[it is 7am in sweet flurry time so we can just double check later.]
Yes. To me, but also to Childe and Lingsha. He felt the presence of something big right behind him, she could smell fire, and I felt as though I were drowning.
[ give him a second to like, actually concentrate. going into full nerd concentration mode - he closes his eyes, shifts his stance so he's got a firm grip on huohuo just in case, and takes a breath in, and out.
and - after a minute or so, he gasps, sharply, eyes snapping open with a cough. ] -- Oh...!
[ oh no, he immediately turned protectively inwards - out of sheer instinct. protect the baby ]
I ... [ god that is. bad. ] ...Why in the world? What sort of illusion could there be - are we positive it's not the lupitoxin? That you and I and Richie all felt the same, yet Childe and Lingsha had something different...
[ he coughs again, shaking his head - gently trying to soothe huohuo if she fusses at all. ]
The longer I stare out the window when we travel, the more strange things feel, too. It's... odd. [ mmm. his brow furrows, and taair frowns, glance passing towards their surroundings. ] ... I can look at the map and see if I recognize anything from the ruins themselves... maybe there's some discrepancy.
I have a bad feeling about all of this. I'm not sure how to place it beyond gut instinct.
[a glance toward wherever the heck claude is chilling. perhaps keeping richie away from his mom like a soccer goalkeeper. no hallucinations for claude... (yet)]
We need to move past these ruins as soon as possible. I don't like this.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
holyspirits) wrote2025-02-16 05:05 pm
no subject
no he will listen. taair closes his eyes and does try to concentrate as asked. ]
....Nothing out of the ordinary. [ ? ] Did something happen...?
no subject
[it is 7am in sweet flurry time so we can just double check later.]
Yes. To me, but also to Childe and Lingsha. He felt the presence of something big right behind him, she could smell fire, and I felt as though I were drowning.
no subject
Lupitoxin?
no subject
I would know if we had been exposed to it. It's not fear, anyway. Just... strange. A feeling that doesn't match what our eyes can see.
no subject
[ give him a second to like, actually concentrate. going into full nerd concentration mode - he closes his eyes, shifts his stance so he's got a firm grip on huohuo just in case, and takes a breath in, and out.
and - after a minute or so, he gasps, sharply, eyes snapping open with a cough. ] -- Oh...!
no subject
Hm. So you felt it, too.
no subject
I ... [ god that is. bad. ] ...Why in the world? What sort of illusion could there be - are we positive it's not the lupitoxin? That you and I and Richie all felt the same, yet Childe and Lingsha had something different...
[ he coughs again, shaking his head - gently trying to soothe huohuo if she fusses at all. ]
The longer I stare out the window when we travel, the more strange things feel, too. It's... odd. [ mmm. his brow furrows, and taair frowns, glance passing towards their surroundings. ] ... I can look at the map and see if I recognize anything from the ruins themselves... maybe there's some discrepancy.
I have a bad feeling about all of this. I'm not sure how to place it beyond gut instinct.
no subject
[a glance toward wherever the heck claude is chilling. perhaps keeping richie away from his mom like a soccer goalkeeper. no hallucinations for claude... (yet)]
We need to move past these ruins as soon as possible. I don't like this.
no subject
That something isn't right.
no subject
I hope we can move past these ruins quickly. None of this bodes well.