DAY ???

[cascadingfailure]

[ Once upon a time, two heroes were having a very fun time in the city.

Okay, maybe it wasn't particularly fun. Maybe it was a normal time. Just two guys hanging out, doing whatever an ancient timeloop bound phantom thief and an ancient reincarnating demigod do in their spare time, you know?

But this day was unlike any other, because on this day said demigod finds himself consumed, and by consumed I mean there's a sudden swirl of wind around Eclipse, kicking up dust like a very small tornado. A very small starts to slowly peel away at his colour, pulling them away like yarn that dissolves into thin air. And at the same time, he begins to fade…

Mars, on the other hand, is completely fine! So that's nice. ]

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[inspiteful]

Haha, I think only a few of you might feel that way.

[foolmetwice]

[no!!! . . . he thinks to himself, but all he does is draw back, hands resting against Eclipse's shoulders]

You are. That's not an opinion. It's a fact.

I don't care what color you're wearing. Nothing can change that.

[inspiteful]

Ask King or Hurricane or Hiryuu when you get back, then.

...But thank you.

[foolmetwice]

They'd say the same thing. I know they would.

[gives Eclipse's shoulders a very tight squeeze, but he looks a little less outwardly angry and more tiredly resigned. fuck this placeeeeee]

. . . what are you gonna do?

[inspiteful]

I don't want to be taken away or, uh, become one of the Damned. What she said seems to mean that I still have a chance of a comeback, just not as someone on Heart Soldier Senshi.

[ He walks over to the mannequin with the Alcheme uniform. ]

...But this might work.

[foolmetwice]

[. . .]

[there's nothing but frustrated silence on Mars's end as Eclipse walks over to the AlcheME! outfit]

[. . .]

[he doesn't verbalize it because FUCK FEELINGS, but—]

[I don't want to lose you]

[at least it is written all over his face???]

[inspiteful]

I mean, unless you have another idea, either I move a floor up or I get whisked away to another program or worse.

[ It's not an ideal situation, Eclipse knows, but... ]

[foolmetwice]

[nnnngh. . .]

. . . you'd think since I took a transfer trip and came back I'd have a better idea how it works.

[a helpless shrug]

[aka he has got nothing]

[inspiteful]

Did we ever figure out how the hell you got back?

...You're still important to me, no matter what.

[foolmetwice]

I like to tell people I just sneaked back on my own, but--

[that is. . . obviously not what happened]

. . . and yeah. I know that.

[inspiteful]

...If I make it back, I'll see you guys.

[ He goes to put on the Alcheme uniform. ]

[foolmetwice]

[tilts his chin up, determined and almost defiant]

I'm not leaving until you do make it back.

[inspiteful]

[ With the clothes on, he takes one more look at Mars before he opens the door. ]

Hey, so. What if I was a member of another unit instead?