kalluto's cabin (SFW)

[devil_or_angle]

*after alluka and nanika's ill-fated birthday party has passed, killua leaves her to sleep off her indigestion and sets off down the hall. there's dread in his uneasy heart, a suspicion that there's something his sisters have been keeping from him all this time. not ready yet to confront them about it, he shows up instead at his brother's door with dark circles under his eyes and unkept hair, haggard from all he's been through over the past days and nights. as soon as kalluto answers it, he questions:*

what do you know about the other alluka?

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[descendsanathema]

*Kalluto's gaze frantically darts from the door to every opening he can see. For someone as skilled as his eldest brother, that was everywhere. Over his shoulder, above him, at his feet, but always going back to the cabin door."

"Aniki!"

*Pounding heartbeats rattle his lithe frame, shifting his robes almost imperceptibly. The whirlwind slowly ebbs alongside it, as offensive hatsu gives way to Kalluto's other power. In some abstract space in Kalluto's mind, the airship occupants light up like beacons. None are unaccounted for.*

"He's not here. But... there's something deep in your skull."

[devil_or_angle]

*the tension in his hands strikes through the rest of his body at the mention of their eldest brother, freezing his blood to ice in his veins. but he can't feel illumi's unmistakable, oppressive presence anywhere in the room, just the pulse of kalluto's defensive aura. forcibly retracting his claws, he reaches for his brother's hand, giving it a gentle tug back to reality.*

in me? what do you mean...?

[descendsanathema]

*Kalluto blinks, the soft movement of his own hand grounding him. His eyes move from their joined hands, up past Killua's arm, then to his face. His shoulders give out, relaxing as a sigh releases.*

"In you. Long and thin, in your forehead. Aniki's... aura. Like when he piggybacks off my paper bugs."

*He squeezes back, shivering.*

[devil_or_angle]

*killua's heart shakes with chill, but as he pulls his brother closer, he feels his blood thawing.*

show me where.