Catch-All

[cultivatingdisaster]

⌛ Who: Prompto Argentum, Aerith Gainsborough, Duo Maxwell, Xie Lian, Rude and you, maybe?
⌛ What: Shenanigans. Permanent catch-all.
⌛ When: Anytime.
⌛ Where: All over.
⌛ Warnings: R. Language.



✽ Xie Lian

• Cooking With Xie Lian


• Busking Adventures


• Event: Trial of the Soul


• Event: Waterpark Waves

✽ Prompto Argentum

• Chocochicks!


• Travelling Cameraman


• Event: Trial of the Soul


• Event: Waterpark Waves

✽ Rude

• Event: Trial of the Soul


• Event: Waterpark Waves

✽ Duo Maxwell

• Lovers Tiff [Closed to Wufei]


• Event: Trial of the Soul


• I Can Explain! [Closed To Wufei]

✽ Aerith Gainsborough

• Rock Garden


• Event: Trial of the Soul


• Event: Waterpark Waves


• Gems In The Making [Closed to Maglor]

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✦ Duo Maxwell Inbox
✦ Aerith Gainsborough Inbox
✦ Rude Inbox
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Comments

[pilot05]

[That got a scowl in reply, as he settled a hand protectively over the sythe.] It's a piece of you, of course it's important. If you won't destroy mine then I'm not destroying yours. [And they're both stubborn enough to sit here until they're old and gray.]

[maxwellsdaemon]

They really were just that stubborn. Duo thought his Soul Artefact could easily be broken. Snap it in half, it wouldn't make much of a difference. He looked down at the flower held within the both of his hands and sighed.

"So what's that mean? We fail? Or... or break them together?" Duo didn't want to. Not at all. He didn't want to fight over this, but if they made the choice to do this together then he'd accept it.

[pilot05]

Wufei hummed, looking between their two artifacts. "Yes," he agreed with a nod, lowering the scythe to look it over. "Either way, we do it together."

[maxwellsdaemon]

Wufei was being an asshole and leaving the choice to him, deliberately both agreeing and not helping at the same time. He almost reached out to yank on his pony-tail out of frustration. Though he supposed he could have also just reached out and grabbed his scythe and snapped it in half...

But he didn't.

Instead he reached into his back pocket for a coin.

"Flip for it?"

[pilot05]

He has enough guilt over things that weren't his fault, he's not adding this to the pile. When Duo pulls out the coin, he actually relaxes a little, nodding in agreement. "Tails we break the artifacts, heads we quit the trial," he agreed.

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo nodded and without a word he flipped the coin. It spun in the air and was caught effortlessly only to be slapped against the back of his other hand.

He took a breath... and lifted his hand. Tails.

"Dammit..." Maybe the coin had been a bad idea. He should have just argued his case or broken his damn scythe. But now he was screwed and they both had to do it.

[pilot05]

Wufei sighed heavily, but nodded. "On the count of three, then," before either of them could think too hard about it or decide to fake the other out. Better to just get it over with quickly.

"One, two, three," he winced as he slammed the scythe down over his knee, snapping it clean in half.

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo really did think about just pretending to break the stem of the flower when Wufei broke his, but he knew he couldn't do that to Wufei. So when three was called, Duo closed his eyes... and broke the flower, snapping it in his hand.

... And it hurt. Not because of the flower, though it hurt to do that. But when Wufei broke is scythe, damn but did that sting. Duo gasped and clutched at his chest. "Fucking hell... Ouch."

[pilot05]

The pain sent Wufei to his knees, and he leaned over the shattered pieces of scythe as they vanished in a haze of magic. It felt... it felt like watching his colony being destroyed all over again, tears burning their way down his cheeks as he clutched at his chest.

Thankfully, it didn't last very long, and he let out a wheezing breath as the pain faded away. "We're never doing that again," he groaned.

[maxwellsdaemon]

The flower was gone, vanished from his hand. That broke Duo's heart. The flower had been beautiful and he'd destroyed it...

Duo dropped to his knees in front of Wufei and pulled him into his arms. "Never again..." It was an easy promise. The pain was too great, the physical and the emotional. "... That was the worst idea we've had."

[pilot05]

Wufei leaned into the embrace, letting out a shaky breath as he reached up to return it. "They'd said it would hurt, but I didn't think it would be that bad," he agreed, giving Duo a squeeze. "Someday we'll learn, right?" He chuckled wearily.

[maxwellsdaemon]

"Probably not." Duo admitted with a rueful laugh. They had the capacity to learn, of course they did. But they were also dumb enough to believe they were strong enough to take anything and everything the world had to throw at them.

With a sigh he dropped his head onto Wufei's shoulder and held him tighter. "... They're assholes for making us do that. But we're assholes for doing it. I knew I shouldn't have." That beautiful flower... What if he could never call on it again?

[pilot05]

He chuckled softly at Duo's reply, giving him a gentle squeeze. The pain had almost entirely faded, but the memory of it would stick with him for a while, he was sure.

"Well, let's find out if we at least passed their little test, and if we didn't we can create a national incident and kick all their asses," he suggested lightly. Doing so required getting up, of course, but he couldn't bring himself to move just yet.

[maxwellsdaemon]

"Yeah." Duo knew they needed to do that, and reached down to slip an arm around Wufei's waist to try and get him up. They didn't need to, though. The referee for the trial had already come up to greet them.

"Good sirs, as you have both destroyed your Soul Artefacts, I can now confirm that you have both passed the trial! Congratulations!" The Oni looked like he was about to throw his arms up in a cheer, until he noticed the expressions of the two men he had come to speak to. The Oni suddenly looked less cheerful and now uncomfortable enough to take a step backwards.

"So we can go now? No more of this bullshit?" Duo demanded coldly.

"Uhh... ah no, no you are free to leave now..." The Oni stammered and took a second step back.

[pilot05]

Wufei slid an arm over Duo's shoulder, starting to force himself up even though the Oni was approaching. His glower was no less frosty than Duo's as he reached his feet. "Then step aside," he snapped, and started marching them back towards their lodging for the visit.

He needed a nap. Preferably right next to his lover.

[maxwellsdaemon]

Well now Duo realised he was a fucking weirdo because somehow, for some reason, Wufei getting pissed off was really kind of hot and he damn near popped a boner as he was marched away from the stunned Oni.

Anger aside, as soon as they were past, Duo was trying not to laugh. More at his own bizarre reaction than anything! And when he spoke, there was definite laughter in his voice. "I think he pissed himself. You're good at that, Wu."

[pilot05]

Wufei nearly did a double-take when Duo was clearly holding back a laugh, his brow furrowing a little. "Did you hit your head when I wasn't looking?" He was at least half teasing with the question, but the anger smoothed out into amusement pretty quickly. "Well, I was just pretending to be a god of death, he shouldn've been scared."

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo did laugh then and reached out to throw an arm around Wufei's shoulders as they walked.

"If that's what you were doin I think you did a good job, but..." He leaned in then, bringing his lips closer to Wufei's ear. "... It was kinda hot."

[pilot05]

Duo had the unique pleasure of watching him go red as a tomato when those words were whispered into his ear, and he flashed his lover a sheepish little smile. "Was it?" he asked as they walked, leaving behind the trial grounds. "I suppose I'll have to see if I can do it on command for you," he was only half teasing. He was a little worried that pointing that scowl at Duo would kill the mood rather than enhance it.

[maxwellsdaemon]

Wufei was just so damn cute. Duo leaned in and pressed his lips to Wufei's cheek, the blush just making him all that much cuter. "Sure was." He chuckled and straightened back up, focusing more on walking now. "Just liked that protective anger of yours, I guess? Nothin sexier than having the guy you love fighting at your side. Even if it's just gettin pissed at a dumb trick." A trick that had forced him to shatter something precious. Duo really hoped that one day he'd be able to recall that flower... He wanted to know more about it.

[pilot05]

His smile warmed as Duo explained, and he hummed happily. "Well, that should be easy enough to conjure whenever I like," he said easily. "That's always the trick to scaring people with a look, anyway. Just imagine that they're threatening something dear to you, even if they aren't. Works every single time."

[maxwellsdaemon]

"I'm dear to you?" Duo's arm dropped from around Wufei's shoulders to hook about his waist, a little tug had his boyfriend pulled closer to his side. His tone was playful. Of course he knew the answer, but Duo was fishing for compliments because... well why not?

[pilot05]

He snorted softly. "You're far more than that," he replied haughtily. "You are the carriage to which I have hitched my horse." He's trying to be as ridiculous as Duo is, but he hasn't got a lot of practice.

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo snorted a laugh and lightly whacked the hip his hand rested upon. "I'm a carriage now? Not sure how ta take that, Wu!" Actually he was flattered. The meaning was clear enough and it made him smile. Wufei had chosen to be with him.

[pilot05]

"You should probably focus more on the part where it makes you mine," he replied lightly, reaching up to brush a stray bit of hair away from his face. "Otherwise I'll start making pregnancy jokes that we'll both regret." His sense of humor was still a work in progress.