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bluminescence ([personal profile] bluminescence) wrote in [community profile] crescentview2023-01-09 04:36 pm

πŸŒ²πŸŒΈβ˜€οΈ bug eater farm: summertime catch-all β˜€οΈπŸŒΈπŸŒ²

πŸ› WHO: Kaspar Blumlund and/or Trahearne + visitors
πŸ› WHAT: Summer/Jan. catch-all for the chill bug eater farm
πŸ› WHEN: throughout this season
πŸ› WHERE: their farm in the forest
πŸ› WARNINGS: marked in headers and updated here eventually

[ top levels/details in the comments below ]



chronosynthesis: (❖ Mind Blast)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I can walk. [He grabs the back of the chair and the edge of the table, pushing up to his feet.

And immediately trips and topples over.]
pactmarshal: (eyes close and heartbeats slow)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-21 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oops!

Though his reflexes are slowed, Trahearne manages to keep Syrlya from hitting the ground. ]


...It's all right.

[ He crouches, sweeping an arm under Syrlya's legs, the other cradling his shoulders. He's a bit unsteady as he gets to his feet, but he's surprisingly more in control than he thought. He shifts, making sure Syrlya can't accidentally tumble out of his arms. ]

I'll take you home.

[ Syrlya's home. That much is evident by the direction he takes away from van Ziek's farm. ]
chronosynthesis: (❖ Fragility)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Syrlya at least attempts to put an arm around Trahearne's shoulder as he swept up, but the whole world is spinning for a minute and he ultimately gives up and closes his eyes with a groan.] Sorry. I think I drank... a little too much.
pactmarshal: (missed opportunities)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-21 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ A chuckle rumbles in Trahearne's chest at that. ]

I think we all did.

[ Maybe his only saving grace is that he stopped drinking a while ago.

He adjusts, the arm on Syrlya's shoulders shifting to support his back and neck, holding him to his shoulder. ]


It's all right. You just need some rest.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Escape Artist)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Syrlya sighs, because that's true but doesn't alleviate the mild shame that he's drunk so much he can't even walk.] I didn't think I'd have to drink so many times. But I did all of those things.
pactmarshal: (a good pose)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-21 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Neither did I.

[ They really came for their throats this time, didn't they?

He peers down at Syrlya for a moment--the falling in love? kissing others? Trahearne decides not to touch on it--before fixing his gaze on the path ahead. ]


But you've led a storied life. You've met all manner of people and made all kinds of friends here. I'd be more surprised if you were sober.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Chronophantasma)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
Some of that I didn't do in Tyria... but not most of it. [His heart lolls against Trahearne's shoulder.] Like you.
pactmarshal: (sigh i just have a new fave every batch)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-21 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
Like me.

[ Trahearne hums, and unconsciously presses his cheek to the top of Syrlya's head. ]

...A lot has happened since we first arrived, hasn't it?
chronosynthesis: (❖ Well of Recall)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. The quiet of this place is deceptive. [It is in fact always full of shenanigans.] But it isn't war. That's nice.
pactmarshal: (bring on the orrians)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-21 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
But it tests our bonds all the same.

[ "Our" bonds? Whose bonds?

After a moment of silence, watching the sunlight trickle through the leaves, Trahearne speaks quietly-- ]


I'm sorry.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Evasive Mirror)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
Hm? [The steady movement and silence was almost putting him to sleep, despite his fight to stay awake.] Sorry for what?
pactmarshal: (missed opportunities)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-21 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Trahearne may as well be sleepwalking at this point. He's so dazed. His voice is still low, quiet, almost melding into the ambient hum of the background. ]

Every day aches knowing I was not there for you for seven years. And now that we have the chance to be together again, I'm squandering it.

[ He watches as the treeline breaks and the afternoon sun washes over them, another moment of quiet. ]

Ellis was right.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Lingering Thoughts)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Syrlya is too drunk to take anything under face value, but the reminder that Trahearne is dead always stings.]

It's my fault you were not there. [His head droops down.] And won't you return to being dead when this is over? I'm not ready for that...
pactmarshal: (worry)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-21 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He shakes his head. Never would be blame Syrlya for his death--it was a consequence brought about by a chain of events that Trahearne himself set off. And he would never hold it against him. ]

Truthfully...neither am I. [ Reflexively, Trahearne holds Syrlya tighter. ] But I should not have acted like I was preemptively removing myself from your life despite that. I...

[ He falls quiet, feeling the midsummer breeze on his skin. ]
chronosynthesis: (❖ Deceptive Evasion)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[And yet, Syrlya will never release the responsibility. The guilt. He had not been fast enough, sure enough, and by the time he reached Trahearne it had already been too late.]

Were you doing that? [He lifts his head quizzically.] I thought you were just busy making friends. You need that, you know. Friends. I'm glad Kaspar is there.
pactmarshal: (ive done nothing to stop the devastation)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-21 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Trahearne's hand shifts to put Syrlya's head back down. ]

As am I. But I am fine on the friends front.

[ There's the pang of heartache again. He inhaled, nostrils filling with the humid summer air as it eases the hurt. ]

I would rather spend more time with you.

[ Especially if this time is limited. ]
chronosynthesis: (❖ Self-Deception)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Syrlya grunts and cranes to pull his head free. He can look around!!] You're allowed to spend time with me.
pactmarshal: (i told you so)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-21 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I know.

[ Trahearne lets him free this time, turning to look at him as he pauses.

He only talks again when he looks back up. ]


But there was a part of me that was certain you didn't need me anymore. And it was my own fault for assuming so without even asking.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Escape Artist)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-21 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Syrlya fixes Trahearne with his best attempt at focusing on him. His lips purse into a thin frown.]

I never saw our friendship as bound only be need.
pactmarshal: (emo but over the shoulder)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-22 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a few quiet moments before Trahearne finally corrects himself. ]

Want, then.

[ And he falls quiet again, letting Syrlya think about it, if he's capable. ]
chronosynthesis: (❖ Illusionary Riposte)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-22 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow, his brain isn't completely mush.

He sighs after a moment, shifting to try and get a better look at Trahearne's face.]
Trahearne, Trahearne, Trahearne... When are you going to see yourself for what you are? You are so quick to diminish yourself. You have done so much. You are so much.
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pactmarshal: (darkness spreads through all the land)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-22 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Trahearne's brain is mush, though. And completely without filter.

He meets Syrlya with a strained, lopsided smile. ]


You always give me hope I have a chance with you when you say that.

[ He looks away again, adjusting him in his arms. He'd probably be tired by now if Syrlya wasn't so light. ]

You are my sun, Syrlya. That you think I could be even a fraction of your brilliance makes my heart ache.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Phantasmal Warden)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-22 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Trahearne said something about a chance with him, but before Syrlya can really think about it he's putting himself down? Again?? Hewwo????]

You are brilliant. [He huffs.] Honestly, Trahearne! You are wise, devout, compassionate, and an inspiration to many people even after your death. Do you know how many of our siblings are cleansing Orr because they believed in you? How the Pact could only come to fruition because everyone was willing to rally under you?
pactmarshal: (missed opportunities)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-22 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Trahearne doesn't respond at first; he almost comes to a stop in his pace.

But he doesn't respond. He simply stares intently at Syrlya, amber eyes piercing the other's. He searches, looking for even more beneath his insistence.

But all he can feel behind the incessant buzz of alcohol and the painful heartache in his chest is a question, suspended between the words Syrlya imparts to him. He's touched. And if he were sober enough, he'd feel more inclined to ask further. To feel sheepish on the effect he's had on the future generations of sylvari and the future of the Pact.

Not right now, though. ]


But I only want to be an inspiration to you.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Well of Recall)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2023-01-22 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Syrlya's head droops against Trahearne as the silence stretches on, too drunk to keep it up for much longer.] You are. I never stopped thinking about you... sometimes I go just to see that statue of you in the Grove, and remember what we fought for.

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