I--well. You see. You know how some people have been--because of monster affinities--having sudden... these sudden feelings.
[ squeezing his fingers so, so tight together, gaze lifts, but it's to look at anywhere but lucas ]
So far they've always been reciprocated somehow. But this time it's just me. With these feelings. Which I know you don't share! So, I think, if I could have your underwear for one night, that would help me give up on you while I'm afflicted.
[THE WAY HE BLUSHES FROM HIS CHEEKS TO HIS EARS. SIR. Unfortunately trying to get underwear from a nun is a futile endeavor, no matter how persuasive a man may be...]
Is that so...? A strange turn of events, indeed. I haven't heard of only one party being afflicted, nor of said party knowing that they're the only one experiencing it. It sounds like a dreadful thing... But I'm afraid I'll be keeping that to myself. I could offer a handkerchief, if you'd like...?
[HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO NOT BLUSH HE DOESN'T EVEN SHOW HIS WRISTS AND SOME BOZO'S OUT HERE ASKING TO SWAP UNDERWEAR. They can all die of embarrassment off schedule together.]
I'm... afraid it's still a no, dear, I just - why is it, exactly, that something else won't suffice?
As a mere receptacle for a Stellaron, I've never gotten a beautiful person's underwear. Trailblazing means you don't stay in one place for too long. I thought, if it was you, and I didn't ask for anything more, you would let me have them.
[ a breath ]
Temporarily. But if that's impossible, that's impossible.
He opens his mouth to answer The Bozo's™ tragic pleas for a beautiful person's underwear for just one single night, but instead, Caelus gets memory whopped.]
[ SO HE'S A MONSTER, IS HE? ASKING THIS TRAGIC AND LOVELY MAN FOR HIS PANTIES? AFTER ALL HE'S BEEN THROUGH?
caelus submits to his punishment like he deserves. he stands in the hall of lucas' memory, learning more about the man without either of their permission. he feels the other's grief like an injection into his own skin. watching nadia's weakened state, it's impossible to forget another girl caelus saw die tragically young.
they return to outside the swamp. ]
...
[ please let him die. please let him die today, monday, right now. strike him down, bible god, he begs you. ]
Lucas, to his credit, doesn't seem to observe Caelus or his panty fetch quest any worse after this memory transfer than before it. HE'S BAFFLED AND EMBARRASSED but not upset or angry. Which is why he just kind of reaches out to very gently rest a hand against his arm. There, there... It'll be okay, sir underwear collector...]
...My apologies. I know that it's neither the fault of you nor I, but...
[No one ever likes intruding on someone else except for the weird sadist voyeurs among them, probably. If any so exist.]
Ah... No, that's fine. There isn't much of a point in pretending, I think.
[Especially given others have seen, others also know, so he might as well just have everything out there. His own encroaching death isn't a particularly sore topic for him, anyway. Now he just has to worry about surviving a cult sacrifice to get back to Nadia...]
[ caelus cannot stumble upon another already dead sister memory he just can't. begging nadia to still be alive in the present moment. please, please. ]
I knew someone with an illness like that. But she was searching for a cure when she was killed by something else. If there was the chance of a cure for her, there's a chance of one for you.
[ he would have helped her. instead, he'll help lucas. ]
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—Pardon?
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I only need them for a night, then you can have them back.
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...I'm afraid I don't understand... the request...
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[ squeezing his fingers so, so tight together, gaze lifts, but it's to look at anywhere but lucas ]
So far they've always been reciprocated somehow. But this time it's just me. With these feelings. Which I know you don't share! So, I think, if I could have your underwear for one night, that would help me give up on you while I'm afflicted.
[ ... ]
If it's cool with you.
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Is that so...? A strange turn of events, indeed. I haven't heard of only one party being afflicted, nor of said party knowing that they're the only one experiencing it. It sounds like a dreadful thing... But I'm afraid I'll be keeping that to myself. I could offer a handkerchief, if you'd like...?
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and yet? he does not shut up. ]
What if I gave you mine in exchange? Still a 'no?' I'd really owe you one.
[ why is lucas blushing! lucas isn't the one confessing! ]
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I'm... afraid it's still a no, dear, I just - why is it, exactly, that something else won't suffice?
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... Space... custom?
As a mere receptacle for a Stellaron, I've never gotten a beautiful person's underwear. Trailblazing means you don't stay in one place for too long. I thought, if it was you, and I didn't ask for anything more, you would let me have them.
[ a breath ]
Temporarily. But if that's impossible, that's impossible.
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He opens his mouth to answer The Bozo's™ tragic pleas for a beautiful person's underwear for just one single night, but instead, Caelus gets memory whopped.]
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caelus submits to his punishment like he deserves. he stands in the hall of lucas' memory, learning more about the man without either of their permission. he feels the other's grief like an injection into his own skin. watching nadia's weakened state, it's impossible to forget another girl caelus saw die tragically young.
they return to outside the swamp. ]
...
[ please let him die. please let him die today, monday, right now. strike him down, bible god, he begs you. ]
... Forget what I said.
[ face in his hands ]
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Lucas, to his credit, doesn't seem to observe Caelus or his panty fetch quest any worse after this memory transfer than before it. HE'S BAFFLED AND EMBARRASSED but not upset or angry. Which is why he just kind of reaches out to very gently rest a hand against his arm. There, there... It'll be okay, sir underwear collector...]
...My apologies. I know that it's neither the fault of you nor I, but...
[No one ever likes intruding on someone else except for the weird sadist voyeurs among them, probably. If any so exist.]
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he lowers his hands but does not lift his head. ]
Please don't apologize.
[ it's so sad. ]
I can act like I didn't see anything if that's better for you.
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Ah... No, that's fine. There isn't much of a point in pretending, I think.
[Especially given others have seen, others also know, so he might as well just have everything out there. His own encroaching death isn't a particularly sore topic for him, anyway. Now he just has to worry about surviving a cult sacrifice to get back to Nadia...]
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[ caelus cannot stumble upon another already dead sister memory he just can't. begging nadia to still be alive in the present moment. please, please. ]
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Only a month or so ago.
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Then there's still time for you to say what you need to.
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More time, still. Nadia's been cured since then, so I won't have to worry about her time running out.
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Is there no way to give you more time, too?
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...There is no cure for the curse, no.
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[ he would have helped her. instead, he'll help lucas. ]
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Perhaps so. [Said with a little flicker of a smile.] ...I'm sorry for her, though. Not being able to find a cure in time...
[Dying to something totally unrelated to it... Wow that would be terrible.]