[Ash had experience with succumbence. She had thrown herself into a bad situation and wound up infected with it. She had been on the up and up since accidentally creating a few tethers but it was still a feeling that she was intimately familiar with now. ...And while it was something she more or less felt she had deserved, she didn't feel the same way for anyone else in her circle.
It's the feeling of something being off with one of her tethers that spurs her out of her chair to go and look around. She hasn't learned how to follow or really latch onto them yet so her wandering for any signs of them is more less blind. That doesn't seem to matter much though as she feels the hand brush against her leg.]
Wha-
[She shifts slightly only to find herself face to face with Kalmia. It's the veins that catch her attention first, before she glances up and sees the bit of fungus spurting out from along her jaw. Ash feels the concern bubble up, but the wry tone makes it easier for her to stay grounded. Jokes were how her old crew managed to get by in the worst of times.]
You don't say. Looks like I'm not the only one who fucked around and found out.
[Despite the circumstances, Kalmiya laughs. Thin, but genuine.] Literally, as it turns out.
Don't fuck the specters. The sex is not worth it.
[And this is much less fun than the first time Kalmiya fucked around and found out, inadvertently discovering the connection between physical intimacy and tethering.
Which brings her here. She doesn't know how much it will help, but she knows that Tethers are an anchor to safety here. Even this closer proximity with Ash eases some of the heavy feeling like sludge in her chest, though it's not enough. Not nearly enough.
As if of its own accord, her body begins to list towards Ash, starting with the reach of her hands into a lean of the shoulders.] Sorry— could I just...
[And she intends to ask permission, but she can't finish the question before she finds her arms wound around Ash. Unconsciously she lets the other girl take some of her weight as she rests her dizzy head on Ash's shoulder.]
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It's the feeling of something being off with one of her tethers that spurs her out of her chair to go and look around. She hasn't learned how to follow or really latch onto them yet so her wandering for any signs of them is more less blind. That doesn't seem to matter much though as she feels the hand brush against her leg.]
Wha-
[She shifts slightly only to find herself face to face with Kalmia. It's the veins that catch her attention first, before she glances up and sees the bit of fungus spurting out from along her jaw. Ash feels the concern bubble up, but the wry tone makes it easier for her to stay grounded. Jokes were how her old crew managed to get by in the worst of times.]
You don't say. Looks like I'm not the only one who fucked around and found out.
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Don't fuck the specters. The sex is not worth it.
[And this is much less fun than the first time Kalmiya fucked around and found out, inadvertently discovering the connection between physical intimacy and tethering.
Which brings her here. She doesn't know how much it will help, but she knows that Tethers are an anchor to safety here. Even this closer proximity with Ash eases some of the heavy feeling like sludge in her chest, though it's not enough. Not nearly enough.
As if of its own accord, her body begins to list towards Ash, starting with the reach of her hands into a lean of the shoulders.] Sorry— could I just...
[And she intends to ask permission, but she can't finish the question before she finds her arms wound around Ash. Unconsciously she lets the other girl take some of her weight as she rests her dizzy head on Ash's shoulder.]