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Blinded by Glitter

WHO: Bruno & You~
WHERE: Around Temba
WHAT: Something with storms and a screaming moon
WHEN: During the storm
WARNINGS: %

a Chasing Dreams

The fog that settled into the city is thicker than any fog Bruno has ever seen or walked through. Fog usually only settles in the early morning hours in the Encanto, which are also some of the few times Bruno dares to leave the house. But that fog has never been anything like this fog. This fog? Is frightening. As is the thunder that cuts through the silence every once in a while.

Bruno regrets having stepped outside. He already feels lost in this large place. But then he spots something - Or someone familiar.

"J-Julieta?" Bruno exclaims in surprise at spotting his sister walking down the street not too far from him, yet not paying attention to him at all. So of course Bruno starts after her, calling out to her again. "Wha- Wait! Julieta!"

And off he goes, straight into the remains of a tall building.

b IT'S A GLITTER STORM!

Bruno hasn't necessarily noticed his powers not working. It's not like he has been actively using them in years and not having to fend off any accidental visions for an entire day now has been great! No headaches and he even got a nap in. If he ignores the fog and lightning outside, things are very much fine.

He will just make sure to grab some food and return to his room and ignore that leering gaze from the moon above that certainly isn't falling down or anything.

It only... Screams?

Bruno flinches at the sudden noise and looks up in bewilderment which only lasts a split second before he finds himself trapped in a hurricane of red and pink and purple. Visions that have spared him all day going wild before his inner eye, but also in the green glowing displays before him. They try to be their usual color at least, but with the vibrant glitter mixing into them it gets a little muddled. The same goes for the displays of his visions, which are more displays of abstract forms than actual peeks into the future.

And all the while, Bruno is helplessly flailing his hands at them or pressing his knuckles into his skull, desperately trying to force these visions to stop. "No! No no no no no! Stop it! Stop! You have to stop!!"

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Cayde knows these buildings aren't that safe. He's poked around enough of them to see how questionable their sturdiness is, but not many tended to go there because it was more or less obvious that the places weren't very stable. As they get closer he can hear the tell-tale sounds of things falling apart. The Exo exchanges a glance with his Ghost before they dart in.

"Hey-!" Cayde looks around, wondering how the guy had even managed to get up where he'd gone. "Where'd he go- I can hear him..."

Sundance tilts about as she tries to get a read. "This way," she says, zipping forth.

Bruno has just picked himself up from the ground, wincing a little as he dusts himself off, about to look for his sister again when he hears a voice first, followed closely by approaching footsteps that have Bruno look back rather than forward. What he sees? Is terrifying.

The first he sees is a glowing face glowing through the fog. That glowing face turns out to belong to a monster made of metal and that monster is currently rushing straight at him.

"Wai- wha-- NO!" He gets out hastily and turns to run away from the creature, screaming in a positively terrified way. "Help! Someone- HELP ME!!"

"Wait, wrong way-!" Cayde shouts, taking a few more steps forward before he draws up short as Sundance turns towards him. "I think we've scared him," she notes.

"What!? No way, I am very pleasant to look at, just as To- know what, don't ask Tony." He pauses, tapping his foot. "Know what, glowing eyes in a dark empty building- yeah, I can see how that can come off as scary- HEY DUDE, stop running, it's dangerous in here!!"

What. Is the monster calling out to him so he waits for it? Oh, certainly not! Bruno keeps scrambling further up hastily until he at least feels far enough away, then quickly scurry into a more or less hidden nook, hoping to be able to hide there.

"It'll move past. It'll move past. Just stay calm and quiet and it'll move past." Bruno mutters to himself because that will clearly help.

The footsteps approach, not that Cayde can't be quieter but because that would defeat the whole point and the guy is already obviously spooked. The sound stops right where Bruno has taken cover, and silence falls again if briefly.

They continue on then, although in truth Cayde doesn't go far, simply stepping to the side of Bruno's hiding place before crouching beside it. "So um. How long we planning to stay in there?"

As the footsteps approach, Bruno tenses, holding his breath and keeping his eyes shut. The monster will go away, surely it will.

Just that it doesn't. And when it suddenly is RIGHT NEXT TO HIM, and TALKING to him, Bruno lets out the breath he has been holding in a high-pitched shriek, trying to back further into his corner when he actually sees the unnatural face with its burning features. "Please! Don't eat me! I taste horrible! Please don't eat me!!"

Cayde winces, making to rub at an ear he no longer has. "Ow! Really?? Why are we yelling- there's- look, I'm like only two feet from you, I can hear just fine!" He rolls his optics.

"Anyway, I am not going to eat you. Frankly, I might agree that you probably taste horrible but I am not a cannibal!"

Hearing those words, Bruno carefully peeks out from trying to cover under his own arms and hands, looking somewhat hopeful, yet not entirely convinced. "Y-you won't...?" He asks, not debating the opinion the strange, glowing creature has regarding his taste. Look, he's old. He used to live with rats.

Bruno dares to point a single finger at Cayde. "But- You look like it!"

The Exo gasps at that accusation, a hand flying to his chest. "Well I never!! Anyway, have you seen these jaws? Not very good for tearing meat, lemmee tell you. I prefer a sandwich. Or a good bowl of ramen -have you been to my bar?"

He stands up to give the guy some space. "Get out of there. This is not a great place to go running around in the dark. You even know what floor you're on?"

Well, that sure is a reaction that has Bruno blink up at the strange creature that- Apparently isn't going to eat him?

He still blinks a few times before daring to step out of his little corner. Slowly. Carefully. VERY carefully. And certainly very ready to leap right back in. Though for the most part Bruno remains bewildered.

"Ramen? What's tha- A bar? Uh- N-no. I don't think so? Why. What floor? Is that-" He tries to answer all questions at once, but naturally that only leads to some very much palpable confusion.

"I'll educate you on the fine points of spicy ramen at a later date. Right now is probably not a good time." Cayde casts a glance over his shoulder, looking about.

"Heh, you did some climbing. That way's all kinda collapsed in, and in here's no better. This place is kind of up against a slope and you took a shortcut." He starts walking away a few steps before coming to a stop, gesturing. "Good thing you didn't go any farther, 'cuz it's a loooong way down."

"Oh, I- I didn't mean to fall anywhere, y'know..." Bruno answers with a grimace and a shrug. "I was just- Trying to get away?" Away from the scary monster. Still he winces upon approaching the drop and looking down, making a point by stepping away from it instantly.

"But going back the way we came, that- That's an option, yes?" Just an assumption.

"I mean before that. You were running off in here like you were chasing someone," Cayde points out. At least the man is more focused. The Exo smirks a little, nodding.

"Probably, maybe. Well, provided more of the floor doesn't cave in. Honestly I'm surprised you managed to get past that one place without going straight through." He waves his Ghost over, another eerie blue light floating in the darkness before she's close enough to make out. Sundance obliges to his unspoken request, switching to a more directional light, beaming it along the floor and their surroundings to give Bruno a better look at just how treacherous the rest of the building is.

And not a bucket of spackle to fortify it with.

"That one place? Oh, you mean-" Bruno starts relatively calm, nodding along - Until the light comes floating closer and he shuts up, frozen in place, staring.

He watches the hovering thing for a moment, undecided whether to scream or if it's another kettle-friend. Then Sundance shines some light across their surrounding, effectively redirecting Bruno's attention, who takes a look around first, then gives a professional nod at his conclusion. "Yepp. This place sure needs some patching up."

Though less than a moment later, something else returns to Bruno's attention. "Wait! Where did Julieta go? She was here!"

"Maybe a little more than some," Cayde suggests as he also gets a better look of things. He blinks at Bruno before exchanging a look with Sundance.

"I hate to break it to you, but I don't think she's here. Although all things considered, that is probably for the best," he notes as he looks around again. "You get the rundown on storms yet?"

Bruno's attention shifts to Cayde and he scratches the mess of his hair with something like an apologetic shrug before gesturing unrelated circles with the same hand. "I- I suppose? If my sister were here, she'd be stuck and- And- Well. That- Wouldn't be good and all."

He exhales noisily and both his hands drop down in front of him, fidgeting themselves into a tangle of fingers. "Storms are bad, yes. But- This doesn't seem stormy. Didn't think the storms here came without wind. Or rain. Or thunder. Or-" In his defense, most storms Bruno as experienced before were caused by his sister having a bad day.

"No, no- you're absolutely right. This one's a weird one, the last one was as wet and stormy as they come." Cayde frowns. "Probably why this one'll catch people off guard if they don't figure it's a storm. Those usually shut any unusual abilities you have, down, and then there's the seeing people around that actually aren't here." At least this time around they don't seem to be trying to hurt them directly, although he can see how things can get pretty ugly just by chasing after them unwittingly.

"Come on, let's get out of here," he says.

While he listens to the unusual- Well. Person, Bruno's eyes switch between watching Cayde and Sundance in turn, still very much unsure what to make of them. And just how much he can really trust them.

"Sure. Out of here sounds... Good?" Bruno answers, at least somewhat cautiously. "I'll just go back to my room."

Cayde waves Sundance off in the direction they'd come from to light the way. "That sounds like a good idea. Probably better to wait this out. Hopefully this won't last long." Too bad storms didn't seem to run on a schedule.

He nods after his Ghost. "Follow Sundance- watch your step though. I'll be right behind you."

"Sundance?" Bruno asks over his shoulder as he starts to follow after the floating light source. "Is that- What it's called?" Look, Cayde, now he has questions. "Does it dance in the sun?" A pause, but only a very brief one. "Do you dance in the sun?"

The Exo snorts at that. "She's a Ghost. Sundance's her name. After an old west legend," he says, offering a crooked smile. "Don't have to take everything literal you know. Oh, I'm Cayde, by the way." He pauses, considering. "But I could dance in the sun. Or at night, time of day don't matter. Not as good as other Guardians though, heh! You should see their moves..."

Bruno scowls in response. "Well, excuse me for being used to things being called what they actually are." And that? Doesn't look like a ghost at all. Not that Bruno has ever seen a ghost, but- That's the point about ghosts, right? Settling on a small pout, Bruno shrugs. "I'm Bruno." And yes, he can dance. If he wants to.

"Oh, this place must be fun for you then," Cayde muses with just a tiny quirk of a grin. The Agrii aren't the best translators after all.

"Okay Bruno. Where are you staying? We'll make sure you get there in one piece. I don't like how quiet this storm's been, but so long as you know it is one, that should keep you from chasing after ghosts. Well, ghosts of people who might not be here anyway."

Falling silent, Bruno's steps slow until he gradually falls behind the Guardian and eventually stops.

He doesn't need this. He doesn't need to get ridiculed by a scary person that nearly gave him a heart attack. He has had plenty of that back home especially when people thought he wouldn't notice.

He can find his own way. So when he notices a small gap in one of the walls, Bruno wordlessly slips away.

Not that Cayde meant anything by it, but it isn't very often that he comes across people who take him too seriously. It's Sundance who notices they're short one person first, slowing and glancing back before looking at her Guardian.

"Huh?" Cayde follows her look as well, blinking. "Wait, where'd he go? Bruno! -he didn't fall somewhere, did he? We'd have heard that..." At least there aren't any fresh signs that the floor's given way. He frowns, looking back at Sundance.

"Was it something I said?"

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