Week 7

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[Well that weekend sucked. The Champions are down a dad and a bean and shrinking their numbers smaller and smaller, less and less.

There's no sign of life in the spaceport aside from PAL's omnipresent voice and SIS, the helpful asSIStant who has some control over certain heres and theres in the spaceport. She (and PAL) are available at all times and can appear anywhere if called. There is, however, a new floor to explore. Just hop in the elevator and pchoo.]


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[burninglight]

Hey.

[Apparently, like this. Ardyn's hand squeezed Yuuri's shoulder, yellow eyes hard set on 'determined' with a bit of frustration.]

I'm...I'm sorry. I made a mistake and I shouldn't have just given in. I shouldn't have left you after all that I said.

I know you don't remember that I promised--I said we would never say 'goodbye'. You hate goodbye. So this isn't the end; no matter what it takes, we're coming back.

[motherfucking_ghost]

[He hates goodbyes. She hates goodbyes. She said goodbye. He refused to say goodbye in the letter.

He rocks back as if struck, blinking stupid like he can't believe any of this is happening right now.]

[burninglight]

Leonard--you don't have to forgive me for dying like that. When I get back, I'll accept if you're furious.

But hold out a while longer, even if it feels unbearable. Please.

[motherfucking_ghost]

I'm not--how could you think--how--I'm--

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Buddy. Junpei puts his other hand on Church's shoulder to hold him there, here, in this plane of existence.]

[burninglight]

Because I've been watching, you utter idiot! I know you're furious, I know you're breaking, and that's entirely my fault!

So I'm telling you, right now, as your king and your fiance, to hold yourself together until I get back to fix this whole godsdamned mess!

[motherfucking_ghost]

You think I'm mad at you?!

[burninglight]

Are we really going to start shouting when we're probably on a FUCKING TIME LIMIT?!

[Deep breath.]

...Choromatsu said we could find some way to fix it before the poison set in, and I just...let it happen. I didn't even try to fight it, because even I doubted the shit I'd been saying all week. Worse yet, I accepted it because what if it had been you that walked into that kitchen instead of me?

I'm a stupid self-sacrificing idiot, and you should be furious I left you after I said I'd not do anything stupid.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Well when you put it like that, I'm a little mad at you.

[burninglight]

Thank you, Junpei, I appreciate your shred of common sense!

[motherfucking_ghost]

I WASN'T FUCKING MAD AT YOU UNTIL YOU THOUGHT I WAS MAD AT YOU!

[burninglight]

...


Wait. What? Then--what the hell have you been so angry about?

[motherfucking_ghost]

EVERYTHING! YOU FUCKING MORON!

[He refuses to cry again, too many times in too few days, though the way his face screws up, even through the anger, betrays that he'd like to.]

[serrata]

Church, do you need me to punch him? I'll punch him. Just say the word.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Beat the everloving shit out of that green fucking coward for me if he's with you.

[serrata]

Queenie-san slapped him and he got tackled to the ground when he arrived and, I haven't quite taken getting some kind of spiteful revenge off the table, if that makes you feel any better?

[motherfucking_ghost]

...Q.

[He deflates some, at that.] She's there, too? Even though she wasn't...in the mall--oh, shit, jesus, fuck, of course that wasn't real, either.

[serrata]

Yes! She's here with us and so is everyone else they... they used that week. For the motive. They're safe, or as close to safe as they can get in here, at least.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Wait. Anyone else? What about Kip and Cece?

[burninglight]

[That made sense now that Ardyn thought about it rather than watch the whole thing through a veil of self-loathing. Of course Church would be angry at everything, because...he was Leonard godsdamned Church. Shouting was his native language.]

...

[motherfucking_ghost]

And now you want to promise something you don't know if you can't even keep. You cockbite.

[burninglight]

I was wrong, I made a mistake, and I'm going to rectify it.

Be angry all you want, but I know this isn't over. We're fighting just as hard on this side to get out of here, and I trusted all of you to do the same.

if you don't want me to promise something with even a shred of the possibility of failure, fine. But so long as there is even a fraction of a percentage of a chance that we can get out of here, I won't allow anyone to give up.

I love you, and I'm sorry I'm so godsdamned stupid.

[motherfucking_ghost]

You love me, but I'm just your friend. How the fuck does that work. I read your god damn letter.

[serrata]

You two are engaged, you absolute moron!

[ WHY!! ARE THE PEOPLE SHE LOVES!!! SO STUPID!!!! ]

[burninglight]

Are you seriously--are we arguing semantics, for Shiva's fucking sake, Leonard, I didn't remember I learned to be less stupid about emotions!

You're my idiot boyfriend, I'm going to marry you because in the cursed names of all six Astrals, I would destroy every world that ever decided to dare shelter anyone to lay a hand on you because this mortal life is not worth living if you're not in it!