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Jun 28, 2017 14:34:22 GMT -5
Post by Draum on Jun 28, 2017 14:34:22 GMT -5
The brawler was by all means exhausted. This world that they lived in was still to culture shock to him even after all this time. He never got tired, never felt the need to eat, never needed to do the essential things that make life, life.
He needed something to get his mind off of all the things that were going through his mind, or at least someone to talk about it with. He needed a friend, he needed a best friend. He needed Aleister.
Looking through the quest menu he would read the descriptions of some of the newer ones for a bit before he continued swiping up, finally eyeing a mission that seems calm enough for just the two of them.
Quickly accepting the quest, the brunette would send an invite to the opportunist with the message, “Feel like helping me dig?” attached to it. With that, the brawler would fast travel to the outside of the Cursed Ruins and wait for his friend to arrive, letting his sand worm pet, Timmy, dig its way into the sandy areas of the tomb.
Get out of the way or go down like the rest.
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Jun 30, 2017 12:26:37 GMT -5
Post by Aleister on Jun 30, 2017 12:26:37 GMT -5
In all honesty Aleister was a tad bit tempted to ignore the invite that Draum had sent him for some quest. Recently Draum had been in kind of a shitty mood in general, even going as far as to throw a damned bounty boss at Aleister and Mustang for seemingly no reason at all. I mean sure Aleister prodded at him a bit in an attempt to get Draum to finish off the fishmen thing but it had escalated to an even farther unnecessary point beyond that out of nowhere.
Though despite not really wanting to deal with Draum's attitude problems Aleister still replayed back to the message with a simple "Sure." After all he'd just be being a shitty friend if he turned down the request for some help.
As he flew into Dione on the back of his dragon Aleister immediately noticed the changes that were going on in Dione. Aside from having difficulty flying in all these sandstorms and rain showers he noticed some weird ancient sculptures among the sands that to his knowledge weren't there before. Perhaps they were uncovered by all this shitty weather or something...
Coming to a stop outside of the cursed ruins where they were supposed to do the quest Aleister would quickly land his dragon on the ground and hop off of the giant beast. Unequipping it so that it didn't have to wait outside of the ruins for the two men to come back out. "What the hells going on out there? Its like a damn apocalypse movie.."
| I fell in love with your sin, your littlest sin
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Jul 2, 2017 15:18:00 GMT -5
Post by Draum on Jul 2, 2017 15:18:00 GMT -5
Watching his pet slide through the earth, Draum's attention would shift up as he saw a dragon land in front of him. Once he noticed that it was Aleister and his friend had made his way off of it, he'd bite his lip a bit. Thinking about how he involved such a majestic creature in his own petty tantrum, he'd feel even more guilt.
As his friend started talking he'd look up at him with an indifferent expression as he spoke. With a shrug he'd answer.
"I, uh, haven't really noticed, kinda thought it was normal, since I haven't really explored this world too much."
Rubbing the back of his head he'd unequip the sand worm and turn his body to the side, his head still facing the man as he gestured forward.
"Ready to start digging? I got some things i wanna talk to you about."
His expression turned into one of tiredness as his eyes started to shift away from the opportunist, feeling awkward to maintain eye contact with him. Get out of the way or go down like the rest.
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Jul 4, 2017 14:36:25 GMT -5
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Jul 4, 2017 14:35:35 GMT -5
Post by Aleister on Jul 4, 2017 14:35:35 GMT -5
Turning to look back at his dragon one more time as it faded back into pixels Aleister sent a quick little wave of his hand in the dragon's direction. At the end of the day of course the dragon in all its glory was just a cluster of data and pixels arranged to look like a dragon, but it was still Aleister's friend nonetheless.
Looking back to Draum Aleister would shake his head for a moment, his eyes narrowing just because of all the damn sand flying through the air.
"Nah this isn't normal at all, I mean yeah theres sandstorms but nothing like this shit.."
Shrugging his shoulders Aleister would open up his menu, navigating through it until he found the shitty shovel he was given for accepting the quest. Equipping that specific shitty shovel he'd twirl it around in his hand for a moment much like he would with one of his spears. "Sure, lets get to diggin then. What'd you want to talk about?"
| I fell in love with your sin, your littlest sin
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Jul 5, 2017 10:42:18 GMT -5
Post by Draum on Jul 5, 2017 10:42:18 GMT -5
Equipping the same shitty shovel as his friend, Draum would start to walk forward. Rubbing the back of his head as he struggled to get the right words out, the brunette would open his mouth to speak, only to reel back. He couldn't just say what he was feeling, he didn't want to overbear Aleister with his problems, so he’d start with the simplest thing he could muster out.
“I’m sorry…” Pausing, Bastion, would turn to look at his friend, “I’m sure lately you’ve noticed how easily I’ve been getting angry.” Chuckling awkwardly he’d cut himself off, “As if it wasn't obvious…” The small smile he had gained from chuckling fading just as quick and suddenly as it came. Clearing his throat, he’d continue, “I just feel like I owe it to you to apologize. And I don't want to be the one making excuses for my actions but, I haven't been feeling like me lately.”
Looking away from Aleister as he walked he’d give him an opportunity to talk before he continued. Get out of the way or go down like the rest.
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Jul 5, 2017 16:42:23 GMT -5
Post by Aleister on Jul 5, 2017 16:42:23 GMT -5
Following after Draum Aleister would speed up a bit to walk next to his friend, tapping his shitty shovel against the wall as they walked. For the moment the shovel tapping was just to fill the random silence in the air in between the last thing he said and the time it took for Draum to say something else. Though the moment that Draum actually began to say something Aleister would stop messing around with the shovel, simply holding it over his shoulder.
Walking in a silence of his own Aleister would just casually listen to what it was that Draum said, taking in everything that his friend was saying. Plus how stunned he was helped keep him quiet and not but in when Draum spoke. It honestly just caught him completely off guard, he didn't expect Draum to ever really get personal about things.
Waiting until Draum finished talking to speak Aleister would reach a hand up to scratch at the back of his head, trying to think of what exactly he should say. It was kind of hard to figure out, he was just so caught off guard by Draum actually saying something real and not just talking shit or being angry. "Its fine man, we all go through shit every now and then.."
| I fell in love with your sin, your littlest sin
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Jul 7, 2017 10:04:35 GMT -5
Post by Draum on Jul 7, 2017 10:04:35 GMT -5
Shaking his head as Aleister responded, Bastion would turn back with a bothered expression.
"That's just it though, Aleister, I've been feeling like this since I got stuck here. At first it was just thoughts raking through my brain, nothing but anger, confusion... I didn't know what to feel. Then, then it turned into this, what it is now, because I took my mind off of the thoughts by killing shit. It turned from just a way to get away to me taking pleasure in it." Sighing, he'd turn away and speak a little lighter. "I even started to bring other people into it, my friends no less..."
Continuing to walk forward he'd keep speaking. "Even my thought process is getting all jumbled up. Like, the other day when I was doing a bounty with June, her clone thing was getting its eyes gouged out, instead of turning away I kept looking and I enjoyed seeing it..." Pulling his hair back, he'd chuckle a bit, "I'm fucked up, man." Get out of the way or go down like the rest.
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Jul 10, 2017 16:30:57 GMT -5
Post by Aleister on Jul 10, 2017 16:30:57 GMT -5
If the first little bit of Draum getting somewhat emotional with Aleister was enough to render him speechless for a bit this latest chunk of secrets Draum spilled was enough to break his fucking brain. Besides what Draum telling him being disturbing and really fucked up in general it was a pretty big problem that Aleister hadn't even thought of.
The idea of what kind of toll the game and being trapped her to just kill things over and over again was taking on their actual minds never even once occurred to Aleister. To make it even worse he had been so caught up with Chirp dying that all he had really focused on was himself and how shitty he felt that he wasn't able to keep the person he loved safe and never once thought about how his other friends doing. Though of course his realization about this was just gonna stay right up in his head in private.
The sudden feeling that he was a shitty friend prolonged the answer that he would eventually give.
"Well..thats..thats something.." Anyone that said Aleister was good with shit like this was lying out of their ass. "I'm honestly not really sure what to say to that..you're not fucked up though. Sure thinking that way might be fucked up but everyone goes through some dark times and shit but that doesn't mean that like..you personally are fucked up. I think you might need a break from fighting and crap, see what else the game has to offer or something I don't know.."
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Jul 10, 2017 17:30:38 GMT -5
Post by Draum on Jul 10, 2017 17:30:38 GMT -5
As his friend spoke he’d look back at him, a disheveled expression shown. His eyes held a look of sadness in them as his lips pursed together, until they pulled upright at the ends, a chuckle escaping them.
“Aleister, fighting is the only thing I’m good for. I can't talk to people for shit, I drive people away with the way I am. Trying anything else with anybody else just ends with me getting angry, I’m not good with people. It’s a miracle I made a friend like you honestly.”
Clenching his teeth he’d turn away from Aleister, a look of anger on his face. “And you said everyone goes through some dark times, I just told you that since I got here I haven't been feeling anything but bad.” Continuing to walk forward he’d speak. “The little things in life that you enjoy, sleeping, eating, shitting even! They all boil down to nothing but emotes, nothing changed from doing them except feeling like you did them.” Stopping, he’d clench his fist then look back at his friend. “Aleister, knowing that everything you do is just a computer simulation of the act is eating away at me.” His face would twist into an express of grief, sadness overtaking him as his eyes started to water, tears leaking down his face. “These tears… they aren't even real.” Wiping his face, he’d clench his teeth tight, sniffling as he gripped his hands tightly into fist at his sides; the shovel in his left hand.
Get out of the way or go down like the rest.
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