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Crossing the Divide Pt. 2 [Complete]
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Post by Cole Archer on Apr 12, 2018 8:49:00 GMT
Tsuki kept her attention on the human while she'd come with an answer for her. While it confirmed nothing exactly, it did match up to her theory...It presented more evidence for it then against it--at least. Tsuki would notice the girl's movements, how she looked away when she went to answer, and then had looked up to check on Cole from afar. He was really just standing off in the distance clear across the--albeit small--village, his back to them and his hands in his pockets, watching off into the distance. What was he doing anyways? No matter.
"Thank you for letting me know, I know I shouldn't pry...I just am a bit worried is all. Last time I seen that human, she seemed...different. When she came to my village about a decade ago she was cheerful, friendly, sweet--and her Digimon partner was an interesting soul. Shes who showed me what a Digivice was, it looked like Cole's but with different colors...but...she passed through somewhat recently, a few weeks ago, it was the first time I'd seen her in 9 years...but she was different, she was...I don't know, just something was off. She didn't have her partner with her either, and didn't wanna talk to us, pushing on towards the Village of Beginnings....I fear her partner may have fallen in battle, and wanted to know if Cole might know something about her...but then again he just found out about Digmon and the Digital World didn't he?" the BlackGabumon spoke at length, ending in her question. Her expression had dropped from the cheery smile to a look of concern.
Across the village Cole slowly looked around, seeing what he could see...everything was new to him...this world was new and strange. '...Is this what she kept from me...the Digital World...' he mentally questioned himself. Cole sighed, head dropping as he turned, starting his walk back. It'd take a few minutes before he'd arrive, giving time for Cas to wrap up the conversation with Tsuki. As he finally approached the camp he stopped short, leaning against a tree within earshot with his arms crossed, eyes shutting and head tilted down. He remained quiet.
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Post by Cross on Apr 12, 2018 9:44:54 GMT
"I'm sorry I can't tell you more. I don't really know much about his family or history persay, but you are welcome to ask him about it." Cas murmured having very little she could really add at this point as she let the conversation lapse into silence. Instead she settled on smoothing her hands gently over the two twin digimon as she glanced up to check her laundry where it hung on it's line. She'd need to break her jacket back in again after it got wet, but hopefully it was not too worse for wear from the whole experience.
As Cole approached them she'd toss him a nod in greeting. "Want to grab a bench?" She'd ask with a tilt of her head motioning to the one free one near Tsuki.
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Post by Cole Archer on Apr 12, 2018 10:19:12 GMT
Tsuki didn't say anything more either, dropping the subject for now. Cole had eventually returned, the man's ear burning with the sound of Cas's voice, but he didn't respond, the man remaining learned against the tree. Tsuki frowned at Cole. "Quit bein' a loner butt and join us Cole." she'd say to the man. Still he had no response, standing silently with his arms crossed and eyes shut. "Whats wrong..." Tsuki questioned the tall brown haired man.
Finally his eyes opened, but remained narrowed in frustration. "...We shouldn't be here...If I would've just kept my mouth shut this morning and ignored the damn thing we wouldn't be here...." he said, his hands hidden by his crossed arms gripping into fists. His glance shifted from in front of him to Cas and the twins. "My stupid curiosity got us here and nearly got us killed...and now what...we're to just sit down by the campfire and act like everything is okay? Do we even know how to get back to Shibuya?...This mess is my fault." he said, anger seeming to well up in him the more he spoke--gritting his teeth by the end of it all. His eyes shifted to back in front of him, the man letting out a shaky breath.
"...I put your life in danger...We're still in danger...I couldn't live with myself if...if something happened to you or the Twins cause of me..." he said, tone quieter now, despite not looking at her he was still talking to Cas. Clearly this had been something festering while he took his walk earlier, he'd gotten this feeling earlier and time alone just brought it back to the surface. "...I'm sorry Cas...I wish you'd have just...let me bleed out on the street last night....maybe then you'd be safe." the man finished with, eyes shutting. He shut his eyes to force himself to not shed the tears that ached to come out. Tsuki's ears had gone flat against her head...maybe she shouldn't have asked--but it didn't matter really, Cole felt this way regardless of if Tsuki asked whats wrong or not.
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Post by Cross on Apr 12, 2018 10:49:34 GMT
"Cole I am literally never safe. Your interference in my life has done nothing to change or add to that other then make it a little bit more interesting." Cas spoke her words clipped and no-nonsense as she leveled Cas with a hard start arching a brow at his sudden self-deprecation.
"Sure I was trying to avoid the digital world, but...well this would have happened eventually. I have shite luck and at least I was fortunate enough to not fall head first through a portal alone. I have you and Cloak and Dagger and that makes this whole situation far less scary then if I'd been alone." She explains sighing as she holds Cole's gaze hoping to get her point across as she motions to the other bench.
"So yes you are going to come join us and we're going to sit around this firepit like we're not in constant mortal peril and we're going to talk like civilized people. Because I may not have a fancy digivice, but that doesn't mean I need one to detect how full of absolute shit you raking yourself over the coals over this is." Cas exclaimed arching a brow at the stubborn loner as she let out a snort of amusement at his insistence on appearing 'cool' and 'distant.'
"Now get your ass over here and either let Tsuki fuss over you or go back to the house and get a dry pair of pants. You only changed your shirt and she's going to need to dry your clothes and can't if you're wearing them." The little Doctor ordered.
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Post by Cole Archer on Apr 12, 2018 11:39:42 GMT
Cole remained silent and still as Cas begun on a long list of choice words she had for Cole, still leaned against the tree with his eyes shut and arms crossed. He'd listen to her, but her attempt to dismiss his fault would go no where, the man felt it eating him from the inside out, the guilt that this was his fault. There was likely nothing that could be said that could change his mind on this. Yeah, sure, she's 'safer' with him then without him, but if he wasn't in the picture she wouldn't be here in the first place. Cole had this etched into his mind.
As she went on, one line finally got to him--prompted a reaction out of Cole...but not likely the one she'd want. He'd hear her say 'I may not have a fancy digivice, but that doesn't mean I need one to detect how full of absolute shit you raking yourself over the coals over this is.', his eyes would jut open finally. As she continued with her last bit the man would unfold his arms, hand digging into his pocket and fishing out the Digivice. He turned towards the group--directly facing Cas.
"I don't even want this damn thing! If it means the risk of having your blood on my hands then it can take its destiny bullshit and shove it for all I care!" Cole shouted, suddenly attracting the attention of most of the Digimon village they was in as his voice carried loudly for a distance--causing a small pause and silence of background noise from the village. Cole turned away and pitched the Digivice, lobbing it a good 40 feet before it took a few bounces and propped itself against the roots of a tree. Tsuki stood up from her seat on the bench and approached Cole. "Cole...please calm dow--" "Just leave me alone!" the man snapped back before Tsuki could finish--glaring at her, Tsuki freezing in her tracks and flinching at being yelled at. Cole turned away from them and started walking off again, this time in the direction of the house. "C-Cole...." Tsuki said quietly, sorrow in her voice.
Cole continued on without pause until he reached the front of the house, taking a seat in the doorway of the small home. He leaned back against the doorway and looked up, eyes still filled with anger and frustration...guilt. He shouldn't take it out on everyone else...but the man was clearly becoming more and more unstable as time went on here in the Digital World.
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Post by Cross on Apr 13, 2018 2:50:09 GMT
For a long moment there is silence as Cole walks off. Cas lets her eyes trail to his fallen digivice as she sighs her shoulders sagging with exhaustion at the pressure and stress of the day as she shakes her head. Slowly Cloak unfolds himself from her lap and hops down.
"I'll talk to him." The usually taciturn digimon mumbles as she hops over the the fallen device and after scrunching his nose at it picks it up in his mouth and hops away. Circling around the building to where Cole is sitting he spits the little device out in the man's lap.
"If anyone is to blame for this its my twin and I." Cloak says his voice oddly solemn for such a tiny fluffy creatre as those bright gold eyes of his seem to pin Cole where he sits with his gaze. There's something ancient in their depths, but in a blink of an eye it's gone.
"If she hadn't rescued us. If we could just remember maybe all of this could have been avoided. Maybe Hime wouldn't have gotten caught up in all of this." The Caprimon explains with a sigh as he turns to stair off into the distance the tip of his tail twitching in thought.
"It's not your fault." He murmurs.
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Post by Cole Archer on Apr 13, 2018 4:02:46 GMT
Tsuki came back over to her lone bench and sat down, the Digimon's face remaining upset. She was worried--as she tended to get. When her ears picked up the Caprimon speak up, she looked to watch Cloak hopping off to first get the Digivice, then head towards the house. "...You think Cloak can talk to him?" Tsuki questioned, looking to Cas. She could read the stress on the woman's face. "You ok...? We don't need two of you blowing up on us now..." she asked with concern.
During the moment there was a bit of pause in the situation, before Cloak had enough time to get the Digivice and circle around--Cole had done the smart thing and changed into a pair of dry pants, he had managed to find a pair of kind of baggy cargo pants to wear in the meantime. By the time the Caprimon had fetched the Digivice and made his way back around the house, Cole had resumed his seat in the doorway--again leaned against the door frame, silently looking off into the sky...Even the sky was strange here--it didn't seem natural.
He didn't even hear Cloak coming up--not too surprising, Cloak probably wasn't the loudest, even if he was bouncing. The Caprimon didn't get Cole's attention until the digivice landed in his lap, eyes slowly shifting from looking up to looking down, Cole rather surprised to see Cloak of all people beside him. Cole figured the small Digimon simply came to scold him or kick him while he's clearly down, the man's eyes averting back away from Cloak as the Caprimon's voice crossed his ears. Unlike what he expected, it was the small Digimon saying it was him n' Dagger's faults--not Cole's..
Cole never looked back to Cloak after the initial glance, his eyes remained looking off into the distance--frankly to nothing. "...You and Dagger didn't even know who or where you was, she said she found you two alone--confused--and scared. You two was just in a situation you could do nothing to help. I made mistakes I could've actively avoided...I walked around a rough neighborhood I didn't even know without paying attention to my surroundings and got hurt...I didn't just walk away when I should've after she helped me up off the street...I could've left instead of staying the night....I could've just ignored the Digivice--I could've never showed it to her--I could've just went on my own and none of you would've been involved...But I didn't...every chance to hit the brakes on this train wreck I ignored, against better judgement or common sense." the man would quietly respond--voice a lot more calm then a few minutes earlier, but still filled with pent up guilt. He let out a sigh and finally glanced back down to look the Digimon in the eyes, green hues meeting Cloak's golden orbs.
"Because of my poor decisions I've lead all of us here...I almost got us all killed in the first 5 minutes here...If K hadn't have come and saved us, then what? We'd have been dead...and I couldn't do anything about it...after getting us here in the first place...This isn't you and Dagger's fault at all, you had no choices--you didn't make poor decisions, just victims of your situation and Cassandra happened to come along you two in your time of need...and yeah--same could be said for me as far as that goes--I was down and out, literally dying on the sidewalk...and she saved me...but the difference is I got myself in that situation, in this situation--you did nothing do get yourself in you n' Dagger's position..." the man would go on, explaining rather clearly the difference. Maybe Cloak felt guilty, but he had not done anything to actively arrive here...poor choices didn't lead him here--unlike Cole. The young man sighed.
"...Look...I get she has a point....sitting here feeling guilty about what I've done is going to get us no where...but sitting around a campfire and doing nothing won't get us anywhere either..." he'd say, glancing off forward again. There was a small pause before Cole continued. "...I just want to get Cas home safe...I got us into this mess...I need to get us out of it. That is all that matters to me right now...I don't care if I die to make that happen...I may not know her very well, but she saved me...without her, you'd be reading my obituary this morning in the newspaper not knowing who the hell I am instead of being here...Now its my turn to save her." he said followed by a shaky breath, looking down in his lap and at the Digivice...he slowly reached down and picked it up, looking at the D3. "...Cloak? You call her Hime, right?...I been noticing it since this morning--my Japanese is a bit rough but that means princess...right? If so then...I think you can understand the sentiment of wanting to keep her safe." he'd finish off, still looking at his Digivice, examining it...oddly it wasn't damaged from flying the distance of a medium sized house and almost becoming fertilizer for a tree.
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Post by Cross on Apr 13, 2018 4:14:41 GMT
"I'm fine. I'm just tired is all. It's been a long stressful day." Cas murmured offering Tsuki a shaky smile that she hoped was more reassuring then she felt. Seeming to sense her distress Dagger leaned in closer to her side being careful not to poke her.
Cloak though watched Cole with those glittering gold impassive eyes of his letting the man get his rant out of his system as he nodded along every so often before considering his words. "Hime is right though. You can't change the past and perhaps sitting around won't do anything to fix the problem, but neither will getting angry. You shouldn't take her harsh words to heart. She's tired. We're all tired and she doesn't know how to be anything, but blunt at times." Cloak explained lifting his eyes to watch the sky that was so familiar and yet not.
"You tell her that she should give herself more credit, but you do not do the same. She is not helpless and will only resent you if you shoulder the entirety of the blame. She chose to follow you. She didn't have to do more then walk you out of the district, but she chose otherwise." The Caprimon pointed out with a solemn nod.
"Come back and join the group Cole. I think we'll all feel better after some rest. We won't be able to protect her and get her home if we're all exhausted." Cloak added his words a verbal olive branch of sorts to the human man before him.
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Post by Cole Archer on Apr 13, 2018 4:31:36 GMT
Cole would hear the Digimon respond to his lengthy words, the man continuing to look at the Digivice as Cloak spoke. He wasn't ignoring cloak, but he also was thinking as he looked at the device. A sigh passed Cole's lips as he put his hand to the floor and pushed himself up, standing upright above the Caprimon...sweat Cole must've looked like a walking tower to the small Digimon. He didn't say anything, legs carrying him lazily--slow enough Cloak probably hopped on ahead of him--back to the rest of the group.
He would step up to the firepit--half way between the benches surrounding it--and take a seat on the ground--opting not to sit with Tsuki nor crowd the bench with Cas and the twins. He actively avoided eye contact with Cas, figuring she'd give him a mean look or say something. Frankly he probably deserved it--he had yelled at her only about 5 minutes before. The man would keep himself busy again looking over the Digivice...before finally pocketing it.
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Post by Cross on Apr 13, 2018 4:37:36 GMT
Cloak would be quick to rejoin Cas and reclaim his spot on her lap even as the woman in question glanced between him and Cole and back to Tsuki. Finally sighing she stretched and glanced at the BlackGabumon once more. "I think we should all turn in for the night. Do you happen to have a tent or some sleeping bags we could borrow Tsuki? I'm afraid we're rather unprepared." Cas explained with a soft smile as she posed her question.
"Besides we wouldn't want to crowd your home, but I know I feel like I could nap for a year and a day and still not be rested from all this excitement." She joked hoping to ease some of the awkward tension that lingered in the air.
"What about dinner?" Dagger asked perking up even as his stomach rumbled causing the little digimon to make a face.
"I'm afraid all I had on me was a bit of beef jerky if that's still good from the dip in the river." Cas explained with a frown even as Cloak sighed. Trust his brother to be hungry at a time like now.
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Post by Cole Archer on Apr 13, 2018 5:03:19 GMT
Tsuki had remained quiet, not sure if speaking up would've been the best idea after earlier. But she wouldn't have to break the silence--Cas did so with a question for Tsuki. The Digimon turned and gave Cas a smile, nodding. "I do have a tent, its not too big but should work--I haven't used it much but some of my neighbors like to see how many of them they can fit in it. I think their current record is 11? Hmm..." she pondered a moment before dismissing it. "A-anyways! I can get dinner going--Cole can you get the fire going while I get stuff from the house?" Tsuki asked, hopping from her seat and moving off towards the hut of a home. She could've easily started the fire herself, she was a Digimon after all, but she wanted Cole to do something else but just sit.
Cole had looked up at the mention of his name, the man sighing and standing back up. He dug into his pocket and dug out a lighter--luckily it was a Zippo so even wet it'd light, but by now it'd have dried out anyways. He lit it and would start lighting the sticks in the fire pit--after a moment the fire took off on its own and he pocketed his lighter.
Tsuki came back carrying a number of things--something to cook on tthe fire with, something to cook, and a bag with the tent folded up in it. Luckily she had 2 sets of paws in addition to her feet, so carrying multiple items was no biggie with enough hands to equal Cole n' Cas's appendages together. Tsuki quickly got to work preparing the food--it was fish--simple but effective. Hope no one was picky. It'd only be a bit before she had the fish on the fire, sitting back with a smile. Cole had remained standing, sort of pacing around in this time..he couldn't seem to sit still now. He decided to make use of himself and start setting up the tent--it'd take him a while but once it was up the man finally sat back down in front of the fire--sky darkening overhead. Tsuki glanced around to them all--"Feel free to pull yours whenever you like, depending on how well you want it done." she said, smiling.
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Post by Cross on Apr 13, 2018 5:26:08 GMT
Cloak and Cas half-dozed, the Doctor utterly worn out and the digimon in her lap mostly just comfy. Only Dagger's growling stomach kept them awake as he nudged them. Thus keeping Cas turning their and her fish with a sleepy sigh as she relaxed a bit in front of the fire. It'd been a long time since she'd sat in front of one and it brought back memories of a happier simpler time for her out under the stars looking after the cattle and horses.
Once the fish were done she'd pull hers and the twins off the fire blowing on her food for a moment to cool it while Dagger made the mistake of biting right in only to yelp. "Hot!" He hissed tongue lolling out as Cas chuckled and patted him on the head.
"Give it a second to cool." She coaxed even as Cloak sighed in exasperation at his twins antics. Seeing the tent set up the Doctor offered Cole a tentative smile as she took her first bite of the food.
"Thank you. I've always been rather rubbish at tents." She explained, which in truth she wasn't actually bad at them, but she did hate the setup. Having lived under the most basic of primitive shelters more often then not in her life.
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Post by Cole Archer on Apr 13, 2018 6:38:29 GMT
Cole would be watching the fire--the man had a bad habit of getting lost in thought--simply staring at the fire as everything happened around him. The sound of Dagger expressing how hot the fish was semed to pull Cole back into reality--glancing over to see the Digimon trying to handle the hot food. He'd simply shake his head, just to have fish placed in front of him--standing beside Cole now was Tsuki, offering the man the cooked fish. He sighed and nodded in thanks, accepting it and--smartly--letting it cool down.
It was around this time he heard Cas thank him for putting up the tent, he looked over to her for a moment--it was the first time since he yelled at her a while ago now that he actually looked directly at her. But it was only a fleeting glance, shifting back to the fire pretty quickly. "Welcome..." he'd respond quietly. Tsuki sat back down on the bench and chomped her fish down in one bite--the heat didn't bug her at all. She simply chewed with a smile. She was tired of the awkward silences and opted to start a conversation--more specifically--get Cas and Cole to just talk some, even if just random banter. "So how did you two meet?" asked the Digimon, smiling as she glanced between them. "I almost died...She picked my dumb ass up off the ground...." Cole offered a very...small sliver of the whole story, which meant little without context. Tsuki simply blinked in confusion, glancing to Cas to see if she had a more...easier to follow answer.
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Post by Cross on Apr 16, 2018 8:19:23 GMT
"Cole was injured. I patched him up is all." Cas murmured not much one for conversation at the moment either as she quietly ate her own food. Beside her both Cloak and Dagger were starting to slow in their eating. Finishing their fish their eyelids seemed to grow heavy as the two digimon leaned into Cas's side in exhaustion. Reflecting the current state of the same human in question as she carefully scooped them up into her arms.
"I think I'm going to turn in for the night." She murmured offering both Tsuki and Cole a nod before making her way over to the tent. Unzipping it she stepped inside, leaving the door open for when her companion decided it was time to take his own rest.
Settling in for the next Cas carefully arranged Cloak and Dagger nearby. The Sakuttomon simply falling on his side with a few soft snores while the Caprimon wrapped his tail about himself like a blanket and doze. Cas herself would borrow whatever blankets or sleeping bags they had and make herself as comfortable as possible. Unable to fall asleep quite so fast as her two companions as she let the noise of the fire and Tsuki and Cole lull her into relaxing.
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Post by Cole Archer on Apr 16, 2018 10:09:05 GMT
While the answer Cas offered Tsuki wasn't much more descriptive then Cole's answer, it still told Tsuki a good bit more what happened--still lacking Details. She'd glance back over to Cole--the man lazily lifting up his arm to show her the recently fixed up work on his arm--stitches, bandage, you know, all that fun jazz. Cas knew what she was doing. The group all finished their meals within a peaceful silence, it was sort of relaxing after such an excitement filled couple days for the two Humans, and day for the trio of Digimon.
The silence was briefly broken after Cas would rise from her seat, scooping the twins up in her arms. Cole would look up from his spot on the ground, hearing Cassandra's idea to go ahead and turn in. Cole would nod back to her as she nodded to him, offering her a couple words--"Alright, night Cas...You deserve some decent rest." he spoke quietly, eyes returning to look into the fire afterwords. Tsuki would give Cas a smile in return, waving, "Goodnight sweeties." she's said through the smile to the trio.
Cole gave another glance back to Cas as she had unzipped the tent and entered it, before returning his gaze to the fire, it giving his jade hues an interesting shade. Another silence fell, it would last a couple minutes--but soon Tsuki would shift from her spot on the bench, coming over to Cole and sitting near her--but not too close as to make him feel uncomfortable. This made the young man look over to her. "...Hm?"
Tsuki looked at Cole a moment before speaking, quiet as to not disturb the three in the tent, but Cas could still overhear if she was listening. "Cole dear can I ask you something?" Tsuki asked...funny how that is, ask to ask if you can ask them something. Cole would nod. "Om...I don't mean to pry but I seen it earlier...can you show me your necklace? I wanna see it better..." she'd ask. Cole's eyes narrowed at Tsuki, bringing up the necklace was a touchy subject...but with a huffed sigh he looked away in slight annoyance, using his thumb to hook the chain and lift it from under his shirt--revealing it to Tsuki. The Digimon would eye it closely, and it was confirmed for her...she seen this necklace before. She looked back up to him and smiled, "Its a very pretty necklace Cole." she'd let him know. He stuffed it back under his shirt and pushed himself to stand up, taking a few steps away while pushing his hands into his pocket, faced away. "...It belonged to someone important to me." he'd admit quietly.
Tsuki's ears dropped, but her curiosity spiked. Could he be talking about the girl she seen with the same necklace? Of course, it must be!...But why would Cole seem so touchy about it...Tsuki couldn't help but ask."Om...Would that someone special's name happen to be Scarlet?" she'd ask. Cole's eyes burst wide and his heart sank straight into his stomach, he quickly snapped to face Tsuki, eyes staring at her. "...H-...h-how....how do you....k-know that name...." he questioned, voice clearly in absolute shock..in fear..he could feel his heart start racing even in the very short time it took Tsuki to answer. "I met a girl a long time ago named Scarlet, about 9 or 10 years ago, and...she had a necklace just like that. I seen her about 3 weeks ago, she passed through the village...she was distant and I just...I wanted to know if you knew her cause I remember she had a necklace like that years ago, and was worried about her." Tsuki would explain, eyes shifting down while she was speaking. No response came from Cole...Tsuki finally would look up, but what she saw...she'd never forget. "...C-Cole...?"
Cole's face was twisted--was it shock? Sadness? Anger? Disbelief of what he's hearing? He started to hyperventilate, the man taking a step back from Tsuki--stumbling but catching his footing, if only just. His hands came up and gripped both sides of his head, fingers digging into his skull with such force it was a surprise he didn't tear his own skin. "S-shes...S-Sca...Scar....is a--....ali--...." he barely got out between breathes, not even able to finish his sentence. He'd hurl his head back, then forward, silently screaming on the inside. He literally fell forward to the ground, hitting hard as he gripped his head as if it was causing him excruciating pain. Tsuki jumped up, eyes full of fear and concern as she ran up to Cole. She tried to rest her paw on his back but a huge flinch made her retract her paw. "C-Cole please...whats wrong?!" Tsuki cried, somewhat loudly--enough it'd definitely had grabbed Cas's attention from the tent only a short distance away.
This was followed by a silence, neither spoke for a moment, and only the ambient sounds of the night could be heard. Cole slowly put his hands to the ground, very slowly rising up on his hands and knees, staring at the ground as tears begun to just rain down from his eyes. The silence was suddenly broken at the sound of Cole punching the dirt....at first once.......then twice--three times--and another number of times so swift it was hard to count. Cole had hit the ground hard enough and enough times all of his knuckles now bled rather badly, Tsuki's eyes tearing up as she could see the pain Cole was in now. Finally...words came from the man. "...She....Sc-...Scarlet is my sister...For 9 years...I...I thought she was dead...." he struggled to get out, shutting his eyes in an attempt to try to stop the waterfall of tears falling from them as he quietly begun to sob. Tsuki's eyes now too dripped with tears and she knelled down next to Cole. "...I-I'm sorry Cole...I....I didn't know...." she tried to apologize.
A small sniffle came from the man as he lifted his arm, wiping his tears into the sleeve as he push himself to stand with his free arm, Tsuki looking up at the tall man. His arm dropped and blood begun dripping from his fingertips...Cole begun walking slowly, just...walking...he had no aim, no where in mind...but he was off--just a slow pace. Tsuki looked back down, feeling guilty over what she just caused for Cole...After a few feet he stopped...then turned--almost like a zombie Cole would quietly stumble towards the Tent. His hand would come over to cup his knuckles, making sure not to get blood everywhere as he'd enter the tent. His hair covered his eyes as he slowly moved in the tent, finally the man would come to a stop--bending down and shifting to lay down. He laid down somewhat close to Cas and the twins, but with his back facing her as he laid on his side. The man would simply curl up where he was, his hand still cupping his bleeding knuckles...tears would eventually stop, but it wouldn't be for a while. Part of him wanted to be alone, wanted to just be left in a hole somewhere forever...the other part of him craved being grounded, some human contact, something to tell him it'd be ok...even if it was as little as Cas turning to give the clearly distraught man a brief half hug or something...He needed something to keep him sane, before he lost his mind.
Tsuki was upset too, surely not as much as Cole, but she felt horrible. She'd eventually stand up and after a while kick some dirt over the fire to snuff it out--the BlackGabumon walking in silence back to her home, entering and shutting the door behind her.
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