forum And the Skies Turned Gold (Reboot) // OxO // Closed

Started February 10, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

tune

(Gtg to bed soon)

Davin laughed, smiling a little and shaking his head. "I didn't think you were, but then you handcuffed me while kissing me. What the fuck else was I supposed to think? "Bounty hunter" never occurred to me."

"True," Tohru replied, "I guess that's a reasonable conclusion. But still…"
He chuckled again.
"Not really my speed."

He shrugged. "Hmm. Alright. Good to know." he replied.

Tohru sighed and flipped through his device again.
"How does this place look?" he asked, stopping to show the screen to Davin.

Davin peeked over, and nodded. "Yeah, that looks good." he replied, shooting Tohru a quick smile. "Thanks."

“Yeah, of course,” Tohru replied.
He followed the directions on his device until they came across a district that glowed slightly red with its neon lighting. It was scattered with shops, vendors, and little hole-in-the-wall restaurants.

Davin smiled a little at the sight, and snapped a picture. He had a tendency to do that; just take pictures of places, and squirrel those pictures away. He knew the reason for it; knew why he did it. He did it because he didn't have enough pictures of his own home, and he wanted to remember details. He used what pictures he did have to help him remember, kept a little journal filled with all his homeworld's customs and traditions, the people. The tribes, the clans. Names and titles. Everything he could remember or could find information about.

"You think it's pretty here?" Tohru asked with a smile as he watched Davin take pictures, "It definitely has an odd charm about it. It's definitely a bit different than my hometown."
He scanned the street for the restaurant he had looked up, but was overwhelmed by all the sights. Tohru would have loved to visit everything here eventually, even if just to look.

"Well. It's not exactly pretty, but…i take pictures to help with my memory." he replied with a shrug, putting his device away. "It's just something I do."

"That's fascinating," Tohru replied, "Do you do this everywhere?"
He kept walking up until he found the restaurant.
"Ah, this is the one."

"Yeah." Davin replied. "Mainly because…I don't know. I don't have enough pictures of home, and I can't…it's not like I can just go get more. What I've got are…are what I've got." his eyes flickered slightly, and he rubbed his face. "I don't know. I guess I'm just preserving this in time. So that…so that if it happens again…there will be memories of what it was like."

"Must be difficult. I'm sorry," Tohru said, flashing Davin a look of sympathy, "Well, look… I don't know if you actually want me around, but if you do, I'm here to stay for as long as I possibly can."
He cast a fragile smile.

Davin smiled a bit in return. "It…it'd be nice to have company, yeah." He replied with a soft smile. "So…thanks."

"Of course. It's the least I could do," Tohru replied. He lead Davin into the restaurant, where there was a sign saying to seat yourself.
The dining room was fairly empty at the time. A couple of stray groups sat down, but most of the place was open.
"Where did you want to sit?"

Davin shrugged. "By a window?" He replied, looking over at Tohru. He couldn't handle small spaces very well anymore. This wasn't a small space, but he still preferred to be by a window.

"Yeah, sure," Tohru replied, gesturing towards a table for two in the corner.
Two menus sat on the table, and Tohru sat down and opened one.

Davin sat down, picking up a menu and thumbing through it. He wished he could take his hood off, but…he didn't feel comfortable doing that.

Tohru licked his lips at the thought of food, especially since he smelled just about everything coming from the kitchen.
He looked through the menu, occasionally looking back up, when a waitress came up.
"Hi, how are you two doing? Can I get you started with drinks?"
Tohru nodded and smiled.
"Doing well. Could I get some carbonated water and… um… let's see, you got gin and tonic?"
The waitress nodded and looked to Davin. "And you?"

"Just some water, please." Davin replied with a quick smile. He was starving, but…he just wanted water. No alcohol for now.

The waitress nodded and walked away.
"So uh… how're you holding up? Just overall, I mean. Still sorry about everything…"
He picked up his device to see he had a message and frowned a bit.

Davin shrugged his shoulders slightly. "I'm…I don't know. Fine, most times." he replied. He looked at Tohru, running a hand through his hair.

"If you're not…"
Tohru took in a breath.
"You can- you know you can tell me, right?"
He shakily opened his messages. A message from his employer.
"Fucking hell…"

"I'm okay. It's nothing that I haven't been dealing with for years." he replied, waving a hand. At the curse, he cocked his head. "You alright?"

"Yeah, it's just… they're starting to ask where I am. I think it's probably best I drop off the face of the universe, yeah?" Tohru asked nervously, tapping his fingers on the table, "Whatever, it's fine… Look, it doesn't matter if it's been years, it still sucks, you know?"

He nodded a little bit. "Right. Be careful." he replied with a soft smile. At that, he shook his head. "Yeah, but there isn't anything you can do about it. It's just…it's trauma, it's just fucking ingrained in my head at this point."