At home... You've known all along what you were going to do.
[ There is no escaping because Joonghyuk will not fall for the same trick twice. He is going to stay in this room, but this time he will not make a mess. ]
[ That he won't deny. He's known every step, every opportunity, every change he needed to make it to the end. To reach his End. To reach the conclusion he wants. He's close, he's almost there.
And the fact that he is here? It's frustrating. He emits a breath, wrapping the bandages with familiar enough practice. ]
[ Joonghyuk grows silent, eyes focused on the bandages wrapping around his hand. His fingers flex and he’s reminded that he’s here. This is happening. Dokja is here. He’s also real.
Everything to come will happen to him, too. His gaze lifts and there’s a glint of something in his dark eyes—anger… Melancholy. ]
[ ... He doesn't like that, but he doesn't say more. Niah's ears pin back to better show Joonghyuk's emotions though. Displeased. Unhappy. But it's fine. It's FINE!! ]
Your roommate. [ Since that was mentioned earlier. ] Despite his face, he seems mild-mannered.
[ Yeah. Of all people, Joonghyuk, saying van Zieks scowls too much. Wait. ]
The United Kingdom hasn't been an empire for quite some time.
[ What did you expect?? Right, that paw is free now, it's bandaged well. Does the Doctor approve? ]
Ah, so you met him then. He did say he wanted to chat with you.
[ Of course, after Dokja put all the blame on Joonghyuk. ]
It hasn't. [ His hand raises when he speaks, the daemon uncoiling to slither onto it to bring itself closer to Joonghyuk, as though taking a better look at the man's face. Dokja only spares it a single glance but continues without a hitch in conversation. weirdo ] He didn't sound like he was lying though.
Yes. I was expecting an attempted punch to the face, but he merely asked me questions. Didn't ask for an apology. A strange... Broodish man.
[ It was pleasant, actually? Joonghyuk grows quiet again. With Jin winding up, Niah comes right over and nudges his nose against the snake. Sniff sniff. ]
No. It would explain our situation a bit more.
[ People taken from different time periods and worlds. ]
[ Learn to be pleasant, you sunfish. ..Oh? A little boop? Jin flickers her tongue out, peering back and- stay still Niah, because she's slithering right on over onto the other daemon's head before making herself comfortable. Snake daemon backpacking. ]
Our situation. [ At that thought, his gaze flickers to those hands, but only briefly. He could ask for the man to clarify, to tell him what he knows- but did it matter? As Dokja said before, it won't change his plans. ]
So people are taken from different times, different worlds, and of course, we have no clues other than the daemons we're bonded with as well as the arrival of potential kidnappers. That or a group that knows of them.
[ He refuses. He will not learn from van Zieks. At least Joonghyuk doesn't have a history of racism. Rubbing his chin now. ]
Yes... And these coins. For now, that is all we have. [ He guesses he can mention more of this. ] The tower is locked, a strange place—then the children mentioned the fog not being here before.
And that there's something wrong with the lighthouse.
[ You know what, fair point. I take it back don't learn from him. ]
Hmmm.. [ As expected of the reader, he files this information away. Though, the mention of the lighthouse brings some curiosity. ]
Ah, I remember seeing the beacon through the fog on the first day we arrived. But now.. [ Taps against his chin. ] Let's check it out. There might be something there worth looking into.
When the fog lightens, we can. It's unreachable until then.
[ They will check it out, for sure. Dokja better write notes for both of them because Joonghyuk doesn't make a habit of writing it. He just hopes his memory is good enough and usually it works out. ]
[ But you bet Dokja would somehow find it. Anyways, he looks over to his daemon who is still coiled comfortably on Joonghyuk's own. ..Hmm. This is a problem. He knows he shouldn't touch someone else's daemon? (Do you just beckon a daemon to you like a dog? Even if it isn't one??)
[ Niah is a good daemon. Well-mannered or not, he still hesitates to touch. Carefully he extends his hand out so the snake can reach out and coil back over. Does she? No, she seems to be in her own world. ]
Yes, yes. [ ... Okay, that question takes him aback. ] Eaten?
[ His stomach.. may or may not have grumbled a little. He clears his throat. ]
[ Don't blame her when she's suffering from Dokja's own neglect!! Ugh... Niah.. Well, the reader will carefully crouch to be at the daemon's level more.
He holds his hand out again and if he hesitates shut up no he didn't. Except he did. He really isn't afraid of the daemon, he's actually quite docile at times when Joonghyuk isn't riled up. it's the (quietly) taboo that has him unsure. ]
I've been busy. [ Sorta. ] I'll get something soon enough.
[ Except... compared to Saturday, those bags under his eyes are a little more noticeable too. Has he slept at all since coming here? It isn't as if he uses the bed, a forgotten pile of blankets on the floor indicates someone could potentially sleep on the floor. Place your bets. ]
[ Oh, he hears that tone at the least. Alright Niah, Dokja is going to very gently touch the top of his head..! If you bite, well, that sucks. But understandable. ]
[ Niah doesn't seem to be that repulsed. He's mild-mannered, even if he feels like shit, and won't attack indiscriminately unless there's a threat even if he hates how it feels. Joonghyuk also can withstand so much pain and dread. Instinctively, Joonghyuk frowns when Dokja pokes his daemon—it's the new taboo engraved.
Except he notices that he doesn't feel much? Eh. Whatever. He doesn't care. Niah doesn't either, though he shakes his head once like ew. ]
[ ..Huh. Dokja actually expected a stronger reaction? Not just from the daemon, but Joonghyuk as well? Not that he has any idea what it would be exactly only that would be an obvious reaction. It screams taboo and all.
Lips twitch a little amusingly, propping his chin in hand with his attention on the daemon still until Joonghyuk announces his departure? ]
Eh? Wait- [ QUICKLY SCOOPS UP JIN before Niah walks after Joonghyuk and take his poor daemon with, jfc. Cradling the snake in hand he stares flatly in his disappearing companion's direction. ] ... Really hasn't changed much.
[ Whatever! He'll snack before he takes his leave again before Joonghyuk force-feeds him. :um: ]
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At home... You've known all along what you were going to do.
[ There is no escaping because Joonghyuk will not fall for the same trick twice. He is going to stay in this room, but this time he will not make a mess. ]
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I've had a general idea, yes.
[ That he won't deny. He's known every step, every opportunity, every change he needed to make it to the end. To reach his End. To reach the conclusion he wants. He's close, he's almost there.
And the fact that he is here? It's frustrating. He emits a breath, wrapping the bandages with familiar enough practice. ]
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Everything to come will happen to him, too. His gaze lifts and there’s a glint of something in his dark eyes—anger… Melancholy. ]
… And you don’t intend to change it.
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For a moment, his gaze raises to meet those dark eyes straight on. Only for a moment. No sooner does it glance back down with a hum. ]
No.
[ Simple as that. He'll sacrifice what he needs to. Including himself. ]
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Your roommate. [ Since that was mentioned earlier. ] Despite his face, he seems mild-mannered.
[ Yeah. Of all people, Joonghyuk, saying van Zieks scowls too much. Wait. ]
The United Kingdom hasn't been an empire for quite some time.
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Ah, so you met him then. He did say he wanted to chat with you.
[ Of course, after Dokja put all the blame on Joonghyuk. ]
It hasn't. [ His hand raises when he speaks, the daemon uncoiling to slither onto it to bring itself closer to Joonghyuk, as though taking a better look at the man's face. Dokja only spares it a single glance but continues without a hitch in conversation.
weirdo] He didn't sound like he was lying though.[ Not really worth using the Lie Detection on. ]
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[ It was pleasant, actually? Joonghyuk grows quiet again. With Jin winding up, Niah comes right over and nudges his nose against the snake. Sniff sniff. ]
No. It would explain our situation a bit more.
[ People taken from different time periods and worlds. ]
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[ Learn to be pleasant, you sunfish. ..Oh? A little boop? Jin flickers her tongue out, peering back and- stay still Niah, because she's slithering right on over onto the other daemon's head before making herself comfortable. Snake daemon backpacking. ]
Our situation. [ At that thought, his gaze flickers to those hands, but only briefly. He could ask for the man to clarify, to tell him what he knows- but did it matter? As Dokja said before, it won't change his plans. ]
So people are taken from different times, different worlds, and of course, we have no clues other than the daemons we're bonded with as well as the arrival of potential kidnappers. That or a group that knows of them.
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Yes... And these coins. For now, that is all we have. [ He guesses he can mention more of this. ] The tower is locked, a strange place—then the children mentioned the fog not being here before.
And that there's something wrong with the lighthouse.
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Hmmm.. [ As expected of the reader, he files this information away. Though, the mention of the lighthouse brings some curiosity. ]
Ah, I remember seeing the beacon through the fog on the first day we arrived. But now.. [ Taps against his chin. ] Let's check it out. There might be something there worth looking into.
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[ They will check it out, for sure. Dokja better write notes for both of them because Joonghyuk doesn't make a habit of writing it. He just hopes his memory is good enough and usually it works out. ]
Don't get into trouble.
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[ But you bet Dokja would somehow find it. Anyways, he looks over to his daemon who is still coiled comfortably on Joonghyuk's own. ..Hmm. This is a problem. He knows he shouldn't touch someone else's daemon? (Do you just beckon a daemon to you like a dog? Even if it isn't one??)
Jin.... c'mere you slippery snake. ]
Other than trying to cross the boundary, that is.
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Don't. [ His tone really is don't do it, bitch. ] What have you eaten?
[ Joonghyuk has realized since Saturday that Dokja looks... Very scrawny. More than he remembered. ]
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Yes, yes. [ ... Okay, that question takes him aback. ] Eaten?
[ His stomach.. may or may not have grumbled a little. He clears his throat. ]
It may have slipped my mind. [ More than once. ]
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... Kim Dokja.
[ Joonghyuk is always tired but he sounds even more tired and agitated. ]
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He holds his hand out again and if he hesitates shut up no he didn't. Except he did. He really isn't afraid of the daemon, he's actually quite docile at times when Joonghyuk isn't riled up. it's the (quietly) taboo that has him unsure. ]
I've been busy. [ Sorta. ] I'll get something soon enough.
[ Except... compared to Saturday, those bags under his eyes are a little more noticeable too. Has he slept at all since coming here? It isn't as if he uses the bed, a forgotten pile of blankets on the floor indicates someone could potentially sleep on the floor. Place your bets. ]
Might need to do another scavenge run first.
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Niah looks at him, but will come to sniff his fingers. Of course, he doesn't touch. Also, I can't believe Van Zieks and Dokja aren't spooning.
He will not judge the sleeping arrangements because tbh Dokja barely sleeps and he assumes it's his usual insomnia cases. ]
There is a cafe down the street toward the inner city, just a block from here, where the food and ingredients are acceptable.
[ Less mold! Less rot! More usable and quality food there. ]
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Also wtf why would he spoon van Zieks??? Niah looks soft... This is like a Toothless moment from How to Train Your Dragon. ]
Uh huh.
[ ...Yeah, he isn't listening. That's not the kind of scavenging he meant? Supplies! Useful things! He'll live off whatever he can find along the way.
Anyways, the snake slithers further away from Dokja along Niah's back. Jin, what is your issue?? ]
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[ HELLO? Joonghyuk doesn't even pay attention to the daemons because he still hasn't warmed up to them at all. ]
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[ Oh, he hears that tone at the least. Alright Niah, Dokja is going to very gently touch the top of his head..! If you bite, well, that sucks. But understandable. ]
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Except he notices that he doesn't feel much? Eh. Whatever. He doesn't care. Niah doesn't either, though he shakes his head once like ew. ]
You better eat.
[ He's going to leave without even saying bye. ]
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Lips twitch a little amusingly, propping his chin in hand with his attention on the daemon still until Joonghyuk announces his departure? ]
Eh? Wait- [ QUICKLY SCOOPS UP JIN before Niah walks after Joonghyuk and take his poor daemon with, jfc. Cradling the snake in hand he stares flatly in his disappearing companion's direction. ] ... Really hasn't changed much.
[ Whatever! He'll snack before he takes his leave again before Joonghyuk force-feeds him. :um: ]