idolpro | GM Game: LiliS

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GM Game: LiliS

[ The door shuts behind you, leaving you in a copy of this room. Upon one of the fancy tables is your card for the round, along with slots for each unit for you to go slide in your choices.

You can come and go as you will, but once you have left the room, you cannot speak of anything that transpires within: not your choices, not your discussion, not your alliances.

Do your best, idol-tachi. ]

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[not sliding between them but stepping up, closer to camellia than amaranth]

That's enough. You both made your arguments, but she's been carrying us through this. Hasn't led us wrong yet, so I say we stick with what she decided on.

[Glancing up at him]

[not looking at her, just stuck on Amaranth, but there's a cringe that says he can feel the look]

[Stares at her shoes]

[oh, god, it is hurt]

[ummm, dropping a hand on her head]

You can walk away. We heard the plan.

[Swallows thickly and nods]

[or amaranth is walking away, and he is left with the crying thing; okay, stepping closer to put her head to his chest, hand stroking her hair in short passes]

It's okay, you did fine. Held your ground. It's going to help her, in the end.

I don't think she heard me at all...I'm not suggesting she's trying to make us change! I have enough sense to know that! I heard her!

Yeah, I know. But she needs some time, to figure out what you meant. It's hard to listen, sometimes.

I just....I didn’t expect that from her. It startled me.

I don’t hate her...and I don’t expect her to change, I wouldn’t demand that of anyone....

Am I wrong?

No, you're not wrong. You're not asking a lot, it's just — difficult.

...I don’t want to disrupt LiliS’ peace. I definitely feel if I return to LiliS like this, it would be an uncomfortable situation for them. Like they had to choose a side in our disagreement.

I don’t hate her though. I’m....not even mad exactly. I think I’m just disappointed. And that is no one’s fault but my own.

[okay, that's enough touching, shoving hands in one of his many pockets with an uncomfortable expression as he steps back]

If you stay away, you'll make everyone worry, they'll come to find you. And Amaranth would be more upset. Not saying you can't, but that's what will happen.

I don’t want any of that.

Then, don't go. Or say you need a day or two, so they know you will come back. Knowing you will return could cut some of that off.

[but not all]

Just some...

Amaranth's going to be upset. But she already is. So . . . [shruggo]

Edited 2019-12-01 22:15 (UTC)

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(( whoops, sorry about the slight timeline incongruity ))

I agree that Camellia has earned the final judgment here, and I support her in that.

[ Her lips are parted as if to say something more—an implicit "but." Instead, she pauses, considering John with an interested look, before sighing lightly and saying her final piece to Camellia. ]

So, stop talking already. She heard you, so listen to her.

I am— [ strained ] trying.

[ on both fronts!! yet he can doubtless see how every time an explanation backfires, she lets herself get pulled back in. ]

Don't defend. Can't accept something if you're already preparing a counterargument, let it hit and sink in.

[ her jaw tightens unhappily, but there's a slow, careful exhale and a slight nod before she returns her focus to Camellia ]

[ After she at last does manage to extricate herself in (however many more words). ]

Very little of that was me attempting to convince her, past the first suggestion she was hurting.
I only do not want her to despise me. It is not a fear I have had before today.

[ With her small explanation given, she will turn to walk away unless he specifically stops her. She's sensitive to what she sees forming between him and Camellia; would rather remove herself than risk interfering. ]

Edited 2019-12-01 19:32 (UTC)

[that gets an exasperated sigh and roll of his eyes, but shaking his head and moving to the next thing]

[ cool that feels like shit too!
though the only indication is a not-quite cringe—just a small thinning of her lips ]

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