ic contact;

[coexistent]

"I'm not around, so... leave a message, I guess."

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[immobileyes]

[ Don't mind Mary. She's just kind of... walking around with her eyes tightly squeezed shut? Which is going about as well as one would expect, since she's trying to grope her way along a wall back to her room and making a lot of noise in the process.

She apparently isn't blind involuntarily. ]

[coexistent]

[yeah, that's.

not normal.

roxas hasn't had much in the way of problems... save for a brief inability to summon his keyblade, but he hasn't needed it much recently anyway. so really? kind of a non-issue.

but regardless, the sound of noise is enough to get roxas' attention. so he'll emerge, curiously and just:]

...Mary?

[immobileyes]

R-Roxas? [ Mary pauses, slooooowly turning her head in his direction but keeping her eyes firmly squeezed shut.

It looks about as ridiculous as one would imagine. ]

[coexistent]

Well, I don't think anyone else would be in our apartment...

[he's joking, but maybe that's because what she's doing right now is mildly disconcerting.]

What are you doing? [it doesn't seem like she's really hurt, but maybe she got something in her eye? why is this happening, why is she squeezing her eyes closed like this and why was she making so much noise?]

[immobileyes]

Mmmm... [ it's a sort of reluctant noise, and then Mary sighs and carefully shakes her head. ] Something's been wrong with my eyes lately. I can't control them.

[ More specifically, her power. ]

[coexistent]

Can't... control them? You mean, like—

[freezing stuff? that's the only thing she can mean by it, right?]

[immobileyes]

Making people stop moving.... mmmm.

[ She's not happy. ]

[coexistent]

I wonder what's causing something like that now...

[obviously it's cerealia nonsense. he shakes it off, because more important here...!]

Why didn't you tell me?

[immobileyes]

I wanted to try and get it under control first...

[ see: how well she's not doing. ]

[coexistent]

You're going to end up hurting yourself like this though... I would have helped, you know.

[to at least guide her around the apartment or something.]

[immobileyes]

But what if I froze you?!

[ the biggest worry, right there. ]

[coexistent]

...You could still keep your eyes closed? I would just help you so you don't walk into anything...

[immobileyes]

...

You really wouldn't mind?

[ Well, she won't break anything this way. ]

[coexistent]

Huh... why would I mind?

[it's not like he wants her to get hurt, that would be silly.]

[immobileyes]

[ ... Well, it's Roxas, after all. ]

I mean, it's kind of... you'd have to spend a lot of time with me...

[coexistent]

Well... we kind of do that anyway. We live together, Mary...

[and they're ??? a thing? he thinks?]

[immobileyes]

... I don't want you to see me looking this dumb...

[ ah, there it is.

Except they really do live together, so he would have seen her bonking into walls anyway?? ]

[coexistent]

...It doesn't look dumb to me.

[he was confused by it, but he understands what she's trying to do, so... why would he think it looks dumb? she's just closing her eyes.]

[immobileyes]

[ ... she can't win, can she? Roxas is just too great of a boyfriend(????) ]

O... okay. I guess if you wanna help...

[coexistent]

Of course I wanna help. I don't want you to get hurt or anything...

[is there really any other way to handle this but that, let be real here.]

[immobileyes]

... Thanks, Roxas.

[ Even though she's really used to walking into walls and tripping over things even when she can see. ]

[coexistent]

It's fine... really.

[he's offering her a small smile, even if it's kind of a wasted effort in this situation.]

Where do you want to go?

[immobileyes]

I was just going to my room... I figured if I sat still, it'd be fine.

[coexistent]

You can sit still on the couch too, right?

[maybe they could watch a movie or something...]

[immobileyes]

... Yeah. I can't freeze the TV.

[ At least there's that?? ]