thevoidsdarkhorse | Heart Game (Continued)

Heart Game (Continued)

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[progress. . . finally]

I know you wouldn't. Your friends are your strength, right? And that strength shatters when you think they've been taken from you.

But they haven't been. You've sill got them right here.

[places a hand over his heart]

And as long as you don't forget, then they'll continue to give you strength. As long as you don't forget. . . nothing can ever take them from you, no matter how hard it tries.

[he's never really been one for friendship speeches, and that sound cheesy even to his own ears. but he believes it]

How long am I supposed to last on that.

That's all it was for over fifteen YEARS. It was all I had, that hope that....that I would GET them, have them. That I could be happy. That I would have people who wanted me, who loved me, cared for me, actually SAW me, and valued me.

I had it. I had it, I had them, but then they were taken away after what? A few months?

[She sobs.] Even my mom...I had her in my arms. I thought....I thought I saved her, I thought I had her in time, but it was just a few more minutes.

Over fifteen years for a few months, a few minutes....

. . .

[he drops one hand to his side, and assesses her injuries. before responding, he concentrates again-- taps into the void, and tries to conjure up a roll of bandages for her. it's also not quite as easy as conjuring roses and cards, but hey. . . be managed a uniform earlier. certainly he could manage bandages]

No one can blame you for hurting. For being angry. You have every right to yell and scream and cry about it.

No one will take that from you.

But you said you would never deny their existence. . . so as much as you cry, as much as you hurt. . . don't deny their existence by giving up.

[Takes some focus, but eventually getting some bandages.]

I wouldn't be! It's...it's memories that do...

Someone who misses 'em...

[victory! Takes that roll and starts wrapping her injuries, beginning with the ones on her hands]

Misses them. . .?

When people die.

You know they existed because people remember 'em. Know who they were. They....they didn't just disappear anonymous.

That's right.

[continuing to wrap the injuries up her arm next]

But if you gave up, who would be left to miss them?

I'd be with 'em.

[other arm next! trying to stave off the bleeding as much as possible]

Roxy. . .

[quiet, but firm. speeching isn't really getting him anywhere, probably because his aspect isn't hope or heart anymore, but maybe. . .]

[maybe if he tries something else. . . more in line with his role. . .]

[taps into void senses again, focusing on the return to void feelings, the void taint that doom had spoken of earlier. he focuses as he bandages, tries to grasp it, and tries his best to steal it]

[if words won't help, then maybe taking on some of her burden himself will]

[It's...actually ridiculously easy to steal that. It's to help, it's void feels being held selfishly by a rogue, being pure void impulses.]

[But it's probably a bit of a trip because now HE is feeling those impulses to want to go to the void.]

[Her head snaps up.] What are you-?!

[twitches a bit, concentration faltering as his own confidence and will to live plummets, but he doesn't let it hold him back. he expected this]

You won't listen to what I'm saying.

[steal steal steal it all, he can handle it, he can push through this, that's what he's always done, he hasn't broken like she has--]

So I'll show you, instead.

N-no, stop, stop it! Stop it, you're not used to the Void, stop it, you idiot!

Used to it or not, like hell I'm going to let you carry this burden alone!

[hands shhhhaking now boy this is miserable]

That's the point! You're not doing this alone, and-- you never were!

[Return to void return to void return to void wouldn't it be wonderful?]

S....stop! Please, I don't...

[She grabs his arms, tight.]

Just...just stop, please, I don't want to lose anyone else!

. . .

[he stops, but he doesn't give back what he's taken so far. still struggling against those feelings, but his willpower has always been strong]

I'm not going anywhere. I'm not-- [deep breaths deep breaths]

I'm not. . . going to break under this.

Edited 2015-01-26 18:10 (UTC)

It's-

You-

L-loved ones! It's....love, connections, those feelings, it...it makes the void's call less, omg, dun just willpower that shit, the void will make you want to go, need good feels to fill the emptiness and make it...less.

You have that.

[firm! and earnest! well as firm as he can get while questioning his own existence]

[. . . but the reminder is still nice, as it makes him think back to Aoko, to Ed, to Clover, to Diamond, to Tiamat and his mom and dad and everyone he's come to rely on despite being an independent lone wolf character. but right now, the focus is on her]

You have that, as evident by the sheer number of people who are here to help you. As evident by how strongly you feel for your friends back home. That's something you never lost. Even if. . . even if those people have left, or have died, those connection never broke and your feelings for them never disappeared.

[ANOTHER DEEP BREATH]

. . . I've lost someone very important to me too, y'know. I didn't wanna bring it up because it-- it feels small, compared to everything you've gone through.

This sort of. . . emptiness, isn't something I'm unfamiliar with. So. . . let me hold onto this burden, just for a little while. Just to help you get back on your feet.

[She looks at him, lost, confused, so very terrified.]

Why? Why do you....why do you even care?

Because you're my friend.

I mean. . . I didn't know you very well before all of-- [sweeps his hands around him, gesturing to. . . everything] -- this. But you're still my friend.

And I can't ignore a friend who needs help.

. . . oh boy, explaining how I know all of this stuff about you when you wake up is gonna be really weird.

[Man, Roxy has weird intuition for her own subconscious, she's gonna pick up Shenanigans happened.]

....

[So those bandages you put on her? The exact same shade of blue as your eyes now and they no longer seem to be bandages.]

Up the ladder.

[blinks at her, surprised]

But-- will you be okay?

Hope counterbalances Rage.

[. . . he isn't quite sure if that answer inspires confidence, but]

[before he heads up the ladder he's walking over to give her another hug. he can ttly push his own personal space boundaries to help okok!1]

[Hugs are always good.]

[She...shakes against him, but doesn't pull away on her own. Which is...something.]

[But when you ascend...]

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