The shifted and dug soil gives way pretty easily under their fingers and gets cast aside. They can’t really hear anything rooting around exactly, the dirt is so great at hiding sound, Jason has learned.
The grave isn’t completely shallow either. It takes a few minutes for anything to really happen.
MAYBE JASON HAS SUFFOCATED!!
No, a familiar hand scrabbles up out of the dirt, waves, then pauses one very brief second like it’s shocked there is air and not more dirt. Immediately, it starts scrabbling faster to try to get out.]
[a hand scrabbles out of the dirt, and immediately, she grabs it. she doesn't care if he hurts her or if he's startled. she doesn't even care if she doesn't really have the upper body strength for this. cloud is here too. cloud will help, she knows. they're going to get jason out. they're here, this time.
he's alive, and it's okay, it'll be okay.]
Come on, we've got you. [she says, breathless, tugging at him.]
[ lup's grasping at jason's hand sticking out, and cloud clasps both of theirs to help her tug out even as he keeps digging with his other one to free either jason's goddamn head or his other hand, something to make this less awkward. ]
You're almost out, hang tight--
[ he has no idea if he can hear them and he does not care. ]
[The grab does startle him a little, but he doesn’t fight it. Instead, he grabs it back a bit harder than he should, like he is kind of desperate not to have it let go.
After a few moments, his other hand and arm emerges, followed quickly by his head. He starts spitting and coughing the dirt in his mouth. He is still struggling to get himself out because the fuck if he isn’t going to stop. He hates this place.
oh my god, okay, well, they pull him out. and lup does not let go, she keeps his hand, and his arm, holding it tightly in return. she's a noodle but she is trying her best to get him out of here entirely, heart still thudding.
he's speaking, so at least he's okay that much. and she's so startled by the question that she just? answers? without thinking.]
Hope, Aikawa, and Zuko. [three people. fuck. her voice wavers a little on aikawa's name, but otherwise...]
[ once jason is out enough cloud moves to grasp his other hand to help finish pull him out. which at that point is a way easier time because he's half out, and also because. y'know. strength stats etc. it probably ends up with a three person pile in a cemetery! that is how it works when two people are pulling one out of a thing. they all pile up.
if lup didn't answer cloud would have probably said "you for being a pain in my ass", so it is a good(?) thing she went first. there's personally a little wince at zuko's name, but it's fine. he's totally cool with being the last redacted standing. besides: ]
Out of the grave, first. We can talk about how fucked up the deaths are after.
[He starts coughing a bit again to get the rest of the dirt out. He helps them, but there isn’t much he can do except get dragged out while using his feet and legs. They will notice his arms tremble a lil, though. Nice.
They do end up in a cemetery dirt pile, I decree it.
Once he is out, he pulls his hands back just so he can try brushing dirt out of his face and eyes, try pushing his hair back. He’s pale! Not surprising.]
Son of a bitch, I hated that. My head is killing me.
she helps, brushing the dirt out of jason's hair, off of his shirt. she stays close to both of them though, breath a little unsteady. keeps thinking about the way the little spark of hope had died when he'd realized he was going to have to get out alone. about how it'd hurt, the broken nails and the bruises from kicking at the coffin lid.]
You scared the shit out of us. Are you okay? Nothing about to kill you right this instant? [she says, trying to get a sense of what he needs. what she wants to do is cling to him, but she also doesn't want to smother.
[ cloud leans back a little with a relieved sigh, because if jason's well enough to complain he's not in danger of dying right this second. he wipes at his face and just smudges dirt on himself instead. ]
Turns out you were right about the library being a bad idea. [ lup is acting concerned and cloud's making a joke, but it's because he's the one moving out from the pile and getting up before holding his hands out to both of them to help them up. if he has to help jason walk after he will! he has the stupid strength!! ] I was serious. We're not staying here any longer, c'mon.
[ "maybe he needs to take a breath" OUT OF THE CEMETERY FOR TRAUMA TODD CHOP CHOP ]
[If anything was going to kill him right now, it'd definitely be his god damn mental illness. Why the FCK. He hadn't realized he was breathing so raggedly until he's out and having to control it a little better.
Nothing is better than fresh air. He will never take that for granted.
He doesn't hesitate when he reaches up to take one of Cloud's hands and use it to help haul himself to his feet. His are kind of scuffed up from, you know, punching caskets and stuff. Digging in dirt. He does lean on a Cloud for a moment until he's sure his legs and feet work.] Okay. [He will NOT complain about getting the hell out of here.]
[she pulls herself up with cloud's help, and then scoots back just a little to let cloud hold him up. she brushes jason off while he gets his sea legs, expression twisted up in worry. not even bothering trying to hide it, here.]
No smoking. [she says, ear flicking.] Maybe we should get you some weed, actually.
[unless that'd make him paranoid which like, never mind. she hesitates for about two seconds before she shifts over to wrap her arm around jason's waist, supporting him on the other side. he might not need them to walk, but she wants to be close.]
How's that any different than him picking up smoking?
[ the joke is there's no weed in ff7. anyway jason can lean on cloud as long as he needs, cloud's not pushing him away and will also keep his own arm around him to support him. so i guess. this is like walk cuddles. sure? now jason is the meat in the middle. he'll let go if jason wants though it's just a support thing.
he'll lead them out, pretending something about this doesn't feel familiar if backwards (not the time, one faulty brain at once). he only breaks pace when they're out of the cemetery entirely, walking a little slower now ]
Room?
[ anyone have an actual destination in mind, cloud just wanted jason out of the trigger zone ]
[He's not delirious, you're delirious. He walks with the two of them until they're out of the cemetery, and then he lightens his weight so he can walk mostly on his own. He doesn't try to detach them from himself, though?
So if Lup wants to stick, he'll keep his arm around her shoulders. Cloud can be tsundere, but Jason will also (meme voice) what do u need that small waist For? For other men to grab it? him.]
It doesn't matter, I just need a shower wherever we go.
[He wants to make a joke about how Batman knows everything anyway, but he doesn't have it in him right now to do much more joking than he already has. Wow!]
You can say I'm fat, I'm not going to cry.
[Okay, so maybe he has one more joke left in him.]
I shouldn't have taken my aspirin the, like, first day. [Him noggin.] Is... my head bleeding? Damn, someone hit me like a whack-a-mole.
[SHE HAS TO MAKE YOU BOYS HURT COMFORT KISS SOMEHOW]
You're built like the Fantasy Titanic on steroids, Jason, shut up. [there is no heat to this whatsoever.] And I told you we should've kept the aspirin.
[she'll let cloud check if his head is bleeding. for right now, she's going to press a little closer to jason briefly before untangling herself so she can open the door to her room. both of you have seen her room and the fantasy guy fieri is still there, so congrats for that.
jason's bat eyes might see a folded note on her desk, though.]
[ of aspirin, he means. surprise! but she's opening the door so cloud is checking jason's head without commenting on his size because jason is just the size of half the men that exist in ff7. it's fine.
he's leading him into the room and waits for jason to let go of him so he can go grab both clothes and said painkillers. once he has key. ]
Maybe it wouldn't have sank on steroids...? Fuck that iceberg in particular.
[A BOTTLE. He gives Cloud an exasperated look.] I'm going to need two. [Maybe three, but he will start with two aspirin for now.
There's a lil goose egg on his noggin, but it doesn't seem to be bleeding or anything. He has a little ouchies is all. He glances from Lup to Cloud in the room, hesitating. When he digs the key out, he also digs out a lot of dirt. Oops. Sorry to Lup and her room.
He hands Cloud the key, but turns away to head for the bathroom. One of the stars at the bottom is lit.]
I don't know how you had the energy to ask for a whole dang bottle with this week going the way it's been going.
[she scowls down at the dirt on the floor, but it's. fine. jason is more important than her floor.
when cloud has the key, lup almost starts to follow jason to the bathroom, and then like, stops. he's a big boy he can shower on his own, but she looks worried anyway.]
... Let me know if you need anything. [she says, finally.] Don't pass out in the shower. You probably already have a concussion.
[ hmm, well. he trails off with a shrug, deciding not to finish that as he watches jason go. this is kind of his shortcut to his room but it's fine he'll go the way around. he reaches and squeezes lup's shoulder briefly before stepping out to get jason a change of clothes and some aspirin. he'll be back before jason's out of the shower probably! he nyoom'd because he is still worried. he's also bringing the whole ass bottle. there's definitely a few taken from it but it's only been like. three days, so not that many. ]
He lifts a hand over his shoulder and waves it at Lup. He's got this. Will he fall in the shower? WHO IS TO SAY....... He will not fall in the shower because he's going to literally sit down right under the spray and... just sit there. Like Vegeta in the rain.
Sitting and thinking about his sins.
He does come out after a bit, and he's clean, but not exactly any less worrying to them because he's in nothing but a towel. Stop. He has come out to get his clothes.]
[lup just flops down on her bed and stresses for the however long it takes for jason and cloud to come back. she just is :stressedbunny: about cloud's headaches and jason's sins.
when cloud comes back she wanders across the room to lean up and kiss him on the cheek as a thank you before going to fuss about setting out the clothes and aspirin for jason.
when he comes out, she doesn't seem to mind jason being in nothing but a towel. he ain't got anything she hasn't seen. she is Slightly (zia voice) distracted but the dude has been disassociating in the shower for like fifteen minutes so it's not like she's going to jump him. instead, she slides off the bed to hand him the clothes, water, and the aspirin.
[ "for the what" anna screams and then flurry is like ah yes, the headaches in her tag. i love you both.
cloud absolutely does not look a little flustered at the cheek kiss, it is her imagination, but he puts jason's key on lup's desk next to the important folded note flurry wants us to ask about which he stares at with a frown right before jason comes out. lup fusses over him so cloud just stands there looking at him.
in concern, im very sorry, he is just not that horny as a person to even consider it right now ]
[stop we always share half a braincell, she just had it at the time
He takes the clothes and medicine and water from Lup.] Thanks. [To both of them. For, like, pulling him out of the dirt, too, BUT LISTEN HE IS TOO SHY TO SAY IT ALL.]
Yeah, actually. The shower helped.
[He glances at Cloud... down at the letter... then at Lup. Slowly, he pops the pills into his mouth so he can swallow them with some water. Expression sort of pointed. But he doesn't say anything.
Imagine he drops the towel right here to change in front of both of them. It's fine, he takes the clothes back into the bathroom so he can put them on. He will leave the other clothes in there for now until he can... idk, give them to housekeeping.]
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The shifted and dug soil gives way pretty easily under their fingers and gets cast aside. They can’t really hear anything rooting around exactly, the dirt is so great at hiding sound, Jason has learned.
The grave isn’t completely shallow either. It takes a few minutes for anything to really happen.
MAYBE JASON HAS SUFFOCATED!!
No, a familiar hand scrabbles up out of the dirt, waves, then pauses one very brief second like it’s shocked there is air and not more dirt. Immediately, it starts scrabbling faster to try to get out.]
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he's alive, and it's okay, it'll be okay.]
Come on, we've got you. [she says, breathless, tugging at him.]
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You're almost out, hang tight--
[ he has no idea if he can hear them and he does not care. ]
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After a few moments, his other hand and arm emerges, followed quickly by his head. He starts spitting and coughing the dirt in his mouth. He is still struggling to get himself out because the fuck if he isn’t going to stop. He hates this place.
THE FIRST THING HE SAYS, BREATHLESSLY, IS:]
Who’s dead?!
[IS IT HIM?]
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oh my god, okay, well, they pull him out. and lup does not let go, she keeps his hand, and his arm, holding it tightly in return. she's a noodle but she is trying her best to get him out of here entirely, heart still thudding.
he's speaking, so at least he's okay that much. and she's so startled by the question that she just? answers? without thinking.]
Hope, Aikawa, and Zuko. [three people. fuck. her voice wavers a little on aikawa's name, but otherwise...]
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if lup didn't answer cloud would have probably said "you for being a pain in my ass", so it is a good(?) thing she went first. there's personally a little wince at zuko's name, but it's fine. he's totally cool with being the last redacted standing. besides: ]
Out of the grave, first. We can talk about how fucked up the deaths are after.
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[He starts coughing a bit again to get the rest of the dirt out. He helps them, but there isn’t much he can do except get dragged out while using his feet and legs. They will notice his arms tremble a lil, though. Nice.
They do end up in a cemetery dirt pile, I decree it.
Once he is out, he pulls his hands back just so he can try brushing dirt out of his face and eyes, try pushing his hair back. He’s pale! Not surprising.]
Son of a bitch, I hated that. My head is killing me.
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she helps, brushing the dirt out of jason's hair, off of his shirt. she stays close to both of them though, breath a little unsteady. keeps thinking about the way the little spark of hope had died when he'd realized he was going to have to get out alone. about how it'd hurt, the broken nails and the bruises from kicking at the coffin lid.]
You scared the shit out of us. Are you okay? Nothing about to kill you right this instant? [she says, trying to get a sense of what he needs. what she wants to do is cling to him, but she also doesn't want to smother.
she glances at cloud, worried.]
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Turns out you were right about the library being a bad idea. [ lup is acting concerned and cloud's making a joke, but it's because he's the one moving out from the pile and getting up before holding his hands out to both of them to help them up. if he has to help jason walk after he will! he has the stupid strength!! ] I was serious. We're not staying here any longer, c'mon.
[ "maybe he needs to take a breath" OUT OF THE CEMETERY FOR TRAUMA TODD CHOP CHOP ]
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[If anything was going to kill him right now, it'd definitely be his god damn mental illness. Why the FCK. He hadn't realized he was breathing so raggedly until he's out and having to control it a little better.
Nothing is better than fresh air. He will never take that for granted.
He doesn't hesitate when he reaches up to take one of Cloud's hands and use it to help haul himself to his feet. His are kind of scuffed up from, you know, punching caskets and stuff. Digging in dirt. He does lean on a Cloud for a moment until he's sure his legs and feet work.] Okay. [He will NOT complain about getting the hell out of here.]
I think I'm going to have to start smoking again.
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No smoking. [she says, ear flicking.] Maybe we should get you some weed, actually.
[unless that'd make him paranoid which like, never mind. she hesitates for about two seconds before she shifts over to wrap her arm around jason's waist, supporting him on the other side. he might not need them to walk, but she wants to be close.]
Let's go.
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[ the joke is there's no weed in ff7. anyway jason can lean on cloud as long as he needs, cloud's not pushing him away and will also keep his own arm around him to support him. so i guess. this is like walk cuddles. sure? now jason is the meat in the middle. he'll let go if jason wants though it's just a support thing.
he'll lead them out, pretending something about this doesn't feel familiar if backwards (not the time, one faulty brain at once). he only breaks pace when they're out of the cemetery entirely, walking a little slower now ]
Room?
[ anyone have an actual destination in mind, cloud just wanted jason out of the trigger zone ]
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[He's not delirious, you're delirious. He walks with the two of them until they're out of the cemetery, and then he lightens his weight so he can walk mostly on his own. He doesn't try to detach them from himself, though?
So if Lup wants to stick, he'll keep his arm around her shoulders. Cloud can be tsundere, but Jason will also (meme voice) what do u need that small waist For? For other men to grab it? him.]
It doesn't matter, I just need a shower wherever we go.
[He will wash the PTSD away with the dirt.]
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[once they're out and walking, she adds, immediately:]
My room. Jesus. We're not going to a room where the bed is small. You can shower in our suite, and I can go get you new clothes if you want them.
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... Probably gonna need to. He won't fit in mine. [ clouds aware. thanks. ] But I can go get them anyway.
[ it's her room why is he staying!!! he's bad for comfort, lup!!! ]
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You can say I'm fat, I'm not going to cry.
[Okay, so maybe he has one more joke left in him.]
I shouldn't have taken my aspirin the, like, first day. [Him noggin.] Is... my head bleeding? Damn, someone hit me like a whack-a-mole.
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You're built like the Fantasy Titanic on steroids, Jason, shut up. [there is no heat to this whatsoever.] And I told you we should've kept the aspirin.
[she'll let cloud check if his head is bleeding. for right now, she's going to press a little closer to jason briefly before untangling herself so she can open the door to her room. both of you have seen her room and the fantasy guy fieri is still there, so congrats for that.
jason's bat eyes might see a folded note on her desk, though.]
Give Cloud your key.
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[ of aspirin, he means. surprise! but she's opening the door so cloud is checking jason's head without commenting on his size because jason is just the size of half the men that exist in ff7. it's fine.
he's leading him into the room and waits for jason to let go of him so he can go grab both clothes and said painkillers. once he has key. ]
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[A BOTTLE. He gives Cloud an exasperated look.] I'm going to need two. [Maybe three, but he will start with two aspirin for now.
There's a lil goose egg on his noggin, but it doesn't seem to be bleeding or anything. He has a little ouchies is all. He glances from Lup to Cloud in the room, hesitating. When he digs the key out, he also digs out a lot of dirt. Oops. Sorry to Lup and her room.
He hands Cloud the key, but turns away to head for the bathroom. One of the stars at the bottom is lit.]
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[she scowls down at the dirt on the floor, but it's. fine. jason is more important than her floor.
when cloud has the key, lup almost starts to follow jason to the bathroom, and then like, stops. he's a big boy he can shower on his own, but she looks worried anyway.]
... Let me know if you need anything. [she says, finally.] Don't pass out in the shower. You probably already have a concussion.
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[ hmm, well. he trails off with a shrug, deciding not to finish that as he watches jason go. this is kind of his shortcut to his room but it's fine he'll go the way around. he reaches and squeezes lup's shoulder briefly before stepping out to get jason a change of clothes and some aspirin. he'll be back before jason's out of the shower probably! he nyoom'd because he is still worried. he's also bringing the whole ass bottle. there's definitely a few taken from it but it's only been like. three days, so not that many. ]
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He lifts a hand over his shoulder and waves it at Lup. He's got this. Will he fall in the shower? WHO IS TO SAY....... He will not fall in the shower because he's going to literally sit down right under the spray and... just sit there. Like Vegeta in the rain.
Sitting and thinking about his sins.
He does come out after a bit, and he's clean, but not exactly any less worrying to them because he's in nothing but a towel. Stop. He has come out to get his clothes.]
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when cloud comes back she wanders across the room to lean up and kiss him on the cheek as a thank you before going to fuss about setting out the clothes and aspirin for jason.
when he comes out, she doesn't seem to mind jason being in nothing but a towel. he ain't got anything she hasn't seen. she is Slightly (zia voice) distracted but the dude has been disassociating in the shower for like fifteen minutes so it's not like she's going to jump him. instead, she slides off the bed to hand him the clothes, water, and the aspirin.
fussy...]
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cloud absolutely does not look a little flustered at the cheek kiss, it is her imagination, but he puts jason's key on lup's desk next to the important folded note flurry wants us to ask about which he stares at with a frown right before jason comes out. lup fusses over him so cloud just stands there looking at him.
in concern, im very sorry, he is just not that horny as a person to even consider it right now ]
... Feeling any better?
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He takes the clothes and medicine and water from Lup.] Thanks. [To both of them. For, like, pulling him out of the dirt, too, BUT LISTEN HE IS TOO SHY TO SAY IT ALL.]
Yeah, actually. The shower helped.
[He glances at Cloud... down at the letter... then at Lup. Slowly, he pops the pills into his mouth so he can swallow them with some water. Expression sort of pointed. But he doesn't say anything.
Imagine he drops the towel right here to change in front of both of them. It's fine, he takes the clothes back into the bathroom so he can put them on. He will leave the other clothes in there for now until he can... idk, give them to housekeeping.]
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