Dead men still bitch, apparently

[cloakand_danger]

Mun,

I hope it was worth it. You know you're going to be going stir-crazy by the time one week is up, let alone two. And you got damned lucky with the Cruxis Crystal thing. You should have thought that through before you had the bright idea of jumping at the chance to kill me off.

Not that it'll matter a second time. Dying once is enough - more than enough. I won't go through with it again. I won't leave her behind again.

Not much affection right now,
Yuan Ka-Fai

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[ontheclockpro]

[Reno of course, caught the most important part of all this]

Wait. Leave her behind again?

[The gossip part. ]

[cloakand_danger]

Martel's at the castle again.

Get back soon enough, and you're invited to the wedding.

[wilder]

Oh I hope this is worth it for someone, alright! This whole thing's been a serious pain already.

[cloakand_danger]

Wilder, who are you to talk? I didn't see you out there battling a giant tentacle monster.

[ontheclockpro]

Really?

Jeez! I go away for a little while and now the Old man's getting married. Now that's a surprise!

[cloakand_danger]

'A little while', he says.

In any case, we were engaged before she died. This is just...the best opportunity we've had.

[wilder]

[Nope. And nor will he ever tell you he was one of the artists giving you guys aid]

That's because I didn't get kidnapped, Yuan. `You know, kinda too cool for that?

[ontheclockpro]

Heh, I guess it has been two years already....hard to believe.

I gotcha....got a best man yet?

[cloakand_danger]

...

[Just an exasperated sigh. Why does he bother talking to you?]

[wilder]

Hey, don't get exasperated at me. You're the one who couldn't get himself back to the castle.

[cloakand_danger]

Not yet, no. I had thought about asking Lloyd, but there aren't any concrete plans in place just yet.

[Sigh.] And at this rate, it'll be at least two more weeks before there are.

[cloakand_danger]

It's not as if I wasn't making an effort! Under the circumstances, we're lucky we didn't lose more.

[ontheclockpro]

Lloyd...that's that one kid from your world, right? [Kratos's kid or whatever]

Yeah...how'd it happen? [It seemed wrong...Old man was too stubborn to die, how did this happen?]

[wilder]

[a sigh; apathetically] Whatever.

[cloakand_danger]

Right.

[A frustrated noise goes here.] Depowered and fleeing for our lives, we got attacked by a monster. It grabbed a kid, little girl that had been running with us the whole time - remarkably mature for her age - and I tried to cut her free. Wound up turning my back on the thing in the process.

[Feel free to berate him for being a dumbass, whippersnapper.]

[cloakand_danger]

[Another bitter sigh.] I didn't choose this. It's not some stupid self-sacrifice thing - I just...didn't see it coming.

[ontheclockpro]

[he won't berate you really, the one time he got killed for two hours was protecting someone young, so...]

How'd she end up?

[wilder]

[...You know he's very wisely for once going to choose to ignore all the different rage and bitterness some of the words in those sentences bring up. Your lucky day Yuan ]

I'm sure you didn't.

The others are pretty upset, you know.

[cloakand_danger]

Shaken, but no worse for wear. She's fine. [He accomplished that much.]

[cloakand_danger]

...I don't have the right to ask anything of you, but...

...Look after Lloyd and Colette while I'm not there? Keep the kid from doing something stupid.

[wilder]

Oh?

What brought about this attitude change?

[ontheclockpro]

Hmmmm.

Heh. Guess I can't really lecture you on something like that. Damn

[ofthefaintsmile]

Tsk tsk, Yuan.

[skirtcladgunner]

...kill you off? [She has gotten really close to another Yuan, so the expression she's making right now is one of mild horror.]

[decoyofahero]

What did you do?