avante en garde

[idolpro]

You're in a room...? Probably. There are shadows around the edge of the room which make it hard to judge the size. There's nothing here, but you somehow know your decisions will be heard.

Glowing in the air in the worst color are two numbers: your total and the overall total. They both begin at zero.

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[softlyfalling]

Mm... I guess I should, shouldn't I?

[ it takes her a moment to compose herself. ]

She's—kind, and believes that the best is always possible from people, and from the world. That everything can turn out all right, somehow, even when everything seems grim. I suppose—she hasn't always worked for the best employers, either, but I have no doubt she thought she could do good there, for someone.

...I love her.

[emptymind]

How did you meet? Ah, if Shrike-kun remembers.

[softlyfalling]

I don't know, exactly, but we've known each other since we were young. Maybe children.

Maybe our parents moved in the same political circles, or she lived nearby or both, but I don't think we were in exactly the same social class, which...

[deicider]

... What do you think you'd be like if you never met her?

[softlyfalling]

...I'd probably have even less backbone, honestly. Lonelier.