(catch-all/open) hold up, i'm invincible

[invinciblemikey]

WHO: manjiro "mikey" sano & you

WHERE: the harbors, mirth, and the hinterlands.

WHEN: november 1st till... the end of november??? probably

WHAT: mikey fixes boat things, does hella partying, has his shadow take over, and then goes for the noticeboard hinterlands quest.

WARNINGS: well. hahaha. (possible) suicide attempt mention, (possible) ideation, lack of control, dissociation, crime boss talk, death, drug and alcohol use, violence, and maybe a murder might occur. hi, he's great

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[invinciblemikey]

It's been a long time. I've come to terms with it.

(a lie, and one doesn't even have to know how bad manjiro is when it comes to opening up. every trauma, every piece of information, always given as casually as if he had been speaking about the weather. it's bottling up at its finest, but who'd be fine with their sister dying on their back?

emma kept mikey from spiraling into the darkness that takes over, the reason why he has been more dead than alive as time went by. first, his older brother. then, his childhood love, then his sister.

shit sucks. he could never accept it.)

You take care of 'em?

[zangetsu]

（ his mother's loss is as raw as if it was yesterday. he doubts there's such a thing as coming to terms so much as accepting reality. but he isn't about to say it, instead offering a faint shrug. the wind coming off the bay is getting colder, and ichigo's used to the milder climes of karakura. ）

Not alone. Me and my old man.

（ there's a tolerant sort of fondness in how he talks about his dad, clear indication of a solid relationship between them. ）

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[invinciblemikey]

(that's something they can agree upon, except mikey doesn't do a good job at either. it's hard for him to understand sometimes, even though he's been an orphan for most of his life. a father he didn't get to know, a single hazy memory, and a mother in a hospital who he could only visit once a week.

she shaped him, from his inability to show vulnerability to his desire for strength. decades later, that's still with him, as if it had been yesterday. he can't accept reality so easily.)

... Sorry you're here. I get you.

[zangetsu]

（ the urge to be flippant about it is present, but ichigo... sighs, and scrubs a hand through his messy hair. ）

It's fine. We're all in the same boat, I'm not special.

[invinciblemikey]

Speak for yourself. I'm special as fuck.

(and that's the last bit he's going to say before he hops out, waving a goodbye as he takes another drag, back turned.)

See ya, kiddo.