make it easy to be on top of the world (open)

[fairlyheroic]

⌛ Who: Arataki Itto (oneandoni), Asch the Bloody (charredflame), and Zack Fair (fairlyheroic)
⌛ What: permanent catch-all
⌛ When: various
⌛ Where: various
⌛ Warnings: nsfw, probably; threads will be tagged!

👹 itto
🔥 asch
🔪 zack

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@re_sonate

[charredflame]

[Asch is pretty good at keeping a handle on himself, both because staying in control amidst Nippon's chaos is almost a necessity and because, thanks to Kizuna, it's much easier to accidentally slip and open his connection with Luke. It happened the other way around, Asch feeling what Luke is. But Asch is careful not to let it go the other way.

The festival makes it hard to keep that control over himself. The transformation isn't too bad, claws and fangs and two wolf ears that are mostly hidden in his hair. He makes sure to have a mask and stay inside - at least at first. And he's extra careful not to look at the sky, because he doesn't need nor want to find out what would happen if he got caught outside.

It doesn't last. The connection is slow to open at first, some of the restless emotions Asch feels slipping through to Luke. It eases briefly when he finally decides to go outside, mask firmly on. There's a low hum of excitement buried underneath but muted, like he's trying to ignore it.

But Luke will feel it, the moment the mask comes off. Like a damn overflowing from a flood, whatever resistance Asch had is quickly drowned out by a quickly growing hunger; maybe easy to ignore but why bother, when the need to satisfy it suddenly becomes that much more important?]

[re_sonate]

[at least Asch transformed into something relatively normal. or, as normal as this whole thing can be. wolf ears, sharp canines and claws? at least it's a normal animal that people can recognise. at least it isn't weird. at least, if Luke is imagining it correctly, Asch probably doesn't look too stupid (a bold thing to say, honestly).

Luke, however, seemed to be the butt of this dumb joke or whatever it is, as he finds that cheagle ears had sprouted from the top of his head, red to match his hair with white tufts of fur at the end. how embarrassing...! he can't let anyone see him like this. which is why he mostly stays out of view for most of the festival. it's fine.

however, when he starts to feel things trickle through their connection, Luke tries his best to ignore it. he's been in Nippon for most of the year for him to understand what this feeling is, but when it crashes into him, Luke's almost floored by how intense it is. sweat prickles against his skin, shivers run up and down his spine, leaving him gasping. maybe it has something to do with his and Asch's connection that he almost yearns for his original, and he makes that very apparent as his own feelings trickle through]

[charredflame]

[there's an answering confusion at first as he's caught off-guard. And normally after that, Asch wouldn't be shy about letting his anger or annoyance volley back, maybe a curse before he would have slammed their connection shut. Luke's need leaves him reeling, and he can't quite hold it back from slipping through.

But then it's all want and hunger again, only this time it's focused all on Luke. He's wanted Luke before but it's never been like this, and thanks to the effect he's under there's no attempt to ignore it or hold himself back. He doesn't close their connection but rather, lets it open completely

Where are you?

It's a demand, but in a very different tone than he usually uses, practically growling]

[re_sonate]

[a demand that leaves Luke shuddering in anticipation-- why that? actually, no, scratch that, he knows why. maybe he really should have warned Asch about that message he saw that night, or heeded the warnings of those around last October, but... whatever. it doesn't matter now, does it?

I'm at home.

a short answer; home is more or less with Asch most of the time, now. he trusts his original will know where he is, and he better not be looking through his eyes!

but the problem with their connection being so open is the fact that Asch's own need to see him leaves Luke floored, the pit of his stomach hot as the heat spreads throughout his body]

[charredflame]

[there's supposed to be a line, here, a snapped "you don't live there!" despite Luke having been there a while now. Because he refuses to give in and admit it, one of those few strings he stubbornly holds on to.

Asch even takes a breath as though he were, but it dies when he hears something in the replica's voice. Something that sends that heated need flowing through him even faster]

I want—I need—

[he can't put it into words, at least not ones strong enough to describe what he's experiencing, what is slipping through to Luke. After a few more failed attempts, he curses and -]

You feel it, don't you? Be ready for me.