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[cakeblocked]

Who: cakeblocked and soreplaceable
What: Some secrets are probably better kept hidden.
When: Evening of the 28th
Where: The hot springs
Summary: Through unfortunate AU events, Luke found out that Ion will die in his near future. He doesn't take it well, and Ion searches for him after he disappears.
Rating: It can't get higher than PG.

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[soreplaceable]

[It was one thing to wake up and realize your entire life was a lie, but it was another thing altogether to wake up and remember that you died.

As the false memories of the experiment slowly slipped away, Ion's memories of Auldrant, of home, began creeping in to fill in the gaps. He was a replica. A replacement. Only alive for a few years and then...

Tear. Not his sister, but his friend. He saved her life. He pulled the miasma out of her body and saved her. Anise. His most cherished friend and companion. He'd forgotten about her entirely. That horrible emptiness, that sense that he had forgotten something so important for so long that plagued him with each dream he awoke from during those last few days... for an experiment to have that much control over him, to twist his mind and his memories and alter them as if they could so easily be changed...!

Luke.

He told LukeHe told Luke the one thing he had wanted so desperately to keep hidden from him: his own death. There had been no reason for Luke to know. Knowing would have only

[cakeblocked]

[Luke heard that noise, and his first instinct was to whirl around and let his hand over near the hilt of his sword. Someone followed him, who...

... Ion.

Luke freezes in his place and stares at Ion with wide eyes. This... person who he looks up to, who was practically his first friend... was going to die in his future. Very soon in the future, too, if his guess was correct. And Ion remembered telling him, too...

The hand over his sword trembles just slightly, and it's only upon realizing that that Luke grips his hand into a fist and brings it back down to his side, and he brings his head down sharply to stare down at the ground. Out of all the people...]

Ion...

[... And Luke has no idea just how ridiculous his "camping site" looks. A bag with some fruit and cans of food lays near the springs, his book on hyperresonace lays near his shelter... Which, by the way, is only a tree. A large tree with dense branches, but a tree nonetheless. And under that tree is... a mattress. The mattress that he pulled from his bed. He

[soreplaceable]

[As much as Ion had been trying to track down Luke today and as much time as he had to think about what he would say when he finally found Luke, now that he was standing here in front of him, his mind was blank. What should he say to him? What could he say to him?]

[When Luke's eyes fall to the ground, Ion takes a hesitant step towards him. No. He couldn't be the uncertain one here. He needed to be strong... for Luke's sake. He could do this.]

...I'm sorry. I know you probably didn't want anyone to follow you... [Why else would he leave so late in the day?] But I need to speak with you, Luke.

[cakeblocked]

[Luke does not look up at Ion; in fact, one foot takes a small, discrete little movement backwards. No, no, he doesn't want to talk, he just - he wants to be left alone. Ion - Ion was going to die and he -

He was acting like a damned coward.

Luke steels himself upon hearing that little thought in his head, and he shuts his eyes and takes in a breath. Still, he does not look at Ion. But at least there's no attempt to get away.]

... All right.