YAN-PARA au master post

[earthflames]

WHAT IT SAYS ON THE BOX.

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[erank]

[W E L P . Cu knows you need to take these guys seriously, so he catches Diarmuid's wrist and picks up his pace back towards the boat.]

So we're moving the boat. Like now.

[beautymark]

[yes good. following very eagerly]

That would be wise...

[erank]

So is Archer gonna live or what?

[He frowns - there's a lot of annoyance in his expression, but there concern, too. He doesn't want anyone fucking with Diarmuid, and he doubly doesn't want to lose a friend]

[beautymark]

I think so. He lost a lot of blood, but his brothers are taking care of him.

[erank]

...good. Then I'll get things moving.

[When he tugs Diarmuid back on board, he gives the Emiyas a wave, the sort he's prone to when he's focused on getting something done. He figures Shirou will yell later for not looking concerned enough, but everyone else knows that when he's focused, he's really focused. Right now that means ducking into the engine room and getting everything fired up]

[beautymark]

[For his part, D stays close behind Cu. He's terrified to the core, but he knows he can't go falling apart just yet. It's important to stay together, and being near Cu helps. He might be hovering overmuch, but it's better than throwing up.]

[erank]

[Well, you know.

He's been on boats long enough to be able to set things up one-handed, no problem.

So he reaches over to hold Diarmuid's hand while he's at it]

[beautymark]

[Oh. This is good. He's just going to hold on tight to the hand that's offered him and try not to shake too much.

Once they've taken off, though, he's going to let his legs go out from under him and huddle on the floor.]

[erank]

[....he's never sure exactly what to do when Diarmuid gets like this. Sure, he can try to be comforting or try to give him space or whatever, but even Cu, with his vast confidence and ability to overlook things, knows that there are bits of Diarmuid he can never reach and never fix.

And this is his first time caring for someone like this. It's new and it's completely different from how he usually handles people. Sometimes he wonders if he doesn't worry enough, or if he's too casual and too flippant for someone so broken.

But Diarmuid still wants to be close, so as long as that's there, he'll just. Do whatever comes to mind first.]

I won't let 'em have you, you know.

[beautymark]

What if they kill you...?

[erank]

They won't. I've been in jail like a million times, they can't be any worse than that.

[beautymark]

They'd do worse than stick it in your ass, Cu.

[erank]

Hey. I'll have you know that's never happened to me!

[beautymark]

[okay

jsyk

he isn't crying because Cu didn't take it up the butt in jail.

but he is crying.

because he's a wreck like that]

[erank]

[WHOA.

WHOA.

WHAT?!]

H-Hey... I mean it, nothing happened in jail, I promise!

[beautymark]

That isn't what's important!

[erank]

[S O B, way to be an idiot, Cu]

Then what's up?

[beautymark]

It's just--

[it's just that he's frightened and not entirely sure there's such thing as escape for him

and of course, it's that the whole world appears to be crumbling apart and he can't make that vision go away no matter how much he tells himself it's fake]

Everything's going upside down.

[erank]

...I don't know what all's going on yet, but...

[HE SHRUGS]

Guess it doesn't matter. You can just hang onto me if you need to.

[beautymark]

I do, but--

It would probably be better for everyone if I hadn't ever come here.

[erank]

Maybe. I dunno - don't think you can really fix that, so it can't be worth thinking about that much.

[beautymark]

I could leave now. I would have, but Archer needed help getting here.

[erank]

...you really don't have to do that, you know.

[beautymark]

He said we're friends.

[Archer probably has no idea how important that is to D.]

[erank]

...shit, did he?

[HERPDERP...]