Infighting Week Four

[animusmods]

Characters: any character participating in the Infighting event
Setting: pods, week four of the event
Format: any
Summary: All week four Infighting event threads should go in here, to keep things organized.
Warnings: horror, trauma, experiment results, impossible geometry, cabin fever

[Week Four Information]
[Week Three]
[Week Two]
[Week One]
Dax's Pod
Riki's Pod
Jason's Pod
Event End

Comments

[pitiedthefool]

That he did.

[He sighs, gaze returning to the floor.] ...Never thought it was possible to miss my family even more.

[fractus_animus]

[ Here, he makes no comment to that. He feels he has no right to, after what they've gone through. He's not going to say, "Hah, I knew it!" or "I told you so"; no, he feels those aren't necessary things to say.

... After all, Yu is merely experiencing what he felt the first time this happened to him.

But unlike Yu, he knows two things now that he did not then:

One, that his sister is alive. And two, that she is in this Tower, not in these damnable pods, and that gives him some hope. ]

... When I was younger, that was all I used to think during the project. Someday I'd wake up and find out all the things that had happened would be over and my sister would be next to me, and my mother and father would still be there, telling me to help them with taking care of something or other. Or that a foreign relative would show up and free all of us. I had all sorts of thoughts about it, but I was just a kid, so I didn't really know any better.

[pitiedthefool]

[He doesn't say anything as Arisato shares that little bit of information. Really, he should probably have seen it coming by now after that comment he accidentally said aloud, but it didn't change the fact that he was more than likely going to never remove that picture frame from beneath his pillow ever again.

Because they're not in this dreaded Tower. Because he's missing a crucial part of himself without them.

Because they were the first relatives he trusted like he does his old man...

Yu clutches his stomach, ignoring the sensation in his chest far too well for sanity's sake. The only hope he had was that they were either safe back home or at peace in some way, and even if he doesn't say it... that thought terrifies him. Especially since they almost lost Nanako once before...]

...I'm sorry to hear that. [He manages a weak, guarded smile.] You have your sister now though, right?

[fractus_animus]

[ He sighs and lets his head lean against the wall. He smiles, but it's paper thin at this point. He's just... exhausted. He doesn't even care about the food, he's used to this, he's had worse, he can live. It feels like an insult at this point, frankly. ]

... Yeah. For whatever good that means. I just hope she's okay.

[ He's worried; it's obvious, and he's too tired to try and hide it. ]

Things like this will always happen. People will always suffer more. All... anyone can do, I guess, is try to look after one another as the best they can. ... She's a leader, too. She'll be okay without me. But...

[ He just wants to make sure she's safe after this. ]

[pitiedthefool]

...Same here.

[He just... stares at the small ring of beads around his finger; one of the few things he refused to ever remove, and for good reason. Minami is a friend, and her bond with this Minato is similar to his with the person who gave this to him. All he can do is pray that what they told them about their worlds was a lie...]

It doesn't stop you from worrying.

[He wants to make sure Chie and Teddie are alright, too.]

[fractus_animus]

[ He nods. ]

... When I see her, I'm... going to tell her everything I didn't before. Everything. I'm going to apologize, and... tell her how important she is to me.

I'm... not sure she knows. Our relationship has been... rocky.

[ Sigh. Because leading opposite teams meant total war most of the time. ]

and suddenly their other thread was even more depressing...

[pitiedthefool]

[Yu nods faintly.]

... Good luck. [He probably just jinxed it, but he means well.]

:(

[deatharcana]

[ He manages a small smile. They were almost there. He... he had things to do, certainly. But it'd be okay.

He'd manage. Right? She'd help him. ]