Power Swap: Missing Something (Open)

[Lucas Blacke]

Thoughts riddled his mind while he had been noticing for a good while now that even while walking he had to put in a bit more effort than he normally would have, he needed to think about where he wanted to go, or in this case stay walking next to Nao and in a straight line. And the oddest thing happened then, even without his ability to guide his legs or imitate people around him his steps still synced up with those of the guy next to him. He had seen that happen before, though never on himself.

Maybe his power had been replaced after all, but by who and why? Hadn't enough bad things happened to him yet? Did something out there really need to up the suck factor in his life? Though the whole situation was perceived as sucking at first, being near Nao for a prolonged amount of time turned out to only make Lucas feel better. But.. was it just a good feeling or was there something else? Because Luke didn't like the idea of having to watch his feet himself in exchange for just feeling good in the vicinity of a guy.

He almost reached out then, watching the boy close his eyes and throwing his head down, wanting to keep Nao from possibly hurting himself but instead just forcing himself to focus on the path ahead and hope the guy didn't run into anything, which luckily enough he didn't. Though he didn't know why he did feel himself grateful and let out a silent sigh of relief.

Lucas nodded slowly, seeing the boy open his eyes and all of a sudden his brain receiving twice as much traffic. ''Aye, 'tis.'' Right then he was torn between wanting to know what it was, not wanting to know what it was and just clinging to the guy altogether.

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They were walking in sync, weren’t they? It happened, from time to time. Statistically it had to happen at least some of the time between two people who were walking next to each other. Even Nao and Ray walked in step with one another some of the time, especially now that they were closer in height than they were when they first met. There did seem to be something different about this time, however. Almost like he was instinctively, unconsciously trying to keep his speed and gait the same as Luke’s, though it didn’t require much effort.

This was indeed very strange. Everything about it, from the comforting feeling coming from someone he didn’t know, from the feeling of loss whenever that person wasn’t around, to the sudden knowledge of everything about this person without having to ask, and now…now there was this thing with his perception. He was looking…but he wasn’t looking where he was going.

Nao wasn’t one for speaking much normally, so it was unsurprising that even in this situation, he would fall silent without much warning. Though he wasn’t speaking, the gears in his brain kept whirring, trying to process the situation as best it could. And the best answer he could come up with was a sort of psychic link/connection between the two of them. It wasn’t telepathy, since neither seemed able to read the minds of others, just each others. Naozumi didn’t know enough about gestaltism to have it even a glimmer of possibility in his mind, however. After all, those sorts of metas had to be siblings, didn’t they? Twins. So it wouldn’t make sense for it to apply to them. Nao sighed and made a sound of impatience. “This is very frustrating,” he said as they continued their walk.

[Lucas Blacke]

Lucas followed Nao when he sighed, though not because he was feeling the same way as him, but because of old habits rearing their ugly heads. He didn't sigh much but when he did it was a sign of thoughts entering his brain that he knew were better off riddling some other place instead of- wait, they wouldn't make him as depressed this time around, would they? He realized with a smile, though the realization was a bit dickish, that Nao would know what he was thinking of and what he had been through. And he would also know how to fix it, he hoped. Or be supporting in some way that Luke hadn't thought of. Which would be hard seeing as their thoughts seemed to be in a single brain for two heads.

As they walked along Luke felt the urge to get a bit closer to the guy still because maybe, through all that was going on, the proximity to what made him happy would cancel out the thought that made him unhappy. And in this case it was more than one thought as Nao would no doubt figure out soon enough.

It wasn't bad enough to start holding his head, and not even bad enough to warrant a complete halt in action, ''Aye.'' he replied with a sigh as he heard Nao repeat what he had said earlier only this time he put the words in a different jacket. It would be annoying normally, even when he fully agreed with anyone saying it. There was no need to repeat what was already established, sounded his logic. Though if it was actually logical remained to be seen.

''When d'ya s'pose we'll figure out what this is?''

If Nao knew anything about the Texan, which he assumed was the deal, he would know that there would likely be no help from him.