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[solastial]

Will Solace lives at #1434.
mailbox . phone calls . text . etc .

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[romanus]

[ This is probably the most awkward text that Will could ever receive, especially given the fact that Roman was parked in the same room with him. They could see each other, he could very easily say something but he'd rather not. ]

I'm not gay or anything, okay?

[ Off to a great start. Burning couches. Staring from the darkness. Now this. On top of staring to be sure that Will was paying attention to his phone. ]

[solastial]

[ Holy.

Will's expression travels through several emotions in a very short period of time. Curiosity when the text alert dings, confusion when he sees who it's from, more confusion when he reads it, more confusion when he notices Roman looking.

Okay, mostly confusion. He's not 100% sure how to handle this. ]

i'm not either. is there a problem with being gay?

[romanus]

[ Roman's face was equally troubled at the return message but for different reasons. Maybe. ]

No.

I'm just making sure you didn't misunderstand anything the other night, get the wrong idea or something.

What was with your friend the other night? What's his problem?

[solastial]

[ Will furrows his brow just slightly at the reply, cocking his head to one side and looking at Roman. He shrugs a bit helplessly and types a response. ]

sorry, i don't know what wrong idea i'd be getting. about peter?

it's really not my place to say, but he's been through a lot. i think he's uneasy around people.

[romanus]

[ And a look that just says 'are you dumb'? ]

Yeah, who else would I be talking about? You're not the one sleeping in my bed.

Why?

[solastial]

[ A look right back that says, 'gee, I'm not the one sending people serious messages like that out of the blue!' But a bit more subtle than that. ]

i'm not very old, but i know you can share a bed with someone without being interested in them that way. i wasn't going to make any assumptions.

[ Oh boy, you want Serious Talk? You got it. This also takes forever, sorry. ]

you know how i said i'm not exactly normal? well, he's not either. but where me and some others stand out to everyone else, he gets excluded by everyone, including people like us. i don't think he's been treated very fairly for it. and i don't really like it.

we're not dating either, for the record. from his perspective, we barely know each other.

[romanus]

[ There's the line of his lips as he presses them together, starting to type something before realising he really doesn't have to. The line of dialogue was open, why not just run with it. ]

I only want him where I can see him because he left me before, when I needed him the most. Just fucking...took off and left like a goddamn coward.

Why does he get excluded? You don't have to be cryptic about it.

[solastial]

[ Will goes to reply audibly, which he cannot do, of course. Making what must be a frustrated sound on mute, he holds up one finger and goes back to typing. ]

i understand that. not that i've had something similar happen, but it makes sense. i'm not making any assumptions about that either. it doesn't seem that ridiculous to want security from someone.

i do have to be. i don't really want to be, but i already know what happens when people find out about us.

[romanus]

[ That look that questioned at first why he was still typing, but then he remembered that it had been awfully quiet around the house. ]

Oh yeah, you can't talk or something right?

[ This place was just full of surprises. ]

And I don't want security from him, okay? Unless he gets a job or something, I just need him around.

[ And then a curious quirk of his head. ]

...yeah, what happens? Probably not the same shit that happened with us back home.

[solastial]

[ Will's expression expresses his frustration with this situation in the least frustrated manner possible. He smiles wryly, nodding at the first comment.

Back to typing... (which is not fun thanks to being dyslexic, but autocorrect is a thing, so he manages to type things that actually make sense, at least grammatically and in terms of spelling). ]

that's what i'd call security, but we have different definitions!

[ He pauses, looking briefly quite grim. ]

bad things. people have been hurt. [ A pause. ] some died.

[romanus]

[ That grim look was something of a shock to him, Roman leaning back in his seat just a little; it was terrible but he followed that movement with a shrug. ]

People die, you can't change it.

[ A pause. ]

Unless you're the one doing it, then...

[ He's thinking on this very hard, it was weird to dole out advice that he should have taken himself. ]

...you'd better have a good fucking reason for killing someone. I screwed up a lot before I came here, became everything I never wanted to be and Peter killed me for it.

[ He's taking a moment to pause for a cigarette. ]

To be fair I killed him first, but I forgot to get rid of his fucking head so he got the chance to come after me again. Not like it matters, we both deserved everything we got. Does your friend?

❥ christmas morning!

[infield]

[ at will's doorstep is a small box, wrapped cutely in silver and gold paper. inside is an arrow building kit, with green and red fletchings.

there's a red card attached, addressed to "will solace" in cute handwriting.
dear will,
merry christmas from your holly heights secret santa!
sincerely,
haruichi kominato ]

call backdated to like a week ago,,

[gnasher]

[RING RING]

[solastial]

[ Hm, what could this be about? ] Hello?

text; backdated to 15th

[urla]

So hey,
I'm gonna be going out to pick up a few things.
Is there anything you really want from the store?

[ a pause in texting ]

Sorry about christmas night
It's probably happening again this month.

[solastial]

milk? i think we're out.

[ And he pauses here too. ]

you don't need to apologize, you know.

[urla]

Alright.

I just figured it was the right thing to do,
Since we live together and whatever.
Things were definitely different when i arrived
But it was suddenly just there again

[solastial]

thanks!

i appreciate that.
i don't think people should have to apologize for things that are out of their control.
for the most part. some exceptions apply.

[urla]

Yeah i know
It's just something i should have said something about when i noticed it was back
People usually get freaked out because they expect some horror movie shit
Which i guess kind of happens when the change happens
But that's just the only thing

[solastial]

would it be weird to say i've seen stranger things?

[urla]

Nah
With all the shit we've seen
It's only natural there's going to be something bigger out there
At leas that's what i've always been told growing up

Besides just being here is really fucking strange
I had already given up on being human
So this is the last thing i expected in any way

[solastial]

that's wise, at least i think so. you can still be surprised that way, but at least you'll be prepared.

i'm sorry that it happened to you that way. i really am.

[urla]

More or less
It's mostly played out like some kind of Scooby Doo adventure

It's okay
I've learned that fate is pretty fucked up in it's own way
The more you fight against it the more it screws with other people
So you have to just lay back and ride it out

[solastial]

when you put it that way, it seems even crazier ending up here. since this place is like pleasantville or something.

where i'm from, we're still pretty determined to fight fate tooth and nail. well, not the capital f kind of fate. that one you don't mess with.

[urla]

Roman and i fought against a lot of the smaller things
But Destiny was always telling me that there was that big f that i couldn't change
At the end i guess she was right
I fucked up for not listening