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[afflatuses]

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some random memes options/ideas (but hit me w/ whatever you want!):

✧ random scenario meme!
✧ amnesia
✧ hidden relationship
✧ nursed back to health
✧ memory share
✧ AUs!!
✧ TFLN (link pearl from last night??)
✧ anything really!!

(most of these seem shippy- that's just what's on bs at the time of writing this- but i love platonic, antagonistic, etc. relationships and threads too!!)

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[soulshard]

[ Ardbert had, of course, only been teasing. He knows enough about Ihxi'wo by this point to realize that he would never view his sudden appearance as a disappointment. The two of them have a bond that transcends any other friendship, one that can't truly be put into words, and it allows their interactions to always be effortless.

Thankfully, Ihxi'wo is quick to join the action. Otherwise, Ardbert may have been disappointed. Isn't this something he'd always secretly hoped for, to be able to fight side-by-side with his dear friend? ]

I don't believe it's any of those options, no! [ Are you good, Ihxi'wo asks, and Ardbert hefts his axe in his arms, turning to him briefly as he nods. ] I can't recall the last time I felt this good, in truth.

[ And with that he leaps forward, some sort of energy seeming to propel him up in the air an unnatural distance, until he comes crashing down onto the two remaining witchweeds with a large cleave of his axe-blade.

He believes it makes his point quite succinctly. ]

[afflatuses]

[ the smile that appears on ihxi'wo's face at ardbert's admission of feeling good is buoyed by not only relief but also genuine excitement and joy to see him again. despite the fact that he still has no idea what in menphina's name is going on, here, those words serve to reassure him enough that he actually seems to relax a little-

-despite, you know, still being in a fight.

ever the worrier, he still can't help but truly feel like this is something he could simply think about later. ]

You certainly look good. You're practically glowing with health? [ he tries, before looking somewhat embarrassed at the bad joke. alright, maybe he was too relaxed, now.

ardbert's cleave brings ihxi'wo back to reality once again, eyebrows raising at the distance he moved to do so before raising his own hand and bringing down a flare of draconic energy upon them. fighting without carbuncle was weird... but strangely, not as weird as he might've assumed. it had to be because of ardbert- right? he could still vaguely feel his position on the field the same way he might his smaller companion, still felt as though they were working together- possibly working together more than with carbuncle (sorry, buddy). so really, the strangeness was just how not strange it felt.

huh.

regardless, the combined might of the warriors of light is more than enough to take the witchweeds down. ihxi'wo was really going to have to thank ardbert; he'd made this much faster than usual, after all. but, first...

he carefully closes up his grimoire and steps closer to ardbert, expression suddenly serious... before he holds out his arm, hand shaped in a fist, and waits. ]

[soulshard]

[ These monsters truly didn't stand a chance, and while there's no doubt in Ardbert's mind that Ihxi'wo could have handled them easily enough on his own, he'd like to think that his presence made even quicker work of them. The blast of the summoned spell finishes them off once and for all, allowing Ardbert to turn back to Ihxi'wo as he places his axe on his back.

If Ihxi'wo happens to check, he'll see that there axe blade is no longer stained with dried blood. A marked change.

The outstretched fist, though — that's the same, although in this case it's not Ardbert who initiated it. That alone is enough to bring a bright smile to his face. It's only when he holds his own fist out to complete the bump, however, that he realizes that Ihxi'wo hadn't been exaggerating.

He is glowing. ]

Well. [ Their ritual complete, he lifts both hands in front of him, turning them back and forth to look them over. He's still slightly transparent, but it's different somehow. After a moment, he glances up to meet Ihxi'wo's gaze once more. ] This is something, isn't it? Do you think others might be able to see me now?