To be honest, when I woke up this morning, I was worried that you'd been pulled into one of those... things that keep happening every Thursday. I'm really glad you're still here.
...it is. I know that it is, I just - I don't want it to happen to you.
[enough has happened to him already, she thinks. she breathes out, centering herself.]
I'd worry about anyone who ended up in that situation, but you... You're special to me. I love you, Percy.
[and he'll be able to feel that - it's true. there's an undercurrent of love in her emotions. not romantic, of course; it hasn't ever been like that with them. but it goes beyond just fondness.]
...I've been thinking a lot this week, about things I could say and should say, and... I didn't want to miss my chance to say it, because it's true.
[and depending on how tonight goes... well... mm. tomorrow might be too late. but for now, she wants to believe -]
[ as he holds her, he can feel it, the slow current beneath everything else that gently brushes against his own emotions. and there is something very fond there, just like love, a mirror image. if percy had to add another sister to his cadre, then he would carry jiuqing to vox machina and his family himself just to show them.
he'd felt it, back at the pool, wrapped in vines, the smoke clearing from his eyes so that all he had left were tears, burning them.
he rests his forehead against hers briefly.
there's a swelling emotion here, like a great water skin about to burst. ]
I'm... grateful that I didn't have to leave you. Any of you...
[ he will just. rest their foreheads together. ]
I love you too... you're... a very important person to me. Like a sister. I'd have been so happy to be your brother, had our worlds ever the chance to meet.
[she'll stay where she is, her forehead against his.
...siblings are a complicated subject for her. the only sibling she's ever known had been one of the people to hurt her most, in her first life - but she trusts that percy wouldn't do that, even despite the refraction, even despite the way he'd insisted, previously, that she shouldn't trust him.]
Family isn't always the people you're born to. [she has cut ties with all members of her birth family but one for a reason.] ...I'd have been happy to be your sister, too.
[ percy can't ever say a bad thing about his siblings, not when he misses them so whole-heartedly, and jiuqing can feel it, the way it hurts like a quiet wound. he can also feel the quiet sense of hurt, the trust. he doesn't want to betray that, not if he can help it and be in his right mind. ]
Awful as this place is... I am too.
[ and he will definitely... give her another hug back, holding it for a moment before letting his hands gently take hers. ]
I meant it... when I said I wanted to help you as much as possible. [ he squeezes her hands very carefully. ] Will you let me help you? In an official capacity? I learn best hands on, so I won't be a slouch.
[ a softer sentiment: i won't let us drown. another weekend is looming. he won't add work onto her load, rather, he's determined to help lift. ]
[she will feel a lot less overwhelmed if he's there to help. he'll feel it immediately - the relief, that she's got someone to rely on. (it's a little ironic that it's the same person who killed the other person she was relying on, but - it's fine.)]
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[she's still giving off relieved vibes.]
To be honest, when I woke up this morning, I was worried that you'd been pulled into one of those... things that keep happening every Thursday. I'm really glad you're still here.
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[ he's incredibly calm though, just gently rubbing her shoulders. his worry is soft, lapping at the edges of his emotions. ]
But we'll be there if others are missing, we'll act quickly, just as we always do.
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[enough has happened to him already, she thinks. she breathes out, centering herself.]
I'd worry about anyone who ended up in that situation, but you... You're special to me. I love you, Percy.
[and he'll be able to feel that - it's true. there's an undercurrent of love in her emotions. not romantic, of course; it hasn't ever been like that with them. but it goes beyond just fondness.]
...I've been thinking a lot this week, about things I could say and should say, and... I didn't want to miss my chance to say it, because it's true.
[and depending on how tonight goes... well... mm. tomorrow might be too late. but for now, she wants to believe -]
...I'm just so glad you're okay.
if this is a death flag ill kill you
he'd felt it, back at the pool, wrapped in vines, the smoke clearing from his eyes so that all he had left were tears, burning them.
he rests his forehead against hers briefly.
there's a swelling emotion here, like a great water skin about to burst. ]
I'm... grateful that I didn't have to leave you. Any of you...
[ he will just. rest their foreheads together. ]
I love you too... you're... a very important person to me. Like a sister. I'd have been so happy to be your brother, had our worlds ever the chance to meet.
kill me you coward :/
[she'll stay where she is, her forehead against his.
...siblings are a complicated subject for her. the only sibling she's ever known had been one of the people to hurt her most, in her first life - but she trusts that percy wouldn't do that, even despite the refraction, even despite the way he'd insisted, previously, that she shouldn't trust him.]
Family isn't always the people you're born to. [she has cut ties with all members of her birth family but one for a reason.] ...I'd have been happy to be your sister, too.
I'm glad we met.
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Awful as this place is... I am too.
[ and he will definitely... give her another hug back, holding it for a moment before letting his hands gently take hers. ]
I meant it... when I said I wanted to help you as much as possible. [ he squeezes her hands very carefully. ] Will you let me help you? In an official capacity? I learn best hands on, so I won't be a slouch.
[ a softer sentiment: i won't let us drown. another weekend is looming. he won't add work onto her load, rather, he's determined to help lift. ]
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...of course. Thank you, Percy.
[she will feel a lot less overwhelmed if he's there to help. he'll feel it immediately - the relief, that she's got someone to rely on. (it's a little ironic that it's the same person who killed the other person she was relying on, but - it's fine.)]
We'll get through all of this together.