[ caelus is back in his typical clothing, carrying his baseball bat at his side. it no longer conveniently appears and reappears as needed, so now it's an actual object caelus has to tote everywhere. boooo.
he's in the church, seated at a pew, pulling off a remaining entourage of leeches from his time in the swamp. ]
[ As if he hadn't spoken about it only the night before. He'll stop following Caelus across the pew, expression growing thoughtful as he turns his gaze toward the front of the church. ]
Sure, I'll tell you everything that I know. The Dreamscape that you experienced, Penacony's "Land of the Dreams", hides another layer that you can't enter on your own.
[ Turns his ringed gaze back to Caelus, that perpetual smile still on his face. ]
[ caelus opens his mouth then shuts it just as quickly. the dialogue tree here is a lot of dots and little useful talk.
could he have done that? aventurine annoyed him by falsely pinning suspicion onto acheron, but he'd also made it rain(!). at no point, up until their confrontation at the theme park, did caelus consider killing the man. batting about, sure, but murder?
he sighs. ]
It's not fair to ask that now that you've already made the choice for me.
Do you mean Boothill? I met with both of them, too.
[ it's hard to be sure what aventurine is getting at. he's simultaneously sneaky and overly giving with whatever information he wants caelus fed. that, or this is nothing, simple chitchat to fill the space after some awkward back and forth. ahhhh!! it could be any! a real roll of the dice. ]
It sounds like we're all friends in the future I don't remember.
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he's in the church, seated at a pew, pulling off a remaining entourage of leeches from his time in the swamp. ]
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He'll help pull off a leech from a sleeve. ]
Did you take a swim, friend? This is more than what I've seen on average.
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caelus scooches a pointed couple inches away on the pew. aventurine's trust ranking has not risen since yesterday. ]
I thought I saw something deeper in, but that something turned out to be a lot more leeches. You look...
[ significant pause ]
More yourself.
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[ Doesn't seem to mind that Caelus is scooting away. In fact, he scoots closer, like this is some kind of game they're playing. ]
You've still got leeches on you.
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Weren't you going to tell me more about why you had to set me up? That 'payoff' I haven't experienced yet?
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[ As if he hadn't spoken about it only the night before. He'll stop following Caelus across the pew, expression growing thoughtful as he turns his gaze toward the front of the church. ]
Sure, I'll tell you everything that I know. The Dreamscape that you experienced, Penacony's "Land of the Dreams", hides another layer that you can't enter on your own.
[ Turns his ringed gaze back to Caelus, that perpetual smile still on his face. ]
So I opened up a way.
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and since the chase is on pause, caelus sits still, tuned into aventurine's words. a smattering of truth for a change. ]
And you couldn't do that without threatening me? Was the showmanship really necessary?
[ the questions may be stressful, but caelus' voice is even, awaiting an actual answer. ]
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I needed to experience "Death" in the process. Would you have done that, as a member of the Nameless, if I had simply asked you?
[ Can you kill your fellow man in cold blood, Caelus. ]
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could he have done that? aventurine annoyed him by falsely pinning suspicion onto acheron, but he'd also made it rain(!). at no point, up until their confrontation at the theme park, did caelus consider killing the man. batting about, sure, but murder?
he sighs. ]
It's not fair to ask that now that you've already made the choice for me.
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[ A win-win for the both of them! Except Aventurine still isn't sure about his own fate, but that's not important. ]
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Your 'labor' made me sound like a walking bomb and made sure everyone knew it. A necessary sacrifice, right?
[ this is close to caelus admitting he shouldn't have expected any better. ]
And now we're both here instead of the 'other side' of the Dreamscape.
[ although, if they were, that would make more sense than the chaos of their actual situation. ]
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[ Nothing to worry about! But Aventurine does turn curious eyes toward Caelus. ]
I haven't met anyone else from the Astral Express here, but I did come across that singer, Robin, and a Galaxy Ranger.
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[ it's hard to be sure what aventurine is getting at. he's simultaneously sneaky and overly giving with whatever information he wants caelus fed. that, or this is nothing, simple chitchat to fill the space after some awkward back and forth. ahhhh!! it could be any! a real roll of the dice. ]
It sounds like we're all friends in the future I don't remember.
[ meeting aventurine's gaze directly ]
Are you going to tell me that's not true?
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[ Smiles at Caelus when their eyes meet. ]
So I'll leave it up to your judgement this time.