oh, it's not just my pride, it's just till these tears have dried.

[curtainwizard]

[There's a point after you settle in when the mansion seems to delight in tricking you into one room after another, and Light is right in the middle of it. He's stepping into his bedroom, except it isn't his room at all...

...suddenly it's all gone, all the tiredness, the trapped feeling, the pale background of disquiet and concern: he almost

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[jusadmello]

Mello walks in easily this time, ready for whatever this situation will be, but he's not expecting this, not expecting this like, warm blanket of good feelings to press down on him.

He's missed this, in a stupid way (sad he didn't get to experience the needle, but that's okay); hasn't been high like this since the mafia.

[[Heroin.]]

[curtainwizard]

[As you drift in, Light sees you, and quickly processes all the impressions: the new one, the one from the corridor, the one who realised I was Kira straight away. And that reminds him of his fight with L on Sunday: I know you are Kira. I have known since our first conversation. But it doesn't matter, it's not important, none of it's anything he can't deal with.

He gives you a sarcastic little smile.]

[jusadmello]

Mello gives a loose smile back, lifts a hand to wave it slightly. 'Hey,' is all he says, blinks slowly.

[curtainwizard]

[Another collision of impressions, and an immediate conclusion: so the room puts people under some sort of intoxication. Was I immune, then? Am I just not noticing? But I don't feel any different...

He rattles over to you, wide-eyed, holding an apple.]

Maybe you should sit down, hm?

[jusadmello]

Mello shakes his head and it turns out slower than he tries, in his mind he's moving as fast as he does usually but it comes out like he's moving through custard, dark and sticky and warm.

'M'fine. What...' he trails off, grinning again.

[curtainwizard]

Okay. You should definitely sit down, Mello.

[He takes you by one shoulder and steers you towards one of the chairs. For himself, he stays standing, hopping from one foot to the other.]

Will you be all right, there?

[jusadmello]

'No, I'm really, totally, definitely, fine,' he says, and lets himself be pushed into a chair. 'Fine,' he says, watching amused at Light's nervousness.

[curtainwizard]

[Looking around, Light picks up one of the spacehoppers and balances on it. One bounce. Two. What can he say: it seems like a good idea just now.]

I am so glad you're fine, Mello.

How's the chair?