[semi-open] i reached out my hands and seized something shapeless but precious

[revolutionfalcon]

Who: Temple Nekhbet residents, visitors, and concerned parties after the event (basically anyone who Shun is on good enough terms with to feasibly be allowed into his temple. If you're not sure, ask!) There'll be a couple of closed prompts in toplevels too.
When: November 15th-17th
Where: Temple Nekhbet
What: Post-event temple mingle, for concerned parties, some in-temple problems, and the grand effort to actually get Shun to sit the fuck down for a few days.

[The vultures on the grounds of Shun's temple are a little calmer than usual in the wake of the recent incident, though perhaps that's courtesy of their usual meticulous care being taken over temporarily by Kotori, who is much more willing to keep them off people on the grounds than Shun is. In a slightly different, but equally carelessly-worn kimono to the one she was wearing in the video post, she's grooming a couple of the messier birds, who seem very attuned to her presence.

If anyone comes by intending to visit or at least look in on Shun after what happened, she'll invite in people she knows happily, or even those who responded helpfully to the network post and seem to know Shun well. However, she may tactfully suggest they not stray too much further than the well-lit visitor's room furnished in plain white linens until she can bring him in...or track him down, as the case may be. He's probably tried to sneak out of the temple at least once since he's been up to getting out of bed.

However, he's certainly not the only person about the temple, so feel free to take the opportunity to meet other residents or regular visitors as well.]

Comments

[shadowrevenger]

[...Oh. Ren frowns a little as he twirls Shun's hair in his fingers. That would make a lot of sense. But was it the stinging or the weirdness that had come first...]

I ran into him in the forest. He was acting weird. [Ren turns his head, staring thoughtfully in the direction of the food and drinks but not really at them.] Kind of like he was a completely different person...but I'm sure if I'd run into anyone who didn't really know me, they'd think I was acting weird too.

[revolutionfalcon]

[That's...not reassuring at all, and Shun almost looks like he would've sat up right there and then if Ren wasn't on top of him. However, it's telling that he doesn't actually look surprised, just concerned.] I don't know if it's the same thing. But I think he's been expecting this to happen. [Shun lets out a somewhat bitter sound, tilting his head back a bit.] Asking me about things like ablutions and then never actually admitting what the problem was, like that didn't sound like he was giving up already. I suppose at least now I know what's wrong.

[It doesn't take a huge logical leap. Fubuki had lost two gods before Shun, frequently expressed his inability to help anyone, and now blight's flared when Shun had disappeared as well.]

[shadowrevenger]

[Well, that's no good. It's no surprise he would be concerned about Fubuki and want to get up and deal with the matter right away, because that's just how Shun is, but he also just spent three days having his life drained by an evil forest.

Ren stretches a little and then resettles with his head on his arms on Shun's chest and his legs draped on either side of Shun's and looks very much like he might go back to sleep just like that.]

That's not very fair to you, having something that was bothering him that much and not doing anything about it. That's not fun for anyone involved....But I guess if you have an idea of what happened, that's a good start.

[revolutionfalcon]

We talked about it once, but I had to basically force my help on him to get him to accept it. [Shun lets out another lengthy hiss, closing his eyes and somewhat absently running his fingers back and forth through Ren's hair while trying to remember the exact details of that conversation.] And he still wasn't very specific about the--

[He pauses, rather suddenly, and opens his eyes again. He'd been acting like "a completely different person", huh...]

One of the things he said was that he was afraid of the part of him that would "do anything to survive" coming out. [Was it just a matter of doing anything for him to survive this time, or doing anything to stop himself from losing yet another god...?]

[shadowrevenger]

[Ren smiles a bit like he's trying not to laugh for a moment, but Shun probably would't appreciate it if he said that reminded him of a certain someone else in this temple, so he just lies there and doesn't say anything that might make Shun stop combing his fingers through his hair.

Shun ends up doing that all on his own anyway. Ren opens his eyes as well, a little disappointed, and thoughtfully stares off at nothing again.]

...That does sound a lot like the Fubuki-kun I ran into.

[revolutionfalcon]

[Shun has honestly made that kind of comparison before, considering he's noticed very quickly that all his shinki have the same kind of habit of making themselves impossible to help that they like to accuse him of. But it seems like an obvious thing to him as well, so he doesn't so much feel the need to bring it up openly.

When Ren confirms his guess (to some degree, at least), Shun nods a little grimly, resuming the same combing motion with marginally more presence of mind this time. It's something to do with his hands, and it feels kind of nice.]

It's a start, at least. I won't know more until I can talk to him. [Ren might have run across him, but no amount of theorising between the two of them will get rid of the blight. Only resolving it with Fubuki can do that, and neither of them can really guess at his true feelings here.]