Redi Domum

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Who: The missing visitors and you. Open to everyone.
Where: MAGI Labs
Summary: After being violently removed from the Tower of Animus, everyone is returned 'home'.
Warnings: None

There was a tight clench behind your navel, the sensation of something dragging you through the fabric of time and space itself... it was an unpleasant sensation, almost sickening. Those of Hinoto-Ri had vanished from the tower completely when the clock struck midnight from what had just happened, removed from that reality. It had happened with such abruptness that it was downright disorienting to observe. There was no chance for a hurried goodbye, no chance of even letting out a surprised scream...

Those of Hinoto-Ri were dragged back to their own world with very little grace, and for a dizzying and wild thirty seconds, they suffered from the sensation of thick tentacles grasping and yanking their bodies this way and that through a swirling blur of matter. Where were they going? What had caused this?

After those sickening moments that seemed to last far longer, they were unceremoniously shoved out of the Shining Trapezohedron in a stream of bright lights, and into what looked like a giant room filled with computer screens. At least it didn't appear to be the Mictlan, like when the other group had returned.

Pray that you weren't on the bottom of the pile...

Now there was a quiet hum, as an alarm went off. Lights shone brightly upon you as scientists outside were running scans to determine you weren't harmful from your trip. That left you time to think.

You had finally met him...

Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos. He'd taunted some of you, shown you another world you had been sent to save...but in the end, nothing much had changed. Perhaps there was small solace that it was still standing and not completely obliterated as had been his plan. The questioned remained, however...

Where was He now? ...you could figure that out later. There were reunions to be had first.

[OOC - Anyone can start threads.]

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[not_heavens_adam]

He pressed his face to Otoha's shoulder. He was willing to accept that for now. He could always force-heal the man later, it wasn't like h lacked access.

"I'm glad you're back safe. I was worried."

He knew Otoha was tough as nails and could definitely hold his own...but he was still...frighteningly human, whether he acknowledged it or not.

"Wanna tell me what happened?"

[bakegarasu]

"... We got dragged to a tower run by a bunch of crazy people. They forced people into 'experiments' - and some of the experiments involved people getting killed by ghosts, or being dangerously obsessed with other people... and that was even without the influence of the guy we were chasing. We caught up to him eventually, though. I'm not totally sure how we managed to get back, though I think one of the people running the tower kind of force-ejected him and us."

Understanding this kind of stuff wasn't his strong point. He'd also leave off the details for now. He wasn't ready to talk about some of them, anyway.

[not_heavens_adam]

"Mmm..." He had quite a few questions, sopme of them he knew Otoha wouldn't be able to answer and others he was sure the man just wouldn't answer, namely if he was one of those who'd been killed. Not that Johnny would be able to do anything about it...but some part of him still wanted to know.

Either way, he was safe, back at the vampire's side where he could be watched over and protected. That was good enough for now.

He leaned up on his toes to kiss Otoha's cheek very briefly and then, finally, pulled away to take the man's hand and tug on it. "How 'bout we get you home? You should probably eat something and rest."

[bakegarasu]

"Probably." He rolled his eyes a little bit and allowed himself to be tugged along.

"How've you been holding up in the meantime?"

[not_heavens_adam]

He paused, contemplating how honest he should be. "Honestly? Not so well." He kept his eyes ahead and his voice softened. "Desco was very upset...I couldn't blame her. Ah...don't worry, we found a lovely distraction in destroying whatever demons we could get our hands on. I suppose, really, that wasn't the best reaction." But he didn't really regret it. The alternative was taking it out on the city itself...which was worse.

He went quiet again. He didn't want to say what he was going to say next, but he knew it would come out eventually. "...and it's been over a month since I last ate." Plus, the alternative was taking sips from his 'clients' and eventually facing the question of where he was getting his blood from, which would only lead to the secret he'd been keeping from his partner for months.

[bakegarasu]

Well, he was going to comment on the first part, but the second part was more important right now.

"You'll eat when we get back." It wasn't a suggestion.

[not_heavens_adam]

That earns him an annoyed look over Johnny's shoulder. "I'll eat when you've rested and had something yourself, no sooner."

Have a huff too. "Don't be a brat." Yep, he was definitely regretting bringing it up. Should have held off until later.

[bakegarasu]

"I'm fine. I've eaten. Most of the things in that place didn't bother me that much." Except for at the end, but... well. That was something different.

"Who's the one being a brat?"

[not_heavens_adam]

"I'm older than you." He said it as though that was the answer to the entire argument. "You should start thinking about what you're going to do to make it up to Me and Desco."

He was mostly joking, he knew it wasn't Otoha's fault at all, it wasn't like he'd slipped out in the middle of the day or anything. Honestly, Johnny had every intention of spoiling his partner for as long as he could get away with it.

[bakegarasu]

"Don't care."

He reached over and thwacked Johnny lightly on the back of the head. "And I'll deal with Desco."

[not_heavens_adam]

He sent Otoha a glare but didn't say anything else about it. "...You're not planning on going anywhere tomorrow, are you?" Cause he'd really rather be the over-protective moirail he is and watch him sleep make sure the man was okay.

He even intended to stay home from work just keep a hawk-like vigilance on his friend.

[bakegarasu]

"No."

It's not like he had a job or anything, so he had a lot of free time.

[not_heavens_adam]

"Good. Cause I'm not letting you out of my sight." This is a fact. Deal with it.