#and lucanis in full scary glowy demon mode softly both laughing and crying and brushing his lips to rye's forehead like

[vaguely-concerned]

there's this... idea/concept that keeps swirling around in my head of rook going down lethally injured in combat. and spite and lucanis as one voice going 'no. nope. nah. quite simply nuh-uh' but like on a level that reverberates through the real world and the fade because of their soul Situation, so when they wrap rook up in wings and arms and cradle them against them to just -- hold rook's soul in place in their body until emmrich can arrive with the emergency spirit healing of all time to anchor them safely back in the world of the living without the need for spite life support... it actually somehow works, and they're safe and awake and still breathing against lucanis' chest by the end of it all.

it's definitely a one-time trick lucanis has no fucking clue how he even pulled off afterwards, once the 'I can see the weave of the world' flow state has faded, and no one has any good explanation for how it could even be possible, outside of the fact that no spirit and person have ever been so completely and cleanly unified to one purpose before lol. but with rook still walking about safe and sound and already cracking bad jokes, i don't think anyone would particularly care

[vaguely-concerned]

You know what. I’ve had kind of a weird slightly shitty day so I’m bringing this one back to wear my full self-indulgent tomfoolery on my sleeve out in public and without shame as a treat to myself lol

I keep imagining rye's eyes sliding open during this as he wakes from the sleep that meant to be of the eternal kind, and him gazing up at (magical girl transformation-glowing. In case you were wondering) lucanis and weakly reaching up to touch his face and brush away the tears, going 'I'll know and love you in every world. this is my oath to you. I hold this truth to be holy. even if I slip away from this place my heart will call to yours, we'll find each other again. death is nothing; my soul belongs with you and no force could ever sever that which makes it so. and also I realize that you probably won't care right now but ohhh (ow) this is so *interesting* the theoretical implications here are frankly mind-boggling. maker look at me I'm going to (ow) actually have to write a *paper* like emmrich is always hounding me to do, like a proper watcher. do you promise you’ll still love me when I’m inevitably desperately writing the last of it five minutes before it’s due to be submitted in a crazed stressed-out haze because of who I am as a person’ and lucanis in full scary glowy demon mode softly both laughing and crying and brushing his lips to rye's forehead clammy with death sweat like 'yeah i promise. I’ll make sure you consume something more than chocolate and oversteeped tea while you write it too. you can tell me all about the theoretical implications later' as he keeps holding him. just the two of them nestled so close together. resting their foreheads together and. breathing. and not letting go. don't. don't look at me please don't perceive me in this moment I’m going through some stuff, currently

there's this... idea/concept that keeps swirling around in my head of rook going down lethally injured in combat. and spite and lucanis as one voice going 'no. nope. nah. quite simply nuh-uh' but like on a level that reverberates through the real world and the fade because of their soul Situation, so when they wrap rook up in wings and arms and cradle them against them to just -- hold rook's soul in place in their body until emmrich can arrive with the emergency spirit healing of all time to anchor them safely back in the world of the living without the need for spite life support... it actually somehow works, and they're safe and awake and still breathing against lucanis' chest by the end of it all.

it's definitely a one-time trick lucanis has no fucking clue how he even pulled off afterwards, once the 'I can see the weave of the world' flow state has faded, and no one has any good explanation for how it could even be possible, outside of the fact that no spirit and person have ever been so completely and cleanly unified to one purpose before lol. but with rook still walking about safe and sound and already cracking bad jokes, i don't think anyone would particularly care