(OTA + CLOSED) if i cannot move heaven

[immortalpoet]

WHO: Vergilius and YOU + closed starters
WHAT: Catchall for TDM prompts, May + June catchall - if you want a closed starter for your character, DM me!
WHERE: All over Neo Tokyo, etc.
WHEN: May
WARNINGS: general Project Moon warnings (opt-out post), will update as needed



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[wheft]

Nothing. I was just passing through.

[ and now that she's on his sights there's no escape... sigh. ]

What are you doing here?

[immortalpoet]

...Trying to find medicine.

[His red gaze slips off of her, back to the medicine in front of him.]

I think I was cursed.

[wheft]

Cursed how?

[ did he somehow encounter an abno or........ ]

[immortalpoet]

[In the most blunt tone in the world:]

Death goddess.

[wheft]

[ death goddess... hold on, she does know someone like that -- ]

Ereshkigal?

[immortalpoet]

.....I think that's what her name was. I was distracted by her attempting to scare me away. She was like a frightened cat.

[wheft]

Can you really blame her? You probably stared her down with your laser gaze and everything.

[immortalpoet]

Oh, no, she only came through the door last minute.


[...]

I might have. Slammed my fist against the door. Not that hard, though.

[wheft]

Somehow I really doubt that.

[ her brow's still raised in judgment. ]

And this curse... what are its symptoms? I can try looking around for the right meds.

[immortalpoet]

I guess it'll kill me in a few days.

[#mightaswelldie okay no he IS mad but this is just him too tired to give a damn at this point]

..............But really, it just feels like the flu.

[wheft]

Can't believe the Red Gaze is going to die like this...

[ smh... ]

Give me a sec.

[ she is going off to ASK AROUND for flu medicine, and comes back with a small container of flu tablets. ]

Here, this should do it. Assuming that it's just some flu and not an advanced one that a goddess like her would cook up.

[immortalpoet]

You think they would've saved a more flashy ending for me.

[.....Oh. She actually is. Helpful?]

[Really, though, he seems genuinely surprised.]

.................Thank you.

[....]

[Takes it.....quietly................]

[wheft]

No problem.

[ why is he surprised... isn't she one of his model students........... ]

Do you... need some help getting home?

[ is he becoming a geriatric now ]

[immortalpoet]

[not about HIM girl he'd see this behavior for dante for years before expecting it for him]

[He groans.]

Don't treat me like some helpless thing, Ishmael. But walk with me. We can talk.

[wheft]

[ YEAH WELL dante ain't here rn.... save us dante etc ]

Um, sure. I'll wait outside while you go pay for that.

[ walking home with verg... well, it's fine. they're fine-ish now. it's just that walking side by side with a color fixer is still kind of surreal. don would KILL to be her rn. ]

[immortalpoet]

[Dante please....your sinners and guide need you...]

[But he moves over to the counter to do so, before heading back over as he moves to open his purchase up and pop a couple pills. Let's go, girl.]

Any updates, Ishmael. Since last we talked.

[About anything, really. He's not going to be so strict, here.]

[wheft]

Updates? Let's see...

[ she is NOT telling him about her love life rn she still hasn't finalized it yet at this time. ]

You tried the portal technology they have here? I wonder if it's the same as... you know.

[immortalpoet]

[oh don't worry it will be obvious to him at next meeting]

That's precisely the reason why I don't want to try it. You know the horror stories we've heard about those trains.

[wheft]

But we don't have a choice, do we?

Someone I met here recently actually went out on his own, partly because of his experience as a navigator. LILITH personality sought him out and brought him back, then punished him by disabling his virtual wallet. [ wrinkles her nose. ] So that's out of the question.

[immortalpoet]

...

[Yeah, he doesn't like that.]

I assume they tracked him down through the implants and whatnot. Wretched things.

[wheft]

No surprise there. It's exactly how Taboo Hunters keep track of people.

[ and yet she sounds resigned by it. ]

Not much we can do about that. Let's just... try not to assume that it works like the Warp Trains. It'd be better for my sanity that way.

[immortalpoet]

Will we really have to use it at some point? I'd rather use anything else.

[fucking LILITH]

I wonder if we're going somewhere far...there's probably a lot outside this place we have no idea about.

[wheft]

I mean, it's the same thing with the City, right? Unless you know virtually everything about all the Districts because of your job as a Color Fixer.

[ still, shrugs. ]

I'm... kind of excited, though. Only because I've been here for almost six months. Aren't you?

[immortalpoet]

Hrm. I might know a lot. But I'm no encyclopedia. I used to own some about the City back in my Office days...

[He drifts off a little.]

Not really. It's the same old bullshit, isn't it?

[wheft]

[ she tilts her head slightly towards him like oh? office lore crumbs?? 👀 ]

It is the same old bullshit, but in a whole new world. The bullshit might be slightly different this time.

[ ... ]

What... was your Office like?