Empty Pockets

"Empty Pockets" is a [SEASON NUMBER] thread written on [IRL DATE].
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Yun Milae: Now that didn’t feel quite right.
Milae appeared by the river, looking around wildly for the stretching and tearing he’d noticed while writing down his theories on Verdandi’s abilities. He lowered his hooves and turned around, noticing a familiar figure with white hair, leaned up against the base of a tree.
“Akkey?” he said in a hushed voice, reaching for his weapon.
Akkey Black: Akkey cracked open an eye, still feeling heavy on her limbs. She sighed and raised her head, smiling grimly, “Milae.”
Yun Milae: He swept over to her and knelt down, looking her over for signs of injury. “What in the name of the gods happened? You made it through, didn’t you?” He tried his best to sound more worried than excited but his heart was pounding at the thought that they had both managed a breakthrough.
Akkey Black: She grinned at him tiredly, still unmoving, “I think so. I think… I did… I heard her.”
Yun Milae: He let out a sharp breath, his hoof gripping her upper arm. “Akkey, my gods! You were supposed to try something else. Are you…did she find you? What did she say?”
Akkey Black: “Sorry…” she laughed wryly, “I couldn’t think of anything else. She was something more tangible than dead energies and whatever other ideas I had.”
With great effort she pulled herself to sit away from the tree. She looked at him, “I think… she knew I was there. When I got there, I just felt really tired. I couldn’t move. But she didn’t do anything. She just screamed at me to get out. When I tried this it was still afternoon, but I only came to a few minutes ago.”
Yun Milae: He sat back on his hocks. “You’ve been gone all afternoon…?”
Milae exhaled, trying to gather his thoughts. “I did something similar, but it killed me, Akkey, it drained everything in me to be there,” he said urgently. “I had to come back using far more energy than I usually do. We need to be very careful. You didn’t see anyone? You didn’t see Eir, or another half-breed?”
Akkey Black: She shook her head, trying to think, “N-no… I didn’t. I…” She narrowed her eyes, “It actually… I don’t think I was fully there. I got kicked out before I could… do anything.”
She looked at him apologetically, feeling completely drained, “I think that’s the farthest I can go.”
Yun Milae: “Of course, of course. Don’t hurt yourself further.” Feeling guilty, he extended a hoof. “Can you stand at all? Rest in a true bed seems to be what you need.” He planted his naginata in the ground, ready to carry her the whole way back if he had to.
Akkey Black: “I’ve been up by the cliffs with Fiendal, I don’t have a bed.” she chuckled distractedly, letting slip the demon’s name. She took his hoof and rose shakily, leaning heavily on him.
She gave him a serious look, “If you managed to get there, and I did for a moment, too. Do you think…” she trailed off.
Yun Milae: “I don’t know.” His mind was racing even faster than usual. “ I can slip between time, but I can’t sustain myself long enough. You can’t quite get there all the way, but you left without dying.”
He pulled Akkey further across his shoulder and began hiking back to the village at a pace comfortable enough for her. “If there was a way…if I could get myself there, and you could bring me back…and we could have a way to sustain me long enough in the void to at least attempt negotiations…”
Sighing in frustration, he looked at Akkey worriedly. “I am sorry, this is a lot for you. I don’t want you to hurt yourself in your attempts to aid me.”
Akkey Black: “I’ve received worse damage than this in the past, you know that,” she snorted lightly. Gently, she continued, “I made a promise. Hel had offered me a wish, and I used it to return Hunter’s soul. In turn, I will do everything in my power to help you. Including a little bit of timeline, portal hopping.”
“You’re smarter than me,” she slowly hobbled beside him, “I’m sure you’ll think of something…”
Yun Milae: With a shallow laugh, Milae looked down at his feet, bashful at her observation. “I do not pretend to be a genius by any standard…but I suppose it takes a certain amount of mental work to keep up with what I can do, magically. But there are feats you can do, as well, that I could never match. I count myself lucky to have you as an ally, Akkey Black.” He looked at her with fervent admiration, feeling an old flicker of the starstruck wonder he’d felt when he first began learning everything he could about the Rebellion. “Thank you for doing what you have for me. Because…you have no reason to…you hardly know me.” He gave a bittersweet smile.
Akkey Black: “True,” she gave a wry smile, “I have a reputation to either trust too easily, or not to trust enough.” She shifted her eyes towards him, “Even so… I think you’re alright. Call it a gut feeling.”
“Plus, to call for a new rebellion like that…” she laughed out loud, tired but still tickled, “Felt like I was 20 again.”
Yun Milae: The goat chuckled. He had a vague sense of that, although on a much more abstract scale–he would often forget how old he truly was, and was reminded of it every now and again, but when he remembered, it was always in contrast with his young body and his still-sharp mind. 
“We have work that must be finished. It is a relief to see so many willing hands and hearts wanting to take the tools away from the people that took away so much of their lives. There’s a reason I have thrown my lot in with the Rebellion. I have seen too much hopelessness. So many of my kin and my old friends and comrades have given up.” He helped Akkey further onto his shoulder as the lights of the village came into view and paused, the wind rushing past them in a brief sea-filled chill as they stood at the crest of the hill they’d slowly climbed. Streams of smoke were lit by strong firelight as they drifted from several houses, the diffused glow illuminating the people on their way to settling into their homes for the night. Dragons patrolled overhead. Guard towers flickered with distant torchlight. The scene had a profound feeling of safety.
“Look at that,” he said quietly, his eyes shining with emotion. “That is hope and will and strength if I have ever seen it. Central will have no idea what hit them.”
Akkey Black: She followed his gaze, smirking underneath the shadows in agreement. “Yeah… we have a good lot of people down there.” She sighed, suddenly sinking a little towards the ground. Ah… I’m more tired than I thought.
Yun Milae: “Uhp, easy there.” 
Milae huffed as the woman grew a little more dead-weight at his side. “Sorry. Less talking, more helping.” He hefted her further upright and began to walk slowly again, hoping to make it back before Akkey gave out completely. “You said you had no place to stay, did you not?”
Akkey Black: “By village standards, no,” she mumbled, “I stay up the cliffs with Fiendal…”
Yun Milae: He shook his head upon hearing the demon’s name again. “Please, stay with Dario tonight. You could have died. You need something better than a camp in the elements, at least for this night.”
Akkey Black: She didn’t have the energy to argue; her eyelids were already drooping heavily as sleep threatened to take her, “R-right…”
Yun Milae: Setting his jaw, Milae stopped and adjusted Akkey’s grip again, but this time, he moved her arm across his other shoulder and pulled her onto his back. It was difficult, but not impossible, he only had a bit further to go. “Goodness knows he’d be more than happy to take care of you and I, anyways,” he said, unsure of whether she could still hear him. “Damn lovely healer’s heart of his.”
Akkey Black: She barely felt herself being lifted, “Sorry… Don’t worry… Hunter’ll help…” She tried to keep herself awake but was too exhausted; she drifted off to sleep.
Yun Milae: “Goodnight, Chief.” He looked towards the night sky as he trudged into town, thinking of the small house in Yrus, thousands of miles away.
Please wake up, Hunter. We need you.
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Act I
Category:Events
Category:Akkey Black
Category:Yun Milae