002 ✽ Come back! Even as a shadow, even as a dream

[giglio_madonna]

Who: Everyone stuck in Virgo HQ
What: This happened, and now we're all stuck here.
When: Nov. 1 - 5
Where: Virgo HQ
Warnings: Honor system, I'm trusting everyone to put warning in the subject lines if it comes up in their threads!

So.

Press events? Not happening. Concerts? Cancelled. Going out at all? N o p e.

Everyone- well every newbie- is ball and chained to Virgo Entertainment's headquarters for the time being. What's the emergency? No one knows, but you're all stuck here regardless.

> What will you do?

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[giglio_madonna]

Ah...

[Right, he reacted negatively down in the basement to...]

Would a wig help, do you think?

[Because that's sure a solution.]

[sponsorigami]

[ Ivan lowers his head, trying to hide the shame that flickers over his face. He hates that he reacted like that to her and haunted by someone who bears a similar look to Luce. ]

... Maybe if I... didn't face you. I'm not sure a wig would help in the dark.

[giglio_madonna]

A much simpler idea than what I was suggestion.

[Luce tries to smile, to help lighten the air.]

We can give it a try, then. It can't hurt.

[sponsorigami]

Okay. It really can't do much worse.

[ He takes a long sip of his espresso. And he's probably said this multiple times since leaving the basement, yet he does so again. ]

... I'm sorry.

[giglio_madonna]

Oh, Ivan...

[Standing up, she leans over so she can press their foreheads together.]

You have nothing to apologize for as far as I'm concerned. Even if it wasn't physically, you still ended up getting hurt in a different way. I wouldn't blame you for reacting when something like that happened.

[sponsorigami]

[ His eyes close, and he focuses on the support he has, his family, those by his side. It's comforting, and Ivan feels some of the guilt fade away. ]

I'll be stronger next time.

[giglio_madonna]

And it's alright if you're not. You have the rest of us here with you.

[Luce strokes his hair.]

Take as long as you need to figure everything out and pick yourself up again.

[sponsorigami]

I'll... I'll take the time to rest, try to clear my head during this lockdown.

[ And then Juno contacts him and nabs him for a few days. ]