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selfconcept) wrote2025-11-13 07:51 pm
selfconcept) wrote2025-11-13 07:51 pm
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HELLO
"..."
GOODBYE
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"..."
GOODBYE
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"I'm feeling fine. Just... guilty about the earlier violence."
[ Hien figures Soowon must have been heckled a lot by now, so he'll keep it on the down low. ]
"What about you? I hope it didn't hurt too much when you died."
[ Hien figures Soowon must have been heckled a lot by now, so he'll keep it on the down low. ]
"What about you? I hope it didn't hurt too much when you died."
"It takes a lot of energy to keep myself in control. It's also the most unstable form I have."
[ heckled an average amount for someone who died ]
Sore comfort that it may be, I've had much worse.
[ this was pretty nothing! it was so quick! so much of soo-won's life is an endless continuation of pain and suffering... but he'll turn over on his side and reach out to pat hien's arm ]
... I do think the guilt is the clearest evidence of your kindness. You can speak with others harmed but... I really am fine, so please do not hold onto any guilt on behalf.
Sore comfort that it may be, I've had much worse.
[ this was pretty nothing! it was so quick! so much of soo-won's life is an endless continuation of pain and suffering... but he'll turn over on his side and reach out to pat hien's arm ]
... I do think the guilt is the clearest evidence of your kindness. You can speak with others harmed but... I really am fine, so please do not hold onto any guilt on behalf.
[ Hien chooses to stay here for the time being. He can speak and doesn't want to use his thoughts for communicating, but he's fine receiving them from Yosuke. ]
"No. I'm used to this sort of occurrence, but I know no one else is here. That's why I figured that I should give them all space. I didn't want my presence to invoke any visceral reactions... it hasn't been that long."
"No. I'm used to this sort of occurrence, but I know no one else is here. That's why I figured that I should give them all space. I didn't want my presence to invoke any visceral reactions... it hasn't been that long."
"Thanks anyway."
[ It's the little things that he likes. ]
"Want some food? I don't think I'll be able to cook to my fullest for a while, so this place will have the better stuff while I recover."
[ he lost his sense of taste... ]
[ It's the little things that he likes. ]
"Want some food? I don't think I'll be able to cook to my fullest for a while, so this place will have the better stuff while I recover."
[ he lost his sense of taste... ]
[ Hien is quiet and nestles on Edamura's lap. It's warm and he's comforted. ]
I won't scold you for that, since I'm assuming someone else already did that in my place.
[ ... ]
Remember when I was talking about my friend? And about the feeling I had in my hands?
I won't scold you for that, since I'm assuming someone else already did that in my place.
[ ... ]
Remember when I was talking about my friend? And about the feeling I had in my hands?
"I'm not blaming you. I'm just saying that it happened."
[ That he spun out of control and attacked people. Killed someone, even.
But that image makes him pause. ]
"... Why was I in a display case? I'm not very interesting to look at."
[ That he spun out of control and attacked people. Killed someone, even.
But that image makes him pause. ]
"... Why was I in a display case? I'm not very interesting to look at."
[ ....
Hien can't help but to look over at Mafuyu and... laughs. Just a little. Like he can't believe what he just heard. ]
"I'm sorry. I know you're being serious, so thanks. I'm just... in disbelief at how forgiving you guys are."
Hien can't help but to look over at Mafuyu and... laughs. Just a little. Like he can't believe what he just heard. ]
"I'm sorry. I know you're being serious, so thanks. I'm just... in disbelief at how forgiving you guys are."
[ oh this makes sense. he settles for a soft sigh and doesn't say anything for a second.
"i think from where i was standing, more people were worried than they were upset about what happened. but i get it. it's a lot for other people."
nevertheless...
"wanted to find you right away anyway." ]
"i think from where i was standing, more people were worried than they were upset about what happened. but i get it. it's a lot for other people."
nevertheless...
"wanted to find you right away anyway." ]
[ It's always a waste to leave food. Hien will always eat regardless he's hungry or not, but he doesn't seem as uplifted as usual about it. That's what lack of taste does. The joys of eating... gone... ]
"If I ask for another sparring session, are you gonna think I'm crazy?"
"If I ask for another sparring session, are you gonna think I'm crazy?"
[ Hien lets out a quiet huff as he breathes out. ]
"You bunch are the most forgiving ones I've ever seen in my life, and that's really saying something."
"You bunch are the most forgiving ones I've ever seen in my life, and that's really saying something."
"Dunno. I'm used to dying and all that, so I don't feel too affected personally apart from some guilt."
[ He looks at Sylus's eye again. ]
"You didn't go in the river?"
[ He looks at Sylus's eye again. ]
"You didn't go in the river?"
[ His tail wags a little. ]
"Yeah. I was more worried about everyone else, so I kept my distance."
"Yeah. I was more worried about everyone else, so I kept my distance."
[ then the rest of the memory shows up:
she's quiet. ]
Nothing seems to happen for a moment, but the TV screen over the statue's head soon flickers to life. It shows Hien (normal sized and not 6 inches tall) shoving someone just out of frame to safety on the banks of the Akheron, which has become one long raging riptide. He's swept away by the cold rush of the river, and the surround-sound system catches a soft sigh from him despite how loud the roar of white-churning water is. He sinks below the black surface, and he's gone for several achingly long moments...fia remembers it all. in this memory, it feels like an eternity of watching. in real life, it's only a few seconds.
But suddenly, it's as though the river itself spits him back out, a sudden surge of water pushing him from its depths and to the shore, where he coughs and hacks and then rolls onto his back looking like he wants to take a damn nap.
she's quiet. ]
Edited 2025-12-21 00:49 (UTC)
I understand. Everyone is strange.
[ a nod. ]
I've learned to accept it.
[ a nod. ]
I've learned to accept it.
[ this is so funny that everyone is forgetting their yaois ]
"... I normally wouldn't have cared about eating people like that, but I do care about you guys."
[ That's why he feels guilty. ]
"If you mean it, I'll release the guilt towards you. Now I'm just more worried about Hak."
"... I normally wouldn't have cared about eating people like that, but I do care about you guys."
[ That's why he feels guilty. ]
"If you mean it, I'll release the guilt towards you. Now I'm just more worried about Hak."
[ sir you have been debuffed more often than not in these past few weeks ]
sure
[ That's all he says before he makes his way over. Instead of acknowledging Hien directly, he's just going to slide into a chair or whatever else that's next to him and open a book.
Flips pages casually. ]
sure
[ That's all he says before he makes his way over. Instead of acknowledging Hien directly, he's just going to slide into a chair or whatever else that's next to him and open a book.
Flips pages casually. ]
I killed you there, in that place.
[ One of the reasons for negative modifiers! Yippee! ]
Because I had a feeling that it wasn't you, but only someone that looked like you. Still... if I killed you, this one, while I was a monster, I think I wouldn't be able to eat for a while.
[ One of the reasons for negative modifiers! Yippee! ]
Because I had a feeling that it wasn't you, but only someone that looked like you. Still... if I killed you, this one, while I was a monster, I think I wouldn't be able to eat for a while.
[ soo-won has so few things he cherishes in life that if he ever died again this was the inevitable thing he'd forget
anyway, ]
... I know you do. That's why I know it was an accident, and I do believe that in your right mind, you'd truly never hurt me.
[ . . . but right. hak. soo-won pauses for a moment there, because he really doesn't know him that well but. ]
... If Hak's reasonable, he'll understand that if I hold no grudge, then he shouldn't either.
[ lol. lmao. ]
anyway, ]
... I know you do. That's why I know it was an accident, and I do believe that in your right mind, you'd truly never hurt me.
[ . . . but right. hak. soo-won pauses for a moment there, because he really doesn't know him that well but. ]
... If Hak's reasonable, he'll understand that if I hold no grudge, then he shouldn't either.
[ lol. lmao. ]
[ Hien senses Elysium's presence, but it really is just like him to not say anything, but quietly announce his presence like this. ]
"... You didn't have to grab a book if you really don't feel like reading."
"... You didn't have to grab a book if you really don't feel like reading."
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