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Our test drive meme is open to everyone, so please stop by for a little fun and see if you’d enjoy playing with us. The TDM primarily takes place in Gildenhirst, the main hub city for Bravely Borrows. The surrounding area of Caldisla is free game though! Please explore the setting as you desire.
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Eggs Aplenty
Oh no. Oh dear. There has been a horrible series of mistakes surrounding ChantiLilly’s egg delivery. For one thing, it was delivered to the Central Market on the Ground Floor! For another thing, there are far too many eggs here. Dozens upon dozens upon dozens of eggs. The bakery’s Patissiere would be grateful if you could help bring these eggs up to his bakery in Rooftop Gardens. You’ll get some gold and some fresh eggs for your troubles.
This Bunny’s Buggin Me
A farmer from Norende is going batty over the swarm of bunnies that have been getting into his fields. Help a fella out, won’t ya? They are swarming en masse and ruining the spring start ups! Don’t expect to be able to herd them out without a fight though– these rabbies really pack a punch! They’re also carnivorous so…. Watch out?
A Rock and a Hard Place
An avid collector is searching for some new specimens. They’ve heard there are some expansive cave systems in the Norende Heights that just might be the perfect spot to collect some geodes. The only problem is that they’re an eensy teensy bit full of kobolds. You’ll be compensated for your troubles if you’d go collect some rocks, and every actual geode will get an extra reward. Please don’t fall off the cliffs…! The paths are narrow and harrowing at times. Good luck!
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It was truly night by the time Kyoko stumbled into town, street lamps casting everything into shadows--or so it felt right now, anyway. In a calmer state of mind, she might have been charmed by the pools of warm light, so different from the late night city streets of Havenwell or Tokyo, but everything in her mind was too frantic right now.
She did slow down enough to actually talk to people now, at least, and to listen at least a little. Nobody could say with any confidence that they'd seen either of the boys she was describing, but there were plenty of kind suggestions--oh, you'd better check the inn, dear--why don't you try sending them a note?--???--uh, better to wait until tomorrow at this rate, don't you think? Well, that last one was clearly nonsense, but she did barge into L'Abovo to leave a hastily scribbled note at the front desk before venturing back out into the night.
Where would Kaito go at a time like this, if he were here? Where would Shinji go? Kyoko stared up at the stars, pulled in the most steadying breath she could manage, and started to make her way up.
Where would Shinji go by the time night rolled around? He'd dashed his own hopes of finding any familiar faces around awfully quickly, but he couldn't discard the idea of at least trying entirely. He'd promised Kai he'd always look for him. He can't not extend that same effort to Kyoko, whether the words had been spoken in earnest to her at some point or not.
But where does he go? After plucking up enough nerve to actually go in to town, he very quickly realizes that he has. no money. Getting a room at an inn is very likely not in the cards, but he can at least ask around the shops if they've seen a boy with bleach blonde hair, or a girl with a bracelet that matches his. Hmm, have we? and I'm not sure, but we can keep an eye out! are common enough answers, not that any of them are terribly encouraging.
With that information dropped off in a few places, what does he have left to do? Ponder that soft glow emanating from his shell charm after he remembers it. Would it truly bring them all back together? How long would that take? Are they even here...? Would that glow be so steady if they weren't? He simply does not know. He knows that he wouldn't be getting much sleep tonight even if he had the funds for it, so wandering around the city while keeping himself as out of the way as possible it is.
Would they have gone up...? Kai wasn't sure. Up sure seemed like it was far up there. What if they had gotten there earlier than he had though. He couldn't be sure some time shenanigans weren't at play if they were separated. How terrible that he even had that as a thought to consider, geez.
Opting not to head up there just yet, he took a moment to just. Squat. And consider where each of them had probably gone. Shinji... probably went to the quietest place he could find, if he'd stayed put somewhere. Kai had no idea where that was yet, much to his own dismay. He'd have to keep ducking down quiet alleys to see. Kyoko might have eventually gotten the idea to go somewhere a bit more stationary. Some townsfolk had been suggesting the inn, and thinking about that brought the image of a smaller girl looking to send a message to her caretakers to mind.
So, to the inn he went. Had either of them come bumbling through there? Oh, the receptionist had said with a smile, There is a note for you. She ran off shortly after though. If she had anything to say about the way Kai's face exploded, she politely kept it to herself. This... this would not end the same way the last note for him went. Kai hastily scribbled his own addition to the note (If you read this stay here!! I'll be back!!!) before similarly running back out into the night, heart threatening to blow out of his chest.
She was here she was here she was here-- and if she were here, Shinji had to be here. Kai had made sure they'd held hands real tight. Any other option was unacceptable and he refused to think about it. Any fatigue he might have been starting to feel was kicked straight to the curb.
Off he went down the street again, shouting their names here and there as he went until he met those stairs again. Alright then. Up this time.
Up was indeed very far up there, but up was where she went. If nothing else, the long trek up let her scope out quite a bit of the town along the way. So many places to stare around despairingly, so many streets to call their names down.
Once, Kyoko thought she heard something... but when she stopped to strain her ears, there was nothing. Maybe it had been an echo of her own voice. Maybe it had been a product of her desperation.
When she could go no higher, Kyoko stared up at the stars again, wishing, helpless--but they held no answers for her. They'd always been more of a Shinji-and-Kaito thing, after all. Clutching the charm in both hands under her chin, Kyoko tried not to cry.
Up is a very good spot to scout from, but the ups are so up, it might actually be tough to pick out specific people on the ground floor. A quiet alley is a much better place to catch a reprieve from the bustle of people milling around the town, the kind of place Shinji would definitely hole up while he tries to take stock of himself and figure out what he should be actually doing.
The charm in his hand wasn't offering any extra insight, however, no matter how long or hard he stared it down. An errant voice calling out at one point does briefly shake him out of his own head, freezing in place in the hopes that his pulse suddenly pounding in his ears won't obscure the sound should it happen again but... maybe he was just hearing things. That could have been anybody's voice.
... Right?
Suddenly it feels like he's still standing on his feet by the sheer power of tension alone. 'Don't,' he urges himself, 'get your hopes up,' he can't let his heart get bruised again if it turns out to have just been nothing.
Ups are not in the cards yet. But outs, out of the quiet alley once more, that's... manageable.
That was the problem with being so high Up, wasn't it? It was maybe for the best then that Kai had paused his seemingly eternal climb partway through, catching his hands on his knees. Geez. He wasn't super out of shape, but geez. He couldn't stop for too long though. That soft glow in his hand was compelling him further.
At the very least he'd take a moment to just... look up into those branches and wonder if any of the small lights he could see twinkling up there were the same as the one in his hand. Whether or not they were looking at the same stars wasn't something he was worried about, but he'd really rather they'd be able to do that together sooner than later.
That gaze turned behind him one more time, giving the ground floor as best a onceover as he could from here. It would be a lot harder to keep an eye on it all the way up there, so one more look over the people he could see. The town seemed like one that was never truly asleep, but it sure was a lot quieter now. Someone shouting out from the stairs might have been that much more obvious.
Hopefully that was the case, because Something had caught his eye moving out of the shadows. It was time to shout both their names again at the top of his lungs, lifting that glowing little trinket high above his head as if it were big enough to truly see.
Out into a more open space, regardless of how tightly he's holding on to his disbelief, proves to be a much better spot to hear that round of shouts from. A brief murmur ripples out from passers-by, quiet wonders of what the commotion is all about, but more than any of those soft words do the echoes of the shouted ones ring through Shinji's head. Someone is calling his name. That's... that's not just someone.
His mouth is too dry, his throat is too tight, he can't find it in himself to shout back right away. Even this impossible glimmer of hope isn't enough to turn off his survival mode yet, but he sucks in a deep breath and starts running toward where he's certain that shout came from. Is it truly time for Up? Is that figure up there holding some kind of dim beacon overhead? Sort of like... the one in Shinji's own hand, the one he lifts to mirror that one.
Up it is, then. Up those steps with hurried feet. Up with enough frantic speed and counterweighed by his luggage for up... to become down. Down he goes, right on those steps. Though, to be fair, a startled, "Ack-!" is easier to hear than the return calls he didn't make.
Oh. Even though Kai had been so, so sure that they were all there together, that assurance didn't stop his heart from leaping up his throat at that glimmer of a response. It only took a moment for him to realize they were coming for the stairs, but his feet were already moving anyway. Quick, quickly...!
Ah, but. Maybe too quickly? Not quick enough to do anything about the spill happening ahead of him, but plenty fast enough for Kai to stumble his way down to join him. "Whoa--!"
Time to rock and roll and accumulate a few bumps. Time to immediately ignore all that and roll over to scramble over to this extremely important boy.
Did he fall hard enough to injure himself? Shinji is too thoroughly gripped by tension and adrenaline to really tell, but he doesn't immediately seem to be bleeding, and picking himself back up is a simple matter. He shakes off the shock from falling, and is greeted by the sight of an achingly familiar face tumbling toward him.
"You-" he exhales, his breath harsh in his throat as he scurries up to where Kai's landed. "You're here..."
Surely they'd all have time to patch themselves up at some point if they needed it. No one's in any real pinch it seems, so its easy enough to go straight to the real important parts. Kai was already reaching for him, his very real fingertips brushing across Shinji's cheek to pull him in.
"I'm here," Kai assured him with a quiet rasp as he bumped his forehead against the other's. "Not goin' anywhere you can't follow, remember?"
How fortunate that he could have stayed true to that promise this time. Even if it seemed something had gone off course, at least fate had been kind enough in this way. A warm, red thread was reaching out for the companion it knew was near, seeking that sign that they were connected.
The warmth of that hand, of that face, that sentiment, the ethereal little threads reaching out from their rings and making it clear that they've gotten the right people, it's almost enough to crack through that shell around Shinji. He had been preparing to face the idea that he might not even be able to sink into this comfort ever again, and he needs a moment to grasp Kai's shoulder, to really anchor himself in this moment. Ah... thank goodness.
It's not enough to get him to relax, not yet. There's something very important still missing here. His own name wasn't the only one being shouted out so desperately just now.
It was true. They were both still missing a very important piece of their hearts so they didn't have that much time to sit here. They needed to go find her as soon as possible so she didn't get swept up in the fears of losing them. At the very least though, Kai could share the small comfort that had been keeping him on the move.
"She's here," Kai promised him. "I'm... not sure where, but she's here. She left a note at the inn."
Let him just... wrap his arms around the other boy for a moment so he didn't go fluttering away into that night sky. "We'll find her."
Kai can get that comfort, at least. Shinji isn't going anywhere without him, even if there are still very pressing matters to attend to. At the inn, he'd said... that was smart on Kyoko's part - Shinji hadn't even considered checking there after he'd figured it was off-limits for him for the time being.
They can't stick around here while Kyoko's stil missing, though. Even as he tightens his hold on Kai, nobody is going to slip out of reach now, he urgently rasps out, "We have to go find her." Before she gives up hope on them, before she thinks she's truly alone here.
Kai gave him a warm squeeze, the relief of having Shinji back in his arms rejuvenating him all over again. "Absolutely," he said firmly. Of course they were going to go find her. Right now in fact. Kai let him go, but only so that he could grab Shinji's hand to pull them both back up to their feet.
"I haven't checked up top yet. Let's go."
They could tackle all these steps again hand-in-hand.
Hope might be a fragile thing, but Kyoko was already constructing a hard cage around it in her heart as she looked up at those unfamiliar stars. It might not be able to grow in there--and maybe that was for the best, lest it flare up too high too quickly and then burn itself out--but nothing would be allowed to distinguish it. She would protect it for as long as she had to.
This was her resolve as she quietly made her way back down the steps, more slowly than she climbed them even though gravity was on her side now. Her legs ached so much, and she was trying so hard not to let her heart weigh her down. The searing heat of the charm clutched against her palm almost went unnoticed--was that actually even coming from it, or was it just the warmth collected from her own hands?
Hand-in-hand might not be the most efficient way to tackle these steps, but Shinji wasn't about to deny Kai that bit of comfort as they ran their way up. Up was a good place to check, Shinji hasn't seen hide nor hair off either of them on the ground floor, after all, and having a goal to focus on made ignoring any stings of pain or fatigue coming from his limbs or lungs that much easier.
Just running up may not be enough, since Kai had been calling out for both of them. Cupping his free hand around his mouth, he adds his own voice to the search.
They'd have time to rest and tend to all that fatigue they were accruing once they'd found Kyoko, probably. Let adrenaline fuel their limbs now, with hope pushing at their backs. It was all a matter of when they'd find her, but Kai hoped against hope that it would be soon. She had to know that at least one thing had gone right as soon as possible.
Up and up they went. Kai had started to mimic Shinji's motions, lifting his hand to shout out her name again when his breath caught in his throat. Someone else was coming down the stairs, the moonlight falling softly on her bright hair. Kai's grip on Shinji's hand went even tighter, and suddenly things were happening much quicker. Hurry, Shinji, look! Up went his free hand, waving his own charm again feverishly above them.
Kyoko had stopped, breathless, trying to hear over the pulse thrumming so loudly in her ears. That had been her name, that had been a voice she knew, it had sounded so close--
And then, just as she'd been wondering if she'd imagined it again, everything fell together all at once. There was that flash of illuminated bleached hair, there were those achingly familiar silhouettes against the dark, there was her name again, and here was the pounding of her feet carrying her blindly down the steps.
So much for cages around her heart.
Kyoko opened her mouth to call out to them, but could only produce a wheezing sob. Never mind, she would be there in moments, her arms already outstretched, light streaming through the fingers of her tightly-clenched fist.
Thank goodness, Kai had been right about her being here, going up to search had been the right call. It's not enough to get him to relax yet, but relief burns through his nerves the second he sees that glow held by a familiar figure coming toward them. Shinji's breath catches in his throat at that cry, his feet hesitating long enough to let Kai get a step ahead of him - catch your girlfriend, Kai.
He was on it. Perhaps they could avoid a second tumble down the stairs if Kai caught her soon enough. Probably not, but he'd sure try. You'd better be right there behind them, Shinji, the group hug was rapidly approaching.
Once that first sob had made its way out, there was no stopping the deluge. Kyoko was full-on bawling well before she crashed into Kaito's chest, stumbling down a step and almost turning it into a headbutt. Hopefully they were not falling now, because the arm that wasn't wrapped around Kaito was immediately going to reach for Shinji too.
Good job keeping it together, guys, but it was time to be a mess now.
There had been the briefest flash of an idea that, if he were to hang back just a bit, Shinji might be able to prevent another topple down the stairs. He is not, however, too far back to be left out of this messy, sobbing hug, and also not really enough to stop any of that already wobbly momentum of three whole bodies on such a precarious surface.
"Wh-whoa...!" Careful! Careful!! Do not let this reunion end in disaster...!!!
After that first tumble, Kai was a little more prepared. It was a little easier to brace himself for headbutts than it had been to not trip over his feet running at Shinji, so. Hooray? They were still in a very precarious position though, so everyone please be careful. Let's try to navigate this hug down into a sit so they could cry to their heart's content.
Because now, finally, Kai could acknowledge the screaming that had been trembling in his heart and the weight their absence had put on his shoulders. It was safe to let them out now that the pieces of his heart were here in his arms. Both of them.
All these heroic efforts to prevent them from tumbling down miles of stairs were lost on Kyoko. For all that she'd been a wreck all day today, it did nothing to lessen the crash of emotion over her now. Clutching both boys as close as she could get them, Kyoko felt sure she could cry into Kaito's shirt just like this for the rest of her life.
When she finally started to run dry, Kyoko pulled back just enough to lift a hand to cup each of their faces, too distraught to even worry about how Shinji might take it. She needed to look at them.
"I--" Her voice cracked. "I'm so--" Oh never mind, the crying was not over yet actually.
What kind of face is Shinji even making right now? He's not sure, even in his relief he's not letting himself break down into tears yet, but the sobs from the two of them have shaken him deeply regardless. It feels like, until they're somewhere more private and secure, he has to hold himself together, to hold on to them as tightly as he can, but having Kyoko hold on to his face like that is nearly enough to unravel him entirely.
"It's okay," he whispers back, his voice small and shaky. She can take as much time as she needs, neither of them are going anywhere. "It's okay."
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It was truly night by the time Kyoko stumbled into town, street lamps casting everything into shadows--or so it felt right now, anyway. In a calmer state of mind, she might have been charmed by the pools of warm light, so different from the late night city streets of Havenwell or Tokyo, but everything in her mind was too frantic right now.
She did slow down enough to actually talk to people now, at least, and to listen at least a little. Nobody could say with any confidence that they'd seen either of the boys she was describing, but there were plenty of kind suggestions--oh, you'd better check the inn, dear--why don't you try sending them a note?--???--uh, better to wait until tomorrow at this rate, don't you think? Well, that last one was clearly nonsense, but she did barge into L'Abovo to leave a hastily scribbled note at the front desk before venturing back out into the night.
Where would Kaito go at a time like this, if he were here? Where would Shinji go? Kyoko stared up at the stars, pulled in the most steadying breath she could manage, and started to make her way up.
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But where does he go? After plucking up enough nerve to actually go in to town, he very quickly realizes that he has. no money. Getting a room at an inn is very likely not in the cards, but he can at least ask around the shops if they've seen a boy with bleach blonde hair, or a girl with a bracelet that matches his. Hmm, have we? and I'm not sure, but we can keep an eye out! are common enough answers, not that any of them are terribly encouraging.
With that information dropped off in a few places, what does he have left to do? Ponder that soft glow emanating from his shell charm after he remembers it. Would it truly bring them all back together? How long would that take? Are they even here...? Would that glow be so steady if they weren't? He simply does not know. He knows that he wouldn't be getting much sleep tonight even if he had the funds for it, so wandering around the city while keeping himself as out of the way as possible it is.
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Opting not to head up there just yet, he took a moment to just. Squat. And consider where each of them had probably gone. Shinji... probably went to the quietest place he could find, if he'd stayed put somewhere. Kai had no idea where that was yet, much to his own dismay. He'd have to keep ducking down quiet alleys to see. Kyoko might have eventually gotten the idea to go somewhere a bit more stationary. Some townsfolk had been suggesting the inn, and thinking about that brought the image of a smaller girl looking to send a message to her caretakers to mind.
So, to the inn he went. Had either of them come bumbling through there? Oh, the receptionist had said with a smile, There is a note for you. She ran off shortly after though. If she had anything to say about the way Kai's face exploded, she politely kept it to herself. This... this would not end the same way the last note for him went. Kai hastily scribbled his own addition to the note (If you read this stay here!! I'll be back!!!) before similarly running back out into the night, heart threatening to blow out of his chest.
She was here she was here she was here-- and if she were here, Shinji had to be here. Kai had made sure they'd held hands real tight. Any other option was unacceptable and he refused to think about it. Any fatigue he might have been starting to feel was kicked straight to the curb.
Off he went down the street again, shouting their names here and there as he went until he met those stairs again. Alright then. Up this time.
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Once, Kyoko thought she heard something... but when she stopped to strain her ears, there was nothing. Maybe it had been an echo of her own voice. Maybe it had been a product of her desperation.
When she could go no higher, Kyoko stared up at the stars again, wishing, helpless--but they held no answers for her. They'd always been more of a Shinji-and-Kaito thing, after all. Clutching the charm in both hands under her chin, Kyoko tried not to cry.
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The charm in his hand wasn't offering any extra insight, however, no matter how long or hard he stared it down. An errant voice calling out at one point does briefly shake him out of his own head, freezing in place in the hopes that his pulse suddenly pounding in his ears won't obscure the sound should it happen again but... maybe he was just hearing things. That could have been anybody's voice.
... Right?
Suddenly it feels like he's still standing on his feet by the sheer power of tension alone. 'Don't,' he urges himself, 'get your hopes up,' he can't let his heart get bruised again if it turns out to have just been nothing.
Ups are not in the cards yet. But outs, out of the quiet alley once more, that's... manageable.
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At the very least he'd take a moment to just... look up into those branches and wonder if any of the small lights he could see twinkling up there were the same as the one in his hand. Whether or not they were looking at the same stars wasn't something he was worried about, but he'd really rather they'd be able to do that together sooner than later.
That gaze turned behind him one more time, giving the ground floor as best a onceover as he could from here. It would be a lot harder to keep an eye on it all the way up there, so one more look over the people he could see. The town seemed like one that was never truly asleep, but it sure was a lot quieter now. Someone shouting out from the stairs might have been that much more obvious.
Hopefully that was the case, because Something had caught his eye moving out of the shadows. It was time to shout both their names again at the top of his lungs, lifting that glowing little trinket high above his head as if it were big enough to truly see.
It made him feel better, anyway.
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His mouth is too dry, his throat is too tight, he can't find it in himself to shout back right away. Even this impossible glimmer of hope isn't enough to turn off his survival mode yet, but he sucks in a deep breath and starts running toward where he's certain that shout came from. Is it truly time for Up? Is that figure up there holding some kind of dim beacon overhead? Sort of like... the one in Shinji's own hand, the one he lifts to mirror that one.
Up it is, then. Up those steps with hurried feet. Up with enough frantic speed and counterweighed by his luggage for up... to become down. Down he goes, right on those steps. Though, to be fair, a startled, "Ack-!" is easier to hear than the return calls he didn't make.
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Ah, but. Maybe too quickly? Not quick enough to do anything about the spill happening ahead of him, but plenty fast enough for Kai to stumble his way down to join him. "Whoa--!"
Time to rock and roll and accumulate a few bumps. Time to immediately ignore all that and roll over to scramble over to this extremely important boy.
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"You-" he exhales, his breath harsh in his throat as he scurries up to where Kai's landed. "You're here..."
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"I'm here," Kai assured him with a quiet rasp as he bumped his forehead against the other's. "Not goin' anywhere you can't follow, remember?"
How fortunate that he could have stayed true to that promise this time. Even if it seemed something had gone off course, at least fate had been kind enough in this way. A warm, red thread was reaching out for the companion it knew was near, seeking that sign that they were connected.
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It's not enough to get him to relax, not yet. There's something very important still missing here. His own name wasn't the only one being shouted out so desperately just now.
"Where is Kyoko?"
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"She's here," Kai promised him. "I'm... not sure where, but she's here. She left a note at the inn."
Let him just... wrap his arms around the other boy for a moment so he didn't go fluttering away into that night sky. "We'll find her."
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They can't stick around here while Kyoko's stil missing, though. Even as he tightens his hold on Kai, nobody is going to slip out of reach now, he urgently rasps out, "We have to go find her." Before she gives up hope on them, before she thinks she's truly alone here.
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"I haven't checked up top yet. Let's go."
They could tackle all these steps again hand-in-hand.
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This was her resolve as she quietly made her way back down the steps, more slowly than she climbed them even though gravity was on her side now. Her legs ached so much, and she was trying so hard not to let her heart weigh her down. The searing heat of the charm clutched against her palm almost went unnoticed--was that actually even coming from it, or was it just the warmth collected from her own hands?
Ok here we go :v
Just running up may not be enough, since Kai had been calling out for both of them. Cupping his free hand around his mouth, he adds his own voice to the search.
"Kyoko!"
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Up and up they went. Kai had started to mimic Shinji's motions, lifting his hand to shout out her name again when his breath caught in his throat. Someone else was coming down the stairs, the moonlight falling softly on her bright hair. Kai's grip on Shinji's hand went even tighter, and suddenly things were happening much quicker. Hurry, Shinji, look! Up went his free hand, waving his own charm again feverishly above them.
"Kyoko!!"
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Kyoko had stopped, breathless, trying to hear over the pulse thrumming so loudly in her ears. That had been her name, that had been a voice she knew, it had sounded so close--
And then, just as she'd been wondering if she'd imagined it again, everything fell together all at once. There was that flash of illuminated bleached hair, there were those achingly familiar silhouettes against the dark, there was her name again, and here was the pounding of her feet carrying her blindly down the steps.
So much for cages around her heart.
Kyoko opened her mouth to call out to them, but could only produce a wheezing sob. Never mind, she would be there in moments, her arms already outstretched, light streaming through the fingers of her tightly-clenched fist.
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and here she comes
Thank goodness, Kai had been right about her being here, going up to search had been the right call. It's not enough to get him to relax yet, but relief burns through his nerves the second he sees that glow held by a familiar figure coming toward them. Shinji's breath catches in his throat at that cry, his feet hesitating long enough to let Kai get a step ahead of him - catch your girlfriend, Kai.
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Here were his arms, wide and open to catch her.
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Good job keeping it together, guys, but it was time to be a mess now.
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"Wh-whoa...!" Careful! Careful!! Do not let this reunion end in disaster...!!!
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After that first tumble, Kai was a little more prepared. It was a little easier to brace himself for headbutts than it had been to not trip over his feet running at Shinji, so. Hooray? They were still in a very precarious position though, so everyone please be careful. Let's try to navigate this hug down into a sit so they could cry to their heart's content.
Because now, finally, Kai could acknowledge the screaming that had been trembling in his heart and the weight their absence had put on his shoulders. It was safe to let them out now that the pieces of his heart were here in his arms. Both of them.
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When she finally started to run dry, Kyoko pulled back just enough to lift a hand to cup each of their faces, too distraught to even worry about how Shinji might take it. She needed to look at them.
"I--" Her voice cracked. "I'm so--" Oh never mind, the crying was not over yet actually.
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"It's okay," he whispers back, his voice small and shaky. She can take as much time as she needs, neither of them are going anywhere. "It's okay."
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psyche I'm here for reposts now actually
cries
8'D
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expires
nah ur still fresh and tasty
delicious, right in my mouth it goes
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they will simply never learn to use the journals
I'm sure they'll figure it out in some incredibly stupid way.
50/50 chance
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