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[idolpro]

[ You go, onward and upward. ]

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Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

[he hates it he hates it he hates it

but it should be fine, right? everybody? you all keep saying that he's a person, that he's more than just hatred and evil and stolen memories - so even if everything else burns away, there should be something left, right?

it's what they all want from him anyway, isn't it?

he goes deeper]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[idolpro]

[ And it all burns, truly—it sears through your veins and flesh and even seems to leech into your bone marrow, rushing through and leaving behind warmth.

Underwater, every sound is muted, leaving only you with the steady thudding of your heart—which is well and truly yours, perhaps the only thing of you that could be called yours, beyond the hatred and evil and stolen memories. When the burning begins to subside, it's what remains.

When you next resurface, you feel more whole—and at the same time, as though you've lost something.

Doodle has lost his unit abilities. He may repurchase them upon leaving Heaven. He has also lost any corruptions you OOC want him to lose. ]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

[ and when he next resurfaces, he'll see lucifel at the edge of the fountain, waiting for him. ]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

[it's all gone baybee

climbing out of the fountain with some effort

and just flopping on the ground next to it, ignoring lucifel

wew]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

[ quiet, waiting for him to take a few breaths and collect himself ]

Are you alright?

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

...I'm still here.

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

[ softly, ]

Yes.

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

[just

closing his eyes and breathing in and out deeply

give him a second]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

[ letting him sit there for as long as he needs ]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

[opening his mouth several times as if to speak, but stopping himself every time

then, eventually, in a very soft voice:]

...What now?

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

. . . Once Sekhmet-san comes back, we can go home.

[ carefully, gingerly, reaching out to pet his head ]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

[no more doggy ears on that head!

he goes still for a moment, then leans into it]

...Okay.

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

[ he doesn't need his husb to have dog ears he likes this head just the way it is

petting a little more, soothing rubs ]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

[husb... love... ;;

eventually just kind of scooting closer to him]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

[ murmuring, softly ]

It hurt, didn't it?

[ many pets for husb ]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

Yeah. I thought I was gonna burn up completely.

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

Mmm.

With nothing left remaining.

[ musing, or maybe sympathizing, as though echoing his own thoughts when he went in ]

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

Mm.

But... I'm still here.

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

[ softly,

not quite comforting or affirming, not quite positive, as inscrutable as he's looked since this whole adventure started ]

You are.

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

Well, are you happy? Is this what you brought me here for?

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

. . . Do I seem happy, to you?

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

You should be, though. Come on, laugh. Do one of those villain laughs you like so much, if you want. That's what you're supposed to do when you beat your enemy.

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

. . .

[ softer ]

I didn't bring you here to defeat you.

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[avestan]

Then it's even better, right? You get what you want without even working for it.

Re: THE FOUNTAINS

[sancrimony]

Do you find me to be so serpentine in nature, so opportunistic and at the same time so tactless, that you expect me to rejoice in your time of pain? Am I so wicked to you?