first one to make that doctor who joke loses

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

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[save_the_souls]

[Very smooth. He eyes her claws curiously- they were sort of like his claws, but clearly not as sharp or part of her. Interesting.]

Ah- yeah. I wanted to stretch my legs some and see a bit of the moon. And you're training, I take it?

[passingthrough]

[So not a local for sure.]

Yeah, kind of. [Her training routine doesn't normally include attacking defenseless trees.] I'm testing out the new claw prototype a friend made for me. Arms feel kind of naked without them and the Atroma are rude.

[save_the_souls]

Oh, I didn't know you fought with claws too.

[Huh! Learn something new every day]

How are they?

[passingthrough]

Not bad. Sticking a little. Not as strong as the alloy I'm used to, but I'm lucky to have them. [Erik easily good have said know. He didn't even know a version of her in his world. And even if he had there's no telling if they would have been on the same side.]

So, you have claws too? [You don't sound like Laura or Logan.]

[save_the_souls]

I see... [Yeah, he'll keep his Innocenece claws. Less sticky]

Um yeah- did that not come up before? [....He may no realize right now he's unrecognizable]

[passingthrough]

[So, they've met.] That depends. Who are you, masked man?

[save_the_souls]

[....Oh. Right.]

[The ominous goes away as he awkwardly waves his hands]

Ah! Sorry! I forgot- It's Allen!

[passingthrough]

[That did very effectively evaporate the ominous. She smiles, not that he can see it unless he has X-ray vision these days.] Allen, hey. [She's glad to see him again and she moves closer.]

Yeah, the claws are more like Logan's if you've met him. Not so much like yours.

You really went for the head to toe look here.

[save_the_souls]

Logan? I don't believe I have.

[And he offers a shrug]

Yes, I have to have a hood up, or the pollution might make my hair turn yellow or green. [Gross man]

[passingthrough]

He's on the Blameless.

[Smiling under her mask.] So vain, Allen. I'm sure you'd be perfectly lovable with yellow or green hair.

[save_the_souls]

Oh. [Azula's ship. Nooope not going to go over to meet him then]

[he scoffs] It's no about being lovable. No one looks good with pollution-stained hair.

[passingthrough]

[Allen is wise. Though Kitty doesn't know Azula yet.]

I feel like you're trying to tell me something, Allen. [Since she's not wearing a hood. Maybe brown won't take much of a hit?]

[save_the_souls]

Eh?

[oh no- he flails a little with his arms]

No- no no! I didn't mean anything by it! I'm sorry!

[passingthrough]

[She looks softly amused, but most of that is hidden by the mask.] Hey, hey, it's okay. I'm teasing. I'm sure my hair has been through worse anyway. I've walked through fire. [Okay, she was phased and her hair felt nothing, but still.]

[save_the_souls]

[Oh whew, thank goodness]

Through fire?

Were you...using your power when you did that?

[passingthrough]

I was. It's a good trick if you can get it. [And if you can pretend Tyki doesn't exist.]

[save_the_souls]

Yeah...it seems really powerful, being able to do that.

[Too bad the only person I know who had it was a psycho huh...]

[passingthrough]

[Definitely regrettable.] I like it. I liked it better when it was more original. Some of the copy cats give it a bad name. [Wasn't she supposed to be pretending he didn't exist?]

[save_the_souls]

[That gets an amused sound of him]

Sorry. If it means anything, I think Tyki gives anything a bad name.

[passingthrough]

[Haha, it's funny because it's awkward.]

Yeah, so...

[Oh, look, something interesting on the ground to look at. She'll just look at that especially since she can't see any of Allen's expressions through that thing.]

Full disclosure, he and I were together for awhile. Obviously it was a big mistake that ended badly, and I regret everything and should have known better. [She did know better, but she was hurting and she had her reasons at the time and it's just something she has to live with now.]

[save_the_souls]

- What.

[WOW THIS IS NOT A PLOT TWIST HE WAS EXPECTING. In fact, it's like his brain comes to a sudden screeching halt. Her and- tyki?! Tyki?! TYKI?!]

Wh-

Him-

Why?!

[passingthrough]

[Yeah, no, that's fair. She listens to him sputter things out for a moment before lifting her gaze back to him.] He was one of the first people I met in the prison. Similar power. Fellow smoker. Someone who seemed like he'd seen some things. Granted, it was because he'd done them... [She sighs.] There weren't any other noah or exorcists there at first and he just kind of lounged around. Eventually you—Allen—and others arrived and I knew what he was and some of what he'd done, but there was already some kind of bond there and I didn't have many of those.

And then, our generous wardens decided to show me footage of being killed back home...by my husband. The person I trusted most. I didn't take it well. And I...wanted someone I wouldn't let myself trust and things happened and once things happened it didn't seem as wrong the second time. [Or the third or thirtieth.]

[save_the_souls]

[There's a long pause from Allen, and he's suddenly thankful there's a mask covering his face so she can't see his expression as he tries to work through this]

[On one hand, he can empathize with the idea that it was a bad decision made when she was in a bad emotional spot. God knows what it must feel like being shown footage of something like that. Allen's made his own fair share of bad decisions when he was in a bad spot emotionally. The state of his face alone was proof of that.]

[But at the same time...he feels a twist in the stomach, like he's going to be sick. He thinks of that night in the bamboo thicket that even years later, still occurs in his nightmares. He thinks of receiving causality reports of Tyki's victims, of played with and nearly suffocated in the Ark, of watching Tokusa's arms get sliced off...]

You...You knew what he did to my comrades? To my world? To me? And yet you still choose to... [Sleep with him, multiple times from the sound of it. Even if it was over now, even if she regretted- she still made that choice, knowing fully well of his crimes. All while claiming...she was his friend. That her and this other Allen were close. That there could be trust.]

[He ends up shaking his head and taking a few steps back]

I'm sorry. I don't know what to make of that.

[passingthrough]

I knew the broad strokes. [Not details. Not individual stories other than Tyki reaching into Allen's chest since she'd accidentally mimicked it. She didn't have names or faces or even specific acts to put with him to humanize it, but she shouldn't have needed any of that.] But it should have been enough.

[There's a pained look in her eyes because he's right. She knows it now and she knew it then even though she was trying to convince herself it was okay because she he made her feel something different. Something other than the pain she didn't know how to deal with. Something other than the loneliness that felt like it was going to consume her.

Allen still meant more to her, and she should have shown that even if he dealt with her and Tyki at the time. Her voice softens, just loud enough to be heard through the mask.] I'm sorry.

If I could take it back... [Her voice actually shakes a little and so she stops. She was the one doing the bad thing. She doesn't get to have the sad, shaky voice.]

[save_the_souls]

...I can't....

[He takes another step back, another shake of his head, a sweep of his hands. He can hear her apologies, that she clearly regretted what she did and that she would rather undo it. He knows it's not his place to condemn people. Everyone make mistakes, nothing is black and white in the worlds.]

[But even with those thoughts, it doesn't stop the hurt. It doesn't stop the anger, the pain. This is a woman that claimed to be a trusted friend, but then went and had a relationship with a man whose done so much to hurt him and those he loved. This wasn't even just a drink or a hand of cards- he could handle that. No, it sounded like a much closer bond than that.]

[If I could take it back..]

Some things can't take back. [His voice is quiet, but there's a fire] You can't. Just like my comrades can't come back to life. Just like Suman can't undo his Fall. [his right fist clenches at his side] Just like...the hundreds of other terrible things that Tyki has done. They can't be taken back.

[The world doesn't work that way. There was no such thing as a means to undo such things. There's a pause, before he finally decides to take his mask off so she can see his expression, and hear his voice clearly. Pollution be damned]

Look. I don't know what your Allen was like, I'm not him. But I know my comrades mean the world to me. Even if I haven't seen them in years...even if I might never see them again- I will always choose to side with them. I will always be an Exorcist. [No matter what. It was his promise] And I know you're not an Exorcist. I don't expect you to fight in our war, or even never speak with the Noah. It's your personal life, you're free to do what you want with it. I don't condemn people for that, even if they choose to spend time with Noahs.

But...you don't get to call me a trusted friend and do that. Even with an apologies and regrets, it's...

[Words too often rang hollow. He barely knew this woman. There was no proof she wouldn't just do it again if Tyki showed up and she was in another rough patch. He starts putting on his mask back on, and it's clear he's planning on leaving very soon.]

It just...doesn't work that way.