[IC] Tributary Continuations

[twicebonded]

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[abardacttofollow]

Me too. I'm a little... [scared?] Confused. Also.

[twicebonded]

I . . .

[clings to him abruptly, hesitating. visibly scared as well, brows creasing.]

[abardacttofollow]

[immediately responding to that, stroking his hair]

...It'll be okay. We're together in the here and now and if I somehow got a few of someone else's memories, or several people's, maybe that's just an interesting thing about myself I get to learn. Maybe I've got Thought-sensing, or some wild talent version of ForeSight, or maybe someone else did and shared some memories with me for some reason. We don't know enough to say yet, right? But here and now, we're fine, and together, and living a normal life anyway.

[twicebonded]

If—[swallows]

If it was me this morning, that caused that. I really hurt someone . . .

[abardacttofollow]

It wouldn't have been intentional. If you had a nightmare and pushed someone away you could hurt them too and that still wouldn't be your fault. A-and I know there's ways to prevent it, right? We can add a note on the message board asking for help learning to... shield? It's called Shielding, right...?

[half to himself at the end there]

That might be the best, so you'd feel... safer with yourself? And maybe they could check, somehow. What was happening with you.

[twicebonded]

Viktor said there were people here that knew about magic. He said—someone in your house, Lark . . .?

[abardacttofollow]

Yes! Lark. I adore her. She'll take great care of you. [squeezes his hand] You're not alone with this. I promise. We'll make sure you aren't afraid of yourself.

[starts leading him toward glass house, then, keeping an eye out for bubbles along the way. He's hoping to show you Option 2 but pick whichever or both.]

[twicebonded]

[Lyric's eyes are just. enormously wide, and he clutches at Stef's hand like a lifeline]

[that's even before he receives that memory—when it does hit him he stops, and lets out a little gasp]

[abardacttofollow]

Oh, damn—are you all right? Was that...?

[twicebonded]

[nods mutely, staring at him, heart racing]

. . .

Clef, that's—that was Tylendel, too. Th—the one having the nightmare. With the twin. It's 'Lendel, isn't it?

[abardacttofollow]

I don't... know for sure. I think it might be, though.

[twicebonded]

[firmly, but breathless]

No, it is. His twin looks like him.

[abardacttofollow]

[nods] I haven't really... seen him from the outside. Which is a bizarre thing to say, trust me on that...! But... in the one you got back also, he was so stressed that his feelings were affecting the weather. It felt... mm. If not the same as this, still like it might be the same person, some years later.

[twicebonded]

He's—someone I knew. But you haven't—remembered knowing him? Just . . . remembering things from . . . his perspective?

[abardacttofollow]

[nods] I've almost remembered nothing of my own life yet.

[deep breath] I didn't think it at first because I had no reason to but I think that incredibly embarrassing awful memory of being broken up with right after sex might have been his as well.

[twicebonded]

. . .

Do you—. . . do you remember . . . memories where you're sure you look like. Yourself? . . . is it possible that you are 'Lendel but your . . . appearance has just changed, or . . .

[abardacttofollow]

No, I do, I remember being in bardic and knowing that it was half because I was shaych and half because I was raised on the streets. Confident in that. I was in reds when introducing that lady to the court as well. And the ages would be... I'm a little younger than you, right?

I don't know why I might... be sharing some of his memories. Obviously he's got the Mage gift, and Mindspeech. I'm currently wondering if... he shared it with me? Or something. But I don't know yet.

[....resumes steering him toward Glass House...]

[twicebonded]

. . . in my memory. I wanted to be a bard, but—I didn't have the Gift. I know that.

But you and I—have been feeling things . . .

[abardacttofollow]

Empathy, I thought... Yeah.

[twicebonded]

. . .

For some reason I've been . . . resisting the idea that I've got. Magic. Or . . . Gifts. Or anything like that.

But it's . . . seeming increasingly . . . likely.

[abardacttofollow]

[mentally calling for Lark as they approach Glass House. He obviously doesn't have MindSpeech but like, it can't hurt right]

I think... it's possible, yes...

[twicebonded]

Havens . . .

—oh!

[suddenly stops, startled]

My name . . .

[abardacttofollow]

[shy] Vanyel, right?

[twicebonded]

[h-his heart skips a beat, cheeks heating up. gazing at him.]

Yes . . .

[patronsaintofliars]

[APPEARING]

Clef! Everything alright?