[ she can certainly get close enough, maybe even just a pace or two away. percy's had quite enough of all of this after all, with half a mind to put whatever intimidation he might have left to go use even in a get up like this, which isn't very much. he hardly notices her shape edging her way towards him, or at least, he doesn't until a very slight sliver of blue catches his eye, the kind you don't ever really forget, brighter than the sky, a hue you can't just pluck from anywhere. he turns his head just a bit as soon as it flashes along his peripherals, as impaired as they might be, and then he turns his head all the way, and maybe it's just a figment of his imagination, a shadow, a little sliver of doubt, but...
no. there.
that's her, definitely her, with her quietly and steady steps and her halo of dark hair, most of it caught up in her braid, that gets a little clearer the longer that percival takes to focus, and for almost half a second he forgets that he's nearly wearing nothing in favor of trying to find her eyes, his voice catching a little bit because: ]
Vex?
[ oh yes. yes that's definitely a bit of a snag in his voice as he tries to tell himself, even as she comes into focus, that this is probably his mind going and playing tricks on him again. that would be the way of it, right? this entire place? just tricks and confusion and strange nametags that tell people you flirt with grass and this very deep sense of missing the various parts of you that had really started to make you feel whole again. But Vex... his heart does something awful here, a repertoire of somersaults and skips and jumps and for a beat his mouth remembers the taste of smoke in the air and the sight of her just...
falling. ]
Please tell me this isn't some joke. Is that you?
[ it really makes a man forget he has like almost no clothes on. ]
@moneytwin
[ she can certainly get close enough, maybe even just a pace or two away. percy's had quite enough of all of this after all, with half a mind to put whatever intimidation he might have left to go use even in a get up like this, which isn't very much. he hardly notices her shape edging her way towards him, or at least, he doesn't until a very slight sliver of blue catches his eye, the kind you don't ever really forget, brighter than the sky, a hue you can't just pluck from anywhere. he turns his head just a bit as soon as it flashes along his peripherals, as impaired as they might be, and then he turns his head all the way, and maybe it's just a figment of his imagination, a shadow, a little sliver of doubt, but...
no. there.
that's her, definitely her, with her quietly and steady steps and her halo of dark hair, most of it caught up in her braid, that gets a little clearer the longer that percival takes to focus, and for almost half a second he forgets that he's nearly wearing nothing in favor of trying to find her eyes, his voice catching a little bit because: ]
Vex?
[ oh yes. yes that's definitely a bit of a snag in his voice as he tries to tell himself, even as she comes into focus, that this is probably his mind going and playing tricks on him again. that would be the way of it, right? this entire place? just tricks and confusion and strange nametags that tell people you flirt with grass and this very deep sense of missing the various parts of you that had really started to make you feel whole again. But Vex... his heart does something awful here, a repertoire of somersaults and skips and jumps and for a beat his mouth remembers the taste of smoke in the air and the sight of her just...
falling. ]
Please tell me this isn't some joke. Is that you?
[ it really makes a man forget he has like almost no clothes on. ]