[Aww, he managed not to notice that? Chrollo grins a little, though a certain somberness lingers around his eyes.]
I can. When I first arrived here, it was... much more limited, but I've been expanding since then...
Objects and people, multiple items... longer distances...
I can. When I first arrived here, it was... much more limited, but I've been expanding since then...
Objects and people, multiple items... longer distances...
[Hey, when you're absorbed in thought, it can happen! But anyway...]
Nice. [The teen gives a knock before opening the door. If anyone's home, he's expected, though it becomes obvious as he and Chrollo cross the threshold that it's just the two of them for now.] I didn't even know you could do that.
[So, back when Chrollo was helping Josuke get around because of his Unregistered status, his power must not have been expanded enough for human teleportation. That's some pretty impressive progress. Chrollo keeps on impressing Josuke...]
Ah, it's this way. Jolyne's room, I mean.
[He points in the direction and, after taking off his shoes and starting deeper into the home, realizes that Chrollo may know already how to get to Jolyne's room. Having been her boyfriend and all. Which is not as impressive, but neither is it a thought Josuke cares to have so he starts to mumble to himself and pat around his pockets.]
Oh yeah, the pictures. I've got 'em somewhere...
Nice. [The teen gives a knock before opening the door. If anyone's home, he's expected, though it becomes obvious as he and Chrollo cross the threshold that it's just the two of them for now.] I didn't even know you could do that.
[So, back when Chrollo was helping Josuke get around because of his Unregistered status, his power must not have been expanded enough for human teleportation. That's some pretty impressive progress. Chrollo keeps on impressing Josuke...]
Ah, it's this way. Jolyne's room, I mean.
[He points in the direction and, after taking off his shoes and starting deeper into the home, realizes that Chrollo may know already how to get to Jolyne's room. Having been her boyfriend and all. Which is not as impressive, but neither is it a thought Josuke cares to have so he starts to mumble to himself and pat around his pockets.]
Oh yeah, the pictures. I've got 'em somewhere...
Yeah... I guess I don't talk about it as much. But I did teleport some people out of burning buildings during the bombing a while back...
[And stayed in the buildings himself. And he does actually know where Jolyne's room is, though not for the obvious reasons, so he stays quiet about. That. No need to bring weird thoughts to mind, especially if they aren't accurate.
His own thoughts are already weird enough.]
Odd. She feels absent.
[...does that even make sense?]
[And stayed in the buildings himself. And he does actually know where Jolyne's room is, though not for the obvious reasons, so he stays quiet about. That. No need to bring weird thoughts to mind, especially if they aren't accurate.
His own thoughts are already weird enough.]
Odd. She feels absent.
[...does that even make sense?]
You sure know how to make a lasting impression, huh?
[As they head upstairs, Josuke stops outside Jolyne's room, fingers curling around the doorknob.] I was over at the bridge at that time, so I'm not really surprised I didn't hear about the teleporting thing sooner.
[But he's even more impressed now than he was a moment ago, because that means Chrollo's improved his power a lot faster than previously thought.]
Giorno and Jolyne were on the bridge, too. We didn't get much opportunity to fight alongside each other before or after that...but I'm glad we got to at all.
[Anyway...what Chrollo says next causes Josuke to frown a little and watch him. He thinks, Of course she feels absent, she's...gone. But at the same time he wonders if Chrollo means absent in some other way?]
Um...? Something up?
[As they head upstairs, Josuke stops outside Jolyne's room, fingers curling around the doorknob.] I was over at the bridge at that time, so I'm not really surprised I didn't hear about the teleporting thing sooner.
[But he's even more impressed now than he was a moment ago, because that means Chrollo's improved his power a lot faster than previously thought.]
Giorno and Jolyne were on the bridge, too. We didn't get much opportunity to fight alongside each other before or after that...but I'm glad we got to at all.
[Anyway...what Chrollo says next causes Josuke to frown a little and watch him. He thinks, Of course she feels absent, she's...gone. But at the same time he wonders if Chrollo means absent in some other way?]
Um...? Something up?
I do? ...well, that's better than being forgettable, I guess.
[He laughs a little, that sort of awkward somber laugh people give sometimes when they're in a serious situation.]
Anyway. I'm glad you got to, as well.
[He glances over the side of the stairs - that environment so like the place he'd first lived in when he arrived here.]
There's nothing up exactly, it's just. Odd. How much one can feel the absence of someone even before they reach the place where the person "ought" to be.
[He laughs a little, that sort of awkward somber laugh people give sometimes when they're in a serious situation.]
Anyway. I'm glad you got to, as well.
[He glances over the side of the stairs - that environment so like the place he'd first lived in when he arrived here.]
There's nothing up exactly, it's just. Odd. How much one can feel the absence of someone even before they reach the place where the person "ought" to be.
Heh, couldn't agree more.
[There's worse things than being forgettable, however...and that's Josuke's final thought on the matter before the rest of what Chrollo says sinks in.
He finds that a moment later he has, without realizing, pressed one hand to the back of his left shoulder where a certain birthmark rests beneath his clothes, etched upon his skin. The same birthmark that others of his bloodline seem to possess. The Joestar part, anyway.]
Yeah...I think I know what you mean.
[Sighing, he shakes his head and opens the door at last. As expected, Jolyne's room is empty apart from what few belongings she possessed. She's still very much gone. Josuke 'feels' the absence.]
Hey, I don't know if I should say this but...well, she and I talked a bit ago. At the time she seemed tense. Worried about how things were going between you guys, I think. I mean, she said you seemed a little distant and...well, I guess what I'm trying to say is, you seem to really miss her. Did you manage to patch things up before she got Ported out?
[There's worse things than being forgettable, however...and that's Josuke's final thought on the matter before the rest of what Chrollo says sinks in.
He finds that a moment later he has, without realizing, pressed one hand to the back of his left shoulder where a certain birthmark rests beneath his clothes, etched upon his skin. The same birthmark that others of his bloodline seem to possess. The Joestar part, anyway.]
Yeah...I think I know what you mean.
[Sighing, he shakes his head and opens the door at last. As expected, Jolyne's room is empty apart from what few belongings she possessed. She's still very much gone. Josuke 'feels' the absence.]
Hey, I don't know if I should say this but...well, she and I talked a bit ago. At the time she seemed tense. Worried about how things were going between you guys, I think. I mean, she said you seemed a little distant and...well, I guess what I'm trying to say is, you seem to really miss her. Did you manage to patch things up before she got Ported out?
Ah.... we....
[He frowns a little, looking around. Empty room, few things. It's very her, in a way.]
...nothing that happened between us had anything to do with my not caring about her. Things are just... always more complicated than you think you're going to be.
A while ago, someone showed up here from my world. Someone who... had murdered two of my friends. [He rubs the back of his neck a little.] I'm not sure what I wanted to do about it - legally, I'm not supposed to do anything at all, but I was still... thinking about it. What to do. What I could do. He vanished before I had an answer.
It just. Changed me. I never really went back to normal.
That was the problem.
[It's honest... in a way. As honest as he can be.]
[He frowns a little, looking around. Empty room, few things. It's very her, in a way.]
...nothing that happened between us had anything to do with my not caring about her. Things are just... always more complicated than you think you're going to be.
A while ago, someone showed up here from my world. Someone who... had murdered two of my friends. [He rubs the back of his neck a little.] I'm not sure what I wanted to do about it - legally, I'm not supposed to do anything at all, but I was still... thinking about it. What to do. What I could do. He vanished before I had an answer.
It just. Changed me. I never really went back to normal.
That was the problem.
[It's honest... in a way. As honest as he can be.]
Yeah...she might have mentioned that. Not that she said much, but she mentioned that it was something she understood. That is, my family was kind of in a similar situation not long ago. There was someone here that caused us a lot of trouble...and then he was suddenly gone.
[Josuke scrubs his hand across the back of his neck and then sighs, following Chrollo into the bedroom. It's dark inside, apart from the natural light filtering in from outside, so he flicks on a light. The better to view photographs and jewelry with.]
For what it's worth, I'm sorry you didn't find your answer. This place is good at that, giving us questions and no answers...
[He closes the door so they have their privacy, but doesn't linger near it. Sets off toward Jolyne's dresser and the place she kept her jewelry.]
...but the way I look at it, it's an opportunity to grow, right? I mean, it's good to have something to work towards. You've got it, my family's got it...a goal, a purpose, that thing that drives us. The real problem would be if we didn't have it at all.
You know what I mean, or am I like...talking total nonsense, you think?
[Josuke scrubs his hand across the back of his neck and then sighs, following Chrollo into the bedroom. It's dark inside, apart from the natural light filtering in from outside, so he flicks on a light. The better to view photographs and jewelry with.]
For what it's worth, I'm sorry you didn't find your answer. This place is good at that, giving us questions and no answers...
[He closes the door so they have their privacy, but doesn't linger near it. Sets off toward Jolyne's dresser and the place she kept her jewelry.]
...but the way I look at it, it's an opportunity to grow, right? I mean, it's good to have something to work towards. You've got it, my family's got it...a goal, a purpose, that thing that drives us. The real problem would be if we didn't have it at all.
You know what I mean, or am I like...talking total nonsense, you think?
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Well, no, you're not talking nonsense. Although I'm not sure what sort of goal you mean, at least as long as we're here.
[It's difficult to pull Kurapika's face off if he's not here, so that really nixes Chrollo's favorite goal, at the moment.]
Ahh. Maybe I just need to start thinking differently. In any case, it's not really appropriate for me to keep hogging the conversation - you've been losing so much recently.
[Chrollo steps over to the dresser as well and picks up a little butterfly pin.]
Hm. She always did like butterflies.
[It's difficult to pull Kurapika's face off if he's not here, so that really nixes Chrollo's favorite goal, at the moment.]
Ahh. Maybe I just need to start thinking differently. In any case, it's not really appropriate for me to keep hogging the conversation - you've been losing so much recently.
[Chrollo steps over to the dresser as well and picks up a little butterfly pin.]
Hm. She always did like butterflies.
Could you remind me when our flight is? [Guess who has nothing packed up, though does it matter? Chrollo could just use his Fun Fun Cloth and then there's no reason to worry about bags and such.]
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...1pm. Really, Hisoka?
[Meanwhile, guess who has everything packed and folded and extra books shoved into the corners of his luggage, wrapped in little funfun cloths? Yes, it's Chrollo.]
[Meanwhile, guess who has everything packed and folded and extra books shoved into the corners of his luggage, wrapped in little funfun cloths? Yes, it's Chrollo.]
Yes really, thank you. Though I still seem to need to get some sort of luggage. [Ugh, having THINGS, and travelling with STUFF is very new to him. He hadn't even thought of luggage till an hour or so ago.]
[Can you feel him pinching the bridge of his nose. Can you.]
...I'll come over tomorrow morning and put everything in a handleable package. Just make sure you decide what you're bringing tonight.
...I'll come over tomorrow morning and put everything in a handleable package. Just make sure you decide what you're bringing tonight.
Okay~ ♥ [Well just make it as easy as possible on him, thanks.]
Two weeks will be so long, I'm already feeling so excited for everything we'll do.
Two weeks will be so long, I'm already feeling so excited for everything we'll do.
I definitely spoil you.
[But, really, that's all right. He laughs a little.]
Mmmm. You're very excitable, in fairness. Still... I'm looking forward to it, as well.
A bit surprising that we managed to put it off so long, now that I'm thinking about it. Even after your return.
[But, really, that's all right. He laughs a little.]
Mmmm. You're very excitable, in fairness. Still... I'm looking forward to it, as well.
A bit surprising that we managed to put it off so long, now that I'm thinking about it. Even after your return.
Are you bothered by that? I'm quite a busy man. [Can you hear his smile? Yes he's spoiled, but being spoiled is probably the only reason he's been coping with this place.]
Not at all. I like spoiling you.
[It's part of what they are to each other, really.]
[It's part of what they are to each other, really.]
You'll spoil me a little on the plane too, right?
[If you get his meaning...]
[If you get his meaning...]
Really now, have you no decency?
[So, you know. Probably.]
[So, you know. Probably.]
Don't you want to be a member of the mile high club, Chrollo?
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2015-06-30 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
Have I ever been known for my decency?
[Nice. Niiccee.]
[Nice. Niiccee.]
Never. So I suppose there's no reason to start now.
Although you seem to be eroding mine as well.
[because that was... a thing before....]
Although you seem to be eroding mine as well.
[because that was... a thing before....]
Openly associating yourself with me romantically will only worsen it as well.
[Since he doesn't have to be as subtle or to himself. He usually is at least respectable enough not to go touching most people, but if he's given reason to get touchy he's not the sort to shy away.]
[Since he doesn't have to be as subtle or to himself. He usually is at least respectable enough not to go touching most people, but if he's given reason to get touchy he's not the sort to shy away.]
I suppose some sacrifices must be made.
[Not that this is much of one, really. Chrollo has no shame, no sense of embarrassment and no decency to speak of, at least not in the normal sense.]
[Not that this is much of one, really. Chrollo has no shame, no sense of embarrassment and no decency to speak of, at least not in the normal sense.]
Oh, I guess the simplest way to put it would be to say...you've got all the time you need now to find your answer. And chances are good you'll figure it out before he ever shows his face here again.
[If he does. Josuke's aware that it's impossible to tell who'll return and who won't, just like it's impossible to tell for certain who'll be among each batch of new arrivals.]
I didn't think you were hogging, but...yeah, it's weird. Not that long ago my family felt really huge, and now it's shrunk down to half of what it was.
[He looks at the butterfly pin in Chrollo's hand silently and then remembers he still hasn't actually taken out the photos. And does that. Flipping through them a moment before looking up at the other man and gesturing with the stack to the pin.]
You can keep that if you want. She'd probably want you to have it.
[If he does. Josuke's aware that it's impossible to tell who'll return and who won't, just like it's impossible to tell for certain who'll be among each batch of new arrivals.]
I didn't think you were hogging, but...yeah, it's weird. Not that long ago my family felt really huge, and now it's shrunk down to half of what it was.
[He looks at the butterfly pin in Chrollo's hand silently and then remembers he still hasn't actually taken out the photos. And does that. Flipping through them a moment before looking up at the other man and gesturing with the stack to the pin.]
You can keep that if you want. She'd probably want you to have it.
I suppose I should say, "be grateful for the time you had, at least." But I know it's not that easy.
[No one knows loss as well as he does, after all.
...at least in his opinion.
Chrollo smiles a little, and drops the pin into his pocket.]
...thanks.
[No one knows loss as well as he does, after all.
...at least in his opinion.
Chrollo smiles a little, and drops the pin into his pocket.]
...thanks.
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