🔥 aqua

[ablazement]

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w0, MONDAY

[ablazement]

[hello we are just hanging around the pyre! she's currently trying to figure out where the words are on her body, looking over her shoulder and under her arms and on the heel of her foot... it's on her back, in big white letters: AVERNUS. with an obscenely huge number under that.

pats herself down, frowning.]

[keeper]

[ karlach is very difficult to miss by the pyre, and while aqua doesn't mean to be rude, she can't help but notice something's up. ]

...Did you lose something? Do you need help finding it?

[ablazement]

[that's fair she is seven feet so she's like a big beacon. her chest is glowing, also, but it's been doing that.

she pouts a little.]

No, I'm just - I saw someone with words on them earlier, and I'm trying to find it on me? If I've got any?

[keeper]

[ ooooooohh. ...WELL...

she feels kind of bad pointing it out? but she would feel MORE bad NOT pointing it out... like when you have something stuck in your teeth and nobody bothers mentioning it to you. (but way worse, given the nature of these words.) ]

Ah. It's...

[ she gestures to her own back... ]

W0 SUNDAY

[keeper]

[ she will try to find her, wherever she is. ]

Karlach...

[ how is her hand? aqua will be looking her over to get an idea how she's doing. ]

[ablazement]

[she's out by the pyre! just sitting, holding a little wooden figurine in her hand. her not fucked up one, anyway, the fucked up one is crazy bandaged.

she looks up, but she can't figure out a smile, this time, so she just kind of looks at aqua like a kicked puppy.]

... Hey.

[the look over results are: it's bad! mostly emotional.]

[keeper]

[ what's the wooden figurine in her hand? is it karlach? 🥹

aqua smiles gently and seats herself right beside her. she's got a small wooden bird in her hands as well—boothill would've mentioned it at trial. ]

...I can teach you the basics, if you'd like. He showed me Thursday.

[ since he isn't around anymore. ]

W1 MONDAY

[keeper]

[ AFFECTION WEEK!! she'll immediately give karlach a hug when she sees her. they can be at the beach or wherever! ]

Famine said they could get me a wood chiseler, though it won't be delivered until next week.

[ I DIDN'T THINK TO REQUEST ONE YESTERDAY AHHH o(-( ]

How're you doing...?

[ablazement]

[hug!! oh she is so happy to hug.]

... That was nice of you. [:pleading:] I really ought to have asked. Maybe I still will.

[a beat.]

Less sad than yesterday. Hand burns like a son of a -- [...] Haha, son of a nice lady.

[might as well, right?]

[keeper]

Don't worry about it. I wanted to get it for you, so you can keep it if you'd like.

[ or if she wants to share, aqua's happy with that too.

her arms squeeze around karlach just a little tighter. less sad is still sad, but... she understands. ]

...Muddle-fudger.

[ it sounds so silly, she has to smile a little, though she still has plenty of concern writ on her face. ]

Is Daan or Alfyn helping treat it for you...?

w2, MONDAY

[ablazement]

[hello my darling aqua we are void

and there's a memory!]

[keeper]

[ flurry this was incredible to read and i hated (loved) it, thanks!

heartless, karlach had said jokingly, and aqua couldn't begin to imagine what she'd really meant by that.

now she doesn't have to. the memory ravages through her chest, tearing through bone and sinew. she immediately doubles over with a cry, shaking as the experience continues in a delirium of agony. sweat beads her brow, nausea rising in her gut—

—but even so, it's just a pale echo of the real thing. the memory passes, as suddenly as it had started. she's left speechless as the phantom pain eases out of her body. shocked. ]

...Karlach...

[ it's no longer affection week but that doesn't mean aqua won't try to give her a tight hug, as soon as she's able to. ]

[ablazement]

[waaaaah ;; congrats on the heartless lore...

when they come out of it, karlach is distracted by the sense memory of it, but not enough that it doesn't concern her when aqua nearly collapses. she's been through it once already, it's nothing she can't put away. it's something she doesn't want to remember. it doesn't have to be affection week - karlach reaches for aqua at about the same time, trying to make sure she's okay.

and is absolutely startled by the hug, even though she shouldn't be. a pause.

and then she wraps her arms around aqua and holds her tight in return.]

Gods - fuck, sorry. Sorry, that was a lot. Are you alright?

w5, MONDAY

[ablazement]

[hello we are WANDERING. this place is so fucking huge. karlach is looking at all the various places, with keychains that she's just attached to her belt - gojo, vin, mathis, kate, gale, and astarion are all settled there, for now.

she's in the new bar right this instant, peeking around. she was told there's booze and food here but she got... lost...]

[keeper]

[ CUTE!! THEIR KEYCHAINS!! also that icon is so funny ilit. aqua just so happens to be doing a bit of exploring herself. ]

...Looking for something, Karlach?

[ also i am obligated to put this in every tag since it's EMOSHARE WEEK: everyone gets the same, steady baseline emotions of warm fondness and care, the feeling of being wrapped up in sunlight, or perhaps the brightness of the stars on a clear night. ]

[ablazement]

[noooooooo that's so CUTE. i love this emotion.

karlach's tail wags happily when she feels it, and when she sees aqua, there's a big blast of happiness. there's something tiny and sad and vulnerable under it, but mostly, it's happy.]

I was looking for food, but I got so lost and turned around. This place has got so much stuff to look at. D'you know your way around at all?

W5 THURSDAY

[keeper]

[ KARLAAAAACH NOOOOO!! WHERE IS SHEEEE aqua will be looking for her! the vibes are distraught but simultaneously restrained. she is keeping her shit together but obviously upset as everyone else. ]

Karlach, are you doing better...?

[ UHHH INJURY CHECK... how is the healing... how are the side effects... ]

[ablazement]

[SHE CAN BE WHEREVER honestly hospital is probably where daan made her go, so she is here, curled up on a bed.

she does not look great! she's sweating, and also shivering, a thin blanket covering her. most of her injuries are not actively bleeding or anything, though her poor tail is missing a good chunk of it. she's bandaged! when she hears aqua, she opens her eyes, looking at her blearily.

a beat.

and then she closes her eyes again and starts... praying? under her breath, fervent.]

[keeper]

[ oh this is. so concerning?? it's good she's not actively bleeding out, but the number of injuries she's accrued and also her maimed tail gives plenty of reason for concern.

the frantic prayers, too. ]

Hey, it's just me. It's Aqua. Should I come back later...?

[ is she... scared of her? she tries to temper her own emotions into something calm, hoping it might somehow help. ]

w6, THURSDAY

[ablazement]

[honks your clown nose where is aqua after she's been springswamped]

[keeper]

[ she'll be in the hospital! and... karlach would've probably had to have helped escort her there from the spring (i wrote swamp, help), because she emerges from the water blind. 🥹 I'M SO SORRY. JUST ASSIGNS HER EXTRA WORK. 🥹 ]

Karlach...? Is that you?

[ablazement]

[NOT THE BLINDNESS no it's okay, karlach doesn't mind at all. she helped aqua as much as she needed because das her friend... she's worried!!!

gently tucks aqua's hair behind her ear.]

It's me, yeah. You're alright, I've got you. Do you need anything?

W7 TUESDAY

[keeper]

[ this will just be for tuesday, too much has happened monday. 🥹 they can be in the hair salon...

...her hair's already short, meaning not much real estate for styling, but the dryer does turn it wavy! woah! ]

...This is new.

[ the vibes are amused but also! there is just a general, inevitable pensiveness that comes with w7. things CONTINUE to happen on days. ]

[ablazement]

[you're so valid monday exploded]

Ohhh, but it's cute though! That's a good look! [she's also a little like... tired, on the inside. yesterday's death was a rough one and she's still fussy about it, but she's doing her best to stay cheerful. or, as cheerful as she can, anyway.]

And you'll never be able to recreate it, huh. Isn't that how it works. [rueful, but amused.]

[keeper]

[ girl we need to take a collective nap for a year after this. the mood is Relatable... a sense of dissatisfaction and upset at what their friends are going through (being hurt, no matter which side of the blade they're on)—but still trying not to get weighed down under the never-ending current of things.

so there's still fondness that shines though and a sense of recognition, for what karlach is feeling

also a light laugh ]

Is it? That seems hardly fair. [ she's never permed her hair in her life but she trusts this assessment. ]

But thanks, I'm glad you think so. Want to give it a try?