The world already had you, and yet I'm still here

hard times!

"Still, I'm capable of functioning in that state. It's not pleasant but I can pass pretty well like nothing's wrong when overwhelmed."

"... It's a lot easier to get me overwhelmed - it's just that when I get overwhelmed with ... my version of that ... I tend to get aggressive and hostile. Which isn't good in a society that treats Nobodies like myself as if we will inevitably always become hostile, even if we live a life of good. We can always be docile, but we can never be their saints."

"Tch right, like real people aren't capable of manipulation, cruelty and violence." There's a flash of sharp teeth before he closes his eyes, reigning in that spark of temper best he can. "Plenty of people, real or like us have tempers. Besides, people have "fight or flight" right? Doesn't overwhelmed trigger that too?"

"Mm... I'd imagine something that woven into your psyche can get a little annoying at times. If that were me, every time I'd get overwhelmed, I'd want to reach into my genetic structure and rip out the thing making it this bad - like someone who wakes up from anesthetics and tries to rip out their breathing tubes." it's too specific ; he coughs a bit into one hand as he looks away from rei - move topics, as smoothly as he can. "In any case. Have you found something that works as a psychological reset for that overwhelm?"

"Still, I'm capable of functioning in that state. It's not pleasant but I can pass pretty well like nothing's wrong when overwhelmed."

"I get that," he says that too easily - too factually. the seemingly sympathetic statement feels strangely more empathetic than one would be able to put notes and names to. "I'd imagine having something that you can't turn off and on at will when you're in a crowded public space, and it messes with your perception that much, would not be ... the kindest thing to have to manage."

"How long have you had that sort of thing?" most would comment on how it must be awful, that it doesn't sound like it ever gets better ; personally, though, he would not claim such heresy. ( of course it gets ... easier. better, no. but it does get easier. not that he'll freely offer that information just yet. ) "Do you know how to filter friendly scents out?"

the notation of each of them having a different scent is met with a glance askew, his ability to 'hear' one's magic flowing under their skin like a secondary bloodstream something he doesn't even tell people back home that often. he tends to get mocked for it. "... if you don't mind my asking, Rei. Does the ability to smell people so distinctly like that ever get, exhausting? Overwhelming?"

"You guys make it look easier than it actually is to remember each and every person's name changes." annoyed little puppy look. "Yeah, okay, wanna run by me again how many Sora-likes run around at any given moment but they are both not-Sora, a part of Sora, or Sora-lite, all while having name changes every two fucking years." he's so grumpy.

"Do you ... do you mean ..." what name was he using at this time? oops. shit. bad. uh. "Xigbar?" people know who he is, right? he's not saying a weird thing again, he hopes.

nothing's happening. what are you, a cop? @solaimaginem / included in the verse tied to "the past"

Riku Replica's flowers have had the most dramatic change, from being mostly jealousy-based, to now only having those that mean 'protection'. The only outlier are the hanging Angel's Trumpets, which are toxic to humans when eaten, this signifies his attitude he had when he was created. The other two yellow plants are Yellow Archangel and Tansy Ragwort.

☀ Does the mun have other muses beside you? What is your opinion on them?

You… You’re not Riku.

my art from march caprice!