[He FROWNS at all of this actually. In the middle of the soup debacle. It makes sense, but he still doesn't like to hear it at all.
Also, must say his head sort of snaps up a bit when he hears "Jay," and he very nearly forgets to swallow the soup and almost chokes on it. He looks SO surprised (and touched, but ignore that) to hear it come out of Cloud's mouth. He... HE CALLED HIM JAY? Really looking briefly at Lup like a kid who is like DID YOU SEE THE COOL THING? even though this will mean nothing to Lup probably, and also Cloud is trying to tell a terrible story.
He sort of refocuses when Cloud speaks directly to him. He shakes his head dismissively.] Don't worry about it. [Sometimes, you gotta stab. He glances at Lup.]
...Bradley and I were the fiends. Just didn't start out that way. And it was a cat, not a dog.
[that's so cute i'm losing it. jason's head pops up and he nearly chokes, and the look he gives her is returned with one that's like yeah, I did see the cool thing, but like, the way you do it when a kid interrupts to tell you about a frog they saw.
even though she also now wants to call him that but if she does now it'll be like copying cloud? what if that's weird (it's not weird)]
... Yeah. Sebastian said, uh. You all fought, because Brad and Jason got corrupted. And, uh - there was a spirit kid or something. [she's dodging because sebastian told her they were like, a family unit, and the spirit was really upset, but she doesn't want to press too hard.]
[ cloud looks kind of like ??? when he sees Jason reacting so intensely to the nickname and kind of mouths "jay?" at himself like that's all it took? for him go perk up?? after he has been giving him sad boy guilty looks all evening??? infuriating. ]
Mmhmm. That's the one.
[ he does not say that had to die but he thinks it. anyway Jason your side!! how did you get there!!! he doesn't know shit!!! ]
The frown comes back sadly. He sort of looks away. He gets, logically, it's probably not real? He hopes? He gets that. But it felt real at the time, so it's hard to shake off the feelings yet. Like when you wake up from a bad dream.]
Had my own other self, too. Was an orphan taken in by a rich family, or something. [Ok, Bruce.] Tried to stop crime because my real parents were murdered. Was out to get Bradley who was a gang leader, but took him in instead.
[ANYWAY.]
We were waiting for burglars in a museum, but ran into... a spirit in a clock. That was Ben. He was stolen by the museum owner. He asked us to get him out, so... we did. Took him back home and things were fine for several months. In the winter, we... ran into a talking snowman? Something about the dead coming back as snow and forming into one. There was a cat bothering him, and it ran away. He... [How the FUCK does he explain this.] He had a hole in him and was convinced he needed to be warmed up because he was cold and empty and couldn't remember why.
He wanted us to put him in the hot spring even when we told him he'd melt. Well, guess what, he started melting. We took him out. Then he wanted a volcano. Anyway, he was slowly remembering, and the cat came back. He remembered he was alone and the cat was his friend. Marshmallow.
So we took them back home with us.
[how the fuck did you abbreviate yours so shortly zia in one tag god damn help me i'm not even done]
[did this cyoa actually make you batman, jason, that's so funny
she listens patiently though, moving to sit so she can do her usual routine of curling up with both of them. she's careful, though, because she doesn't want to hurt either of them.]
[ Sebastian helped summarize and also cloud is cheating and Skipped any and all trauma involved :)
but he leans on lup where she's curled up and lifts his good hand to kind of... gently pet Jason's hair. don't look at him he's tired and on doctors order to not talk and he can see jason sort of getting a little lost in the memories.
[TCH. They didn't have trauma UNTIL THE END. Fucking Cloud!! God. Cloud is lucky he likes the hand petting him. He leans on Lup a bit too.]
It was me, Bradley, Ben, Marshmallow, and the snowman for a while. We suck at names, so he ended up being Albamanny. Don't ask. [Hilarious.] It was Christmas when some burglars broke into the house. I think they attacked Al, but they had the cat hostage and the other one had a gun.
Didn't really care about what they stole, but got kinda pissed they really thought they could do that to us? So I zapped the one with the cat when they were leaving, but he threw it to the other one, and he ran. I chased him and the rest waiting outside to a lake with Bradley and Ben behind me. They left the cat in the middle, but the ice broke when I tried to save it.
Then I woke up in... [He hesitates.] A void. [He looks away.] With my mom. [Nyooms by his trauma in Cloud fashion.] I could hear Ben's voice, so I walked toward it. Woke up in a cave with Ben and the cat, Bradley too. We got attacked by fiends.
I guess... the bites infected us. I was just... starving. Hungry. Then I wanted to destroy everything. We started turning into fiends too when Cloud and Sebastian got there.
[she doesn't see the point in pressing too hard about their traumas, really - it's just going to upset them, and she's not sure she can really fix it, so. she just tries for comfort, instead. she reaches for jason's hand. she's got her head resting on cloud's shoulder, so they're all connected.]
... And then the four of you fought? [a pause.] Or - Cloud fought the two of you.
[ what the fuck...who kidnaps a cat. but he pets Jason's hair again at the mom thing and still does not admit to his own trauma moments <3 ]
Mm. Was stalling them. They went a little berserk.
[ it's an answer to lup instead of Jason. he does not seem bothered by the fact that they fought, because sometimes, status effects happen? they just happen. which is why; ]
[ if he felt like moving his other hand he would gesture at lup with it. he does not. his arm hurts. so instead he keeps petting jason and hums a little ]
What she said. [ his has an undercurrent of "dumbass" in it, though. ] You two got off easy. Took out Rupert's eye when he was possessed.
[ how does cloud always end up having to fight possessed people, help ]
[He opens his mouth, then shuts it. As a Bat with Bat Issues, it feels like he should have been able to find some way to stop it. How? Shut up. Maybe mentally.]
You should have fought back harder, jackass. It'd be better than me ripping out your jugular with my teeth. I could have killed you.
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Also, must say his head sort of snaps up a bit when he hears "Jay," and he very nearly forgets to swallow the soup and almost chokes on it. He looks SO surprised (and touched, but ignore that) to hear it come out of Cloud's mouth. He... HE CALLED HIM JAY? Really looking briefly at Lup like a kid who is like DID YOU SEE THE COOL THING? even though this will mean nothing to Lup probably, and also Cloud is trying to tell a terrible story.
He sort of refocuses when Cloud speaks directly to him. He shakes his head dismissively.] Don't worry about it. [Sometimes, you gotta stab. He glances at Lup.]
...Bradley and I were the fiends. Just didn't start out that way. And it was a cat, not a dog.
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even though she also now wants to call him that but if she does now it'll be like copying cloud? what if that's weird (it's not weird)]
... Yeah. Sebastian said, uh. You all fought, because Brad and Jason got corrupted. And, uh - there was a spirit kid or something. [she's dodging because sebastian told her they were like, a family unit, and the spirit was really upset, but she doesn't want to press too hard.]
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Mmhmm. That's the one.
[ he does not say that had to die but he thinks it. anyway Jason your side!! how did you get there!!! he doesn't know shit!!! ]
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The frown comes back sadly. He sort of looks away. He gets, logically, it's probably not real? He hopes? He gets that. But it felt real at the time, so it's hard to shake off the feelings yet. Like when you wake up from a bad dream.]
Had my own other self, too. Was an orphan taken in by a rich family, or something. [Ok, Bruce.] Tried to stop crime because my real parents were murdered. Was out to get Bradley who was a gang leader, but took him in instead.
[ANYWAY.]
We were waiting for burglars in a museum, but ran into... a spirit in a clock. That was Ben. He was stolen by the museum owner. He asked us to get him out, so... we did. Took him back home and things were fine for several months. In the winter, we... ran into a talking snowman? Something about the dead coming back as snow and forming into one. There was a cat bothering him, and it ran away. He... [How the FUCK does he explain this.] He had a hole in him and was convinced he needed to be warmed up because he was cold and empty and couldn't remember why.
He wanted us to put him in the hot spring even when we told him he'd melt. Well, guess what, he started melting. We took him out. Then he wanted a volcano. Anyway, he was slowly remembering, and the cat came back. He remembered he was alone and the cat was his friend. Marshmallow.
So we took them back home with us.
[how the fuck did you abbreviate yours so shortly zia in one tag god damn help me i'm not even done]
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she listens patiently though, moving to sit so she can do her usual routine of curling up with both of them. she's careful, though, because she doesn't want to hurt either of them.]
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but he leans on lup where she's curled up and lifts his good hand to kind of... gently pet Jason's hair. don't look at him he's tired and on doctors order to not talk and he can see jason sort of getting a little lost in the memories.
but he's listening! ]
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It was me, Bradley, Ben, Marshmallow, and the snowman for a while. We suck at names, so he ended up being Albamanny. Don't ask. [Hilarious.] It was Christmas when some burglars broke into the house. I think they attacked Al, but they had the cat hostage and the other one had a gun.
Didn't really care about what they stole, but got kinda pissed they really thought they could do that to us? So I zapped the one with the cat when they were leaving, but he threw it to the other one, and he ran. I chased him and the rest waiting outside to a lake with Bradley and Ben behind me. They left the cat in the middle, but the ice broke when I tried to save it.
Then I woke up in... [He hesitates.] A void. [He looks away.] With my mom. [Nyooms by his trauma in Cloud fashion.] I could hear Ben's voice, so I walked toward it. Woke up in a cave with Ben and the cat, Bradley too. We got attacked by fiends.
I guess... the bites infected us. I was just... starving. Hungry. Then I wanted to destroy everything. We started turning into fiends too when Cloud and Sebastian got there.
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... And then the four of you fought? [a pause.] Or - Cloud fought the two of you.
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Mm. Was stalling them. They went a little berserk.
[ it's an answer to lup instead of Jason. he does not seem bothered by the fact that they fought, because sometimes, status effects happen? they just happen. which is why; ]
Stop with the looks. M'fine.
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[He bumps at the hand with his head a little, but not to knock it away. He takes Lup’s hand, lacing their fingers without thinking about it.]
Stop acting like me taking a chunk out of your neck isn’t something to be sorry about.
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[she huffs.] ... He's alive. You're both alive. Cloud's not mad at you, so don't keep holding onto it.
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What she said. [ his has an undercurrent of "dumbass" in it, though. ] You two got off easy. Took out Rupert's eye when he was possessed.
[ how does cloud always end up having to fight possessed people, help ]
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You should have fought back harder, jackass. It'd be better than me ripping out your jugular with my teeth. I could have killed you.
[His GUILT.]
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[her ear flicks.] You didn't, and he's healed, and you were possessed in an excursion. I don't know why you think you're responsible for this.
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You didn't actually rip out the jugular, anyway.
[ HE IS BEING SO PEDANTIC ]