only reason I made this post was so I could abuse this icon 8]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Yuusei's been awake for a long time. He always did seem to have that habit of staying up as long as he could (frankly, all Yuuseis seem to have that habit).  So it isn't unusual for him to suddenly drop asleep at the work-desk, isn't unusual for his brother to let out an irritated sigh and carry his brother off to the makeshift bed they shared...and it certainly isn't unusual for his brother to stay by him, completely awake and doing nothing whatsoever.

Ryuusei hates these hours, when his little brother's sheer willpower can't sustain him anymore and he goes into a deep sleep, because now he's too tired to do anything, and Ryuu can't do anything without draining his brother's body any further. So he sits and does nothing, brother sleeping next to him, head in his lap as cold fingers idly thread through the black and yellow locks. It's a time of monotony and boredom.

He hates to admit it, but it's also a time of doubt...and of truth. Because without his brother's active assistance in helping to restrain himself, without his living personification of a conscience...it's far too easy to slip into his normal self, far too easy to let Mallki's influence seep through and make him realize the core components of himself: hatred, anger, all those things that his little brother didn't want to and shouldn't have to feel...all those things that made his brother and any other human less than perfect. And it, on some level, disgusts him (because everything disgusts him, even himself, even his perfect little brother for being so perfect) how easily it is to admit to himself that he would embrace those aspects of himself in an instant, disavowing everything, even the one "person" he could claim to care for, if it only meant he would exist longer.

Stupid goddamn weed...


Care to talk to Ryuu? At this point he'd almost welcome the distraction...he might even be a little more truthful than usual.

Maybe.]

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[sk8ertenor.livejournal.com]

[Somewhere off in the shadows, a tiny tenor is watching you sleep. Sneaking, observing, gathering as much information as he can with his scanner.]

/amused forever

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Well, it's not like there's much to see. He might be amused to see how intimate those two seem to be, what with Yuusei's head in Ryuusei's lap and Ryuu's fingers threaded in Yuusei's hair. Or he might be intrigued at how subdued Ryuu almost seems compared to his acrid manner before.]

<3

[sk8ertenor.livejournal.com]

[If it is all possible for kid on rollerblades to sneak around (which it probably isn't), he will be trying to do this now. Realizing how far he can't get without knocking something over, he decides to teleport to a platform above their heads. He can sense that Yuu is asleep. But that other Yuusei... Why is he still awake? With Yuu's emotions stable and out of the way, Ryuu is clear as crystal. And what is this faint hint of anger in his emotions? Even still, he's being quite affectionate toward Yuusei. Curiouser and curiouser.

He lets out a light chuckle, no longer bothering to hide is presence.]

<3

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[And that causes Ryuu to irritably snap his head up from his brother, scowling.]

Alright, who is it?!

[sk8ertenor.livejournal.com]

[The chuckle breaks into full-on laughter.]

You don't remember me? I feel so hurt...

[Luciano jumps down right in front of him.]

godmod with permission

[robotshrimp.livejournal.com]

[In bedroom, lurking and making himself unknown, a robotic duplicate is giving off the feeling of being watched. He's scanning the depths of your mind and heart, Ryuusei, to see if anything valuable can be found. He knows already you are just an alternate from another timeline. Now to see what needs to be corrected from your timeline]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Ryuu can't help but be on edge, especially now that he doesn't have his little brother monitoring him. Robosei will likely see all the darkness, all the negative things in his heart...all the things that should have driven his organic double mad but didn't. The betrayals, near-deaths, everything.]

[robotshrimp.livejournal.com]

[Ooh, very very interesting! Even further evidence of a failed timeline. How about we look into the creation between the split of both of them?]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Well, that would be interesting indeed. How about seeing two of Momentum's creations fighting over a dying unborn soul like disagreeable children?]

[thatdamnweed.livejournal.com]

[Vinebuki isn't exactly sneaking around, but he is a lot more quiet than the average Fubuki, and he's not announcing his presence, so Ryuu could be forgiven for thinking that. He might notice that, oddly enough, small plants seem to be growing up from the corner of the room at an actual visible speed.]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Ryuu soon espies those plants...and growls. He doesn't like seeing plants grow abnormally that way, he already has to deal with his own personal hellplant, and seeing them grow is only reminding him of that.]

What the...

[thatdamnweed.livejournal.com]

[And, apparently appearing from nowhere, Vinebuki pops his head up out of the plants, then notices Ryuu and freezes. Cue an awkward wave.] Um. Hi?

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Not pleased, he is. Not pleased at all.]

Who are you and what the hell are you doing in our home?!

[boatlights.livejournal.com]

[There's a Judai sneaking around the subway. He's sneaking because he's on an adventure...or at least in search of one. Forgive his creepy glowing green and orange eyes, he's using them for a makeshift flashlight.]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Ryuusei only growls at the sudden appearance of oddly colored eyes in their corner of the subways. What is this.]

[boatlights.livejournal.com]

Yubel did you hear something?

[Talking out loud to creatures in your head will earn you serious points with the ladies there, Judai.]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

I know I heard something. >|

[It's earning major annoyance points from Ryuu, that's for sure.]

[stardustg2ma288]

[He hasn't been in the tunnels in a long time, but for some reason he's drawn down there now. He remembers the way to the twins' hideout; he could find his way in total darkness. So Chimera emerges into their living space, listening for the sound of their voices. It's quiet, but he can feel how Yuusei's presence is muted somewhat, in what he recognizes as sleep. He almost hates to risk disturbing them, but... he wants to talk to Ryuu if he can.]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[There isn't much in the sense of voices, at least, but there is the sound of breathing-heavy, monotonous, deep...and in Ryuu's case, forced, halted, sometimes even nonexistent. He doesn't really pay attention to much, but when he hears something come into their living space, he bristles, even if he isn't able to quite see who it is from their little ticket-booth-turned-bedroom.]

[stardustg2ma288]

[Chimera can hear that faint sound, the slight shift as Ryuu tenses, feel the quiver of anger that he knows as characteristic of the dark twin. He pauses by the booth, peering inside.]

... Ryuusei, it's me. Chimera.

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[And at first, Ryuusei goes into a fit of swearing, one for being startled for nothing, two for there being a slew of visitors today during the time when his brother really needed to fucking sleep, and three, because it's this damn double again. But he can't exactly turn down this one. His brother had openly invited him to come whenever he needed to talk.

Well. This is a fine pickle. He grumbles a little.]

...Get over here, then.

[1andthesame.livejournal.com]

[And suddenly, without warning...like a candle lighting up...he appears.

Wait. The island?]

Aa-!

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

[Oh. Oh. Guess who isn't happy about this sudden intrusion.]

You-?!

[1andthesame.livejournal.com]

Ryuusei...

[Shit.]

[1andnotthesame.livejournal.com]

What the hell are you doing here?!