[ otome-ass. they very much are looking at the hand like they aren't sure what to do here, but they take it for, like, long enough for them to duck out behind the bar. ]
[ hehehe yves just laughs - his hold is loose enough that gabriel can pull way at any moment since he didn't get stockholm syndromed into accepting this from yves the week before ]
At this time... I think it'll be a little cold? [ new year's party time!! he looks back at them ] Are you bundled up?
Yeah. Yeah, they updated me. The Angels are usually pretty good about telling me everything. [ there's a nod toward the menu advertising the deadzo drinks. ] Sorry you guys had to go through that.
[ there's a low hum of thought to that, and they don't answer immediately. ]
... if I were you, maybe I'd feel the same. Being indecisive and judging based on where the people I care about would go. Some people would call that complacency though.
[ that gets a short laugh of their own, under their breath and slightly incredulous, but it's there. ]
And if I asked where you'd go instead, the answer would be "where my friends are." Right? I don't know about deserving heaven or not, but you're already here. That has to count for something.
Because I killed my friend. [ he's pretty open, especially about what he perceives to be his sins. in a place like heaven, isn't it that much more important that he should be judged for them? ] He's not here...
... is it? [ softly wondering ] I feel like no matter what reason I had, I did kill someone I cared about...
[ so why does he get to be in heaven? but to answer the question: ]
Mm... he was hurting a lot of people, and they died because of him. So I had to stop him, and the only way I could do so was by choosing the course where I died too.
Would you have killed him if he didn't need to be stopped from hurting other people? [ just a thought. ] Was there another option you could have taken to stop him?
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he grins at that, offering a hand out like he's giving them a one way ticket outta town ]
Then let's go! Take a break, time to go see the sights!
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And "the sights" are what, exactly?
[ where are we going, what time is it, etc. ]
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At this time... I think it'll be a little cold? [ new year's party time!! he looks back at them ] Are you bundled up?
[ HE CAN'T TELL ]
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in all seriousness, also, it's just not a thing they do. ]
Don't worry about me. [ they sound like they're amused by the thought. ] I don't mind the cold. Guess it is that time of night though.
[ let us go... to new year's! ]
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I want to scope out all the different options for our party tomorrow. Do you wanna come?
[ I NEED TO INVITE ALL THE OTHER NPCS HELP ME I GOT DISTRACTED AGAIN WE'LL FUCKING GET THERE ]
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[ does not answer the second part because they are distracted a party is happening in the first place, give them a second. ]
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yves just nods! ]
Yeah! Do you talk to the other three angels often? I floated the idea with some of them over the weekend.
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You heard about it all, right...?
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Yeah. Yeah, they updated me. The Angels are usually pretty good about telling me everything. [ there's a nod toward the menu advertising the deadzo drinks. ] Sorry you guys had to go through that.
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... thank you, for keeping their memory alive in your own way.
I'm sorry for a lot of reasons, but I just want to do right by them and the people here however I can.
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[ there's a pause. ]
What do you think doing right is, in this context?
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yves looks thoughtful ]
... respect their memory?
And for the people still here... try to help them achieve redemption, so they can get what they want.
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That's a start, yeah. [ it makes sense to them. ] I think it's fine if you want to help other people achieve redemption, but what about you?
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[ if adolphe is going to heaven then that's easy ]
But I guess because I'm less decisive or desperate to get back to what I need to... I'm okay figuring things out as I go.
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... if I were you, maybe I'd feel the same. Being indecisive and judging based on where the people I care about would go. Some people would call that complacency though.
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They would! And they'd be right. [ he doesn't mind the word ]
But it's hard, when I don't even think I deserve Heaven but I don't know if I want to go home.
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And if I asked where you'd go instead, the answer would be "where my friends are." Right? I don't know about deserving heaven or not, but you're already here. That has to count for something.
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But if you asked me what I'm deserving of, it'd probably be Hades.
[ just to be honest ]
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[ they appreciate the honesty, now elaborate. ]
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So I think I should go to wherever he went.
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Isn't that kinda circumstantial? For example, uh, why'd you kill him?
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[ so why does he get to be in heaven? but to answer the question: ]
Mm... he was hurting a lot of people, and they died because of him. So I had to stop him, and the only way I could do so was by choosing the course where I died too.
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[ he tries to avoid killing whenever possible, and also despite everything he does still love scien in his own weird way ]
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