fourteenth trick

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Ikki appears on the Plane without grand ceremony, without a straw stuck up his nose or any of the eccentricity and charm that accompanies his usual manner. His white shirt has smears of brown blood on it, probably from the bloody Rumble Regalia he's been clutching to himself for an hour.

He stands there motionless for a moment, then with something like a choked squeak, simply sinks where he is. Feet out, Regalia sitting in front of him, head bowed in memory to one of the first to draw out his potential.]

... damn it...

Comments

[lamb_of_gold]

It's rare not to see a smile on your face, Ikki. What troubles you?

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[It takes Ikki a minute to respond.]

It's...

[He shakes his head and goes silent, upset.]

[lamb_of_gold]

[Vanishes awhile, reappearing with the almighty Pot Of Tea and two cups, one of which he offers to Ikki] Well it's not nothing.

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Ooh, almighty tea. Ikki stares at the cup, then takes it.]

... Nothing is what I did to prevent it.

[madamemoiselle]

Ikki...

{Diva kneels in front of him}

What's wrong?

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Are you sure you want to be hit with the full force of Ikki's puppy eyes, Diva? He makes a pathetic little noise and shakes his head.]

[madamemoiselle]

{Aw, that's just pathetic. So she just hugs Ikki instead.}

Ne, what's upset you this badly?

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Hugs are great. It takes him a second to hug back, but then he clings like no tomorrow.]

Diva-san... someone else died for me.

[contract_star]

...Ikki?


[ooc: so in game time, Hei may or may not be dead right now BUT SCREW IT, I call time warp, y/n?]

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[quietly, eyes hidden beneath his bangs] ... Hei-san.

[ooc: Oh crap. ): TIME WARP IT IS.]

[contract_star]

[They say misery loves company, but really, it just helps people understand and relate to each other. Hei stares down at Ikki for awhile before he sighs a little, drops from the Plane and comes back a minute or so later with a fresh bowl of ramen.]

[He crouches down, setting the bowl in front of Ikki.]

What happened?

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Yaay, ramen. But not even a giant plate of steak could cheer Ikki up right now. He just... stares at the ramen blankly.]

Thanks, but... I'm not hungry.

[Seriously? Seriously.]

Hei-san... have I ever told you about Sora-san?

[coolestscythe.livejournal.com]

[Soul was just sort of wandering by when he spots Ikki. He recognizes him as one of the first people he talked to on the Plane, but that was a few days ago and Soul hasn't seen him since. And now, well, he's crying. Soul comes to a stop and stands there kind of awkwardly for a moment. Then he slips his hands in his pockets and walks up, slowly.]

Hey.

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[That may be a poorly-disguised sniffle, but nothing else. Ikki doesn't bother looking up but he IS attempting to eject some of his usual humor into his greeting.]

... Hey.

[coolestscythe.livejournal.com]

[It's not really Soul's place to ask what happened, since he doesn't know Ikki all that well. It's also not really his place to say everything will be okay, since he doesn't exactly know that either. So he just stands there for a moment with his hands in his pockets.]

You want something? Like...I don't know, coffee?

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Shounen Hero appreciates you trying.]

More of a soda person.

[usagipino]

[Have a Pino in her bunny suit.] Spiky Head? Spiky Head is sad?

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

... I-I'm fine. [surreptitiously wipes at his nose]

[usagipino]

Spiky Head? You're sad? Why are you sad?

[bacchusprincess.livejournal.com]

[Right out of hiatus, Juliet is here. No, he just can't pass this opportunity. Though he is just standing there, with crossed arms, and looking down at Ikki a little blankly even.]

...

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Ikki responds by grabbing the Regalia and clutching it to his chest like Juliet's going to take it.]

...

[bacchusprincess.livejournal.com]

So even heroes can be like this~ You look pathetic, Ikki-kun. [A bit annoyed...]

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

[Shun has only meet Ikki briefly, but he can't just pass someone by when he sees them like this, even if he doesn't know what to say]
Umm...

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Aww, Shun.] ... what? [His voice is a little weak.]

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

[Kneels next to him silently]....What happened?