key_illusion | [Asgard] IC Contact ♛ (OLD)

There's a lot of things about me I doubt Jade would like to hear. That's why I'm not going to tell her. Honestly? If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Even now I'm barely teaching Euri the basics of the potions for her to help at the apothecary. I trust her and everything, but it's much easier for me to rely on myself.

[Okay but that doesn't explain why you are practically glued to ???'s side today, dude.]

Maybe that's just how we are. [Yes, 'we'.] I may have problems too, but I'd rather achieve something by myself. I'd rather take care of myself on my own too.

Heh, do you think it's a trust issue? I don't like people who care about me getting upset either.

[He pauses then, regarding ??? with a curious look. "We." Was it possible that it really was a similar mindset?]

...and that's why you and I are continually working on research and projects alone, it seems. [???'s just making more progress but that's because Draco gets distracted by being a dramatic asshole.]

I don't trust people easily. My father always said that people can't exactly be trusted anyway.

Ah, right... [Even if he can create some sort of array that will turn him human, he still continues to do research on his own.]

I barely trusted anyone when I first arrived, although you can probably blame Roxas and all my friends now for being a little bit better. But...it's still hard. Even after all the growing I've done.

[He has Euri. Euri would be more than happy to help, he's sure, but he's much happier working alone because he's the only one who knows his actual motivations. But he settles for nodding because he knows ??? will understand exactly that.]

Because of all the things in all the worlds, trust is still one of the scariest things out there. It's essentially handing someone your life and hoping that they won't crush it with their bare hands the moment you blink. I still barely trust people here and I've been 'round for months.

Yeah, that's right. And it's even harder when the one you trusted the most breaks that...

[He is so talking from experience.]

But don't think I got better at this than you. I practically cheated with Roxas since he's the one who showed me the way.

[And Namine too, but he still doesn't like connecting himself to her. For her safety.]

[He just snorts. Considering he's just now realizing how fucked up his life is thanks to his father, who he trusted, he gets it. Really.]

...no offense to you, obviously, but Roxas never really struck me as the brightest person to learn from.

Yeah? Well, when I first found out about you, I really wanted to punch you in the face for bothering him.

[This smile exactly, Draco.]

He's smart when he needs to be, but...he was really naive at the time too. Really naive. Always naive until the bad things hit him. [His gaze is drifting off now, looking a bit wary.]

He had his memories messed with at the time he came to Asgard. It's not his fault.

I think that's a lot of people's first reactions upon meeting me. [Which means his front is working and he's sort of pleased with it. Though he can't help but openly stare when he sees that smile because honestly, ??? doesn't smile often and it's like seeing a double rainbow or something.]

...yeah, I heard about that. I was trying to make a potion to potentially fix that but...you know it's rather pointless now.

[He only genuinely smiles with the right people--

Actually, no. It's still very rare.]

...Why would you want to make a potion to help Roxas? [This time, he looks honestly surprised.] Did Roxas ask you to?

[Because wow. That's a stab in the back.]

No, Roxas didn't have a clue what I was working on. [He's not offering details just yet, if only because he kind of feels weird about all of it still.]

[Okay, okay. No stabs in the back then, but it's like ???'s protective switch has been flipped. There's a definite glare in his gaze.]

If he appears again, I'm going to handle that. Don't mess with Roxas' memories.

[Because they've been messed with enough as is.]

[He just glares right back.] Hey, I didn't proposition me to use it on Roxas, exactly. I was making it for someone else and his name came up.

Nakama or Lea?

[Because those are the only two people he can think of that would want Roxas to receive all his memories back.]

Lea. I never really spoke to Nakama about him.

Good, she was annoying anyways. [Guess he doesn't have to rip into her mind again with Telepathy if she comes back. He still doesn't understand what Roxas saw in her.

But as for Lea, that actually gets a flicker of sadness in his glare.]

He's an idiot, and he should have talked to me first.

I still didn't quite figure out what he was really after, but like I said...I was already making the potion to try and use it on someone else.

Isn't it obvious? [Maybe it isn't, but ??? looks plain tired now.]

Whatever. They're both gone now, so it doesn't matter.

It's obvious, it just seems...[He waves a hand.]

It doesn't. But it gives me more time to perfect the potion itself.

What are you planning for it?

Testing it on me first and foremost...but it's ultimately going to be used to forget the people who have left us here. Of course there's also a potion in creation for putting those memories back should one want to.

Can't say I approve, but I can't stop you from developing it either.

[He's starting to walk out of the alleyway now.]

[He's following.] It's all on the backburner right now. I'm working on some stuff to test on Riku right now, too.

[Oh, that's good news.] Great, I hope some of those burn his throat going down.

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