[ John has had his reunion with Arthur (shaken at first before he can just slide in and relax) and they have people to check on, the both of them. John had been just about to go find Edwin when he runs into him in the hallway. ]
Edwin!
[ He doesn't so much run as zoom, robes swaying as he stops before colliding. But it's clear he wants to... something. ]
[ Edwin also desperately wants to do... something. It's such a relief to see John, to be himself and be back in their home and to find his brother right when Edwin himself was thinking about John. He twines a handful of ribbony tentacles around John's arm, clinging to that since he's not sure what would happen if he tried to touch the mask. ]
John. You're okay. Are you okay? Did you fall off the ship?
I was a cat. [A pause.] I wasn't really a cat. I don't remember much of what I was before that, but it was something dangerous. Something dangerous and strong, that they couldn't kill, so they caught me instead.
I'm glad you're all right. [He draws himself down by his tentacles until he's not-quite-resting his crown on John's wrist. He doesn't know what will happen if he actually did that, but it seems like a bad idea to find out.] I don't like not remembering you.
I wish there was a way to make us remember if we can't. I... liked the breach... The carnival. I liked being... able to see what another kind of life would be like. What I could be like, if things were different, if things had been... If I had been a person from the beginning. I didn't like everything, I hated after that I was stuck in a human body. But.
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Edwin!
[ He doesn't so much run as zoom, robes swaying as he stops before colliding. But it's clear he wants to... something. ]
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John. You're okay. Are you okay? Did you fall off the ship?
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No. I was here, myself. You and Arthur both did, though.
[ And he fucking hated it.]
I'm... fine. Astarion decided to be an asshole. I couldn't go out without a body.
...I bought a lot of books and spent the time learning the magic from them in between shopping for supplies.
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I missed everyone.
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[He makes a soft, awkward sound.]
I liked it, there. Here was... lonely.
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I don't like it either. I don't... I really don't like it. I don't like thinking about what would happen if it got taken again and didn't come back.
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I feel the same.
...want to talk about anything else?
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Are you enjoying it?