[closed] Holiday Memories

[dredefulchilde]

Who: Joscelin and Ayumu
What: Joss gets his first memory regain
When: December 26th
Where: Temple of Vesta
Warnings: Trauma. So much trauma. Discussions of violent death.

Sometime in the very early morning hours of Boxing Day, December the 26th, Joscelin wakes up screaming.

"Mother, no!" he sobs. "I'll kill them! I'll kill them all! Mama!"

He no longer recognizes where he is or why; instead he sees a candlelit room, the flash of a blade, and fountaining blood as a head separates from a slender, pale neck and rolls towards his feet.

Overcome, he vomits.

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[kagenonadeshiko]

Even without the screaming, the sudden violent surge of emotion coming from Joss's direction is enough to jolt Ayumu awake and out of bed. Her shinki's room is right next door but there isn't a place within these temple walls she can't teleport to in an instant. She does so now, appearing at the foot of Joss's bed in her pajamas.

"Joss, I'm here. What is it? What's wrong?"

From the feelings Ayumu's picking up on, the boy's own words, and the fact he's sick, she can hazard a guess. Without hesitation or regard to the fact that she's likely to get thrown up on herself, she hurries to his side, reaching out to place a steady, comforting hand on his shoulder.