[ 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.
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holyspirits) wrote2025-02-16 05:05 pm
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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.
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[ 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...!
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Hm. So you felt it, too.
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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.
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[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.
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That something isn't right.
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I hope we can move past these ruins quickly. None of this bodes well.