therealbrianna | Come As You Are // Open Post

Okay, okay...

[Laughing, even as he's closing in. A smile at the attendants (they seem to recognize him: nobody is surprised), and then turning back to his daughter.]

Hold on to me, all right? I hope you're good with flying.

[Yeah, he can... kind of do that.]

[Nods. It is a rarity, really, seeing Tala this serious.]

I made sure that I had time to do this. Besides... you might just need the company.

[ She nods and checks her tablet, opening the file. ]

Well, here goes nothing. [ Already preparing for the worst? But Brianna has no idea what to expect, really. ]

I think I'll be fine!

[ But firmly gripping on Hikaru's hand, just in case. ]

[One last smile, and then --

-- well. They're both flying up. There are some real perks to this whole Vessel of Death thing. He had abilities from all of his previous lives at his disposal now, and could learn them as if he wasn't the Blade King.

Once you're both in front of an empty cabin, he's opening the door for you.]

Ladies first.

[She's giving Brianna one last smile before she's leaning back and looking down at her own copy.

It's a good thing that she brought a lot of cigarettes.]

[ Falling quiet for a moment and wondering Does she not know--

Leaning forward, speaking soft: ] You know he's... tied to Death, right?

[ Oh she knows.

She witnessed him try to pacify the soul of the boy in South Korea by "taking him" and she kind of connected the dots. Other than that, she doesn't know anything else. ]

Yeah, and that he collects souls or whatever, right?

[ Grinning from ear to ear while patting her hair down while stepping in. ]

Hee, thank you!

[ This is nice! :3 Forget the fact that she just witnessed the obliteration of a Vampire and how she was raging hard internally, lol. ]

[ She cycles between states of confusion, sadness, anger and bitterness. Generally, she's stressed as fuck. While she knows a bit about Hikaru, enough to know what not to talk about, she admits that she does know only about half of what his life really is like.

In this reading though, she's realizing that she barely even knows half of it; more like just 1/32th. This makes her feel bad.

She occasionally bites her lower lip, clears her throat when she's on the verge of tearing up, wipes away at the tears that do manage to get past and smokes a stick.

By the time she's done, she's silently staring at her tablet. ]

[And plopping down beside you, once you're settled. On cue, of course, the wheel starts turning.]

Nice view, huh?

[She watches all of this quietly throughout Brianna's read; she finished quickly enough, because she is familiar with it now. It's a reminder, after all, of what she has to do if things fall apart.

As such, by the time Brianna is done, she is still watching, still smoking. A heartbeat later, she's moving to sit at Brianna's side, and looking at her. The hand follows later, with a pack of tissue.]

[ She is about to politely wave a hand at Tala as if to say that she doesn't need the tissue, but she hesitates. That brief hesitation is when she caves and takes it with a thankful smile.

Her face turns sour and she feels like she had to literally swallow a bitter pill; immediately regretting the initial impact, but knowing that in the long run, it'll be good for her.

It hurts knowing that her daddy had to go through all that.

Looking up at Tala expectedly, because she is surprisingly at a loss for words. ]

[ She's looking out as Hikaru's speaking. A second after he finished his statement, she turns her attention to him. ]

Yeah. This is really nice. You do know how to spoil me!

[ He nods at that, smiles a little.

He isn't sure how much is too much in terms of telling her, and he's still flashing back to the way Hikaru looked when he'd pressed too close to the truth of the ban. ]

Well, at the end of things, Death owns all of us, right? I've been on a couple of walks with Rethe and it's kind of like being in a position of knowing when to take people, when it's their time.

[ A sheepish smile. ] I just thought it was just a waste, letting that kid go -- letting all that potential die out because he was stupid and made a mistake.

I'm kind of... [ he shrugs ] I'm a big believer in second chances. I mean, [ nervous laugh at that ] I'm kind of a walking case study on that. But... he is Death. And... I dunno. I just feel like I owe him. If he decided I was meant to die, I wouldn't be here, right?

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[ She looks thoughtfully at Josh. ]

Yeah, you can say that. Or you can say that you yourself decided that you weren't meant to die. I know daddy gets to kind of pull the strings in that general topic but... [ She shrugs. ] ...if you hadn't done worthwhile things during your "first life", then he wouldn't have considered you, right?

[ Throwing her hands up in the air in a more carefree fashion. ] But if you feel like you owe him, I can't stop you from thinking that!

[ He smiles at that, nods thoughtfully. Brianna does have a point. ]

I guess it's my old Catholic upbringing coming into play. Didn't really get to interact with a lot of supernaturals back home, and I told you right -- America isn't exactly the best place for our kind.

[ He's playing around with the lighter on the table when a text comes in from Taning about Yulia and a note taped to the Russian's door. ]

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I've had a LOT of experience handling girls with good taste.

[See also: Tala. And later: Selene.]

I suppose, as well, that this is my way of saying thank you for coming with me. It's... easier, with company.

[That smile on his face? You might be a little familiar with it. The first time you saw it was during that fateful coffee shop date a long time ago. And then that Ball.]

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[ She nods sympathetically at Josh and is silently watching him as he's reading something on his phone. ]

It's a lot to take in, isn't it?

[In that same quiet tone that she used earlier. It might be a little scary to see Tala looking so settled, so calm, so not like how she usually is.]

[ Peering at him with a smirk as if to say Really? ]

I thought we were way past random acts of gratitude?

[That makes him chuckle, at least.]

You mean you DON'T like getting random, amazing gifts from me?

[He has money to burn, you know. Might as well spend it on you.

...And yeah sometimes he doesn't have to spend money, so.]

[ Sticking out her tongue at him and grinning. ]

Oh I do. I love it when people shower me with gifts! I'm just used to yknow, surprise material gifts I can hold, and possibly fit in my house or even room?

[ Gestures with both arms to the ferris wheel. ]

But I like it. I love it when I get to spend time with you when you're giving me... gifts.

It's... Yeah... [ Her voice is quivering as she's trying her best to keep it still.

She covers her face with both her hands and hunches over, inhaling and exhaling deeply. ]

Talk to me. You don't have to make sense yet.

[She'd like to think that even if you don't realize, you NEED to talk it out.]

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toggling the taning text now, bb, hope that is ok?

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yes c:

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