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I dare say that I can make this at camp.
*Strikes troughs are things he won't be able to respond to, he's canonically blind! Will update if things happen in-game.
*Braille unlocked on his phone, Tony Stark unlocked it for him IC-ly. Ignis may be a bit slow at first at responding, but once he picks it up better he'll respond quicker. Ignis can text people now!
backdated to the 31 or the 1st!
Date: 2021-01-06 03:56 (UTC)From:By now, Pyra has fully recovered her energy. No wounds appear on her, and her crystal shines as usual. Not that the only other person in the kitchen with her might notice, given the state of his eyesight-- or lack thereof. ]
Oh, how about a pinch of salt? It would help balance out the sweetness and...
[ She pauses, looking towards the other man, and then-- noticing something-- she quickly moves beside him, abandoning her station of coco, powdered sugar, and cinnamon, to reach for his arm. She doesn't take it or move it, but merely support it.
Because for a moment there, it seemed he had been about to collapse. Perhaps that had just been a moment of her imagination. But now that she gets a closer look at him...
...How had she not noticed how weary he was until now? ] Ignis...
1st, sometime after his inbox thread with Noctis
Date: 2021-01-06 04:11 (UTC)From:He'd been worried sick though, and he's still worried about Prompto and his illness. Despite Pyra helping around the kitchen and with both of them taking care of their family members, Ignis had been pushing himself a bit harder to take care of the pair.
He's exhausting himself and he knows it, but he can't just sit still idly while two people that he loves are bedridden like that.
While Pyra is making sweets, he'd been making the meal for them. He'd been doing fine until a dizzy spell hit him for a moment, causing him to grasp at the counter for a split second.
He feels Pyra at his side almost right after that and a hand on his arm. ]
I'm alright. [ He straightens himself back up, but another wave hits him hard, causing him to stumble a bit.
Okay, so, maybe he's not alright. He can't help it though, Noctis and Prompto need him.
.... Not if he's about ready to collapse. ]
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Date: 2021-01-06 04:30 (UTC)From:Subtly, her hand slides down to his wrist, feeling for his pulse, eyes widening as she palpates a heartrate that is thready, weak. He is... definitely not fine.
She turns her head to look up at Ignis as he murmurs that he is alright, and then-- ]
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Date: 2021-01-06 04:31 (UTC)From:So what does she do but smile softly anyways, the gentleness reflected in her tone, as she adjusts how she holds him, supporting him better. ]
Really, Ignis. I think it's about time someone cared for you.
[ There's some bit of finality in her tone, as if their activity of cooking will stop for now to attend to him. ]
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Date: 2021-01-06 05:33 (UTC)From:Why does he get the feeling that he's in trouble here with that tone in her voice?
Really, he's fine--
-- he stumbles yet again and falls back onto her, letting out a surprised sound. ]
... You win.
[ He exhales a breath. ]
I suppose I have been pushing myself a bit too hard.
[ He reaches out to the counter to try to get his weight off her. He's quite shaky as he does so though. ]
I'm terribly sorry, Pyra. I do forget to take care of myself sometimes, especially when the ones that I love are hurt or sick. [ He knows himself better than that. ]
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Date: 2021-01-06 06:02 (UTC)From:It helps, though, that she doesn't tire easily. ] Ah-- steady, steady... Let's me just-- [ And without another word, she'll pick him up, cradling him with one arm beneath his knees and the other beneath his shoulders. ]
There we go.
[ With that, she begins to walk with him out of the kitchen.
........This is a benefit of him knowing that she's not human, for someone of her stature would not have been able to do so. Had she had kept her status a secret, she would have found some other means to support him. But now that he knows, all bets are off: she'll be using her full strength to carry and support him. ] And don't worry, it happens to the best of people.
[ She turns her head, looking down at him. ] Meaning, you're one of the best of people.
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Date: 2021-01-06 21:24 (UTC)From:Pyra?! [ Have a startled and confused noise as he's picked up by her.
She's strong, he realizes, if she can pick him up easily like this. He feels awful that she's doing it though, he'd exhausted himself and it's his fault.
He gets an arm around her shoulders, supporting himself in her arms.
Then she goes and says that -- it gets him to blush a bit. How Noctis can survive being in a relationship with her is lost on him, but he is starting to see why he loves her so much. She's been nothing but full of compliments at him lately.
Despite the rough state he's in, he gives a little smile. ]
... Thank you. [ It means a lot coming from her. He'll have to get used to comments like this from her, he supposes, if she's family now. ]
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Date: 2021-01-06 21:48 (UTC)From:Her brow lifts furrows with sympathy. He really does look tired... And it's difficult not to linger upon his scars about his eyes. He's given so much, and as a human, what scars he has doesn't fade. All of hers do, and with her energy recovered, she doesn't tire. Obviously, she should be pulling more weight.
In a warm tone she hopes to be reassuring. ] Don't worry about dinner, okay? Or other chores. For the rest of the day. I'll take care of it.
[ She reaches for his hand, giving it a squeeze. ] You've really been working hard.
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Date: 2021-01-07 01:47 (UTC)From:When he gets set down on the bed, he shifts a little bit to get the blankets pulled back - he has the feeling here that there's no room for arguments.
He squeezes her hand back, grateful that she noticed him about to drop. Ignis needs to be more mindful of that going forward. ]
Thank you.
[ He smiles a little as his head hits the pillow, he's so tired. ]
I'm terribly sorry about the trouble.
[ He exhales a breath, thankful for his family members. Pyra's going to be on double duty with him out for the rest of the day. ]
Don't push yourself too much, we don't need you dropping next.
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Date: 2021-01-07 02:42 (UTC)From:At his words, she frowns, briefly. Not at him, but at the thought that... he still wishes to help. He's apologizing, as if it's troublesome to help him When that's not the case at all. So she replies, insisting with a small, smile: ] Family, remember? You're not a burden, and...
[ Pyra pauses, then continues. ]
I'm not human. [ There. She said it. She said something she hasn't said to anyone besides Noctis (even if others might have already figured it out). She waits a moment, clearing her head, and then speaks up again, making her tone as reassuring as possible: ] So I got lots of energy to spare. [ Handling all three of them at once shouldn't be a problem, not when her energy is regained.
Again, that "unfair" thought resurfaces. It's unfair to humans in general that they lack the power to care for others when they become weary themselves. Ignis probably wants noting more to be back up on his own too feet; his heart, his love is only limited by the physical body he has. ]
Just how much sleep did you get last night, anyway? I'd say you're overdue.
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Date: 2021-01-07 03:34 (UTC)From:A lump appears in the back of his throat and he finds himself squeezing her hand tighter at those words.
After he'd became blind, he'd been struggling to not feel that way, he didn't want to be a burden and he still doesn't. Which is why he feels awful that Pyra had to carry him to bed like this, but she doesn't fault him for it.
He can't fight like he'd used to anymore and Gladio had rubbed salt in that wound when he wanted to leave Ignis behind. But Prompto had defended Ignis then, claiming that it should be his choice to stay with them or not. Ignis had vowed to step down if he'd slowed them down at all, but thankfully it didn't come to that.
With every stumble he took back then, he'd felt Prompto's presence at his side, which is something that he's grateful for now, otherwise he would've taken quite the few tumbles down those hills that they were walking on. He never pushed Prompto away, just quietly accepted his help, even if he didn't ask for it.
Noctis had reminded him that he's not useless and what he's capable of. He needed to hear that, desperately, that he wasn't a burden to his family. Then he rescued Prompto out from the bitter cold, it gave him a fright to find him out there like that, but it gave him a few things to think about. That he can help his family members, that he's capable of rescuing the ones that he loves. He wants to help, to find his footing in feeling useful again. He'd just comforted Noctis a few hours ago, that was a rough talk, but one that they both needed to have.
He's not a burden and he's trying to remind himself that he can do things for others.
Look at him now, he pushed himself to his limits cause he wanted to keep taking care of Noctis and Prompto. He'd never think of them as a burden to him, no, never. He does these things for them cause they're family to him.
Family.
Pyra's family now and she's watching his back. That's... not a burden thing to do either, she helped him cause she cares about him. ]
Pyra... you dumped a bucket of ice on my head, thank you for reminding that, [ small pause ] I'm not a burden. You're absolutely right, we're family and we take care of each other.
[ She's not human. ]
I suspected as much when you mentioned that you dived deep into Noctis' soul, no human could do that. I still don't understand how you saved him, but you did.
[ At the last question, he falters a bit, taking a moment to think about the last time he's slept. He'd been napping here and there, but.... ]
... Three or four hours? Noct and Prompto can tell you that I'm usually the last one to bed and the first one up in the morning. [ Such as the power of Ebony and his way to make sure that breakfast was ready to go for them back when they were on the road. He usually gets a little more sleep than that though, he'd been too worried to get a full nights sleep. ]
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Date: 2021-01-08 00:49 (UTC)From:Sometimes I do wonder, Ignis, [ She leans forward, placing her free hand to his forehead, as if she could feel for a fever. He had seemed pale in the kitchen, but perhaps that had only been a meager blood pressure at work. ] ....how much you've been carrying on your own this entire time.
[ For all of them, actually. Noctis. Prompto. Ignis. (And Gladio, for when she'll meet him eventually.) Others as well-- Regis, Ardyn, Luna... The list goes on. Here he is, exhausted but still wishing to work, only finally allowing someone else to care for him, and apologizing still.
Her hand upon his forehead drifts downward to the side of his face-- fingers placed upon his glasses. ] May I?
[ --Remove them, that is. He won't be needing those to sleep! ]
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Date: 2021-01-09 04:06 (UTC)From:Despite Pyra's presence by him, he jumps a little when he feels her hand on his forehead, but relaxes immediately. He hadn't been expecting that. If she's looking for a fever, it's not there. He's just overworked and exhausted that he doesn't have it in him to fight.
May I?
His breath hitches in his throat when he hears that and her fingers on his glasses. After he'd became blind, he'd asked for darker glasses since his world had become a darker one. He'd preferred his world to be crystal clear, now it's a darker one.
Eyesight's only a matter of time. he recalls telling Prompto once, but he'd been lying. He won't get his eyesight back, not with the price he paid.
He doesn't know how bad his eyes look, he's kept both of them closed. He knows that he has a scar on the left side of his face, but he doesn't know how bad it looks. He'd felt the pain there until it faded.
He nods, quietly giving her his silent permission. Only her and Noctis will get to see him this way, he's self-conscious about it and uncomfortable. But he trusts Pyra to let her see him like this. He hopes that it doesn't startle her.
Once she gets the glasses off:
Besides the grey looking scar on his face, it's stretches on his left eye too, though it's shut. Both eyes remain closed. ]
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Date: 2021-01-09 22:48 (UTC)From:It's a little more dramatic up close and in person with the proverbial veil set away. The scars look like they had hurt whenever it was that he received them, and her fingers dust at his temple, as if she might trace just over the outlines of the markings.
And of course they look like scars one would receive from using the Ring of the Lucii. She knows a price must be paid, not specifically of eyesight, of course, but just of... wear on a person's life. Pain. Damage, hurt. ]
You've given so much, Ignis. [ She retracts her hand, breaking contact, and moves to bring the covers up to him. ] Maybe it's time to be generous to yourself, too.
[ He might need to be reminded later, and that's okay. She'll do the reminding as many times as it takes. ]
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Date: 2021-01-10 07:29 (UTC)From:Thank you... [ Is his quiet reply, Pyra will have to remind him again of what she said!
The grip in Pyra's hand loosens up quite the bit and his breathing slows to that of one falling asleep. He's down and out for a full nights sleep!
Good job, Pyra! ]
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Date: 2021-01-12 02:25 (UTC)From:He must have been crying, earlier... and he hadn't said a thing. He had continued to make dinner.
How had she not noticed before? What had he been crying over? Noctis, no doubt, and the state he is in...
Silently, Pyra turns off the light and exits his bedroom. Shutting the door behind her quietly, she makes to finish preparing the rest of the meal that he had started, hoping that she can cook something even half as comforting to them as Ignis could. ]