Test of Courage

[papahammer]

[You find yourself at a Japanese graveyard, an old-fashioned lantern in hand as mist starts to roll through the stones during the new moon. The only sounds you hear are those of your own breathing, the rustle of cloth, perhaps a scream or two of the pair ahead. A path filled with scares behind every corner, ghosts and demons waiting to frighten you

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[felinewishes]

[Tail lashing, the chainmail on it clanks together.]

The hell. This godforsaken armor is too fucking heavy. [Pushing the helmet up.]

[bloodyscore]

[Winces a little as he comes up on Kanda.]

Noisy too. [A small 'baa' comes from the sheep at shepherd!Allen's side.]

[felinewishes]

[Would flatten his ears except.. he can't really move them much. The helmet has little holes for them at least, but it still restricts movement.

So he lashes his tail again.] Annoying as all fuck.

... Your costume's alive? [Eyebrow raised. You know, and what the fuck happened to you, I haven't seen you in forever, except that's mostly my fault for hiding and then going home for sometime...

But why waste words.]

[bloodyscore]

Do you need help in getting it off? At least the helmet anyway?

[Allen glances at it.] It was stuffed when I first found myself here.

[:|a Not since October of last year actually. When you fetched Lavi for him. He's had fun. Got attacked by a clown. Lost his brother. Got him back but he wasn't remembered. Lost the angel. Lost his brother again for good. Got the angel back. Fun year.]

[felinewishes]

[Huffs.] If you could. [Leans down a bit.

They are the best tsunbros apparently. Not talking to each other for nearly a year and then suddenly crashing together and falling right back into their ways, even when nothing is the same anymore.]

And now it's alive. Must be some sort of golem or a fae toy.

[bloodyscore]

[He'll hand Kanda the leash for the sheep and then reaches up to take it off.

Best ever! It's a relationship they can rely on. ♥]

It has blood and a heartbeat, Kanda. I think it's actually real.

[felinewishes]

[Holds on to the leash with a frown but tries to keep his ears straight to avoid them getting caught in the helmet.

Sob. Best relationship. ♥ ]

... I guess that's not surprising considering the shit this place does normally.

[bloodyscore]

[Allen pulls it off and sets it in front of a gravestone like an offering.]

It's been...straining for lack of a better word. Be glad you missed the horror hall, Kanda.

[felinewishes]

[Flicking his ears around, trying to shake off the confined feeling.

He shifts slightly, holding the sheep's leash back out to Allen.]

Horror hall? [Mildly confused look.] Already glad I missed that crap.

[bloodyscore]

[He takes it with a soft smile and picks up his shepherd's crook.]

I've never been through it myself but it makes you see things and experience them. Kind of like a haunted house I guess only they're your fears.

[felinewishes]

... Oh.

[He picks up the helmet, automatically without thinking about it and tucks it under his arm.... it just seems like the thing to do.

With all the shit he's been through here--would setting his fears against him be any worse than reality...? Or is that just him being depressing. He knew he shouldn't have gotten his hopes up about Alma damnit.]

[bloodyscore]

[Allen smiles and tilts his head reassuringly.]

We're lucky, you and I. This is just a path of scary things to walk through, like a generic haunted house.

[felinewishes]

Tch. [Flicks an ear backwards.]

Are you part of the haunting then? [Vampires go bump in the night, don't they?]

[bloodyscore]

I'm a shepherd.

[felinewishes]

[ROLLING EYES]

That doesn't change what's underneath.

[bloodyscore]

I'm a scaree just like you, not a scarer.