melodiesoflife | Event || Cluedo

Event || Cluedo

Characters: Investigators and their witnesses.
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: 15th June - 30th June.
Summary: Catch-all log for the Cluedo Event. If you would like to pursue investigations and play out the fall-out of the Cluedo events, this is the post for you. Please refer to the second OOC Post for the setting and what there is to be played. Another Log will be posted at a later date to play the murders.
Warning: Investigation and murders.

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Raven would admit it was a sad sight when the redhead no longer dwelled within their walls. He hadn't got the chance to actually bond with the kid, but now he was starting to think maybe it was a good thing. So Raven wasn't all that impacted once the room became more spacious. The full extent of her "absence" would likely never be known to anyone other than Raven, but just was the life Raven chose to live.

The archer was partially glad she even bothered to humor him, something even he could bring himself to retort to. "Would ya prefer it if I did?" In all seriousness, he would have done that and more. It was a wake up call and one he didn't take casually, the reality still clasped him tightly. The fact of the matter was, he wasn't there for her when she needed him most, and he wasn't about to ask for forgiveness. Raven wasn't quite sure what to do. Shower her with affection? Then he would come off superficial. Pretend like it never bothered him? Then he would strike insincere. Of the hours he spent mulling over the thoughts, he had no resolve to show for it.

Subtly, his arm extended toward her, but he was careful not to break her barrier should she have one. It was a mere offering for her to respond to should she choose to acknowledge his engagement. An otherwise expressive gesture was painfully reserved.

Rukia, having personal boundaries? Perish the thought. "No. It sounds messy, don't you think?" Her grin softened into a fond smile, and she lifted her own hand to press her palm to his, fingers sliding forward to lace neatly together. Had their situations been reversed, she knew she would have been deeply wounded. Even remembering that projected future still left a tiny ache in her heart.

But those were her feelings. She couldn't really begin to guess how Raven felt about it. Death was temporary in this place, so for all she knew, he just twiddled his thumbs and slept in when she wasn't around to brew coffee or prod him awake for breakfast.

"So! What did I miss?" she asked, deciding to keep up the light-hearted mood just in case he really hadn't been all that affected.

Outwardly, she accepted his gesture, and it made him feel slightly better. Raven was touched she even gave him the time of day, but then some how he was blessed with rather forgiving people. Despite the fact that he was still ignorant of whether she was being forgiving or simply just generous. No matter the intention, he at the very least, was certain of one thing. That Rukia understood she meant something to him. Someone important. Sure, she was likely to revive, but there was always that chance she would remain in the crystal forever like so many before her.

Once her hand was firmly held by his, Raven pulled her into a hug. His arm curled around her back as his hand gently cupped the back of her head. He hadn't bothered to humor her back or even give a reply. All he did was silently hug her, perhaps more solemn than he intended. Raven's hand still gripped around hers, and he had no intentions of loosening it, not any time soon. The archer wanted to apologize, he wanted to do and tell her so many things. However, this was all he could manage.

There was a quiet grunt of surprise as Rukia stumbled forward. But as soon as she felt his fingers tangle in her hair at the back of her head, everything became far more clear to her. Maybe she could guess at his feelings after all. They probably weren't all that dissimilar from hers.

Her small shoulders relaxed, and she closed her eyes. Being held felt good. He'd missed her after all, perhaps far more than she ever anticipated, and that was oddly reassuring. He cared. There had been plenty of evidence to suggest this when he'd willingly risked exposing himself to her illness just to take care of her, but this capped it off and erased any doubts she might have still carried.

"I'm all right," she promised. "I didn't suffer. You do not need to worry." Rukia smiled, resting her other hand against his chest just next to his Blastia core. "As long as my soul dwells in this world, I will always return to you."

Raven kept a gentle hold on her, but one strong enough to support her. The archer was convinced that he had surrounded himself with too kind of people, and this was all the more proof of that. Contrasting much of Alexiel who would sooner discard whatever means in order to achieve the end. It was so much different than that, but Raven still had the capacity to understand that. He wasn't much different in his youth, after all.

Raven rubbed the back of her back briefly. It was reassuring to know that her end was painful, but it still didn't ease the guilt. Perhaps nothing would, or maybe he would eventually make it up to himself in the future. If there was a future.

His chin rested affectionately upon her head as he kept hold of her. Eventually she would be freed, but until then Rukia was very much captive within his hug. "Things were a little quiet without ya." Even with Yuri, Rukia managed a spot in his life that felt empty when she wasn't around. Raven didn't fully recognize it until she was actually gone. No one except Raven would know just how much impact that had, but if he at least communicated this much to her then he could begin to find a resolve.

Her natural reaction would have been to tease him. 'Wouldn't that mean you got some rest for a change?' 'Are you saying I'm loud?' She could have made any number of remarks to lighten the mood. But it seemed cheap somehow, and irreverent. It also might make it difficult for him to truly and sincerely express himself in the future if she made light of him now.

"My apologies," she decided instead, smiling softly as she closed her eyes and circled his middle with both of her arms. "I won't let it happen again."

He felt so warm. She hadn't even realized how much she'd missed this, despite being ignorant of the passing of time. It felt as if it had been ages since she remembered the strength of his embrace, or the scent of his musk. Perhaps they could stay like this a while longer, for she had no objections to being his prisoner for as long as he wished to keep her as his own.

He took her word with a grain of salt. While she had the best of intentions, Raven was sure, there was no such promise. There never was. Rukia might not have understood the severity of mortality as a shinigami, but she was still growing here.

The hug lasted for quite sometime before he forfeited his hold. The arched unlatched slowly, and he gently wedged space between them. Though his hand rested comfortably on her head for a longer duration. A part of him that didn't want to give her up. Raven so desperately wanted to make up for his selfishness that he subjected her to for the past month, and yet he had no idea how to. Eventually, maybe, perhaps, one day that would happen.

"The rest of the house is waitin fer ya."

After all, it was a rather tight knit home. With how they all had bonded...for the most part.

Rukia smiled, a soft brief chuckle in her throat as she looked up at him, then she shook her head. "Yuri was waiting for me to wake up. Selphie came to visit while I waited for interrogation at the hospital. And here you are." With Ichigo encased in crystal himself, that left only one more member of the household who hadn't seen her yet.

"Flynn can wait," she said, her smile stretching into a mischievous grin. "I'd rather make up some lost time with you. Come." She loosened her hold, fingers catching his hand as she gave his arm a light tug. "Let's walk about the city. Perhaps we can visit that bakery you favor, and stop by the Temple of Fire." It's where they'd gone on their first date. That moment they'd shared would not be easily forgotten. Sometimes she thought she could still feel the warmth of the crystal under her palm, and the warmth of his hand laid over hers as he granted her the experience of comforting memories of her home and friends.

"Surely you must have some tales to tell yourself," she added. "It's been quite some time since we last met. How have you passed that time?" Had he set out on any more secret missions? Perhaps he'd managed to spy on one of their enemies.

Raven took her hand in his as they shifted into a casual stroll. He remember those locations because he took her there. But then Raven had a knack for remember certain things, and while that was simply the auction date the fact that she chose to reminisce it meant it must have meant something to her. For that, Raven was glad, considering that was one of the dates he winged. The archer gave a brief chuckle. "That sounds like a good idea." He admitted.

As for the stories. Well he felt like she was making them out to be more than they were, and maybe it was. Raven had the tendency to think less of it, however, no matter how noble the cause. Unless he was fabricating a front, that is. "I'm not some protagonist from a story." He protested in that playful tone he tended to use for moments like these.

"I'm not certain that's a relevant answer," Rukia grinned right back at him. "If you've done nothing more than sleep and eat all this time, you may as well confess it now. We have too many housemates to serve as witnesses, they'll testify against you."

But not Ichigo, unfortunately. Losing him to crystal stasis had not been easy, but perhaps it was for the best. He was having a difficult time adjusting to this place, and his homesickness had been overwhelming more often than not. It meant that Rukia was the sole presence from their world now, and couldn't afford to make any foolish sacrifices without severe repercussions.

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