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Post by whimsy on Jul 11, 2012 19:09:53 GMT -6
==> QW: Confront
You've sat in Cael's room for long enough. You've talked it over with Ocia and Finn and it's time to do something. Moping won't help, right? That's what Finn would say. And his advice really rang true. People were going to get hurt. That was just where you found yourself. Running away won't change that.
But it would put you far away from the hurt when it happened. That might be nice.
No, you get up and you walk out of the room. Ross's door is still closed and you didn't hear him leave. You hope he's still there and you hope he's gone. You keep your Goggleputer on since his voice was gone and you'd need to it chat. Like something out of Source Code.
Don't get distracted, confront. You knock on the door and each rap against the wood makes your stomach clench tighter and tighter and your legs weaker and weaker. [/center] [style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #666611; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: 66DD11; text-align: left;] quibbledWhimsy [QW] began pestering vociferousCryptid [VC] at --:--QW: Please don't hate me after this. QW: But Ross may get hurt QW: So please help him. |
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Post by venndiegram on Jul 11, 2012 19:19:25 GMT -6
-- vociferousCryptid [VC] replied to quibbledWhimsy [QW] at --:--
VC: ! won't hate you, cal!
VC: ! could never do that!
VC: just be honest
VC: AND DO NOT RUN AWAY
VC: that would be the only th!ng you could do wrong
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Post by ross on Jul 11, 2012 19:32:34 GMT -6
==> AA: Confront
With every knock, the pit in your stomach gets deeper.
You get out of bed slowly, and take a minute to try and get yourself looking presentable. You wipe the tears off your face, fix your clothes, and sit down in your desk chair and turn to face the door, phone in hand. [/center] amorousApocalypt[AA] began pestering quibbledWhimsy [QW]AA: It's open. |
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Post by whimsy on Jul 11, 2012 19:38:47 GMT -6
==> QW: Enter
Venn's words are reassuring and foreboding. You like running. But with Ross's message you reach for the doorknob, which seems to turn around and around before it actually opens the door. Inside is Ross, who despite his best efforts was clearly crying. Then again your own cheeks are probably still a little smeared from your earlier breakdown. You don't wear much make-up but there's enough to make tears noticeable.
Now, though, you're feeling less like crying. A bit more distant, as if you're watching an approaching train wreck and can't stop it or even look away. [/center] CALI: Hi
CALI: Ross
CALI: I think
CALI: We should talk
CALI: er
CALI: If it's okay with you I mean!
You'd really like for him not to be okay with it. A nice and easy out. [/center] |
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Post by ross on Jul 11, 2012 19:42:22 GMT -6
==> AA: Be okay.
Hahahahahaha no.
But you can talk.
Metaphorically speaking. [/center] AA: No sense delaying it, really.
AA: I just want you to know
AA: I'm sorry
AA: About earlier. |
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Post by whimsy on Jul 11, 2012 19:44:45 GMT -6
==> QW: Talk
If only it were that easy. For the past fifteen minutes you'd been sitting on Cael's bed thinking about what to say. Now that you're in the situation you're drawing a complete blank. It hardly seems fair. You're the Seer of Time, you should be able to predict the future and prepare! [/center] CALI: Okay
CALI: Well
CALI: Did you really mean everything you said earlier?
CALI: I read it over after
CALI: I'm sorry
CALI: I thought you were ignoring me.
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Post by ross on Jul 11, 2012 19:47:04 GMT -6
==> AA: Mean it.
A strange kind of dissociation is settling over you.
Even as this trainwreck is unfolding, you still have a hard time believing Cali is even there. [/center] |
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Post by whimsy on Jul 11, 2012 19:50:19 GMT -6
==> QW: Get to the point
You really would like to more dawdle to the point, but in a strange wave of encouragement or sheer stupidity you've concluded that you really shouldn't put it off much longer. [/center] CALI: Well that makes this harder.
CALI: Ross
CALI: You
CALI: You're a wonderful friend
CALI: And I don't want to lose you
CALI: Ever
CALI: But
CALI: I
CALI: Feel sick
CALI: Ignore that
CALI: I
CALI: don't think
CALI: I don't think I can do that to you.
CALI: It
CALI: Well
CALI: It'll only hurt you.
CALI: So we shouldn't
CALI: Be together.
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Post by ross on Jul 11, 2012 19:55:41 GMT -6
==> AA: Wait.
What? [/center] AA: What do you mean it'll only hurt me? |
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Post by whimsy on Jul 11, 2012 19:59:01 GMT -6
==> QW: Explain
Of course Ross wouldn't know. You haven't even fully grasped everything. [/center] CALI: Ross
CALI: I just
CALI: Hurt people around me
CALI: I hurt you
CALI: I hurt Finn
CALI: And I'm going to hurt everyone in the future
CALI: But even between now and then
CALI: I'm going to end up hurting people
CALI: It's what I do, apparently.
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Post by ross on Jul 11, 2012 20:11:11 GMT -6
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It's like looking into a mirror. [/center] AA: Cali.
AA: I'm the Knight of Doom.
AA: Hurting people I care about is literally my job description.
AA: You being here is the only good thing to come out of this game, and I managed to ruin that too.
AA: Some situations are just impossible.
AA: None of us are going to get through this in one piece.
AA: But I could never hate you for doing what you have to do.
AA: I don't want to be safe.
AA: I just want to be with you. |
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Post by whimsy on Jul 11, 2012 20:14:14 GMT -6
==> QW: Pout
He's holding on and it's making it hurt even more. You tried the band-aid approach but failed. [/center] CALI: If we make it through this
CALI: And I mean
CALI: Things are all okay
CALI: Then I will give it a chance
CALI: But
CALI: I don't think I'll make it through
CALI: And no matter what
CALI: I don't think you'll be with me
CALI: No matter how much you want
CALI: And it will hurt more if you try
CALI: And I don't want to hurt you, Ross
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Post by ross on Jul 11, 2012 20:18:05 GMT -6
==> AA: Be the Knight.
There is nothing you won't do for her. [/center] AA: Of course I'll be with you.
AA: What else am I going to use this shining armor for?
AA: I am your Knight always, m'lady. You manage a smile. [/center] |
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Post by whimsy on Jul 11, 2012 20:20:51 GMT -6
==> QW: Explain better.
You're going to have to do less dancing around it. But it's hard to talk about your own death. [/center] CALI: Ross
CALI: That's sweet
CALI: But
CALI: Sometime soon
CALI: I will
CALI: Die
CALI: And I need you
CALI: And I want you to promise me
CALI: That you won't be the Knight at that time
CALI: It has to happen
CALI: And if
CALI: If I don't do this now
CALI: It will hurt you more then.
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Post by ross on Jul 11, 2012 20:24:40 GMT -6
==> AA: Promise.
There's a long moment where all you can do is focus on your breathing, your hands shaking too much to type. [/center] AA: No.
AA: Anything but that.
AA: I'd do anything for you.
AA: Except that.
AA: I won't let you kill yourself.
AA: And that's what I'm promising. |
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