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[techmaturgy]

Who: Viktor and special guests and YOU
When: end of January/February pre-event
Where: Cadens, the Horizon
What: it’s canon update time baybe and things have become…weird…
Warnings: potential references to suicidal ideation, and also a manslaughter. arcane season 2 spoilers through episode 6.



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[ushiri]

[ His grip on Viktor tightens slightly as the swirling fractals grow around them with a prickling sense of claustrophobia as most of the starry expanse vanishes from sight. ]

Then - this place is like Horizon? And this - [ he nods his head in a way to indicate the anomaly around them ] - is like the Singularity?

[ Not one to one, but similar in ways that are uncomfortable. He glances back to Viktor, a crease at his brow. ]

You can bring others here?

me trying to explain things the show doesnt bother to

[techmaturgy]

Like the Horizon, to an extent.

[He can't necessarily shape it to its will. The Anomaly is something he's less certain of, but its power is great--if only he can harness it. Viktor can feel that Kyle is nervous, tightening his grip as if he's going to fall, and he does his best to remain stable. The squeeze to his arm says you're safe here, even if it might not feel that way.

Viktor shakes his head at Kyle's second question. He can communicate with his followers here, and see through their eyes using this space, but as far as he knows they don't see the world as he does.]

Not in this way, no. But I imagine it might be something like this.

im so sry

[ushiri]

It's peaceful. [ he admits, letting himself relax again as they hover in this space. It's a little lonely too, he thinks.

He's trying to process all of this, and he knows it's so much more for Viktor to reconcile waking up with all these new memories. He tries to let some of that soothe his worries. This won't be like that other vision of the future. This won't be like what happened to John.

Kyle tips his head so their foreheads touch again. ]

Thank you for sharing this.

[techmaturgy]

[Peaceful, yes, and lonely, too. There's a sadness that returns to Viktor's eyes, as if he's processing the whole of his dream and the choices (or lack thereof) that brought him to this imagined place. He leans into Kyle for comfort, closing his eyes as their foreheads press together.

Viktor doesn't need to be thanked--if anything, he feels apologetic, for foisting all of this on Kyle so unexpectedly. But that's the thing about the Singularity, isn't it? Everything here is so tenuous. He wants Kyle to know that nothing between them has changed, in spite of all this. Despite not needing to, in this place, he lets out a slow breath.]

I think I might like to go back to bed.

[Their bed.]

[ushiri]

[ Viktor might sense Kyle's relief when he decides to call it for the night. He nods, placing another gentle kiss at his brow as reassurance for the both of them. ]

I'll see you outside.

[ He'll wait a moment, then let himself slip back into his body in the real world, still with their hands clasped when Viktor rejoins him. Earlier he would have expected Viktor to need more time alone tonight, and carefully made the offer to sleep elsewhere. Now, he thinks it's alright to follow him back to bed. ]