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Who ⬤ Artemy Burakh and you!
What ⬤ All around the place.
When ⬤ Throughout the month.
Where ⬤ Lots of places.
Content Warnings ⬤ Drug use. Will add as needed.


i. dumpster diving;

[ Despite not having to struggle so much for coin and food, Artemy still can be found buried halfway in garbage cans throughout the city. He digs around to see if there is anything particularly useful in the trash or even if there's half-eaten or thrown away scraps to eat.

Pulling himself free, he does not seem at all embarrassed or troubled to have been caught. Instead, he hesitantly holds out what he's found. The hesitation is that he isn't sure he wants to give it up, but he also finds no worth in being too greedy. ]

Would you like some?

ii. high definition;

[ He has tested out his own medication on himself so it doesn't seem strange to him that others request help in the same manner.

If it will benefit the population in some way, he is willing. Of course, he wonders how effective the drugs can be to someone who is relatively healthy. Relatively being the key term.

He is still recovering from twelve-days of exhaustion, starvation, dehydration, and a wide variety of issues. So, actually, maybe these drugs are good to try on him.

'Course he ends up feeling more like he has downed multiple bottles of twyrine. His senses both feel deadened and awakened; he feels like he can actually hear the city around him. It leaves him speechless that to come with the awareness that the city is just as alive as his town once was. ]

It's calling.

[ It's what he says as he staggers around the streets. ]

The city is calling.

iii. kappa kappa;

All right!

[ It is what is heard before his hand snaps out to grab the back of the shirt of someone sneaking around the tunnels. ]

What are you doing here?

[ Artemy draws himself up to his full height; his arms cross as he stares at the person with a look of absolute disappointment. Didn't the Sutoku Alliance say that this area is closed off? ]

A group asks to be left alone and you have to come bother them? Where are your senses?

iv. wildcard;

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But who will look after you?

[ He does cling onto them as offered; he holds onto them not so much to keep himself upright but because he does want to keep looking over Ydris. Artemy is just a human; he cut off his ability to experience miracles anymore.

It is why he clings to the voice of the city that he hears. It is why he clings to Ydris and by extension the youkai. Miracles that he did not think to see, again, and he's sorry that their lives are so tied to people who are so selfish with them. ]

I sleep in the Sutoku ... Sukotu... Alliance. [ He stumbles over the name of his own faction. There is some shame in it, but he does gesture where they can go. ] It showed me sympathy and compassion... I'll sleep now but I'll repay it.

[ He holds Ydris's arm. ] I'll give back what I've taken.

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I don't- I don't need to be looked after. [a lie, one that Ydris is trying to convince themselves is true. Maybe if they say it, that will eventually make it so. Fake it 'til you make it, plenty have great success with just that! Why not them..?]

We're in the same faction. [they both already know this, but it could bare repeating.]

Do you have your own apartment? My own is relatively close by, if that bed will do. I don't use it.

[they don't really lay down to sleep, given their whole... set up. Sleep isn't something for them where comfort matters, they just sort of shut off their consciousness for a time to recover their mental and emotional stamina]

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Then I'll just be a pest at your side.

[ It isn't the way that Ydris speaks that gets him, but he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of old. A miracle came to watch over him, and all he did was betray her. ]

We are? We are. [ He knew that and then forgot. ]

I do, but going somewhere closer would be... appreciated. [ He also has to admit that he's hitting his limits. The sound of the city is constant -- it is not louder or softer than before. In some ways, that is just as bad as assumed. His head aches, but he went to where it wanted. He should be allowed to rest? ]

[enterthe]

My place, then. You can rest as long as you need.

[they'll need to go back out and like, grab the man some food and water, because stocking their own apartment has not been on their mind. They should, though, for guests. Foolish of them not to think of that until now-

Which cycles them back around to the first comment of Artemy's. Just a pest, wait, no, that's not what they wanted the man to think... Ydris is very social, they don't want to just push him away. They're already attached to this strange man!]

You're not a... pest. Humans are not pests! They give me purpose.

So, you should stay. It is not a need, but a want.

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I feel I may rest for a few days, then.

[ He gives them a tired smile; it feels a little more real than the other smiles that he has given.

Artemy pauses at hearing the strain in Ydris's voice. He rests his hand once more on their own, giving it a squeeze. He hears the city calling and telling him to open his heart; he sees the colors far more clearer than he could have before.

The world spins but he understands it all. ]

I understand. [ Softer: ] I understand.

I will cherish you as you cherish me.

[enterthe]

[That strikes Ydris immediately, but they snap to remind themself this man is very fucked up right now. They should not get all wound up feeling sentimental! The city is full of shit...

But Artemy is still sweet. Even if he's not in his right mind, Ydris immediately dedicates to protecting and caring for him. It doesn't matter if they're cherished in return, if Artemy doesn't recall much of this come morning.]

L... Let's get you some rest. Artemy.