He's sore, another headache is already settling in just after the last one had finally eased, and a chill sweeps straight up his spine the moment he comes to. He does a quick, almost frenetic sweep of his surroundings as clarity hits him all at once. Good to know the church manages to suck no matter where you end up. Catholics… ]
Still think you should be going about this alone?
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admittedly, it would have been easier to deal with if they did get physically attacked. and while thorns is generally used to hearing whispers at the back of his mind, this was something different compared to the usual aegir related nightmares.
also he doesn't want to admit elysium was right. so there's that. ]
[ Hien is around the river because sometimes that's just what he does while giving it the worst stink eye known to blind man. He's still blind, but he still wanted to see how Thorns was doing. ]
"Thorns? You here...?"
[ can he smell him... or hear him. His cat ears perk up at the ready. ]
[ welcome to the ice rink! tobari has never seen snow before. he's wandering around completely unaware of the dangers of the ice. surely that won't be a problem. for now, you may have optional heterosexuality if you so choose ( 2:08:40 - 2:12:44 ). it's probably just glimpses of this interaction in the ice. if nothing else, it looks tender. some hets have rights.
Tobari's life has been a fortunate one. He'd be the first to say so. Despite the circumstances of his birth, he's defied the odds and managed to survive even this long. Doing so was only by the grace of the people around him. As a child, he was picked up by Shioji—what does it matter if that same beloved older brother later betrayed him and set him up as a scapegoat? He was clothed, fed, given shelter, and raised by the Red Light District—so what if, when it all burnt down, one day those same people who treated him so gently blamed Tobari for all their troubles? Somehow, in spite of everything, he even found someone who loved him through all the tragedies.
And yet he had the nerve to want more. The chance to hold this beautiful girl's hand, even if she was out of his league. The opportunity to see that flower field on the surface, blooming beyond imagination. And—time. Despite the disease festering in his lungs, a marker of exactly where he came from and the fate he couldn't escape, he just... wanted a little bit more time. [ at the end of it all, he's just a little bit stunned. it's one thing to experience and another to witness. and yet his gaze remains glued on the image of that lovely, lovely girl, bloodied and eyes closed for an eternal rest, until his own lungs demand that he remembers how to breathe. then it's just one shuddering breath in as his hand comes up to pinch the bridge of his nose, and he figures out how to school his expression back into something a little less...
[At some point a blurry ass picture is sent to Thorns. It is so hard to tell what this is. There's some green in it. It looks like someone was running and taking a picture of something in their hand while running??
[ when you're a shitposter at heart so your character doesn't get into any real danger with mazes for several weeks straight… not since the tdm, now that i think about it…
The flag isn't a weapon. It'll cost a lot to replace if it gets broken. When he'd said those lines jokingly, he hadn't meant it as anything more than material loss. But even after paying the price he has to pay now, it's a price he would pay again and again and again.
He'd promised he would explain later. And now he will, as they're tucked away in one of the private rooms at the farthest edge of the resort. Who knew? That the weight of one life would feel so much heavier than the weight of an entire population's? The moment they're given privacy, every trace of bravado crumbles. ]
… I was confident I'd be able to get through because it's… happened before. [ … one of the few memshares that i was not too lazy to write, even, so he has even less of an excuse not to disclose his rationale. ] I'm not going to apologise for getting us out of there.
[ It isn't something he regrets. There's no one true way to determine how much he's been set back, but the signs are there regardless: crystals creeping up his shoulder, encroaching on his neck. Then, words that come freely one moment and snag painfully the next.
Better to lose a little of his time than pay with their lives and the condition of their shards. It's the easiest decision he's ever made. ]
[ it's easy to be upset. thorns is sure he could have gotten them out of there. would it have been faster than calling for help? likely not, but it's one of those things that will kind of haunt you.
but he does inspect the newly formed crystals, his mouth pressed into a thin line as he does so. this is too much. elysium really needs to be back at medical at rhodes right now, but instead they're stuck here. ]
You can't do this again.
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I don't even need the equipment to see how bad it is, Elysium.
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LOVE β€οΈ YOU, YOU SLEIGH-RIDINGπ ELF-ASS SINNER! π MAY YOUR HOLIDAYS NEVER β BE BASIC! TURN UP π AND HAVE A VERY LIT π₯CHRISTMAS! ππ
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He's sore, another headache is already settling in just after the last one had finally eased, and a chill sweeps straight up his spine the moment he comes to. He does a quick, almost frenetic sweep of his surroundings as clarity hits him all at once. Good to know the church manages to suck no matter where you end up. Catholics… ]
Still think you should be going about this alone?
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also he doesn't want to admit elysium was right. so there's that. ]
Why are you giving me this? You need it.
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Is everyone all right? I apologize I wasn't able to do more...
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so, so happy. too happy? i don't have the right icons for this. ]
You need to make more cake.
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even if they should maybe get healed. ]
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[ ...he still doesn't know what nene is... ]
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I'm sorry for being weird. Also, Nene-san...
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Purgatory sure does things.
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Did you ever get your box open?
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I'm tossing you into the river unless you can give me three extremely compelling reasons not to.
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i know we dont know each other well but wanted to make sure you were doing ok
or as ok as anybody can get after this crap
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How are your injuries? Have you returned from the river with Elysium?
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I was healed, yes.
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[ hello... thorns looks better than he did before! yippee ]
Did you check on Hak?
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"Thorns? You here...?"
[ can he smell him... or hear him. His cat ears perk up at the ready. ]
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Hey.
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but in the end!
memory: greed (tobari bad end spoilers)
The real greed is this and only this: "... After the new year... and a while after that, it'll be spring." ( 2:28:49 - 2:36:00 )Tobari's life has been a fortunate one. He'd be the first to say so. Despite the circumstances of his birth, he's defied the odds and managed to survive even this long. Doing so was only by the grace of the people around him. As a child, he was picked up by Shioji—what does it matter if that same beloved older brother later betrayed him and set him up as a scapegoat? He was clothed, fed, given shelter, and raised by the Red Light District—so what if, when it all burnt down, one day those same people who treated him so gently blamed Tobari for all their troubles? Somehow, in spite of everything, he even found someone who loved him through all the tragedies.
And yet he had the nerve to want more. The chance to hold this beautiful girl's hand, even if she was out of his league. The opportunity to see that flower field on the surface, blooming beyond imagination. And—time. Despite the disease festering in his lungs, a marker of exactly where he came from and the fate he couldn't escape, he just... wanted a little bit more time.
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well, lost. ]
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Anyway. Monday morning: ]
Did you want to go check out if there were new boxes?
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Also the text:]
where
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The flag isn't a weapon. It'll cost a lot to replace if it gets broken. When he'd said those lines jokingly, he hadn't meant it as anything more than material loss. But even after paying the price he has to pay now, it's a price he would pay again and again and again.
He'd promised he would explain later. And now he will, as they're tucked away in one of the private rooms at the farthest edge of the resort. Who knew? That the weight of one life would feel so much heavier than the weight of an entire population's? The moment they're given privacy, every trace of bravado crumbles. ]
… I was confident I'd be able to get through because it's… happened before. [ … one of the few memshares that i was not too lazy to write, even, so he has even less of an excuse not to disclose his rationale. ] I'm not going to apologise for getting us out of there.
[ It isn't something he regrets. There's no one true way to determine how much he's been set back, but the signs are there regardless: crystals creeping up his shoulder, encroaching on his neck. Then, words that come freely one moment and snag painfully the next.
Better to lose a little of his time than pay with their lives and the condition of their shards. It's the easiest decision he's ever made. ]
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You can't do this again.
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I don't even need the equipment to see how bad it is, Elysium.
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SEND THIS TO π OF YOUR BADDEST SINNERS ππΌππΎ IF YOU GET 0οΈβ£ BACK, YOU'RE UP NEXT FOR THE CAGE ππ«! IF YOU GET π BACK YOU BETTER BE READY FOR PAPΓ NOEL'S HOT β¨οΈ CARAJILLO βοΈ
LOVE β€οΈ YOU, YOU SLEIGH-RIDINGπ ELF-ASS SINNER! π MAY YOUR HOLIDAYS NEVER β BE BASIC! TURN UP π AND HAVE A VERY LIT π₯CHRISTMAS! ππ
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SEND THIS TO π OF YOUR BADDEST SINNERS ππΌππΎ IF YOU GET 0οΈβ£ BACK, YOU'RE UP NEXT FOR THE CAGE ππ«! IF YOU GET π BACK YOU BETTER BE READY FOR PAPΓ NOEL'S HOT β¨οΈ CARAJILLO βοΈ
LOVE β€οΈ YOU, YOU SLEIGH-RIDINGπ ELF-ASS SINNER! π MAY YOUR HOLIDAYS NEVER β BE BASIC! TURN UP π AND HAVE A VERY LIT π₯CHRISTMAS! ππ
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