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[OPEN] And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you
Who: Yoon
handsome_genius and Yona/Aíne's temple residents/visitors
What: Checking in with Yona and her cadre of boys who can't take care of themselves
When: Sept 8th 2016 [Backdated, Oct 27th 2017], after his network post
Where: Aíne's temple
Warnings: n/a
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Yoon hasn't decided to become Yona's shinki yet. He has his reasons, not least of which being a concern that he'd promised Hak to watch over her in at least one context, he'd left his home (?) to travel with her, and then there's people like Zeno around to protect her. So he really wants to know how in the heavens he was remotely CAPABLE of protecting her... but that way lies blight and he knows better.
So instead he's trying to focus on the short term: Shizuo's health. What happened to him? And how has Yona's situation changed since the last time he dropped by? He's taking things slow and maybe afterwards he'll go see Aymeric in person and Hitsugaya too.
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What: Checking in with Yona and her cadre of boys who can't take care of themselves
When: Sept 8th 2016 [Backdated, Oct 27th 2017], after his network post
Where: Aíne's temple
Warnings: n/a
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Yoon hasn't decided to become Yona's shinki yet. He has his reasons, not least of which being a concern that he'd promised Hak to watch over her in at least one context, he'd left his home (?) to travel with her, and then there's people like Zeno around to protect her. So he really wants to know how in the heavens he was remotely CAPABLE of protecting her... but that way lies blight and he knows better.
So instead he's trying to focus on the short term: Shizuo's health. What happened to him? And how has Yona's situation changed since the last time he dropped by? He's taking things slow and maybe afterwards he'll go see Aymeric in person and Hitsugaya too.
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Stepping down to approach him with a smile, she holds out her hands in greeting. ]
Yoon! Hello!
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Yona. It's been awhile. You didn't have to wait for me. I don't get lost.
[Maybe egotistical, but... he believes it even as he says it so easily.]
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I'm sorry too, for worrying you when you already have a shinki to worry about. You don't need another one that can't take care of himself.
[ That resilience had been one of his points of pride - that he could take care of himself so easily and naturally that taking care of a god was well within his abilities. It didn't strain his energy the way that perhaps caring for a highly dependent person might have... at least that was how it felt with Ran. Then Lance didn't need him at all.
So to hear that Yona is worrying over him when he's not even her shinki doesn't sit well. He's the one who's supposed to be supporting her, the way his memory read. ]
Basically you took the words out of my mouth. I was trying to come here to help you, even if that means helping him.
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If anyone can take care of themselves, Yoon, it's you. That's not what I was worried about.
But you are still a friend. I know it wasn't so long ago that you lost Ran, so for this new god of yours to also disappear... [ She gives him an apologetic glance. ] That is never easy. It doesn't matter if you're a god or a shinki, finding your partner suddenly taken from you hurts in a different way.
[ She's still trying to cope with the loss of Hak and Jae-Ha - on multiple levels.
His offer of help gets another quiet laugh from her, however. ] Well, it's true that Shizuo and Izumo may need a great deal of help, but... At least they've seen healers. Hakkai mended Shizuo after his run-in and Izumo's other god, Mikoto, healed him before bringing him here to rest and recuperate. While the worst of the injuries have been closed are mending, they're both still under strict orders to take it easy for a while, so they don't reopen anything. I've been sending them out to the pools here to soak under the moonlight. A gift from the goddess, Aine, and one I am thankful for her sharing with me.
[ Considering how often her shinki get themselves in trouble? It's come in useful. ]
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Other god? So... Izumo is a nora for you?
[He's still trying to process this in the context of which god he should choose too. It's one thing to have shinki that get themselves hurt often, it's another to have to worry about it happening alongside another god they're bound to. Yoon hadn't considered it before, but he realizes that a lot of the things he's heard about nora don't seem to apply to someone like Yona.
Maybe she doesn't get jealous, or maybe she doesn't have trouble handling her own prayers with at least one solid shinki like Shizuo - when he's not hurt. Maybe she doesn't really need him most days, but having a nora to call on when you're in trouble is something that she prefers. All of this set against the backdrop of his memory with her... well, he'd been thinking of the second one, but the first one too, really.]
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Yes, as of recently. Shizuo's shinki power is a very powerful barrier but it doesn't lend itself well to fighting off ayakashi. [ Unless she wanted to go headbash them all - something neither she nor Shizuo were all that keen on. ] When Hak and Jae-ha were here, it wasn't much of an issue, because Hak offered a weapon in his vessel form, but after they vanished... [ There's a note of sorrow in her voice as she hesitates, the ache of their absence still deep and fresh. ]
Anyway, during a prayer recently, it ended up being against an ayakashi and I hadn't been prepared. Izumo was along with me and offered to let me name him for the fight. Afterwards, we discussed it and decided to keep it for the time being.
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[That's mostly a mumble, but more importantly he's doing a lot of thinking on the fly as Yona explained all of that.]
So long as you have him, you'll be alright.
[Thinking that she doesn't need him as much as he'd originally thought. She figured out a way to pick herself up in a bad situation. He should be happy about that.]
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[ She gives a slight grimace before sighing softly and tipping her head back to stare upwards a moment. ]
Things with Izumo's god are... complicated. He wasn't very happy that Izumo offered another to name him, which seemed to surprise Izumo as well, from whatever arrangement they'd had. If it continues to cause friction between them, I'll probably release him, if that will mend whatever difficulties this created between them.
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Look who's throwing stones at glass houses.Well then... ]If something falls through with Izumo and his god, you can call on me. Even if I think that another temple needs me more, I'm not going to leave you with just Shizuo.
[That decided, he starts to walk further into the temple to find exactly that man and have a chat with him now too.]
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Yoon, you...
[ She pauses, then tips her head to the side to stare at him before he can get too far away. Taking a deep breath, she calls after him, still sounding a little uncertain ]
Do you want me to name you or are you offering that because you think you should?
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He thinks how to answer. In truth he doesn't want to be a servant to a god at all, which is what a shinki feels like in the general sense. He'd rather not be bound to any of them. But of all the people he trusted not to treat him that way... Yona was the only one he felt a true obligation to because of that memory.]
It's not one or the other.
[Both and neither. Yoon's best skills were in service to another, but to him it didn't have to be as a servant. More a communal sort of living arrangement.]
A shinki has to be named by a god. I can't change that. I only have a little bit of time left to decide how I want to live with that knowledge. If you need support, then I'll do what I can - because you're Yona. That's all.
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It's what has her closing the distance between them and laying a hand on his shoulder, giving him a small, warm smile. ]
Perhaps it's something neither of us can change, although I still want to try. But in the meantime, it means a lot to me that I have my friend at my side.
I should really have that icon too-- oh wait
You make some really weird friends, you know.
[He pats it twice, all-knowingly.]
But it's okay because I apparently made some weird friends too and can't get rid of them now.
lmfao yes good
You're right, you can't. You'd better just accept it instead.
X3
[Huff!]
Forcing all of these weird friends on him, knowing they're nothing but a bunch of trouble-makers and will need his help someday!
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I know. It's truly a hardship. But I have every confidence that you will be more than capable of handling it, Yoon. It's the consequence of being such a genius.
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[He huffs once more and heads inside.]
For example - I have an injured shinki to check in on now, don't I? That's what I said I'd do first when I got here.
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[ Although she's not sure who she should be wishing good luck here - Yoon or Shizuo. ]