Audience - Yves

[holyspirits]

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[configurer]

[ handholding! it's simply what happens ]

It's a fish?

[noirges]

[ it sure is! perhaps they'll try another door soon and it'll still lead to the funhouse as they walk through ]

Very resourceful fish.

[configurer]

You're sure no one brought him in there? It's. It's a fish, Yves.

[ she sounds a little amused at least while she squeezes his hand AS THEY WALK TO A DOOR ]

[noirges]

That's true.

[ no argument

also holds paw out as they walk into the funhouse against their will. give mem. ]

[configurer]

[ me hesitating between numerous ones before going with this anyway wow look at that mirorr until 9:00 minutes in ]

[noirges]

[ give me the other ones later.... yves watches and then his heart aches when that "because i love you" drops. damn. romance.

but also.

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slight confusion at the end ]

... he didn't say it back? Where's the rest of it?

[ LIKE HE'S WAITING FOR THE MEMORY TO COME IN AND THE DUDE TO JUST WALK BACK IN AND DECLARE HIS LOVE AND PROPOSE ]

[configurer]

[ sorry, she'd been watching with a kind of wry expression, like something nostalgic that makes you sad but you're also a little over it, so his reaction makes her laugh out loud ]

He did. Eventually. [ she traces over yves' reflection in the mirror this time ] I'm not sure hearing it helped, considering what happened, but I knew he loved me. It just wasn't enough when he always put the weight of the world on his shoulders.

[noirges]

[ okay good - he sighs in relief at that and then smiles because he can now fully support the relationship ]

I think... there must be people out there like that. Where responsibility and duty outshine the love that they feel, but I don't think it means that love was any less important.

[ he squeezes her hand ]

How did he say it back? When?

[configurer]

[ YVES PLEASE he supports love so much. she hesitates ]

Right after. And then he said he didn't mean it like that, even though he did, and then we-- did some things. I guess the first time he said it for real was right before he uploaded.

[ these are words. ]

[noirges]

[ wait

pause ]

He said he didn't mean it like that?

[ HIS EMOTIONS ARE BEING VIOLENTLY SWUNG AROUND EVERY SECOND ]

[configurer]

It's complicated. I think at that time he didn't want--he thought I deserved better? I guess? Or deserve something normal, at least. Yves, we were teenagers. That's like, the stupidest age to be alive.

[ she says in her 15 year old body ]

[noirges]

... okay.

[ because he agrees that teens are inherently messy ]

... as long as he makes you happy then, no more fussing from me.

[ even if it sounds complicated to get there ]

[configurer]

Oh, you can fuss. I've done too much to get him back to let anyone change my mind, even when he's exhausting.

[noirges]

[ smiles ]

I wouldn't want to change your mind about love... I'd just want you to get all the love you deserve, too.

I'm happy for you both.

[configurer]

[ well. grabs his hand if they ever stopped holding hands ]

I want that for you too, you know.

[noirges]

[ they probably didn't but he just squeezes back anyway ]

Ahaha... It'd be nice. I'm still just looking for someone to love me.

[configurer]

You'll find them. There's a lot about you to love.

[ dana my MEMORY ]

[noirges]

[ youR MEMORY the mirrors shift

You're so kind that it's scary... ]

[configurer]

[ well she watches all of this with concern and some kind of resignation because it's very yves of him, but. also. ]

Yves. I don't care how sad and in love a guy is. If he's stabbing someone over it, you don't offer to help him get back with the woman who said no.

[ yeah yeah circumstances or whatever NO THIS IS HOW ABUSIVE MARRIAGES START YVES ]

[noirges]

[ help!! yves looks a little sheepish at the suggestion,, ]

I do think that her being a Reliver changed things since they were really in love before... but I understand.

[configurer]

It changed things for her because of the Reliver stuff, so it was sudden, but that's still no reason to stab you. Or anyone.

[ just don't stab people! wow! ]

[noirges]

That's true. I do hope that he learned his lesson. I draw the line at violence...

[ LIKE

CLEARLY BARELY BECAUSE HE'S NOT UPSET ABOUT IT ]

[configurer]

Draw it harder. [ raises her free hand to smush yves' cheek ] Be a little mad when people stab you for no reason.

[ this isn't said in a You Freak way this is said in a pouty way ]

[noirges]

[ oh smushed ]

He had a reason, though....

Sometimes you do unreasonable things for love.

[configurer]

There's unreasonable things you can justify and some you can't, Yves! Like stabbing someone unrelated!