#;time doesn't heal all wounds | chem ekko }

[jynxd]

Communication and languages:

Ekko grew up in Zaun, as such he knows and speaks both zaun common and Piltover common. He has also learned even learned to understand all dialects, including vastaya ones as a good part of the population are vastaya. He is not fluent in those but he tries. Needless to say his accent is heavily influenced by this.

He is extremely well versed in none verbal language, too. Studying body language for one, and facial reactions. But he also knows sign language!

The language he is most fluent in, however, is Shuriman. His mother came from Shurima and even though she adapted to Zaun, most of her communication was Shuriman. As such his primary form of verbal communication was that, except when talking to Benzo, and even then he had a thick none zaunite accent then. In fact Benzo always told him “Boy, not everyone here is from Shurima, you’ll have to adapt if you’re ever on your own.”

When his parents passed away, it’s all he spoke, too. But this time it was out of grief. Until eventually Benzo helped him through the trauma, and having a new family. Eventually his accent droped for the most part, from lack of exposure, and a time came where he started speaking it less and less, but never lost the knowledge of it. (This does tie to his vastayan heritage. )

[oreo-oro-orero]

A WIP thingy told from Jinx's perspective

It's her talking about the Z-Drive and it's effects of Ekko

"I Hate it"

"I Hate it"

"I Hate it"

"That thing....the Z-Drive, what Ekko calls it but I refuse to call it anything but a burden"

"It doesn't deserve a name, not after everything it's done to him, not after what it's turned him into"

"At first it was fun, the ability to turn back time was fucking awesome. We could get up all types of mischief and trouble and every night it seemed like we teetered on the edge of a line with the Drive being the only rope that held us from falling into the abyss below and it was wonderfully thrilling"

"Then it all came to a head when Ekko saved him"

"A part of me still loathes that dumbass, it was his fault he got in that situation and if he was going to be torn to shreds by Chem-Berserkers then so be it but Ekko being the stupidly noble man he is had to jump in and save him"

"I remember the first slash, it went across Ekko's chest and sliced off a tip of his ear, the blood splattered on the ground and oozed from the mile long cut scraped across him, I saw red and I found myself charging at the hunk of metal and shimmer but no later did then threats of death and protection tumble out of my mouth , I was back at my starting position and Ekko was right back next to me free of all wounds"

"15 times. That's how many times he rewinded that day and at first I didn't think anything of it, Ekko being Ekko, being the stupidly handsome hero he was but soon that 15 became 20 then it became 25 then 30"

" Soon it wasn't just about saving a person, it was about saving everybody, no matter how much the odds were stacked against him, he was determined to save everyone....that stupid stupid stupid boy"

" it didn't take long for the physical effects of the drive to take hold. Sure it heals his injuries but he still feels them. As though every cut, bash, slam, scrap and etc is a ghost that lurks just below his skin waiting for the day it can split the delicate flesh and crawl out to reveal itself"

"His beautiful amber eyes that hold so much warmth and love, as though the sun itself was placed just below his pupils, have started to dull, that hazel warmth being replaced with a lukewarm and tired sunset."

" His brown and smooth skin is starting to become more muted, as though it's slowly losing its vibrant and warm color"

"He looks so tired now"

"nononononono...please no, don't do it, don't become a walking corpse like me Ekko...please"

" sometimes his nose will bleed, his eyes will glaze over mid conversation, he coughs up blood sometimes too and he's staring to take pain pills to dull the effects"

"I'm scared"

"He's starting to forget things now, he forgot who Benzo was for a minute"

"What if he forgets who I am"

"What if he forgets me"

"What if he forgets me"

"I'm scared"

" Why does Ekko have to be so kind...so loving. Why does he have to have hope, why can't he be selfish like me"

"Why does he have to love as much as much as he does"

"Why does he have to be the martyr"

"why did I have to fall in love with him, with his kindness, with his compassion, with his heart"

"why does he have to look at me like I'm the most precious thing in the world"

"Ekko please...please"

"I'm terrified"

" I don't know what to do"

"Don't take him away from me"

"don't take away the one warmth in my life"

"please"

"Please"

"I hate that thing, I hate it with all my heart"

"It's breaking Ekko"

"Its making him a corpse"

"like me"

"....I'm scared"