Higurashi aftermath

[sharpasafawkes]

[IN OUR LAST EPISODE Shaun and Cesare had a little trip down to the labs, if by "trip" we mean "a magical adventure full of torture-filled antics". Needless to say there's one historian laid up in a hospital bed, more or less asleep and bandaged like you wouldn't believe.]

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[sharpasafawkes]

I've got to be honest with you, I haven't felt safe for a long time. First there was the mess that got me here, then the bloody nightmares, and even before that I've felt like I was on the run for so long. I'm not sure a feel really safe now, but it's the closest it's been lately.

[maleborgia]

Why do you trust me?

[sharpasafawkes]

I just do, shouldn't I?

[maleborgia]

But my brother hurt you. And he tells me to do things.

[sharpasafawkes]

But you're not him, at least you act differently than him.

[maleborgia]

...Oh.

*so much internal conflict :< *

[sharpasafawkes]

[sees that and bumps Cesare with his head]

You'll turn out fine, as long as you learn from your mistakes, I still have faith in that.

[maleborgia]

I learned what you taught me when we were playing chess.

[sharpasafawkes]

That's a start, just remember that in real life the pieces have feelings.

[maleborgia]

I will.

[sharpasafawkes]

[fluffing and then starting to preen]

You said you wanted another game...

[maleborgia]

*sometime later, after another game and a snack and the tiny climbing back onto the bed and falling asleep with the bird in his lap, Camp has decided that right now would be the ideal time to suddenly reage Cesare.

he's very awake and growing angrier and more frustrated by the second.

stands up suddenly, causing Shaun to topple out of his lap*

What was the meaning of all that?

[sharpasafawkes]

Cesare, I was having a normal...

[oh, oh god, oh god no. WORST TIME TO BE A BIRD]

[maleborgia]

You can't just tell him things like that! I don't care how upset you are! Do you know how much effort it takes to get him to behave properly? And now he's questioning me! This could very well ruin everything!

[sharpasafawkes]

[not answering, and starting to tuck his wings and claws in from his position on his back.]

[maleborgia]

Stop quivering! It's so damn annoying! *turning around to kick that chair, GOD*

[sharpasafawkes]

[yep, that's a terrified sound and he's trying to take to the air and just escape, damn the nurses and what they said the last time he tried to do that.

...

please take note of the "try", as the first wingbeat sends him to the ground, crying out in pain.]

[maleborgia]

*this is a noise of such frustration and he drops into that chair, not because he wants to but in an effort to make himself seem less threatening since he cannot actually calm down*

Get this through your head. I am not going to hurt you. I never hurt you, apart from when Camp forced me to. I am absolutely furious with you, with myself, with this entire place, and there is nothing that either of us can do about any of this.

[sharpasafawkes]

[Sorry, trying to crawl to the door]

Bollocks, you're a moment from slitting my throat, I can tell.

[maleborgia]

*voice raising, whiteknuckling that chair*

I'm not going to kill you!

*stands abruptly, pushing the chair back hard as he does so*

If you cannot calm down, I will leave. I do not need another death on my conscience.

[sharpasafawkes]

[That sparks another frantic attempt to get airborne, but it stops before it can really start, Shaun making a keen of pain as he flops back onto the floor, a bit of red staining his feathers.]

[maleborgia]

*FACEPALMING. SO MUCH FRUSTRATED FACEPALMING.*

[maleborgia]

*then striding across the room and quickly picking him up and putting him back on the mattress, making an effort to keep it as fast and as gentle as possible, backing up once he does*

Rue was right. I never should have come back here and I should not have sent him.

[sharpasafawkes]

[His breath is a little quick and he's still shaking, but at least he's responding.]

...You knew it was going to happen?

[maleborgia]

*still rather short with him, but at least he's not kicking furniture?*

I thought he might have been able to smooth things over or at least reassure me that nothing worse had happened while I was unable to see for myself. I did not think you would speak to him in such a manner.