[Thread] I am reaching, but I fall, and the stars are black and cold...

[black_seaweed]

Characters: AU Fujiwara Yusuke, open~
Where: pretty much anywhere outside of buildings
When: shortly after this entry
Summary: Yusuke's Clear cards have been "destroyed". They're rather important to him for various reasons. Because of this, he's... kind of wandering around aimlessly, only half consicous of where he's going. Do poke.
Warnings: ..

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[jesusstick]

Mr. Eko was, as always, at the church. At the moment he was actually outside it, if you wanted to get specific, just sitting calmly and watching the comings and goings of Econtra. When the angry looking young man strolled past he just smiled very slightly and nodded a greeting. "Hello."

[black_seaweed]

As Yusuke wandered, he was barely paying any attention to where he was going, only enough to make sure that he avoided that tree over there, stepped over that rock instead of tripping over it. And most of that was simply what remnants of his honed instincts from wandering the other dimensions remained after almost a year once again in a relatively safe environment ('relatively safe' meaning that there were no completely unknown dangers, and there were only so many ways one could be attacked).

As he passed by the church, in fact, his mind was so busy not paying attention to anything that his ears registered the greeting, and subconsciously he slowed down ever-so-slightly, but besides that he made little to no sign that he even noticed the person sitting outside of it.

[jesusstick]

Eko eyed him with silent thoughtfulness for a moment, absently fingering his Jesus stick, then asked in a calm voice, "Why are you upset?"

[black_seaweed]

"...gone..."

To say that Yusuke was actually conscious of the other person sitting there at the moment would be a lie. On a subconscious level, even, it was questionable, he was so focused and yet no focused at all, all of his anger and despair swirling in his mind so much.

But his innate politeness still managed to squeeze its way to the surface, providing a response, albeit vague, that would otherwise probably not have come.

[prismaticeden]

For once, Yusuke was finally feeling like the world was not out to utterly destroy him. Bad things were happening to everyone it seemed---everyone, that is, but him. For the first time since coming to Econtra he could say that he was both vaguely relieved and maybe even glad.

Then, however, he saw his double stalking as he did, and he could not help but know that was something was horribly wrong. And, as it were, something had most likely been taken---and or destroyed---from him as well.

[black_seaweed]

There were only a few things that could have possibly shaken Yusuke from his trance-like state of such strong mixed negative emotions, even a little bit.

Seeing the other version of him there was one of those things - granted, it was only so much that he paused in his walking, simply out of the novelty of the concept. After all, he knew that the other him was in the compound and had been for around over a month now, but he hadn't actually met him face to face yet.

[prismaticeden]

Yusuke wondered vaguely if this chance encounter with his other self was not fate's next sick joke. It probably was, he figured, since he had gone so long with a threat to his sanity---a sanity that was so threatened its existence almost seemed like miracle. Yet it was fragile, almost a sickly parody of the cool head of his dear friends.

"Double," he greeted carefully. Though he could not help but wonder if he was the one deserving the title "double". Had not the other he been there before him?

[black_seaweed]

"O-Other me..." Yusuke responded quietly, his entire body quivering, his eyes hidden behind his hair. He couldn't bring himself to say anything more than an acknowledgement of the greeting, mostly because (more or less subconsciously) he was desperately trying to stay on his feet, to not collapse in his grief.

The other him would certainly understand how much what had happened hurt him, though. How could he not sympathize?