fullcursemeal | [Limelight] Inbox Pt. Deux

[caught.

but he also has the ring box in his mouth now and is very obviously trying to break it with his teeth, just cronching down on it.]

[can you really bite thru ring boxes?? they're kinda solid, at least his teeth can pierce it but idk if this was the best plan.

and this gives booker time to yank the fox up to him and try to grab the box out from his mouth, fully risking his fingers by shoving them into a fox mouth]

That's not yours.

[kicking and thrashing to try and release himself from the tail's grip. when Booker reaches to try and get the box, he bites down harder on it, so there isn't much space for lorge dragonman fingers in there. are you sure about this???

also growling throughout this whole process, ears pinned back against his skull]

[threatening to kill a little fox feels worse than threatening to kill an adult man while sitting on him,

so he does not try to crush the fox with his tail or threaten to stab him in the throat, but he is working to try to worm his fingers into that fox mouth like well. like a man trying to get a dog to drop a ball]

Can you just fucking stop for a minute??

[and much like a dog playing deadly tug of war, he shakes his head back and forth while snarling which.

unfortunately.

means Booker's fingers are getting scratched in the process.

at least the box is still holding up????]

Shit, ow.

[he could in fact, try to win now that his blood is in Asura's mouth but.

he won't

he is, however, going to drop to the floor, feeling around for one of the other items while also not letting go of the bit finger he has trying to work the box out of the fox's mouth]

What are you even trying to do, eat it??

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[the box gives out a crack under the pressure of Curtain's fox teeth, but it's still not giving, so while Booker will probably get a deeper scratch the integrity of his finger is safe.

also still giving feral rabbit kicks against the dragon tail's grip.]

[Booker grabs, a marble? no, that won't work, the Ouija board? no that won't either, god dammit where is something useful.

his tail is probably heavily scratched up from the kicks, bleeding there, but nothing is going to make him let go there. He winces as the box begins to crack and tries yanking harder but-- his attention is split]

If you want to eat that ring you're going to have to take my finger, too.

[gives him a defiant look. he can't talk while the ring box is in his mouth (and still mostly intact), but his eyes absolutely spell "watch me".]

Of fucking course.

[his blind feeling around finally results in grabbing one of the visions he can disrupt this and. thankfully it's one that he only knows how it works because Asura once so helpfully told him.

He finds the squid plushie, and squeezes it, throwing them both into a rather dramatic vision that ends in fire]

[he was not expecting to be suddenly thrown into a memory, much less a stressful one like this. the tension remains throughout most of it except then it gets to the end and Kim Dokja (Yu Junghyeok???) is being burned alive.

the shock is quite a lot, even for a crazy person like Geto Suguru (but especially for a crazy person like Geto Suguru who is currently in the form of a fox).

when he comes to again he finds his teeth have successfully broken the box and his mouth is closed around its bits and pieces (ring included).

but there's something else too... something warm and scaly filling it with a dark salty liquid.

oops there goes Booker Storm's finger.]

[Booker was hoping to come out of that sooner due to his experience with it, to use a moment of distraction to pry the box loose, or at least to distract or -- derail Asura in some way. But it doesn't work like that, first of all, he gets it from the first person perspective, he's getting really familiar with dying in fire as a sensation by now, and it's worse the second time because the visions feel closer to real memories.

What jolts him out of it is the pain of his finger being bit off.

He frankly is a bit stunned at the series of events from set myself on fire to win at something > lost a finger to??]

[anyway then he curls his bloody hand into a fist and punches a fox in the side of his face]

[somebody call Estorian PETA this is animal abuse.

there's a whimper as he takes that punch in full and all of what was in his mouth finally gets spat out.]

[promptly grabs the mostly crushed ring box, pulls the ring out, and shoves it on one of his (remaining) fingers]

[luckily (unluckily???) for Booker, Geto is too stunned from the combo of having his entire body squeezed, seeing that memory, and being punched. so he stumbles on all four legs for a couple of steps before tipping over sideways, unable to get at the ring again]

[the memory takes a while to play, Booker's features shift into thoughtful intensity as goes, but his eyes stay distant.

And... if one were to look at his missing finger, they would notice that instead of meat and bone there is a strange darkness, something like the edges of torn paper instead of flesh, just under the surface. And the blood that was inky black a moment ago changes, into black characters, hangul but inarticulate and scattered, flowing out of his stumpy finger]

[he was more focused on Booker's face, but when something starts shifting out of the corner of his eye that catches his attention and he watches, ears perking up at the familiar characters]

[as the vision plays out and finally ends, he drops his face quietly into his hands. The tail releases Asura in his distraction.]

[well, he's too worn out from all of that struggle now, so he stays put, lying on his side, watching him (the finger stump, mainly)]

[it honestly gets like halfway through another playthrough before he pulls himself out of a sad reverie enough to pull the ring off, and he just sits back and looks up instead.

seems to have forgotten about the finger, frankly]

[oh, this is weird?

this is weird.

his ears flatten again and he wobbles to sit up as well]

Booker.

[looks at him eventually, not pissed just.

Unhappy.]

[then sighs, and says this knowing full well that for at least the next 24 hours, Curtain will believe it]

Jae isn't dead. He's just not here right now.

[blinks.

dumb dog headtilt.]

Oh.

[and his tail starts wagging a little, which he seems to be unaware of]

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