thevoidsdarkhorse | Heart Game (Continued)

Heart Game (Continued)

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[Robots man.]

[Roll a ten sider.]

[Nodding, still closing the distance.]

Because you're always the only one left. Right?

Right.

Of course.

Totes believe you.

[Squeezes his hand.] Just...'member that? It's all right to ask for help? You've never really asked 'fore.

Yes.

CW: you've already helped me a lot too
CW: in ways i can't explain
CW: in ways i didn't want but needed
CW: you answered things i needed
CW: even if it wasn't about you
CW: it might take me a while to recover from this
CW: but i don't regret it
CW: i still want to help
CW: i want to get to know you
CW: outside of here

You don't have to believe me. I suppose we could always just sit here, together, in jail, until that beastly girl comes back to kill us both. That sounds like fun, doesn't it.

TG: im glad 2 hear that
TG: take all the time u need to recover
TG: no need to rush it
TG: u have time
TG: n u have ppl who care bout you
TG: n will help u
TG: but im sure youll get there
TG: ur a pretty strong guy
TG: id like that
TG: getting to kno u

[She snorts.] She doesn't want to kill me, wants me to do the Batterbitch's bidding.

I know. And it's not fair at all. But wanting to die.....this isn't the only option you have. It's never the only option. You can't realize that right now, because you're clouded with misery.

[Quick as she can, she reaches out to take Roxy's face in both hands. Failing that, she'll grab for her shoulders.]

Friends don't let friends stay blind. I learned that from you!

[As the Light, she'll banish that clouded perception, burn away the fog of despair, and give back some much-needed clarity. Some incredibly important clarity, a clarity that refuses to be ignored. She puts all she has into the effort.]

That blood....those bonds....they're not meant to be chains, weights made of failure and loneliness, but your strength. That's what your friends and mother from home were to you, why their loss hurts so badly......and it's why me and everyone else is here!

I will. I'll definitely remember. It's not that I think I ever hid anything from you ... but I do know that some of the times you've been there for me, hugged me when I needed it, I didn't really have to ask because you seemed to know.

Ah yes, of course. To create the...'matriorb,' was it?

So what about it? You aren't considering giving in to her, are you?

CW: i don't feel strong
CW: right now
CW: but
CW: i
CW: thank you

The only options I have are longshots at best. Longshots compared to everything else that already was.

[The light has an affect, the empty smile shifting to just a look of pure pain and despair.]

They can't be a strength when they're gone!

[And it, unfortunately, has another affect.]

...really? Heh, maybe I am getting somewhere...

It's....AGH. It's complicated!

It's an entire RACE!

TG: no i imagine u dont
TG: most wouldnt
TG: ur welcome
TG: n ill be here til youre ready to move on
TG: dun worry
TG: time gets weird in the void anyway

I'd say you definitely are.

CW: what do you mean by weird

A race that's already dead. Aren't they?

[~~spoiler Fade is literally the worst person to face this dilemma~~]

It's not as though you are dooming them. They've already been lost.

...thanks.

[And suddenly you're back in the Neighborhood with all the fire, on the street now.]

[There's a building collapsing near you, and an injured Carapacian is trying to get out of the way of it.]

But I could SAVE them.

TG: time n space dun matter
TG: could take fifty years to cross two feet
TG: or cross a thousand miles in ten seconds
TG: so like
TG: u could have a while
TG: n not get immediately ganked out of heart

[It's better than the emptiness. It's better than something fake. The truth can be cruel and it can be painful but it is always, always, always better than a comfortable or convenient lie.

Hydra draws strength from that thought even as the memory rocks through her system and blur her vision with tears.]

....then you make those longshots work. Rewrite the rules, make the odds change to be in your favor! And don't....don't you dare tell me those important people can't still support you! Don't you fucking dare!

I left my home for a reason I can't remember. Maybe my family's dead, too. But they're still my strength, Roxy, because I remember them! I remember how much they cared about me, that they loved me! I remember that connection!

If you die like you're saying you want to, if you give up, you're denying all of us! The memories of your friends and mother, and the friends that are here now, fighting to help you. You're pretending none of what you shared with them, or us, ever existed!

CW: ...ah
CW: how did you leave the void
CW: after this
CW: what brought you back

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