East Exploration Mingle (CLOSED)

[equinoctials]

characters: Aziraphale, Bucky, Crowley, Hopper, Jason Todd, Kol, Ignis, Kakyoin, M.K., Noctis, Riku
location: East of Beacon
date/time: September 9-12
content: Mingle log for various interactions happening during the expedition to explore east of Beacon.
warnings: Please put warnings in your threads if you need to warn for something!

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[reigniter]

[Ignis nods. That's good. At least something is going according to plans. They have been hiking for what it seems like a day and they still didn't come across anything. He's usually not impatient person, but being enveloped in darkness like this- he doesn't like it. Especially on chilly nights like these.

He gives Riku a careful, assessing look- of his general state. After all, he's been the one that was pushing forward the most.]

Cold?

[Ignis sighs as he finishes off his coffee and leaves the cup on the tree stump.]

Unfortunately, I am too aware of surroundings to sleep. [His eyes narrow at the fire.] Back on Eos, the daemons would spawn in the night, so sleeping in the open is ill-advised. [So his body got used to it.]

[equinoctials]

[ Riku looks over at him, starting to rub his hands together - either reminded that he's cold, or even more likely, deciding it's no longer worth the trouble of pretending he isn't. ]

Just not used to it.

[ He continues to watch Ignis as he finishes his coffee, as he puts the cup down and speaks about why he isn't going to sleep. Riku's gaze drops thoughtfully for a moment, lifting again when he asks: ]

Eos. Is that the name of your world? What are daemons? A kind of monster?

[reigniter]

[Ignis shrugs off the leather jacket he's wearing and hands it over to him- it won't do them good if someone in the group gets sick. Ignis himself is used to chilly or too hot nights. Besides, the shirt he's wearing underneath is thick enough.]

Here. Don't catch a cold. You can return it to me when the air warms up.

[He means 'in the morning' but since it never dawns here, he's not sure how to describe it. So air warming up is as good as he can describe it.]

Yes. [Ignis frowns,] It is hard to describe what are they. They are people infected by the plague of the scourge. They vary in size and strength. They roam during the night, attacking anyone they come across.

[equinoctials]

[ He looks at Ignis like he's again surprised, but this time it's by his generosity. It's not something Riku would have asked for; not about to refuse a kind offer, he accepts the jacket. ]

Thanks.

So this plague of the scourge... makes people into these daemons. Is there any way to return them to their original selves?

[ As he listens to his answer, Riku begins to put one arm through the fitted sleeve of the leather jacket. That effort comes up short when it becomes apparent that the jacket was sized for someone of a leaner, more elegant frame, and... well... Riku's arms are quite a lot bigger.

A shifty glance away from Ignis and he opts to drape the jacket over his shoulders, instead, not wanting to appear ungrateful. ]

[reigniter]

[Ignis isn't that small in the build- sure he's tall and lean, but his shoulders are broad enough and he has muscle on him- that his dress shirts keep covered. He figured it would be a decent fit.

Nevertheless, so long as it helps him in some way, Ignis will be content.]

That is... a bit complicated. [Ignis sighs, rethinking the situation left, back on Eos.] By normal means no, you couldn't cure it. At least we didn't know any means to do it. The scientists attempted to do something but it led nowhere.

There was, however, a prophecy that spoke of "purifying" the World from it. [If what Bahamut told him was the truth. But then those same Astrals killed the one that was supposed to save them all so-] Of course, that is just a myth. [He's not going to rant about religion and Astral's betrayal and bore the guy with it. It scarcely matters right now, here in the afterlife.]