#[ calamity01 ]

[crystalslucky]

Hearing about all the different places that Cala had been to felt like she was being given the opportunity to live vicariously through her. The way that it sounded like she floated around through life was exactly the kind of thing Crystal would daydream about. Instead of being stuck in the middle of buttfuck nowhere Missouri, living a bland and boring life to be able to afford her measly lifestyle. "Wow, alright miss world traveler, look at you. That's incredible." Even with her addition that she didn't exactly see these cities merely passing through, it still sounded extraordinary.

"Days for sleeping, sure, but the night life in those places must have been incredible." Honestly, every word out of Cala's mouth just made her sound cooler and cooler is Crystal's eyes. It was like looking into a mirror of what she wanted to do and be. She really lucked out here. "I've never heard of you, no. But if you managed to play shows in all those places you must have been big. You think you can give me a sample?" She asked with a wide grin.

The thought of getting blasted and having a wild night with this fantasy man that she made up had Crystal wishing it was possible. She couldn't be sure that anyone resembling her long lost lover would be strutting around and willing to play along, but if she was lucky then maybe there might be one guy around here who would accept a simple bribe of a good time with a beautiful girl. "You think they got drugs here? I won't refuse. I'll get high with you Cala but just know that we gotta be a lot closer as friends if you're trying to share my man with me." A joke, of course, since this so called man only existed in her mind.

"Eric." She pulled out of thin air, making sure to add a little dreamy smile, as she imagined him. "You gonna try calling out for him from the rooftops for me? We don't even know if he's actually here. I really can't imagine I'd be so lucky." But it didn't hurt to push herself up out of the pool of water to tag along for a search. What was the worst that could happen? "I'll keep my fingers crossed that this place keeps getting better and better. Maybe we can find a soul mate of your own while we're at it, whaddya think?"

"Erm, in the past year... Calamity looked up at the sky, counting off on her fingers. "Mexico City, some compound in Utah - you wouldn't believe what those Mormons can really get up to - Medellin, some island off of Peru, I didn't ask. Erm, Melbourne, Manila, Sapporo, fucking Dubai, Morocco, bloody Luxor, like three different stops around the Mediterranean in a week, and all about Europe. I was in Prague when I woke up here." She blinked, large eyes staring at Crystal's politely curious ones. A grin.

"You think I saw any of those places. No, nah; day is for sleeping, I should be asleep right now! I'm in a band, but not sure if you'd know us? Pusseguts?"

Calamity wouldn't be offended if Chrissy was clueless. Pusseguts wasn't exactly mainstream...and Chrissy seemed like a mainstream kind of girl. No offense. "Bloody hell, I wish I was on drugs. We should both get high as fuck, Chrissy. What d'you make of that? Find your little boyfriend, get him high too..." She waggled her eyebrows at Chrissy, as Cala leaned back on her elbows. "Give him a night of his life."

Aliens. That was entertaining, and Calamity of course humoured it. "Aliens transported us to a paradise island? Thanks, aliens!" Cala shouted at the sky. "Can you teleport some party favours too!"

Calamity nodded, absorbing Chrissy's backstory like it was real. She had no reason to believe otherwise, after all. A gentle push of her own tummy, as Calamity groaned. "Ugh, how are you not starving now? We should find some food. No - find your boyfriend, then food. What's this lucky boy's name?" So much family drama, but no tears or fears for Chrissy, over losing them. Maybe Chrissy was glad to be rid of their constant meddling. Maybe Chrissy was glad to be rid of boyfriend too.

A noise of concern as she shook her own bracelet. "Fucking hell, Chrissy. Maybe I did already break it. Oh well, I'm sure I can find another one." Calamity reassembled her long limbs, eventually standing up. "C'mon! Get out of there, naiad-girl. Let's go find your boy."

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When will you stop allowing yourself to burn?

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/XbMiyck by calamity01 Late night regrets.   Or: Akutagawa has a breakdown. Atsushi helps him cope. Words: 1427, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs) Relationships: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke/Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs) Additional Tags: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke Needs a Hug (Bungou Stray Dogs), Mentioned Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Caring Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Hurt/Comfort, Short One Shot, Angst, Psychological Trauma, Trauma, Akutagawa Ryuunosuke is Bad at Feelings (Bungou Stray Dogs), Out of Character Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs), Author Is Sleep Deprived read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/XbMiyck

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When will you stop allowing yourself to burn?

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/XbMiyck by calamity (calamity01) Akutagawa has a breakdown. Atsushi helps him cope.   "Hold me, console me, then I'll leave without a trace." Words: 1427, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs) Relationships: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke/Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs) Additional Tags: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke Needs a Hug (Bungou Stray Dogs), Mentioned Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Caring Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Hurt/Comfort, Short One Shot, Angst, Psychological Trauma, Trauma, Akutagawa Ryuunosuke is Bad at Feelings (Bungou Stray Dogs), Out of Character Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs) read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/XbMiyck

[crystalslucky]

Hearing Cala talk so casually about how aloof she was in the world made Crystal's eyes light up. Crystal wished that her city hopping happened when she was old enough to actually enjoy it as opposed to when she was young, forced to move around because she wasn't old enough to make her own decisions. But it made Cala sound so cool to be able to admit she was never in one place for very long. She was jealous, but also fascinated. "Always on the go, sounds like a dream. What kind of places have you seen?"

Crystal wasn't sure if this was a temporary thing, honestly, she was just pulling random assumptions out of her ass. The weirder, the better. What did she know about this place as someone who was just waking up here? "Whoa, you're throwing around some baseless accusations here, Miss Cala! If I'm on drugs then I'm not the only one. Unless you're seeing something else than me, but you're also seeing this island paradise. Maybe the safest explanation for this is aliens." Knowing far too many people in Missouri who believed in the existence of aliens like their lives depended on it, it was easy enough to assume that aliens was an agreeable explanation for things.

"Appeared right here. Right now." she confirmed with a nod. If she had any actual knowledge on this place, it probably would have been a fun little lie to tell. Making her seem different than others more interesting for why she appeared somewhere else than everyone else. But with this specifically, she had no reason or basis to lie.

Though, to be fair, she didn't have any reason to lie about anything. It was just fun, second nature. So even as Cala asked a follow up question about her romantic tale she made up out of thin air, there wasn't much of a hesitation or worry to answer. "They work in the restaurant business." she answered, taking the gum offering, placing it in her mouth and started chewing before continuing. "My dad owns a Thai restaurant and his dad had a Korean barbecue place across the street." Huh, she must have watched too much Bob's Burgers reruns before getting here for that to be the story at the forefront of her mind. "It was silly, but they both took it way too seriously."

She was happy to indulge Cala with whatever questions she might have had, feeling like in a way, talking about this gave the two of them a connection. It was like confiding in a friend about your life. Even though they were practically strangers and nothing Crystal told her was true. But what Cala didn't know didn't hurt her.

"Well, alright. I'm not saying the bracelets themselves are nice. But everyone getting these big pretty crystals? They're rather neat." She took a look at the white stone, a bit deformed, not exactly as round and sleek as her own. "Did you break yours already? Is that why it looks like that?" Maybe a bit of an unnecessary jab, but she presented it more like an airheaded query. "I love the confidence you have with 'when' we find him. I really do hope he's here, but I can't imagine I'm that lucky."

"I was hardly in one place for more than a week, if I'm honest." Chance sometimes warned Calamity: be careful. Not in danger, but in transactions. Information was treasure and weapon; and Chance had 'interacting' with others honed to an artform, a technical manual.

Chance could chat up someone without them realizing he'd slowly coiled himself around them, hissing in their ear as he constricted their air. Calamity sort of...broke in with a wrecking ball, and said 'ha ha oops, sorry' afterwards. What kind of being was Chrissy, if she kept talking about this like a vacation?

"Don't think I've ever planned a holiday in my life. You imagine this is all temporary, then?" But Chrissy offered a better option: a delusion, an overblown dream. Calamity grinned, leaning back on her hands as she gently swished her legs in the water. "Chrissy, no. How many drugs are you on, Chrissy! Drugs are bad for you. You're gonna wake up with a ripped-up sore throat from all the up-chucking, super-sweaty and nauseated in some backwater hospital innit. Better enjoy all this while it lasts." Calamity preened in the sun. "I do fancy being a fantasy."

She nodded, affecting a stern look. "My brother'll definitely get that refund, yeah. So you're not from the cruise ship, you literally just appeared, here." Calamity tongued in the inside of her mouth, considering. She'd woken in a muddy cave, Chrissy got the beach. Puzzle pieces but no puzzle.

Chrissy's story about star-crossed lovers (fucking hell, seriously) was incredibly entertaining, though. Calamity didn't believe a word of it - not because she'd grokked Chrissy was fibbing, but because it was Chrissy's interpretation of events. If there was a real story, it wasn't Chrissy's version. Calamity liked playing along with others, so she pulled out a stick of gum as she listened, offering one to Chrissy. "Oh yeah? What sort of rivals, what do your dads do?"

Calamity held Chrissy's wrist, inspecting the pretty blue. "A little on the nose, isn't it. You in water, still in water...blue crystal like water. I suppose you're meant to live here. Here! In this tidal pool. Chrissy the naiad."

Chance had a bracelet, so did she. "Oh come off it, Chrissy. You and I both know they're ugly as shit. The stones are alright..." She showed her own howlite, though to Cala it just looked like a white stone with grey veins. "Everyone's got something different, don't they. When we find your crush, we can check his out too!"

Ooooh, Calamity hoped Chrissy's crush was discovered dead. Impaled on a tree or face-down in the sand. It would be fantastic, to see Chrissy reaction.

[crystalslucky]

"Don't you ever feel as though you need an escape from every day life? Like, the same scenery gets so bland and boring after a while, I feel. Sometimes a vacation is just what a girl needs." Of course, to her that's all this was right now. She had absolutely no idea what kind of world she had arrived to, after all she had just woken up. With no time to explore, the quick scan of the scenery gave her all she needed to know for the time being.

Crystal shrugged at the suggestion that she had things all figured out already. She definitely had no clue what was going on, but it seemed coincidental that she went from one body of water to another. "I'm just trying to rationalize it, I guess. But maybe it makes more sense this is all a dream. Maybe you and this tropical beach are just a figment of my imagination. Wouldn't that be something?" She grinned, though not actually believing her own theory, more so wondering what Cala was thinking of all this, how much she was willing to play along with a ditzy newbie. Playing dumb was always good fun, especially around people who didn't know her. A lot of strangers were quick to believe a young, pretty girl, was adorably, blissfully naive. Maybe Cala would believe that too.

The wrecked cruise ship was a bit alarming though. Not as cheery as the rest of their surroundings. It brought a pouty frown to Crystals face before she turned back to Cala. "Oh my, must have put a damper on his cruise trip to end up here. I hope he gets a refund."

With a soft hum, Crystal looked up to the sky, thinking about who she might enjoy having as a companion on this island. She didn't exactly have any close relationships, but of course Cala didn't know that. "Well, there is one person. Though technically, he wasn't a boyfriend, more of a forbidden love." She tilted her head to the side, looking off dreamily as she swiftly concocted this fake love story in her mind. "Our fathers have been rivals since before we were born, always trying to best the other, one way or another. But despite this rivalry and my father always telling me not to associate with their son, I couldn't help but develop a crush. I don't think I've ever felt this strongly about someone as I do for him, and if he was here? Wouldn't that just be the perfect end to things? Like Romeo and Juliet…except we actually live."

Her voice was airy, girly, like a little school girl with a crush that would fizzle out in a week. But Crystal was curious to see if Cala would be intrigued or disgusted by this persona.

At the mention of the bracelet, for a moment, she looked confused, before glancing down at her wrist. "Oh! Would you look at that! That's certainly new!" she exclaimed, far too distracted to have noticed it until now. She held her wrist out, showing off this white bracelet with a light blue gemstone. To her, it almost looked like the way the ocean looked in cartoons, perfectly vibrant and delicious. "Ohhh, almost like a kind of sapphire maybe?" A shot in the dark considering she didn't know anything about gemstones. "What's yours? Do you know what they're for? It is quite an…interesting accessory to say the least."

"Absolutely crushed," Calamity agreed, the other so quick to apologize. As if it meant anything to either of them. Cute; or maybe watergirl was being cute. The topic of weather passed Calamity by like a drifting cloud and instead she pointed out, "Really. Why now? Sounds rather specific for you."

Being put into water, certainly an interesting way to say it. Like someone decided to 'put' a fully grown person somewhere. "You think someone brought you here and thought about where to put you?" Calamity laughed, shifting to sit properly. Shoes off, she then lowered her legs into the water. "Sounds like you've got it figured out."

Calamity would've corrected Chrissy, but the 'Miss' in front of her name was hilarious and again so polite in that American-waitress sort of way. Plus, 'Miss' was so much better than 'Ma'am'. "Seems you're not getting out anytime soon. Look over there - " Calamity pointed behind Chrissy, to the giant cruise ship looming a distance away. "That's where my brother woke up. He got here before me."

Hands in her chin, Calamity leaned forward. "Who're you hoping to see here, Chrissy? Boyfriend, girlfriend? Dear old mum?"

She reached forward with one hand, making a grabby motion. "What's your bracelet look like? Everyone's got one, apparently."

[crystalslucky]

END.

Hearing about all the different places that Cala had been to felt like she was being given the opportunity to live vicariously through her. The way that it sounded like she floated around through life was exactly the kind of thing Crystal would daydream about. Instead of being stuck in the middle of buttfuck nowhere Missouri, living a bland and boring life to be able to afford her measly lifestyle. "Wow, alright miss world traveler, look at you. That's incredible." Even with her addition that she didn't exactly see these cities merely passing through, it still sounded extraordinary.

"Days for sleeping, sure, but the night life in those places must have been incredible." Honestly, every word out of Cala's mouth just made her sound cooler and cooler is Crystal's eyes. It was like looking into a mirror of what she wanted to do and be. She really lucked out here. "I've never heard of you, no. But if you managed to play shows in all those places you must have been big. You think you can give me a sample?" She asked with a wide grin.

The thought of getting blasted and having a wild night with this fantasy man that she made up had Crystal wishing it was possible. She couldn't be sure that anyone resembling her long lost lover would be strutting around and willing to play along, but if she was lucky then maybe there might be one guy around here who would accept a simple bribe of a good time with a beautiful girl. "You think they got drugs here? I won't refuse. I'll get high with you Cala but just know that we gotta be a lot closer as friends if you're trying to share my man with me." A joke, of course, since this so called man only existed in her mind.

"Eric." She pulled out of thin air, making sure to add a little dreamy smile, as she imagined him. "You gonna try calling out for him from the rooftops for me? We don't even know if he's actually here. I really can't imagine I'd be so lucky." But it didn't hurt to push herself up out of the pool of water to tag along for a search. What was the worst that could happen? "I'll keep my fingers crossed that this place keeps getting better and better. Maybe we can find a soul mate of your own while we're at it, whaddya think?"

[crystalslucky]

"Oh, apologies, didn't mean to get your hopes up like that." An accidental misunderstanding in her attempts to make small talk with the stranger. "I am so over the rain, some heat and sunshine is exactly the kind of thing I need right now." At home, summers were hot, but it didn't hold a candle to the current weather here. And it helped that trips to a beach like this wasn't a common occurrence in her life. This was like, real vacation material, like Mexico or the Caribbean, not a simple Missouri lake.

It was interesting though, to hear that not even this woman knew where they were. It should have been unsettling, given the fact that Crystal didn't know where they were or how they got here either, but questioning it wouldn't get her anywhere, would it? Especially if what she was being told was true, that there were a lot of people and none of them knew what was going on. "I guess it is kind of freaky, yeah. I was just out for a swim and then suddenly woke up here. Really strange. But I appreciate being put into water. Waking up in a swimsuit in the middle of all those houses for example might have been…interesting."

She was definitely curious though. A whole group of people brought to this island for who knows what. But given that she hadn't spoken to anyone else yet and had no details on their situation, the tired and overworked side of her didn't really care. Did it really matter? To Crystal, this was a free vacation! From what she could see so far, she was more excited than she was worried.

"It's a pleasure, Miss Cala. You can call me Chrissy. It is actually quite nice in here if you're looking to relax a bit. Take a break and have a chat." she offered, gently paddling her feet in the water as if to show off how enjoyable it was to sit in the warm pool of water. "What else has this brother of yours told you about this place? How fascinating that you know someone here. You didn't arrive together did you? I wonder if anyone I know is here as well…"

"I thought you were calling me beautiful," Calamity made a slight pout, when she realized the woman of the water was calling out to her. She looked like a goddess...or a drowned rat in spandex, but. Either/or. Cala twisted her body like a puppet and then meandered a bit closer, tilting her head to study the other. "Day's alright, I guess. I'd prefer a bit of rain, if I'm honest."

She folded into a little ball at the edge of the tidal pool, hugging her knees and grinning widely at wetgirl. "I don't know where we are. I just got here. Seems you just dropped in too? My brother - he's here too - told me no one knows where we are, but there's a bunch of people all been milling about for a few weeks now. Totally disorganized, it's a right mess. Kind of freaky, don't you think?" Did she? The dark-haired beauty didn't seem bothered, just politely confused.

Also, the others on the island weren't a disorganized mess, from what Calamity could tell. They were annoyingly organized, all seemed to get along for the most part. Despite all the hubbub that Calamity had apparently missed. Even for her, it was a lot of information all at once, to take on whilst she was still trying to get acclimated.

Regardless, she introduced herself. "I'm Cala. Nice to meet you...? You planning on staying in there all day? Is it nice in there, like. Mineral springs jacuzzi kind of nice?"