[r] hide a knife behind a smile

[king]

it wasn't a lie when alex spoke next. "the pleasure is mine." he shook her hand.

after that, alex stood in silence for a while by thalia's side, watching the stars.

2tsunz

[2tsunz]

Xb1JHsqs < 50 the window starts to shatter and the cold vacuum of space encroaches

[king]

oh shit what the--

alex grabbed thalia by the waist and started to run.

2tsunz

[2tsunz]

They barely made it, and Thalia extracted herself from Alex's grip, laughing as she clung to a wall.

"Didn't feel like waking up yet? But thanks for saving me."

king

[king]

"not quite. didn't think the dream was quite finished." alex straightened, brushing himself off. he glanced thalia up and down. "after all, i'm here with you still." the shock of the space window breaking had stunned alex back into his usual personality. "it would be a shame to wake up to something other than your face."

2tsunz

[2tsunz]

Thalia frowned.

"We were doing so well."

king

[king]

"are we no longer?"

2tsunz

[2tsunz]

"Now you're just being unnecessary. Let's go back to talking about the stars."

king

[king]

alex was mildly disappointed, but he knew a no when he heard it. no means no. consent is cool yo. #psa

"do you have a favourite constellation?"

2tsunz

[2tsunz]

"My dad always took me out to look at the constellations when I was a kid, but I never got the knack of finding them on my own. He always had to point them out, practically trace them out of the sky for me.

But the one I liked most, once I could find it, was the Chained Lady. You?"

king

[king]

"the big dipper. easiest one to find."

2tsunz

[2tsunz]

"I probably couldn't even find that one," she said sadly. "I was never really good at anything besides Pokemon as a kid."

king

[king]

"where i'm from, you don't see many stars." alex doubted there were stars where he lived now. he didn't look up very often in the land of nightmares.

2tsunz


ooc: idefk where alex is from, hometown wise.

[2tsunz]

"A city? It was hard to see the stars in Nerio."

king

[king]

"indeed. one of the best places to see stars is the top of mt. aurae."

2tsunz