Jinxed It

"Jinxed It" is a [SEASON NUMBER] thread written on [IRL DATE].
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The house was finally quiet.
The kids were down for the night, and Blunt was getting ready to turn in as well, when he heard light taps hitting a familiar rhythm on the window. He peered out into the darkness, and saw a small figure standing behind a keg.
Akkey raised her right hand when she saw his shadow in the window, keeping her bandaged arm hidden under cloak.
moe-lazyeye
Blunt pulled the window up with a grin. “What’s this? A mysterious lady outside of my window? My boyfriend will be scandalized.” He side stepped with a sweep of his arm. “Get in here sexy.” 
akkeyagentofhelheim
"This won't entice you to come out here yourself?" She motioned towards the keg, snorting softly in laughter before sobering, "I'd... rather not. I think I'll keep my distance for tonight..." She shifted slightly, and the light from the house fell on a bandage on her cheek and around her neck.
moe-lazyeye
“Oh Hel...” Blunt breathed as he vaulted himself through the window to stand in front of her. “What happened to you?”
akkeyagentofhelheim
Akkey scrambled backwards when he came up to her, cloak flapping open in her haste and exposing a part of the sling. She couldn't risk getting close.
"I think... I jinxed myself..." she tried to laugh but it came out hollow. Blunt saw multiple flickers of shadow and fear in her eyes that he hadn't seen in years.
moe-lazyeye
"Akkey..." he said gently, keeping a respectful distance though. "What happened...you're hurt."
akkeyagentofhelheim
She brought a hand to her forehead, shaking slightly, still aching from when Liam had manipulated his shadows onto her, "I was dumb. It was coming back, I thought I could use it. And Liam, he can control darkness, I thought he could..."
She looked up at him in shame, the darkness becoming a little more manic, breath a little more shallow, "I hurt him, Blunt. I hurt two kids... and all this is only getting worse..."
moe-lazyeye
"You...what?" Blunt exhaled and glanced around before nodding his head indoors. "I cant leave the house, the kids. I know you're stressed, but please come inside. I'll get you a drink and we'll figure it out."
akkeyagentofhelheim
“I hurt two kids, Blunt. I might lose control again, why would you want me inside where the kids are...” she swallowed, growing increasingly panicked, knowing full well that he had to go back. Maybe this was a bad idea...
moe-lazyeye
"Akkey, they are upstairs and you being on that side of the window over this one will make little difference...now come on. You can sit on the sile and not move if you want, but at least do that." He gently reached out to put a hand on her arm. "You know I know how to help you, trust me on this, it'll be okay."
akkeyagentofhelheim
It took all she had not to flinch when he touched her arm. Slowly she brought up a shaking hand to grip his wrist, hanging her head and cursing under her breath, "Dammit..."
She took a deep breath to steady herself, "F-fine..."
moe-lazyeye
"Okay..." Blunt said gently and carefully guided her inside as he held her wrist in return.
He sat her on the inside of the window sile and then dropped a large comforter in her lap. "Keep breathing deep, collect your thoughts, I'll be right back with some tea okay? Dont go running off."
akkeyagentofhelheim
She couldn't help but give a small grin. He really does know... She pulled the comforter around her shoulders with some difficulty, still not used to the feeling of not being able to use her left hand.
moe-lazyeye
After a little bit of waiting Blunt returned with a thick mug of bubble tea and eased it into her hand. "There you go, an old friend's recipe that I've gotten good at over the years. Drink up."
He sat across from her on the bed. "Okay...from the beginning now...what happened? No self deprecating mind you, just the facts."
akkeyagentofhelheim
She peered at the drink, then took a tentative sip, almost dropping the mug in surprise as she tasted the small tapioca balls. "What the Hel?" she chewed on them for a second, wondering why it tasted familiar, "This is good..."
Akkey took another long sip, warming herself up, staring on the floor in tired concentration, quiet for a moment.
"It never really left..." she began, knowing that he knew, "It's gotten better, but even through the years, somewhere in the deepest, darkest corners of my mind is a nagging feeling that's just... there. I thought it was okay, I can deal with it, I can choose how I live with it, how I heal from it. You taught me that..."
Her brows knotted in worry, "Frigga returning just threw everything off balance."
"She's been finding a way into my dreams again. And it's not just in my mind. I think... it really is her. I'd wake up in a sweat, screaming, I'd feel the same invasiveness in my mind." She gripped the mug in her hand, "I even almost attacked Dario in my sleep. I... I haven't done that in years, Blunt. I'm losing it again..."
moe-lazyeye
Blunt listened carefully, and then reached over to touch her hands. "Akkey..." he paused, there were a lot of things to say. But what the right order to say them in was in questions. "I'm sorry...I really am..." his eyes fell on the tea. "Its hard when the past comes back to haunt us...but it doesn't mean you're going to lose all the progress you made."
Blunt's fingers fitted around her hands a little firmer. "You're slipping...okay...well now I'm in your way to keep you from going further down the slope." He pressed his lips together. "Tell me about the kids..."
akkeyagentofhelheim
"That's the thing. The kids..." she hunched her shoulders, squeezing her eyes shut. Her heart was thudding in her chest, "I didn't slip. I think I attacked Liam and Verdandi... on purpose..."
moe-lazyeye
Blunt knew of Liam. He and Stonegit had always kept the doors of the tavern open to Tree and her kids, esspecially when Vox had left them for reasons unknown. Blunt already felt bad over hiw angry and embittered Liam had become over the years. He had always wished he had been able to do more. To hear that he was hurt though, the feeling conflicted with his concern for his best friend. Verdandi on the other hand was a new name to him, but that detail could get sorted later.
"Akkey..." he said calmly. "I'm only getting pieces of the bigger picture here. Give it to me in a nutshell, that way I'll be able to help you...its going to be okay..."
akkeyagentofhelheim
He could feel her hand shaking under his as she tried to sort out everything that happened, "After the raid debriefing, Asha, Greg, and Tree's kids showed me their powers. Liam, I found out he's... he's able to control darkness. Shadows. Just like Hemlock..."
"I wanted to see... what he could do. How he fought, how he manipulated his powers. I wanted to know how he controlled it. Because... I wanted to do the same..." she slipped her hand out of his grip to cover her mouth, "I wanted to finally control and utilize this cursed thing in my head so I don't have to worry about ever losing it again. I wanted to believe that some good could come out of a dark power like that, that the future can be good with him, unlike mine. But Liam wouldn't use it when we sparred, so I egged him on... I kept attacking him, made him more desperate, until I..."
Akkey hunched over, tears spilling from her eyes onto his hands, "I trapped Verdandi, his girlfriend, in a bubble so that he'd show me his full potential... and he did. He can manipulate the mind, like Nala... He turned my nix powers off..."
moe-lazyeye
Greg?!....probably a different Greg...
The rest of Akkey's words sunk into his mind and he brought up his hands to rub his face. "Holy Hel Akkey you cant be serious...is everyone alright? I mean aside from you, I can already see you had to get bandaged up..."
akkeyagentofhelheim
She nodded shakily, “I think so… Verdandi, I think she has healing powers. I saw her heal Liam, closed all the wounds I gave him. But I don’t know how he is, both of them are, mentally… And she…” She hesitated.
Akkey bit her lip doubtfully, wondering if she should tell Blunt, “I… did… manage to tap into Hemlock’s power. Remember when you came during my conversation with Darien, and I was exhausted. I had just used it for the first time then, but I can’t control it… at all… It comes out all tangled and explosive and dangerous in darkness and ice. Towards the end of the fight the ice had melted and was going to crush us, but we were all exhausted, I had no choice but to use it…”
Her eyes flickered harshly at the memory, “It’s painful. Draining. Like Hemlock’s possessing me all over again. But Verdandi took it away, she was able to subdue it…”
Frigga coming back and messing her up is the understatement of the century if she would be so reckless with children...
Blunt let out a long exhale. "Oooh boy...I'm not even sure where to start here Akkey...have you talked to Tree and who ever is responsible for Verdani?"
akkeyagentofhelheim
She shook her head, "I don't know where Verdandi came from, I think she's alone on the island..."
"And Tree... I haven't..." her shoulders shuddered as she gasped for air, gripping her head harshly. She slid to the ground in despair, "How many times am I going to do Tree and her family wrong... How many times do I have to hurt them... How many more..." Old guilt and shame and feelings came rushing back, her stomach in knots as she sobbed, her eyes darkening at intervals, "All for a stupid power..."
moe-lazyeye
"Alright...alright...over here." Blunt comforted as he stepped over to hug her, keeping her snugly wrapped in the blanket.
He wasn't going to lie to himself, he wasnt angry at Akkey cause he understood, he understood that the past could make someone do insane things out of hurt and confusion. At the same time...this was definetly her fault, and she would have to go through the painful process of making it right.
To make matters worse, Tree had yet to get a full explanation from Vox, so this was not really something she needed on her plate right now. But on her plate it was...and Blunt just wanted to help both of his friends out. "Akkey listen to me...the wrongs you did back then were decades ago. Dont focus on them...focus on what needs to happen now. That includes talking to Tree. But it also includes finding the best way to help you."
akkeyagentofhelheim
Akkey pulled her legs close to her chest, clenching her teeth as her wrist throbbed slightly in pain. She sighed, feeling absolutely wretched and frustrated and guilty, “And to Liam... Especially with the raid coming up...” When Nala finds out...
She ducked her head in shame, feeling his arm around her, “What the fuck was I thinking, Blunt... How could I even...”
moe-lazyeye
"Full honesty here, yes that was way stupid. And really...I'm surprised, and not in a good way." Blunt tilted her chin up to look at him, his eyes were gentle, and caring. "But I understand. You saw the means to not be afraid of something and desperately wanted to see if it would work. Not wanting to be scared...its how we make our worst mistakes. "
akkeyagentofhelheim
Her brow was knotted with many emotions, tears spilling nonstop, meeting his gaze. She looked very tired, and very old, “I got too into it... I wasn’t thinking about the consequences, I...” she exhaled shakily, “I was selfish...” Again. 
moe-lazyeye
“We all have our vices. If you think I’ve stopped acting every day of my life and denying my own, true, shortcomings, then I have bad news for you.” Blunt reminded her. “You can’t get rid of something bad, just like you can’t get rid of something good. We just learn to lesson and increase different parts of us.” 
He brushed at her tears. “Let me put you up for the night, we have a spare room. Tomorrow I’ll get you a nice breakfast, you can talk to Tree, and then I’ll help you through this just like we’ve always helped one another. I promise.”  
akkeyagentofhelheim
She sighed and leaned against him heavily. Her free hand gripped the mug on her lap, tea now cold, “Okay... Thanks, Blunt...”
akkeyagentofhelheim
Akkey blinked, and she was surrounded by a familiar scenario. “Goddammit. Again…“ She sighed, and the water around her ankles shifted with her, darkness bending slightly. But before she could even begin searching for that light that lead to the way out, there was an odd flicker before her.
A transparent wall, almost like glass, stretching as far as her eye could see. The other side shifted again, and faded into…
”…Hel’s Bunker?“ she peered at it, holding her arm in its sling close to herself. It was the bunker, but it was different. A massive construction site, her standing on top of the same, dark ice structure, but she was younger, hair chopped harshly to just under her chin. She heard someone call her name. Akkey blinked, That sounded like Blunt…
The image dissolved, and shifted into the cove in Yrus. She caught her breath, This again. From today, before I met Milae during dinner… A small, pale hand, a scar on its palm, reached out and touched the wall between them. Her eyes met with green.
Again, it faded, this time into compete darkness. She’s been there before, and she had left it so exhausted she could barely stand. But now it was empty, yet she could feel Hel’s overwhelming presence concentrated in one, very tiny spot. Then there was a pulse, and the remnants of another power managed to pierce through. She inhaled sharply, "Frigga…” It was much more than she remembered. She wasn’t as weak anymore.
There was a very soft echo, almost indecipherable, “February 8, 1059…”
A bright light suddenly blinded her for a moment, and she blinked. She could hear Blunt and the rest of the kids moving around downstairs, sunlight filtering softly through the window. She was back in the guest bedroom. It was the next morning, and she felt fine.
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Act I
Category:Events
Category:Blunt Donz
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