voidtreckerexpress | One Foot in front of the Other Foot [ota with closed prompts]

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One Foot in front of the Other Foot [ota with closed prompts]

Who: Taiki. There is an open prompt and then closed prompts for Inigo, Gyousou and Tidus.
Where: Kitchens, Library, Cinema
When: Horseshoe days 2-5
What: Taiki tries out some recipes from his vegan cookbook. Taiki and Inigo make food to cheer Tidus up, Taiki and Gyousou have a talk in the library and Taiki finally succeeds in tracking down Tidus.
Warnings: Taiki and Tidus' thread will have themes of disappearing/dying- purposefully to try and solve things- with mention of a past suicide attempt. I will add more things as they come up.

Day Two: The Kitchen [OTA]

Tidus' suggestion of a cookbook had come at a good time because as the month changed they once again had meat as one of the main ingredients. It was a little better this time, the meat was processed, already cooked and so entering the kitchen and store room was not an exercise in steeling himself against the smell of blood and raw meat.

He has his new book, Vegan: The Cookbook and has found a recipe for pizza. Considering pizza is one of the recipe's on the ICP this month he is confident that he should find the things to make it.

He moves carefully around the kitchen, gathering ingredients. Soon he has everything but cheese, the book simply says to use vegan cheese, which is not something they have.

He flicks through the book, looking to see if there are any suggestions for alternatives. He has found himself a corner to prepare food in but still feels like he is in the way, mumbling a 'sorry' to anyone who comes near. He hadn't meant for this to take that long...

Day Three: The Kitchen [For Inigo]

Permeating the whole of the last few days has been the lack of Tidus. Taiki has been worried about him, more than worried, ever since Roland told him what had happened on the platform. But despite many attempts he hadn't been able to find him. He wasn't answering his door, Taiki hadn't ran into him in any of his usual places.

He had kept trying, though he feared annoying his friend, the line between being worried and just irritating him so much that he wouldn't want to ever talk to him again was very thin, and Taiki didn't want to cross it.

But he was worried... And he knew Inigo was too, he had seen him around, seen him near Tidus' cabin. He knew he was just as worried, with Yuna leaving... So soon after whatever Tidus had seen on the mountain... It was too much.

He finds Inigo quickly, he's trying not to think about how easy that is to do, and holds out the two books in his hands. One is his cookbook and one is a book on bread making. "I told him I would cook him a meal... Maybe it will chear him up. Do you want to help?"

He doesn't think he needs to clarify who.

Day Four: The Library [For Gyousou]

The situation with Tidus was not the only thing Taiki was worried about. The flashes of the ouki from Inigo, that was worrying too. He knows it has something to do with what happened on the mountain. Something now linked his king and Inigo.

Just as he was certain that these flashes of confusion, of anxiety weren't completely his feelings alone. He was used to feeling overwhelmed and anxious, but this is more so.

Both things put together meant that at times like right now he did not want to stray from Lord Gyousou's side. So here he was, Gyousou was resting on a beanbag reading a history book called Book Not Found Taiki approached silently and sat on the floor next to him, not quite leaning on him but sitting close, his own book Summoning Magic on his knees.

Day Five: Cinema [For Tidus]

He still hadn't seen Tidus, not at all and he was more than worried. But if the other man didn't want to be found, if he was avoiding him and Inigo... then should they leave it? Was it better to allow him his space or make sure he knew they were here for him.

He didn't know but for the last couple of days he had just tried Tidus' room a couple of times. So it was a surprise, when he entered the cinema. He glanced instinctively at the screen, it showed some children clambering through a cave, holding torches as they explored. His eyes went back to where he was walking, scanning the seats and there...

There in the corner, his purple hood was pulled up but Taiki still recognises him.

"Tidus?"

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"Oh nice." Man, it felt like it had been a really long time since she had pizza. "How's it going?"

"Alright I think... It's almost ready to go in the oven."

Though it was without cheese it definitely had a whole bunch of other things on, mushrooms, peppers, onion, sweetcorn. "Would you like some, when it is cooked?"

She could definitely tell it was a pizza, at least, so that was a good sign. And she was pleasantly surprised to notice that the toppings were all vegetarian.

"I definitely wouldn't mind some, if it's not too much trouble."

"It is no trouble."

He smiled and then figured he should just cook it already, hope for the best.

"Um... You don't mind it not having cheese?"

"No cheese?" She thought about that for a moment. "I've never had a pizza without cheese, but I'll still try it."

"I hope it works..." He smiled at her, "I've never had it either, but I think it should be possible."

The cheese can't be that integral...

"I'm sure it should be fine," she said with a nod. "I know you're almost done, but is there anything I can help with?"

"No." He shook his head, "It's alright, please relax and this should be ready soon."

He just needed to clean up, but he can do that whilst the pizza was in the oven.

"Are you sure? I really don't mind."

He was being nice enough to share the pizza he'd made with her, the least she could do was help him clean up.

"Um... it's alright..." He won't argue with her, but he also doesn't want her to work hard when it is his mess to begin with, so he just starts gathering things to take over to the sink.

She still felt bad about not doing anything, so she at least started to put any leftover ingredients back where they belonged.

"Thank you." He smiled at her as he began washing up, looking over his shoulder at her. "How have you been? Did you enjoy the island... before everything..."

He had no idea if she had been caught up in the memory sharing, but it seemed that many people had been. Still hopefully she had managed to enjoy herself before then.

Glancing back at him, she returned the smile and nodded. "No problem."

As she placed some of the vegetables back in the fridge and closed the door, she paused a moment as she considered his question.

"I've been doing all right. The island was pretty fun, and I think compared to others who got caught up in all the memory stuff, I got off pretty easy."

The memories that she had seen of Bucky's hadn't been all that bad, and while she did feel a lot of his stronger moods, it wasn't the worst thing.

"How about you?"

"I'm glad." He nodded, "I think I got off easily as well, though I am afraid I confused Xion more than anything."

Her memories, especially her third, hadn't been pleasant, but neither had they been unbearable, nor had they shown her as anything but the confused, frightened girl he had known her to be. If she was secretly someone who wished harm on others, which he doubted, he had not seen it in her memories.

"I think she's been avoiding me... Which is understandable, it's very confusing."

And when they were together they seemed to both encourage each others anxieties, leaving them both wary and uncomfortable.

She nodded a bit. "I guess the experience was really different for everyone."

She actually didn't mind the new connection she and Bucky shared, but she knew some people didn't share her feelings.

"Yes." He nodded, he knew Inigo and Gyousou's experience had been mostly positive and despite the weirdness, what they shared now didn't seem a bad thing at all.

"I hope we can be friends though. She seems a kind and good person."

"Hopefully," she agreed, even though she hadn't met Xion herself. Still, it was always better to be able to get along with each other, since they were all stuck together. "I hope you guys get a chance to talk and figure things out."

"I hope so too..." He nodded and then smiled at her. "I hope you have figured things out with the person you shared memories with as well."

Though it sounded her experience had been smoother, there would still be an awkwardness around things.

"Thanks."

The well-wishes definitely couldn't hurt, after all.

He smiled again and began scrubbing dishes, falling silent. He might be getting more used to people here, and in general they were a friendly group. But that didn't make him good at knowing what to say.

She didn't really mind. Silent company was nice sometimes. Once she was finished putting the ingredients away, she started wiping up the counter tops.

"Thank you..." He smiled at her and continued working. He doesn't mind silence either, especially since Kitty doesn't make it feel awkward, it doesn't feel like she is waiting for him to speak.

The time goes by pleasantly. "Oh... I should check on the pizza."

It was probably ready by now, even if he was just guessing at time.

She glanced up, looking from him to the oven.

"Yeah, it might be a good time to check."

Whenever he moved away from the sink, she went to wash her hands.

He nodded and moved away from the sink to go back down to where the oven was.

The pizza looked ready. At least it looked like the vegetables had cooked and it was not burned. He took it out and put it on the side carefully before looking for a knife to cut it up with.

As he took the pizza out and placed it on the counter, she couldn't help a smile as the aroma filled the kitchen.

"Mm...it smells really good."

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