♘ I hope the day will be a lighter highway

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

[on one end of a swing set on the Plane, his hands gripping the chains so tight, his knuckles have turned white, sits Kaoru. he's in the suit he arrived in for his match against Remus, the trousers all one piece again like the shards of broken porcelain never cut the expensive material. the tea cup the Twins gave him lies empty on the ground nearby.

besides the lingering sensation of a drugged fog in his mind, he doesn't seem any different. everything is still in place--he still feels like himself--but he wears a worried, frightened expression. he doesn't know how long he's been gone and worse still...he doesn't want to see what his blood looks like now.

his mind goes to Hikaru and he suddenly lets out a mournful little groan, his grip tightening on the chains as he slumps forward, his body wanting to curl in on itself. of all people, he doesn't want Hikaru to know what he did, even if he did it to protect the Hosts and Renge, because...no, he can't stand thinking about that possibility.]

Comments

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

You'd think a spell that sounds like that would make someone dumber, not knock them out.

But ohhh, it's even forbidden! [sorry, he thinks that's rather neat]

[oncemarauder.livejournal.com]

It's from the Latin stupere - to be numb or stunned.

[wry smile] Yes, because it's impossible to block.

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know that, but you can't deny it sounds like an insult.

Really? You can't do anything like deflect it with a mirror or anything?

if you don't mind a horribly late response

[oncemarauder.livejournal.com]

I suppose it does.

You can hide behind anything you like, but any other spell you can deflect magically.

Nope, I don't mind~

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

[he nods] But you can't deflect that one, huh?

Hey Remus, do you still have the carriage and everything? I really should bring it all back home.

Hooray! <3

[oncemarauder.livejournal.com]

No, and once it hits you, there's nothing to be gone.

Oh! Yes, I do. Just a moment... [disappears! and, soon enough, reappears with the carriage, horses and all] Dumbledore let me keep it at Hogwarts.

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

I...I see... [yeah, he definitely wants to avoid that...]

[he gets up, glad to see everything, and starts petting the closest horse] That Dumbledore person didn't question where you suddenly got all this?

[oncemarauder.livejournal.com]

Oh, I told him. ...Well, I told him I was keeping it for a friend I'd met here. I imagine he realised there was more to it, but he didn't press.