Catch-All~

[followyourstar]

WHO: Dante and Others
WHAT: Catch-All for Dante for end of February to end of March
WHERE: Various locations
WHEN: Last couple weeks of February to end of March
WARNINGS: Will list in subjects as they happen


[No memes, but feel free to toss in a starter if we've talked about threading!]

Comments

cw suicidal ideation

[wheft]

[ another uncomfortable silence falls over them like a veil - a rare treat, what with how the City was always so noisy with all the carnage and bloodshed as a constant backdrop. ishmael exhales, her expression unreadable even with her eyes closed.

then, she speaks slowly. ]

I was serious back then, you know. Inside the Whale. Once I finally kill Ahab with my own hands, I knew I wasn't going to live for long, too. After all here was I gonna go after fulfilling my life's purpose?

[ ... ]

But you stopped me. All of you stopped me. You all made me realize that there's more to life than getting revenge for something that was out of my control. Being in this world helped in reinforcing that, too.

Which is why... [ her hand blindly searches for dante's hand, tightly covering theirs with her own as if her fingers are an elaborate knot holding onto a fellow skiff. ] You have to keep going, too. Don't you fucking dare let go of your helm before the voyage is over. Because... I won't either.

[followyourstar]

[They look from their entwined hands up to Ishmael's face.]

< Ishmael... >

[Their own words from back then, said to them now.

They still don't know why the Sinners follow them. Maybe they'll never know. But Ishmael trusts them, and they'll make sure that trust is paid in kind.

They turn their hand over in hers and hold it tight. A promise.]

< I won't. >

< I'll keep moving forward. Until this journey ends, and on to the next. >

[wheft]

...Good.

[ she knows they can do it. they have to. not even this world is merciful when it comes to the ones who are chosen to save it.

her eyes flutter open as she puts on a more determined look on her face. ]

That being said, you also have to consider other possibilities. I may not die today, but LILITH might dismiss me from out of nowhere and I'll be sent back to the City. [ she squeezes her grip around them. ] That's why you have to get those surgeries. You won't be limited to us Sinners anymore while you're here. You might even be able to heal Vergilius, but knowing that guy, he might not even need it.

[ the blood has to come from somewhere, after all. ]

[followyourstar]

[It's not an idea they enjoy thinking about, but... she's right. They can't deny that. If Ishmael returns home like Rodya did (they'd rather not give the idea of her dying any more thought than they have to), it'll just be Dante and Vergilius here. And if Vergilius goes, it'll just be them.

And there's nothing they can do for anyone else here as they are now.

A nod.]

< All right. I'll wait until you're able to move around a little better and go in. I'll step up my self-defense classes too. So... don't worry about me. >

< Although... it's probably too late for me to say something like that, considering you've already got people keeping an eye on me. >