[Most of her life has been spent waiting for moments to end. For experiments to stop running, for tests to be completed, for lonely nights to be over and for ghosts to finish whatever plans they had started. She would hide in her dreams, in areas full of cats, in buildings illuminated by the round, white moon and hold the few moments she felt were worth clinging to, in the hopes they might last.
This is one of them. The thought is brief, but she recognizes it as a second she wants to last forever, with the knowledge that it won't. For her, the warm camp will be a memory. The sleepy noises of the people around her will echo in her heart like they were a dream all along and Seto's warm hand-
It's going to end, but she knows how to hold on for as long as she can. To the sound of pets, of family, of a life she's lucky enough to experience, thanks to people kind enough to allow her a glimpse of a world she doesn't belong to.
She pulls the blanket tent off them, clutching the fabric with her hands, and sits up on her knees, prepared to tuck in the boy with it. Incredible. Get ready. ]
Okay, if you lay down here, I can wrap you up. That's all you have to do.
[Most of his life has been spent waiting for moments to begin. Meeting people and the inevitable partings. He met PF in a lonely, wet room and lost her at the exit and the cold earth. He met Crow in a place designed for fun and amazement and lost him in the place that had made his best friend. He met both Sai and Chiyo in a haunted hotel and watched them fade away when they reached their happiness.
And he met Ren at a pretty pond, the first human he met since his Grandpa passed away. They had yet to meet their end, but Seto knows one day it'll come. As sad as it is, it doesn't take much for a life to end.
One day this would end for him. But like Ren, Seto was going to hold onto this for as long as he can. Hold onto the idea of having food and water whenever you wanted it, the sounds of pets and family and knowing you're not alone anymore. That you could walk and find someone in mere minutes rather then never.
Falling asleep in the Water had been terrifying but falling asleep now doesn't hurt. Lup and Taako are here. Ren and Crow are here. He's not alone.
Not anymore. This was a glimpse of a world he would keep to his heart as long as it let him.]
Okay.
[He does lie down as instructed and waits for Ren to wrap him up. Then she'll join him, right?]
[The events of the last week had forced her to teeter on the edge of an eternal sleep and now that she's awake, the grogginess that had plagued her completely gone, she doesn't plan to do more than rest by his side.
Which is why 'tucking in' quickly turns from task to game. The boy needs to sleep, and she'll let him, by making sure he's as cozy as possible. And if that happens to include shoving her bag near his head for him to rest on and throwing the blanket over his entire body, then so be it. Because that's what happens.
She tucks the edge of the blanket under him and around his body, tight as she can, and swiftly transforms him from human boy to blanket cocoon. The quiet nighttime chaos even attracts the attention of her sleepy kitty, who's now eyeing this potential new bed-eyeing, pawing, and then leaping on the boy with all the grace an anime cat can muster. Enjoy the best sleep companion, Seto. Look, he's even purring? A happy cat is the ultimate comfort machine.]
Good boy. Make sure Seto stays tucked in. I'll give you a good treat tomorrow.
[Ren's ideas are something Seto rolls with quite easily, anything so she's happy. And if that means turning him into a human burrito then so be it. The cat jumping on him produces a small, quiet noise of surprise, but that's fine. Cats are Ren's friends so any cat is a good cat.]
Good kitty. Thank you.
[Both of you. Seto isn't quite sleepy enough that he would 'fall asleep' the same way the Water made him but he isn't so awake that he couldn't, like the days spent after his Grandpa told him why there weren't any more people in the world.
But. He's not going to go to sleep until Ren is here. Go get a blanket for yourself buddy. Then it's bed time.]
[She's a hardcore apocalypse child that doesn't need any blankets to wrap herself in for a good night's rest and that's why instead of ambling off to find one, she lays by his side. She presses against his burrito body, as close and she can get, and raises a hand up to pet ESP's little head.]
[Seto shuffles as close as he can to Ren to try and share the warmth without knocking ESP Kitty over, because that's rude. He will also sneak a hand out so he can hold hers.
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This is one of them. The thought is brief, but she recognizes it as a second she wants to last forever, with the knowledge that it won't. For her, the warm camp will be a memory. The sleepy noises of the people around her will echo in her heart like they were a dream all along and Seto's warm hand-
It's going to end, but she knows how to hold on for as long as she can. To the sound of pets, of family, of a life she's lucky enough to experience, thanks to people kind enough to allow her a glimpse of a world she doesn't belong to.
She pulls the blanket tent off them, clutching the fabric with her hands, and sits up on her knees, prepared to tuck in the boy with it. Incredible. Get ready. ]
Okay, if you lay down here, I can wrap you up. That's all you have to do.
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And he met Ren at a pretty pond, the first human he met since his Grandpa passed away. They had yet to meet their end, but Seto knows one day it'll come. As sad as it is, it doesn't take much for a life to end.
One day this would end for him. But like Ren, Seto was going to hold onto this for as long as he can. Hold onto the idea of having food and water whenever you wanted it, the sounds of pets and family and knowing you're not alone anymore. That you could walk and find someone in mere minutes rather then never.
Falling asleep in the Water had been terrifying but falling asleep now doesn't hurt. Lup and Taako are here. Ren and Crow are here. He's not alone.
Not anymore. This was a glimpse of a world he would keep to his heart as long as it let him.]
Okay.
[He does lie down as instructed and waits for Ren to wrap him up. Then she'll join him, right?]
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Which is why 'tucking in' quickly turns from task to game. The boy needs to sleep, and she'll let him, by making sure he's as cozy as possible. And if that happens to include shoving her bag near his head for him to rest on and throwing the blanket over his entire body, then so be it. Because that's what happens.
She tucks the edge of the blanket under him and around his body, tight as she can, and swiftly transforms him from human boy to blanket cocoon. The quiet nighttime chaos even attracts the attention of her sleepy kitty, who's now eyeing this potential new bed-eyeing, pawing, and then leaping on the boy with all the grace an anime cat can muster. Enjoy the best sleep companion, Seto. Look, he's even purring? A happy cat is the ultimate comfort machine.]
Good boy. Make sure Seto stays tucked in. I'll give you a good treat tomorrow.
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Good kitty. Thank you.
[Both of you. Seto isn't quite sleepy enough that he would 'fall asleep' the same way the Water made him but he isn't so awake that he couldn't, like the days spent after his Grandpa told him why there weren't any more people in the world.
But. He's not going to go to sleep until Ren is here. Go get a blanket for yourself buddy. Then it's bed time.]
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Good night, Seto.
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Because he can.]
Good night, Ren.