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[unkindled_madness]

Who: Sephiroth unkindled_madness & you!
What: Sephiroth has been activated as a sleeper agent!
When: late April and into May
Where: Sunset Falls, Central City
Content Warnings: N/A for now.

[Some are bound to notice something off about Sephiroth. It's unusual for him to miss meetings or show up late for work--but not so unusual that it's never happened before. This world has its stressors, and maybe he's just going through something again.

During the same time period, Fantastic has been making news thwarting a small rogue's gallery of fresh new villains. But apart from "Shadow Flare" being pretty tall, it isn't the natural conclusion to think that Sephiroth might be behind the mask. One, he's always professed a confusion and even disdain for costumes and alter egos. Two, all of the fights are happening in or around Central, and Sephiroth only travels there when borrowing Loki's teleporter. Absolutely no reason to connect the two.]

((Specific prompts in the comments! Feel free to hit me up at yinza if you want to plot anything.))

Comments

[dothelokimotion]

[ that is true. loki considers it. ]

Do you recall anything else?

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth considers for a moment.]

...only that I felt unusually weak.

[dothelokimotion]

Perhaps some kind of energy stealing power.

It narrows down our leads at least.

[unkindled_madness]

Perhaps. Or something manufactured, like a chemical agent. But they would still require the means.

[dothelokimotion]

Yes.

[ he surveys the area for a moment. ]

Let's talk about this inside.

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth hesitates, but he should be okay now.]

All right.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki notices that, but doesn't say anything at the moment. though he will ask, after a brief pause. ]

Sephiroth. What do you need?

[unkindled_madness]

Nothing. I'm all right.

[dothelokimotion]

[ he sighs for a moment, pressing a kiss to sephiroth's cheek. ]

I believe you.

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth offers him a faint smile before heading back inside. He's sure to close the door behind them, rather than letting it swing shut, so he can feel the handle turn.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ he's still drained from before, but a brief spell to ensure privacy is enough enough. ]

Do you remember where the incident took place?

[unkindled_madness]

...just outside the park. The north end, with the little cemetary.

[dothelokimotion]

[ he nods, slotting it away. ]

We can check on it later.

[unkindled_madness]

I doubt there will be much to see after so much time.

[dothelokimotion]

It cannot hurt to look.

[ he's still worried. about sephiroth. but he doesn't know how to bridge it. ]

[unkindled_madness]

No.

...I suppose I might remember something more.

[dothelokimotion]

. . . Let's not push it.

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth blinks, looking at him.]

You said we'd go later.

[Clearly that's not pushing it!]

[dothelokimotion]

And I meant it.

But don't force yourself to remember things now. You need rest. Mind control is taxing.

[unkindled_madness]

I don't want to rest.

[dothelokimotion]

. . . Fine. I need rest so that's what I'll do.

[ he turns to go into the bedroom. ]

[unkindled_madness]

[Did he say something wrong?

Sephiroth follows, because he still wants Loki's company.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ he's just a little fussed from all of it. sephiroth hiding things from him, the mind control, an unknown assailant out there, trying to take things from loki.

loki curls up on the bed with a huff. ]

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth doesn't know what he's huffing about.]

...would you prefer to be alone?

[dothelokimotion]

[ there's a pause before loki responds, extending his hand to sephiroth. ]

No.