( OPEN ) nothing good is truly lost

[eyescar]

WHO: Yuji Itadori (eyescar) & open
WHAT: October arrival and catch all
WHERE: Around the City in various places
WHEN: October
WARNINGS: Yellow tea (hallucinations, violent reactions) in one prompt; possible spoilers for JJK manga (up to chapter 212)

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[cranekin]

(Wrapping his hand around Yuji's, he gives it a reassuring squeeze and begins to lead him over towards the cabinet,)

Then there's nothing to worry about ,right?

[eyescar]

[ The touch of skin against his own makes him twitch, just a little, and he jumps as he turns his head to look behind him. The urge to lash out is there, thrumming, but he's forcing himself - ]

I don't think that's true.

[cranekin]

(Letting out a loud and bright laugh,)

Hah! I was trying to be reassuring!

(Way to call him out. But now in front of the cabinet, that looks well rummaged through (likely, no thanks to the others who have also gone through it), he begins to look through the drawers for a faded, yellow pack.

Finding it, he holds it out to Yuji,)

Medicine.

(But they just look like plain seeds inside.)

[eyescar]

[ Yuji hesitates for a moment, before he leans forward and takes the medicine in his hand. It matches the tea he was drinking, doesn't it...? So there's no reason not to...

He glances back up, expression still tense. ]

If this doesn't work, I... I might attack you. It's getting hard to stop.

[cranekin]

(And he only smiles back in return, perfectly unbothered. )

You're welcome to try. (Casually,) You don't have to hold back with me.

[eyescar]

I probably should.

[ But Yuji takes the medicine, closing his eyes and breathing in and out. He doesn't want to open his eyes, just in case, but the feeling of being watched is prickling away. ]

I don't want to hurt you.

[cranekin]

What a gentle boy.

(Whenever he does decide to open his eyes, Tsurumaru will be standing there-- totally fine, smiling perfectly, as calm as ever.)

Do you still want to try?

[eyescar]

Gentle? Me...?

[ Yuji lifts a hand, rubbing it over his face, then looks over at Tsurumaru again. ]

... Is he gone?

[cranekin]

Just me!

(He raises his head up high and places his hands on hips,)

Why? Are you hoping to find someone else still?

[eyescar]

No, I don't want to see him at all.

[ Unless it's to kill the guy. ]

... Thanks.

[cranekin]

I see.

(Can he boop Yuji on the nose because he's going to try...)

You seem better already, Yuji-kun. I'm glad.

(Ah, but there it is. That tingling feeling in his mind, that stirring impulse to see what will happen if he drinks any of the other teas,)

We should go while we can.

[eyescar]

[ Yuji allows it, just a little... Confused. What's happening. ]

Can people get trapped in these places?

[ He frowns, stepping closer to Tsurumaru. ]

I can help us fight our way out.

[cranekin]

(Oh, what an eager boy. He gets the impression this one is a protector but Tsurumaru Kuninaga doesn't need protecting,)

Anyone can be trapped somewhere if they stay still.

(He knows.)

As much as I'd love to fight... we only have to move.