staggers for a moment and leans against one of the bright crimson pillars.

Her arm throbs in a way it's never done before, the pain deep and aching, and without thinking, she draws the sleeve of her dress up to reveal the dark discoloration of Blight now staining her skin and she stares at it in alarm, completely caught off-guard. ]
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[personal profile] bartenderizing 2017-07-07 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ When Jae-Ha strengthens the way he was pressing down against Shizuo's shoulder, it's all too clear what the shifting was. Because through it, he could feel the separation and full dislocation of the joint, as Shizuo chose that time to squirm as well. Yet he doesn't react to what had definitely happened, or recoil from what should be painful.

Then again, Yona was already familiar with this, to a degree.

No, instead it's his instinct that has him pushing back. Not to throw them off, but it's an obvious attempt at him resisting the dragons. Yona had already seen what kind of things he really can physically challenge, though.

Maybe he was trying to force some kind of punishment, like he deserved it. Maybe he was trying to seem unsaveable. It was early in this whole ordeal, so it honestly could've been both. ]


You know damn well that there's plenty of reasons and things for me to blame myself for. That comes with messing up as much as I do.

[ Even if so much of it was related to what he literally couldn't feel, and a strength that he was working on controlling better. ]
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[personal profile] leapinglizard 2017-07-10 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Count on us, kiddo.

[Jae-Ha nods in confirmation, setting his jaw as he tries not to react to the changes he feels in Shizuo beneath him, as well.]

We'll keep him from running off on you.