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[ 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.

[ he lets out a breath, bringing their foreheads together for a moment, and then settling back. ]

I don't even need the equipment to see how bad it is, Elysium.

[ It doesn't feel right to chase after him. Elysium stands still, watching Thorns withdraw, the tight set of his mouth keeping it in a line. He knows exactly what's running through Thorns' mind, and he knows exactly what he's blaming himself for. Even if Elysium wouldn't change his decision if he could, it doesn't make Thorns' guilt any easier to bear. ]

I was going to say it looks worse than it actually is… but I did feel like I was going to die for a real second there.

[ —As if he doesn't realise what he's just said until a moment too late, his hands fly to his mouth. But just as he tries to explain, another sharp pain shoots through his system, leaving him panting, bracing himself against Thorns to steady both his body and his breathing.

And then there's the problem of hiding this new growth from others, in that it isn't as easy to hide as before—turtlenecks would reveal the protrusion, so all that leaves are bulky scarves that can only be justifiable for so long. Life is hell. ]

… That… wasn't what I wanted to say.

... I'm sure it wasn't.

[ it had too much of the truth in it.

thorns holds onto him, keeping him steady so that he doesn't fall over. once the worst of the attack is over, thorns is going to try to direct elysium to sit down somewhere, so that if that does happen again, he won't fall. ]

Didn't you promise not to die on me, Elysium?

What happens to me matters much less than what happens to you. Until you wake up in the shard… I can't.

[ shakes

He needs to seal his mouth shut. ]

[ ...

thorns keeps standing. in fact, he uses this position so he can lean over elysium, like he's trapping him in place. ]

But afterwards, it's fine for you to? Is that it?

[ Seeing as he can't trust his own mouth anymore, he just

tilts his head away. ]

[ hello?

thorns places his hand onto elysium's chin to redirect it towards him. ]

You are definitely not going to die after we leave this place. I will march you to medical to get treatment myself if I have to.

[ help

A strangled noise leaves his mouth. ]

No, I don't think that's what's going to happen. It's bad, but objectively, there are people who have come back from worse circumstances. What I'm more worried about is—

[ Well. This time he manages to stop himself short, biting down hard on his own tongue. Ow. ]

[ well, it's too late, he already started saying it.

thorns shakes his head. ]

No. Finish the sentence.

[ …

Puts hand over Thorns' mouth. ]

[ he's going to kill you

he takes his hand and moves it away. he has the (obiwan voice) high ground here ]

Tell me.

I have better odds of killing you than the other way around. In the event we have to choose between ourselves and our shards…

[ He's still trying to struggle against Thorns' hand, eyes looking away. There is no world where they won't choosr each other, but wouldn't that lead into some kind of paradox?

These are the things that haunt you… ]

It just felt like the kind of sick joke this place likes to play.

[ he's also significantly less healthy now, thorns!!!!!! ]

[ ...

he leans forward to press a kiss to elysium's forehead before he knocks their heads together. it is not as hard as he wants it to be consider elysium is currently dying, but it's enough to be greatly annoying. ]

Don't think about something we don't even know will happen.

It's hard not to. One moment I hear you've been taken by pirates; the next, I'm signing myself over to indentured service with the Peludita. There were only so many leads.

[ The way he just

immediately tenses after saying this. ]

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