CATCH ALL POST

[generalflirt]

Who: Everyone
What: Last-minute draft encounters
When: Anywhere from this post up until when the drafted leave
Where: Anywhere
Summary: I figured some people might want a convenient catch-all post for last minute interactions if they don't want to put up their own post (or do things apart from what they are doing on their own posts). Feel free to

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[soreplaceable]

[Ion had never been chosen for these drafts before. Not only did not have no idea what to expect, the fact that things seemed to be different now... he was worried. Frightened, even. But if there ever was a time for staying strong and not allowing his weakness to get the better of him, that time was now. He had to be strong. He couldn't drag the others down...]

[He'll be out looking for those he knows who've been drafted all morning and afternoon, before returning to House One to spend what was left of the day at home.]

[offallingsnow]

[when he comes home, then.]

Ion...

[but what else is there to say?]

[soreplaceable]

...Nephry.

[What else, indeed. Instinctively, he glances away before trying to manage a weak smile.]

It... it's going to be all right. Luke, Jade, and Tear will be with me, after all.

[offallingsnow]

That does little to stop me from worrying. About all of you.

[with the possible exception of Jade. He's just as tenacious as the man he hates so much.]

[soreplaceable]

[The smile falls from his face.]

...I know.

[She wasn't the only one he was trying to convince. Even if he had his friends to protect him, who was going to protect them? And the others in the village? Those can can fight as well as those who cannot? If something happened to them...]

[offallingsnow]

[this is rare.

But she walks over to Ion and puts both of her hands on his shoulders. ...He's really not that much shorter than her, is he?]

Please be careful.

[soreplaceable]

[Ion looks up quickly the moment he feels Nephry's hands on his shoulders.]

...I will. I promise, I will.

[And that's not a promise he intends to break.]

[offallingsnow]

Tell my brother he will be in trouble if he does anything too dangerous.

[soreplaceable]

I'll make sure he doesn't do anything too rash.

[...okay, that one, he'll try. It is Jade, after all.]

[offallingsnow]

If necessary, you may tell him I said it.

[soreplaceable]

...I might just try that.

[Right now, this all felt so normal. The longer he stood there, the more he thought about how much he wished this didn't have to happen. That he didn't have to go.]

[He's trying hard to hide it, but his shoulders are shaking.]

[offallingsnow]

Do you feel all right? You're shivering.

[because she hasn't let go of his shoulders.]

[soreplaceable]

Am I?

[He tries to smile, but only for a moment. What was the point in lying about something so obvious? To Nephry, of all people?]

[His eyes fall back to the floor and his voice becomes soft.]

...I'm scared.

[offallingsnow]

Well then. ...You're not alone in that.

[soreplaceable]

[He looks up at Nephry and opens his mouth as if to say something, but no words come out. He'd been holding onto this wall all day now, trying so hard to deny that increasing fear swelling in his chest...]

[How much easier things had been when he didn't care whether he lived or died... no. This was an improvement.]

[But that didn't make it any easier to handle.]

[He hesitates only for a moment before allowing that wall to tumble down, taking a step forward and hugging Nephry.]

[offallingsnow]

[To his credit, this no longer surprises her anymore.

She puts her arms around him in return, carefully]

I have faith in all of you. Even Jade. Just do what you can.