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Ashley Williams ([personal profile] cannotrest) wrote2017-10-07 10:57 am

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I do a lot of tagging by e-mail, and e-mail commenting doesn't work once Captcha's on. So - personal overflow!
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[personal profile] lootsnshoots 2020-03-15 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[The world spins as they emerge in Heropa and Cayde feels the phantom churning of a stomach he doesn't have anymore. He reaches for Ashley's hand and places his other over his chest.]

Alright just gonna ... try not to lose my breakfast. Gimme a sec.

[There's a few moments of him staring blankly at the ground before he decides to properly get his bearings. He's never been to the memorial before—besides not being fond of these kinds of things in general, he doesn't see much point in memorializing folks who strictly speaking didn't *die* they just ... left. Still, he cranes his neck, flicking his eyes over the public-facing photos, recognizing a few lost acquaintances.]

Huh.
lootsnshoots: (Color up)

[personal profile] lootsnshoots 2020-03-16 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, nah, I'm good now.

[He flashes her a cheeky robotic grin.]

Now let's find your not-dead not-friend friend.
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[personal profile] lootsnshoots 2020-03-16 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[This, he's good at—finding things, finding people. He puts some distance between himself and the wall to get a wide angle, taking it all in at once. With Shepard fresh in his mind it's as easy to pick him out from a wall of photos as it would be to spot him in a crowd.

It starts to dawn on him how many photos there are, that the turnover here is, all things considered, rather high. That this won't last forever. He flings that thought as far away as he possibly can and instead focuses on finding the chiseled features of the man he met earlier today. I mean, if you're into that sort of thing.]


Found 'im.

[Cayde snaps his fingers and points at a portrait of a man who is very much Not Ashley's Shepard, but definitely the guy he scammed a muffin out of.]
lootsnshoots: (Flush)

[personal profile] lootsnshoots 2020-03-16 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Same guy. Seemed totally new to the whole thing, was surprised when I said Jacob'd been here.
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[personal profile] lootsnshoots 2020-03-16 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He sighs, and drapes an arm around her waist.]

Y'know, if I paid attention to anything Lakshmi, Ikora or Osiris ever said I could probably give you some insight but um ... I didn't. But I can agree with you that it's exhausting and weird?
lootsnshoots: (Ante)

[personal profile] lootsnshoots 2020-03-16 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[He sometimes forgets how smooth she can be. He's so broadsided by my Cayde that there's no room in his mind to ponder what other Caydes are out there, ones with living friends and futures and second Golden Ages to enjoy.

He shifts his hands beneath hers so he can clasp her fingers with his.]


Y'know ... I like bein' your Cayde.
lootsnshoots: (Carpet Joint)

[personal profile] lootsnshoots 2020-03-17 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't want it any other way, darlin'.

[And he leans in to kiss her.]
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[personal profile] lootsnshoots 2020-03-18 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[It doesn't occur to him to think of this as baggage; he doesn't know how to quantify the situation, really, but he's pleased with going with his instinct to give the heads up. Dealing with the fallout of this totally blind would probably have gone worse, all things considered.]

[He cups her cheeks in his hands and presses his forehead against hers.]


Just remember: I got you.