exercisms | Week 5 Curfew

[He stops and looks like he's thinking for a long time.]

Everyone here . . . here . . .

[Wow, way to fuck up your truth, buddy.]

There was someone, right? What was her name. . . ?

...

[uh]

...Shigeo? Um... you can just point at whoever you mean.

Not here.

[Wow, rude, Mob. But it serves Yona right for blatantly fishing for compliments like he's gonna choose between her and Yona.

He thinks about what she says a little.]

That's right. I'm Shigeo.

...um. Yes.

[???]

Of course you're Shigeo. Who else would you be?

Somehow I thought.

[. . .]

No one else. Truth or dare?

...

[yona looks kind of uneasy, but...]

Truth, I guess...?

Who are you?

...what kind of question is that? We've known each other for weeks.

[???]

Shigeo, are... your memories. Are you splintering or something...?

Splintering?

[He seems to react badly to that. He bristles, staring at her with an unusually intense expression.]

Of course you'd say that. Of course you'd say I'm splintering. But you won't erase me.

[As he says this, all around them, there's a rattling sound. This is a blacksmith shop, after all. There are swords and shields on display everywhere. But they're shaking now, almost as though an earthquake hit the shop. Every display at once begins to shake, and then starts to float in the air.]

You won't erase me.

[UH?

yona casts a panicked glance around them at the sound of rattling - and then... the shaking? ........and then the swords and shields are floating??

her eyes snap back to mob, alarmed, and she reaches out to take his arm.]

Shigeo, calm down! No one here wants to erase you, or hurt you, or anything else!

Yona! Leave him and get away from there!

But— he's scared! He needs help!

[is he scared? he seems more scary than scared, really. but.

yona's kind of scared, actually. she seems rooted into place. she should probably listen to blanca and run, but like. .........i really want a chance to get like a stab wound or something that she'd have a hard time explaining at trial.]

[The sword and shield displays are circling around him, surrounded by a brilliant purple-ish light. Shigeo himself is also glowing now with an identical light. Both are coming off the displays, swirling around him like caught in a tornado. The ground continues to rumble - every object in the shop that isn't nailed down is starting to float.

. . . But she can take his arm. All this aside, he's just a scrawny, injured kid right now. But he will try to wrench away, and in the process sends the swords propelling right at them?]

Leave me alone!

[Maybe. Someone help Yona.]

[well that

sure as hell gets her to let go. as he wrenches away and the swords propel in their direction, she drops his arm so that she can put her hands up to shield her face.]

Eek—!

[The swords aren't actually going to hit anyone, unless by accident. But if you wanna get accidentally sliced, that's fine.

But at this point it's not just swords that are floating. All of the people in the room will also find themselves caught in the gravity of whatever has stirred everything not nailed down in the barbershop.]

[WHAT THE FUCK?

this was going to be a gagtag but you know what i'm keeping it.]

Edited 2020-11-06 03:01 (UTC)

[how

how is this possible. soo-won is going to blink in confusion for a bit as he's suddenly floating??? but he's also going to reach for yona immediately because um hi, don't keep trying to console the boy who doesn't want to be consoled]

[reaches for soo-won she's scared please protect her]

What's happening..?

I don't know how, but he's using his psychic powers. I don't.... I'm sure he doesn't want to hurt us. He's just scared.

[reaches for zuko too because he also makes her feel safe. please protect her.]

How did he...

[wait, that's really not what's important here]

How can we help him...?

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[STOP YOU AREN'T URAVITY

what the fuck is HAPPENING HERE HE'S A NORMIE]

[ can zuko just like... propel himself towards mob??? like air swimming? he's so stupid ]

[ he is honestly more distressed over the fact that mob doesn't seem to remember he's a good boy than all these psychic shenanigans, but it's overall pretty!! distressing! ]

You've got us. What are you going to do now?

Edited 2020-11-06 03:05 (UTC)

[Zuko can definitely do that. Shigeo is still standing in the middle of all of this, gritting his teeth in pain - standing on his injured leg, with his ribs like this, lifting his arm in the air - it must be awful. The pain seems to be increasing as moments pass, and while that's making the force with which everything is flying through the air like a tornado worse, it's also causing the boy at the center of all of it to hug at his own chest. He's not even necessarily trying to do this. He's lashing out.

When Zuko talks to him, there's something confused and almost hesitant there.]

I'm going to. . . I'm going to. . .

[He doesn't seem sure what he's going to do.

Also, it's midnight now. Sweet dreams.]

[It's easy to put up a fight when not fucking flying in the air, honestly. He's trained years for everything but fantasy anime telekinetic?

So he's a little helpless.]

Mob! You have to stop! Mo--!

[But then there is curfew. Goodnight.]

[Since this was the tag, I'll give you one last sneak peak. The shields and swords all waver in the air, violently, threatening to follow whatever direction he tells it to. He seems angry? Or maybe it's just confusion.]

Mob? Who -

[Bye.]