[As Gojyo's hand closes tight around the firefly, crushing it, Hakkai gasps, coughs, and starts struggling against the vines. It's a reflex: he remembers them closing around him, remembers the wood snapping and scoring his skin as he'd fought to get away. He'd tried teleporting, and it had almost knocked him out, as though he'd drained himself healing--
Then there had been a very bright light.
The light now isn't bright at all; it's after sunset, and yellow-orange lantern light flickers over a shadowscape of trees and moving figures. Someone's tearing at the vines on his right arm, and there's a hand against his neck, and Gojyo shouting. He stills, and blinks, trying to focus his vision. He feels, if possible, more drained now than he remembers having felt before the light drowned everything out; he's briefly grateful for the vines swathing his body. They're keeping him on his feet.
His vision won't clear, but his other senses are enough; he feels the familiar tug of a shinki bond, tying him to all three of the people around him.]
Chikusa? Ken? Gojyo...
[His voice is a dry rasp. He grimaces, and tries to tug his arms free, movement more systematic as he orients himself.]
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Then there had been a very bright light.
The light now isn't bright at all; it's after sunset, and yellow-orange lantern light flickers over a shadowscape of trees and moving figures. Someone's tearing at the vines on his right arm, and there's a hand against his neck, and Gojyo shouting. He stills, and blinks, trying to focus his vision. He feels, if possible, more drained now than he remembers having felt before the light drowned everything out; he's briefly grateful for the vines swathing his body. They're keeping him on his feet.
His vision won't clear, but his other senses are enough; he feels the familiar tug of a shinki bond, tying him to all three of the people around him.]
Chikusa? Ken? Gojyo...
[His voice is a dry rasp. He grimaces, and tries to tug his arms free, movement more systematic as he orients himself.]
... I suppose I've missed dinner?