idolpro | TEMPTATION OF ANGELS, which is named KHRYSAOR: A Heart Game (I)

Mm. That I can't comment on. I've never experienced being anything else.

[ just like

surreptitiously reaching for their hand. ]

He used to call me his.

[ they take it, gripping - tightly, actually? it's strange to them, because they've never quite had this reaction to hearing something like that before, and they can't quite place the emotion, but they bare their teeth and snarl. ]

Oh, I'm sure.

[ oh,

there's something... very comforting about that, actually, and she leans against their arm a little more, and her expression relaxes a little. ]

Yeah. That jackass.

...but, ah. I wonder if Hellfire is starting to wonder what life as not-a-weapon would be. Or at least, I got a sort of... feeling of longing from some of the flowers.

...Unsurprising. Every person here insists things that have only ever been weapons be something else now, because weapons are inconvenient in a place like this. Some of them even manage to make the prospect sound almost appealing.

...it's funny that even though we're all set against each other, the idea of being a weapon is "inconvenient." Or for that matter, the way everyone's so insistent that if they like you, that means you're a "person."

It seems like the lotus and the aconite are the flowers that were originally growing here.

People are selfish that way.

[ a soft growl, and then: ]

We should get rid of the others, then?

I suppose it depends. If she wants to change, I'd help her.

If she wants to change, they'd be hers. Things that aren't hers should be removed.

Wild rose does feel like... doubt, in what she ought to be. But rather, well—

...between a defining rage, and the... can you hear that melody?

...Mm. I can.

I don't know how I feel about it. But—

...there's still something beautiful about it. It feels like her, in a way, even though I think you know her much better than I do.

You're correct. It's as much a part of her as Luna is a part of me, I think. Or as much as your God is part of you.

...so, if we're trying to help her be true to who she is, I suppose it's a good thing to listen to.

...You're correct, of course.

Yeah.

[ she doesn't sound precisely happy about it, and leans her head against theirs. ]

The problem is—if I were in her place, I know what I'd pick.

Mm? What would it be?

Keep the aconite, so as to not forget. Get rid of the star of bethlehem; I don't want to be changed forever in a way that I can't undo. Lotus and wild rose are both something set apart, but wild rose wants to connect with others, so that's what I'd hold onto, personally.

...Mm. I think I'd say the same, ultimately.

I suppose it's just a question of whatever helps Hellfire grow into what she wants to be.

I suppose. I suddenly feel a lot more ill-suited for this than I believed myself to be.

...Really? How so?

I'm only good at leading people where they're best utilized. Usually that's the place they're happiest, but it seems sometimes that isn't the case.

Mmm...

Well, even so—being someone who loves her has to count for something, here, right?

Well - let us hope.

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