bloodfloods

➢⠀⠀⠀guess  who’s  back  mama

silksnows

// WAAAAAAVESSS
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silksnows

junpei  ...  junpei?  (  the sudden sound of someone snapping her fingers a few times.  ) you're spacing out  —  did something happen again?

bloodfloods

    ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀
                   D⃨O⃨G⃨’S⃨  D⃨I⃨N⃨N⃨E⃨R⃨,  @silksnows.
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            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ❛  ..  ❜
            
            
            the  tip  of  junpei’s  cigar  crackles  a  bit  as  he  takes  a  long,  bitter  drag.  he  exhales,  letting  the  smoke  rise  from  his  lips  lazily.
            
            
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ❛  mmnah.  was  just.  thinkin’
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ‘bout  work.  got  a  contract
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ today,  ain’t  the  kind’a  pay
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ i  was  hopin’  fer.  ❜
            
            
            a  lie.  very  obviously  so.  junpei’s  never  been  one  to  complain  about  money,  no  matter  how  little.
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silksnows

(  RIGID AS STEEL.  SHOULDERS SQUARED.  IRISES NARROWED INTO UNGODLY SLITS.  SHE'S STARING AT NOTHING.  SHE'S SEEN SOMETHING NO ONE CAN SEE AND IT'S /  MORTIFYING.  /  THERE'S SOMETHING HEAVY IN HER CHEST, LIKE A ROCK.  SOMETHING DENSE.  SOMETHING DEAD.  WHERE IS SHE?  HOW FAR HAS SHE GONE?  WHEN CAN SHE GO HOME?  SHE STANDS THERE IN THOSE PLAINS, GRASSES RIPPLING, THUNDER MUMBLING IN THE DISTANT CLOUDS.  AND SHE STARES AT NOTHING.  )
          
          …

silksnows

:  (  for a moment, sanga doesn't say a thing.  she doesn't react.  doesn't turn to him.  doesn't even acknowledge his presence.  her eyes are bloodshot and crimson.  her form is weary — god, what is this woman if not weary, though? — but she does not compromise to slump or slouch.  the grasses, downtrodden by unknown feet, yield to the invisi̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶ ̶T̶H̶I̶N̶G̶  but no, not sanga.  not now.  not ever.  she cannot afford to.
            
            if this were a lighter situation, one'd think she were having a staring contest with the molecules before her eyes, swimming with something only she can see.
            
            oh, but there is something there.  she can see it, in the gathering clouds, something within the tempest that stirs an ugly, horrid brew where  IT  lies.  )
            
            ...  ikeda.  you should go.  i can̶ ̶h̶a̶n̶d̶l̶e̶ ̶ ̶I̶T̶.̶
            
            (  it comes as an echo of her voice.  there's an unmistakable edge that junpei's definitely never heard from her before.  raw.  teetering the delicate line between the storm's eye and the terrible, harrowing inferno that consumes all.  her rigid form does not compromise, but her eyes glance his way for a moment.  did she even hear what he said?  it doesn't matter.  she stares at the horizon as if she's going to go down there and impale it with her spears millionfold.  )  ;  @butchrvanity      ﹏ .
            
            // hiiii :3
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bloodfloods

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                   D⃨O⃨G⃨’S⃨  D⃨I⃨N⃨N⃨E⃨R⃨,  @silksnows.
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            akainu  tightens  his  grip  on  his  oversized  cleaver.  the  air  doesn’t  smell  right⸻and  the  feeling  that  *something*  is  coming  gnaws  at  the  pit  of  his  stomach.  blades  of  grass  scratch  at  his  ankles,  swayed  by  the  howling  wind.  for  a  while,  his  eyes  are  glued  on  sanga;  motionless  in  the  middle  of  it  all,  like  the  eye  of  a  hurricane.
            
            
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ❛  ..  yer  losin’  it,  ain’tcha.  ❜
            
            
            the  words  sound  harsh  coming  from  his  mouth.  almost  unsympathetic,  had  a  stranger  heard  them.  but  akainu  has  never  been  one  to  mince  his  words,  nor  has  he  ever  had  any  modicum  of  compassion.  there’s  no  point  in  acting  like  he  does.
            
            
            so  why  is  he  here.  why  is  he  watching  sanga.  morbid  curiosity,  maybe.  or  perhaps  something  else  entirely.
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silksnows

// you get both because i feel Funny
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silksnows

(  HEAVY BREATHING.  UGLY BREATHING.  HICCUPING, WHEEZING, GASPING FOR NOTHING.  CLAMMY HANDS GRASP FOR NOTHING, ANGRY CRESCENT MARKS DIG INTO FLESH, DRAWING BLOOD.  IN.  OUT.  IN.  OUT.  CRIMSON IRISES SHAKE, QUIVER LIKE THE DEAD LEAVES IN AUTUMN.  THEY LAND ON A BLURRY FIGURE.  BLURRY?  BLURRY BECAUSE OF HER FADING VISION?  OR  ...  )
          
          jun. ..  junp  —  hhgk!  —  get  /  back.  /  watching  ...  IT'S  ..  watching  ...

silksnows

:  (  ROTTING. THE AIR SMELLS LIKE IT'S ROTTING.  WHAT IS THAT SMELL? VISCERAL, HAUNTING, PIERCING?  THAT SHAPE, THAT SOUND  ...  SOUND  ...  THE SOUND OF  ...  )
            
            ...  !
            
            (  junpei.  it's the sound of junpei's voice.  it's BLOODY.  it's STAINED with an UNFORGIVING red.  but she'll take crimson than the nihilism that spreads through every thread of the fabric of SANITY she wears.  she doesn't calm down at first.  in fact, she doesn't calm down at all.  but she does take a breath in, deeper than the shallow gasps she was trying to keep steady, as her hands are forced away from her.  blood has been drawn.  small RIVULETS OF WINE run down her cheeks like tear tracks while others bead on her flesh.  she's still shaking, eyes blown wide, but it's a start.  but how can she tell him that she's right?  there /  is  / a thing watching her, and has been watching her, and will continue to be watching her  ...  )
            
            ...  IT  is.  sounds like i'm  —  ghh  —  going crazy, but it's real.  IT'S  real.
            
            (  still, her shaking has started to considerably subside.  sanga feels the forgiving taste of oxygen on her tongue.  if he were so terrible at comforting, then why did she stop feeling  IT'S  gaze on her?  )    ;  @butchrvanity      ﹏ .
            
            // hi im NOT ok after reading your response thank you bro holy crap
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bloodfloods

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                   D⃨O⃨G⃨’S⃨  D⃨I⃨N⃨N⃨E⃨R⃨,  @silksnows.
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            he’s  not  good  at  this.  akainu  isn’t  at  all  a  comforting  presence⸻quite  the  opposite.  but  he  knows  a  thing  or  two  about  mania.  when  it’s  him,  a  stern  beating  is  usually  enough  to  bring  him  to  his  senses  ..  but  that,  he  thinks,  probably  won’t  work  on  sanga  right  now.  might  even  make  her  worse.
            
            
            (is  he  actually  thinking  about  being  *considerate*  right  now?  fuck,  he’s  gotten  soft.  gross.)
            
            
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ❛  hey.  ❜
            
            
            he  grunts,  taking  hold  of  her  wrists  and  pulling  them  away  from  her  face.  his  grip  is  firm,  but  not  painful.
            
            
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ❛  yer  good,  alright?  nothin’s
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ watchin’.  ‘s  just  me.  i’ll  cut
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ up  anythin’  that’s  wantin’
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ to  sneak  up  on  ya,  ight?
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ yer  safe.  ❜
            
            
            god.  he’s  terrible  at  comforting  people.
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bloodfloods

➢⠀⠀⠀breaking  down  how  some  songs  in  his  playlist  relate  to  him  below  because  i  feel  insanely  akainupilled  rn

bloodfloods

➢⠀⠀⠀here’s  some  of  the  most  applicable  lyrics  from  his  playlist:
            
            “i  am  fire  /  burn  those  who  dare  to  care  for  me”  (iron  lotus  by  mili)
            
            “a  cursed  collar  that  screams  "i  want  someone"”  (aishite  aishite  aishite  by  ado)
            
            “give  me  more  anger,  i  want  to  be  serious”  (ikari  wo  kureyo  by  glim  spanky)
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bloodfloods

➢⠀⠀⠀by  the  way  i  use  like.  three  names  for  this  guy.  i  use  them  all  to  refer  to  the  same  person.  junichirō  is  his  birth  name,  junpei  is  his  normal  person  alias,  and  akainu  is  his  mercenary  alias

bloodfloods

➢⠀⠀⠀going  back  to  his  playlist  i  like  to  think  that  aishite  aishite  aishite  by  ado  was  him  when  he  was  younger.  giggles.  guy  who  craved  love  and  found  nothing  but  hurt
            
            butcher  vanity  something  something  about  his  bloodlust.  ouhh.  
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silksnows

// i could take him
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bloodfloods

➢⠀⠀⠀he  doesn’t  use  zaizen  junichirō  because  he  doesn’t  want  to  associate  with  his  family  at  All.  in  normal  situations  he’ll  introduce  himself  as  ikeda  junpei  but  most  people  who  know  him  for  his  work  call  him  akainu
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silksnows

// bros oc lore canNOT BE THIS PEAK. so what if sanga is the ice huh. unrecognizable from her former shape. free floating to a home that she no longer remembers. on the run from the force that she is sure will end her. huh. what about that (please keep yapping bro never shut up)
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bloodfloods

➢⠀⠀⠀mori  is  water,  he  flows  with  the  tide  freely.  and  akainu  is  fire  because  he’ll  burn  down  anything  that  gets  too  close
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bloodfloods

@silksnows    ➢⠀⠀⠀GRRR  i  like  to  think  of  mori  and  juni  as  narrative  foils.  mori  who  values  his  virtue  and  has  found  his  peace  despite  his  past  vs  akainu  who  thinks  morals  are  for  the  weak  and  glorifies  violence  because  it  gives  him  the  control  over  the  lives  of  others  which  was  the  other  way  around  for  him  when  he  was  younger.  i  hate  akainu  he  should  get  tossed  into  a  vat  of  tar
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silksnows

what's with that look?

silksnows

:  i didn't mean like  ..  nevermind.  (  sanga heaves a sigh, letting him rant as she - with some amount of difficulty  -  managed to wedge the cushion between the chair and his back.  she simply nods in response, either too weary or too unbothered to respond to him at the moment, before sitting beside him and watching his increasingly irritated expression with tired interest.  )    ;  @butchrvanity      ﹏ .
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                   D⃨O⃨G⃨’S⃨  D⃨I⃨N⃨N⃨E⃨R⃨,  @silksnows.
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            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ❛  well  saw—ree  for  not  bein’
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ in  the  mood  ta  smile.  pretty
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ hard  to  when  i  just  lost  out
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ on  a  shit  ton  of  money.  ❜
            
            
            it  was  pretty  simple,  really.  someone  else  had  gotten  to  a  bounty  before  him.  which  he  thinks  is  a  load  of  glorpshit,  because  he  doesn’t  even  [know]  who  exactly’s  stolen  his  kill.  can’t  even  rip  their  arms  off  for  taking  what’s  not  theirs.  all  he  can  do  is  sulk,  like  a  little  kid  that  didn’t  get  his  way.
            
            
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ❛  when  i  get  my  hands  on
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ that  sunnuva  bitch,  they
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ain’t  even  gonna  have  a
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ jaw  ta  scream  with.  mark
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ my  gaddamn  words  ..  ❜
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silksnows

:  ...  you look like you're gonna stab something.  possibly me.  (  sanga stares at his irritated expression vacantly.  the wrinkle of his brow.  that obvious scowl.  sanga huffs before getting a cushion from a nearby chair and gesturing for him  sit up a bit.  no, she's not going to put it behind him to at least let him be a little more comfortable. whatever do you mean?  ;  @butchrvanity      ﹏ .
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silksnows

...  guessing that blood isn't yours.  come in.  can't have you staining the floor before room service comes in.

silksnows

// please give her more nicknames she gets flustered regardless of whether it's meant to tease her or not
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silksnows

:  /  sugar?  /  that's  ..  huh.  (  sanga attempts to pay the nickname no mind, which is easy, as an irk mark near—immediately forms on her jaw as crimson marks pool themselves onto the hardwood.  she locks the door behind him before turning to junpei once more.  )    would it kill you to take off your shoes, at least?  and  ...  well, i sleep in motels when i can.  not like i  / don't /  sleep on the grass, it's just that more often than not some officer kicks me out for 'trespassing property.'  guh.  a bed's nice every once in a while, ok?  ;  @butchrvanity      ﹏ .
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bloodfloods

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                   D⃨O⃨G⃨’S⃨  D⃨I⃨N⃨N⃨E⃨R⃨,  @silksnows.
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            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ❛  yer  startin’  to  catch  on
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ real  quick,  sugar.  ❜
            
            
            of  course  it’s  not  his  own  blood.  when  is  it  ever  his  own?  hah,  he’d  love  to  see  the  day  a  target  of  his  gets  him  to  bleed⸻they  all  kick  the  bucket  too  fast,  too  soon,  when  kaijō  gets  involved.
            
            
            he  saunters  into  the  room,  the  soles  of  his  shoes  still  soaked  in  that  deep,  rich  red  he’s  come  to  know  so  well.  god,  would  it  kill  him  to  clean  up  before  visiting  someone?  way  he  looks  right  now,  you’d  think  the  man  just  walked  out  of  a  butcher  shop.
            
            
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ ❛  didn’t  take  ya  fer  the
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ type  ta  stay  in  shithole
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ inns.  i  dunno.  ya  always
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ struck  me  as  the  sleep—
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ on—a—patch—o’—grass
            ⠀‬‬ ⠀⠀ type.  ❜
            
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