When You Made Wishes: start! (player plot)

[deuteranope]

Imagine Wist's surprise when April rolled around and their plan for a great prank was foiled on account of all those students just...leaving??? Truly, they have become the April fool... It's what they wanted, of course -- for the pitiful humans to find freedom -- and sure there are some stragglers around, but...in the end, they decide to take the win and enjoy a short break of their own. Good thing, too, or they might have pulled out all their hair in frustration when Spring Break comes to an end and the swarm of students and faculty willingly return to their prison.

While settling back into the academy and resigning themselves to a routine, the people of Daybreak will be soothed by a gentle tune rising up from the forest. It isn't a song they've heard before, and yet, somehow...it's nostalgic, isn't it? The soft notes of the pan flute stir up something in their hearts, tugging at old memories and drawing forth a feeling of dissatisfaction and longing out from under them. Let the song lull them into taking a moment to withdraw from the hustle and bustle -- hey, turns out they sort of need it. Maybe they're coming down with a cold, or just some quick little bug...
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>> user M3G4M4G1CH4XX posted on April 6th, 2019:
Why did you come back? You don't have to live like this.

Weren't things better back then? Try to remember what it used to be like.
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The odd message from an iris account that doesn't exist isn't up for long before the spell kicks into the next phase. However they manifest and from when differs from person to person, but those affected will all have the bizarre experience of watching some ghost of themselves from their past be born from their soul's memory. Don't think there are those that can escape this fate just by returning at a later time, either -- Wist can keep up this panpipe nonsense all day, every day if they have to. If that what it takes to get their point across...

Good luck trying to comprehend whatever point that may be, because now Daybreak is the new home to a bunch of familiar-looking rugrats and has to contend with whatever complications they may bring along with them.
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[For more information on this plot, please see this ooc infopost!]

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[sleepybitch]

[Oh, it would probably be way easier. Noctis does manage to get up on his feet, even though his face crumples with the pain.

But he's fine! He can do this!]

O-okay!

[...Now what do they do.]

[deuteranope]

[Dunno about Noctis, but Ricky's gonna Fret. If just standing is really so painful... Hnn. Well, he can stay close and keep one arm warily hovering around the other's back. He knows the way to the ugly gold cross, though, so his other hand points out and insistently bounces. Sorry, but they need to go this way...]

[sleepybitch]

[It's fine!! He's fine. He's going to put on a brave face, and nod in understanding. They have to go that way, so...

He takes a hesitant step, and then another. So far, so good?]

[deuteranope]

[So far, so good... But then, that's sort of the thing with that phrase, isn't it? It's slow goings, of course, and Ricky is willing to stop or support Noctis whenever he needs it, but eventually he's going to get the other boy to the infirmary, dangit. They should have a place he can sit, and even if no one was there to help, he's gotten Ramona's medicine for her when she saw things that made her head hurt enough that he's confident he can find it by himself. He's got this.]

[sleepybitch]

[It's very slow goings. Noctis isn't very good at walking - he can manage it, but only just. He feels awful that he can't go faster, that he can't make things go away, that he's so weak... But he keeps all of that to himself, because he doesn't know how to say that.

And...and it'll be fine. They're going somewhere and he's getting help, so it's...fine.

Once they get to the infirmary, he's going to immediately collapse into a chair.]

Th-thank you...

[He sniffs, but only once.]

[deuteranope]

[Ricky's stomach churns unhappily, but there's pride in being thanked, too. The two feelings balance each other out, and he just nods in response. With Noctis safely settled down, it's time for him to start raiding drawers and cabinets. Most things within his reach...aren't that useful... He's not as talented a climber as he'll be in another six years, but there's enough around to make this an easy enough task. Let's see, where do daemon doctors keep their extra strength tylenol?]

[sleepybitch]

[In a drawer labelled "human cures", obviously.

Which isn't actually a joke. There's a drawer in the clinic labelled "Humans" in messy handwriting, and inside is mostly pain medicine and cold medicine.

Pick Noct's poison, Ricky.]

[deuteranope]

[...Thanks, he hates it. Especially now that he tries to pulls the drawer out as far as it'll allow, stumbling back when it catches, and he's reduced to Plan B for making sure he's doing the right thing. After ensuring that the other will be able to see him, Ricky knocks on a neighboring drawer to call attention over. This is important. He points to the label, himself, the label again, then back up at Noct. Human????]

[sleepybitch]

[What are you expecting?

Noctis turns to look at him, before looking at the drawer.]

I- yeah - I'm human.

[That's the question that's being asked, right?]

[deuteranope]

[He nods, but it's more to himself than in response to the confirmation. That's...good. His hands are already quaking a little and his sight feels kind of foggy... Rick scrubs the heel of his palm into his eye like that's going to help clear it before he goes back to digging through the supplies. He mouths out the words soundlessly... Most of them aren't familiar to him, so his anxiety rises the longer his search goes on, but -- there. This one has the right series of letters for that word he can't say. He brings one pill over, and -- oh. How is he gonna take it. Umm. Any juice around for diabetic patients that he might have seen?]

[sleepybitch]

[There's a mini-fridge in the infirmary - both for medicine and beverage storage! Always convenient to have. There are also what appear to be cookies in there, for some inexplicable reason.]

[deuteranope]

[Well, just because he doesn't like cookies doesn't mean that some other kid won't enjoy it, so he grabs one of those when he gets the juice, too, and offers both up to Noctis. Here... Feel better!!]

[sleepybitch]

[He has been given a gift...!]

Thank you...

[He's never taken pills before. Healing in Insomnia was so different, but he thinks he just?? Swallows it??

He makes a face, but the juice does help.]

[deuteranope]

[Good thing he didn't chew it, he'd really make a face, then. Ricky find himself a spot where he can sit, legs lightly kicking back and forth as he lets them dangle. Then he stops because oh, that might be insensitive, when Noctis clearly can't use his legs so good. Hmm, he knows there...are things you can use, when you're like that. He's even been in one before, even if he's never had much trouble with his legs. They'd just wanted him to sit there while they took him from room to room. Hm. Well. He has time. He knows it takes a while for medicine to work right, so...he'll wait. He can't very well leave Noctis like this, can he?]

[sleepybitch]

[Sometimes, instinct wins out and keeps you from making a big mistake.

Noctis nibbles on the cookie for a moment, slowly relaxing. He still has no idea where he is or what's going on, but...It seems safe. This kid isn't a threat to him - he's helped him!

Noctis just wishes he could return the favor.]

Um...

[He hesitates, before lowering his hand slowly.]

You don't know who I am, right?

[deuteranope]

[He looks up expectantly when Noctis finally speaks again, taking it as a good sign but wanting to be super alert just in case it wasn't. Seems like things are still going good, though, even if that's kind of a weird question. He really doesn't think he's ever met this kid before, so... Nope. Ricky shakes his head.]

[sleepybitch]

[The kid could be lying, but...he's pretty sure this isn't, like, some conspiracy, so he just nods instead.]

Well, I'm Noctis!

[...He'd ask who the kid is but he's got the feeling he won't get an answer.]

[deuteranope]

[He stares some more, wondering if that's supposed to mean anything, but whether or not it did doesn't really matter. He just nods to acknowledge it...and...waves? Hello, Noctis. His eyes shift down again, to the other boy's legs. He doesn't really want to ask -- not that he can in the traditional sense -- but...he is curious. Mm.]

[sleepybitch]

[He waves back. Hello, stranger.

And then he follows the gaze of the other boy, and he...hesitates...

But, he supposes, there's no harm in telling him what happened.]

...There was an attack by some daemons.

["Some". It was just the one, really.]

[deuteranope]

["Some" or "one" doesn't matter -- either way, Ricky lets out a gasp. That's so scary! And dangerous... No wonder he needed help, it was lucky he was alive at all. Monsters like that... They're the worst.]

[sleepybitch]

But it's okay! [He says it quickly, to reassure the boy.] My dad took care of it. They're not going to be hurting anyone else.

[His dad is pretty amazing that way.]

[deuteranope]

[Hnnngh, to good news, but he's still gonna fret. It sucks that someone was hurt at all. Dads, though... He knows he had one, once, but it's still sort of a complete mystery to him. What are dads like? Noctis's sounds strong. How...does he convey this next question... He reaches his arms above himself, as high up as they'll go like he's making himself bigger, then pats at his legs. Good luck.]

[sleepybitch]

[Uhhhh.

Hm.

This is a conundrum.]

Do you...want to know what my dad is like?

[deuteranope]

[Hey, pretty close. Close enough that he won't discourage it with a shake of his head, instead giving a bouncy nod and meekly folding his hands in his lap to wait. Tell him about sir dad man!! He might even be able to find the answer about whether he's doing okay from this.]

[sleepybitch]

Well, he's the king, so he's really busy all the time...

[Noctis frowns, putting his hands in his lap.]

But sometimes we get to go on fishing trips and it's really fun!