[The Ring-Spirit is the only person Ryou can feel secure from drawing comfort from.
Even the fact that he's scratched open a bleeding wound on his head that he doesn't seem to notice is proof positive that...if Ryou just found a way to nestle himself into the Ring-Spirit's heart in a reverse of how they'd always existed...then people would be safe. Before, they weren't safe because the Ring-Spirit had a goal in mind, and he killed and hurt whoever was in his way.
But now...it's an alright trait, all things considered. So, Ryou allows the hug, rather than pushing his partner away. Even hazed in his own inebriation though, he can't help but hug back, and quietly murmur--]
I want to be inside your heart.
[--before going intangible and intending to try exactly that. Hard to remember that he doesn't care for possession that much.
...It doesn't matter. This is nothing but a role reversal, so that Ryou can finally feel as if he's able to be contained safely.
Unfortunately...it means that as soon as Ryou does possess the Ring-Spirit, all of his anguish and self-hatred is going to wash over the other monster, his other self.
It might not be nice...but that's the power of a shared bond. Ryou will nest within the Ring-Spirit, like an itching, painful parasite. Because that's it, isn't it? that's what he is.]
cw; possession, self-hate, unhealthy codependent thoughts, despair??? do i warn for despair?
Even the fact that he's scratched open a bleeding wound on his head that he doesn't seem to notice is proof positive that...if Ryou just found a way to nestle himself into the Ring-Spirit's heart in a reverse of how they'd always existed...then people would be safe. Before, they weren't safe because the Ring-Spirit had a goal in mind, and he killed and hurt whoever was in his way.
But now...it's an alright trait, all things considered. So, Ryou allows the hug, rather than pushing his partner away. Even hazed in his own inebriation though, he can't help but hug back, and quietly murmur--]
I want to be inside your heart.
[--before going intangible and intending to try exactly that. Hard to remember that he doesn't care for possession that much.
...It doesn't matter. This is nothing but a role reversal, so that Ryou can finally feel as if he's able to be contained safely.
Unfortunately...it means that as soon as Ryou does possess the Ring-Spirit, all of his anguish and self-hatred is going to wash over the other monster, his other self.
It might not be nice...but that's the power of a shared bond. Ryou will nest within the Ring-Spirit, like an itching, painful parasite. Because that's it, isn't it? that's what he is.]