fullcursemeal | [Limelight] Inbox Pt. Deux

[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]

...and I don't know how long he's going to be gone.

[idly reaches out to pick up one of the other memories, the pen]

There are people in this world who care about Booker Storm's existence, and I have a responsibility to them, too.

[just uses the pen to write on the inside of his arm and trigger another vision]

[logically he can tell what is happening, he knows what is happening. but even being aware that this is Booker's blood at work, he can't find it in him to challenge any of what he's being told. it's true, after all. why should he? no... it doesn't make sense.

he can feel his heart beating fast in his chest, faster even than when he's a human... but instead of the fear or upset that tends to accompany it, there's nothing. it's as if the physical exertion was just the byproduct of having been running very fast for a long time, and now that he's arrived at the finish line, there's just a quiet sense of excitement and hope.

the tail wagging picks up a bit and he gets up to move closer to Booker, but his step falters and he's suddenly reminded that he's also bleeding from Booker's talons earlier.

strangely, he also can't seem to be upset at that.

he sits again, intently watching as Booker uses the pen.]

Edited 2025-04-03 03:12 (UTC)

[this one is comparatively brief, and he huffs out something dangerously close to a smile as it ends.]

then he grabs the box of bandages and begins to open one

this causes him to need to use his hand with the finger that's been removed and he finally notices that his blood is letters now]

...shit. I was going to try to bottle some before that happened.

[blinks]

Your blood?

[he moves again, but this time it's towards the finger that's just lying on the floor.

he goes... and noses it towards Booker with his tail tucked between his hind legs and ears drooping... just fully looking like a dog who knows he did a bad thing and wants to atone for it]

[...notices that and doesn't absolve him or rub it in, but does pickup the finger, honestly looking a little grossed out, and tries to reattach it while wincing... (it does not magically reattach itself), wishful thinking]

Yeah. I knew it was going to change if I kept taking them.

Not a bad thing, really. I'm happy enough to be free of that blessing. But it is useful stuff.

How many...?

[gives up and sets the finger down and goes back to peeling open a band aid]

How many have I looked at now? This makes twelve.

[applies it across his bleeding finger stump]

[his eyes go O_O]

Twelve...

[doesn't catch that reaction because he's in memory land

This might be too much memory land tbh he looks a little dizzy when it comes out of it. Or maybe that's just regular old blood loss]

...nngh.

You should look at that one.

[??????? confused, curious. pads closer towards him]

Okay.

[puts his paw on Booker's knee, please apply bandaid]

[takes a bandaid and puts it on his snoot instead

Kim Dokja's appearance in 244 (a little more than halfway down) to the conclusion of the Wall conversation in chapter 246]

[scrunches his nose at the bandaid, but then goes very still as the memory starts playing with his eyes unfocused and tail unmoving.

then blinks again, looking up at Booker.]

"Write on the wall"...

[picks up one more of his memories, the biyu plush, but doesn't press it. just leans his head back against his dresser]

...yeah. That's the part I wanted you to see.

Edited 2025-04-04 03:20 (UTC)

[thoughtful, mulling that over as his tail thumps idly.]

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