Trying this again--apping to Vatheon this round

[worldofhurt]

Mun, are you really going to send it in this time? I mean, last time, you seriously flaked out and went on a full hiatus instead.

At least you've got the app done and we're doing that voice-testing thing again at the musebox. Now just go finish your replay of my game, since that's easier than starting a new one, right? It'd also really help you get a better grasp on things!

But w--... Would you stop just talking about some of those kinds of things?! All I'd do is hit him and be done with it! I don't care what he thinks!

[Yes you do, you're just pulling fourth wall and being upset that he won't ever tell you.]

I AM NOT! You're as bad as he is!

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[best_intel]

You find his idiocy charming and you know it.

[He has had some experience with this.]

[worldofhurt]

Excuse me!? What do you know!?

[Tsuntsuntsun--!!]

He's obnoxious, and--and rude, and self-centred! That's what makes up his brand of idiocy! Why would I find any of that... "charming", if you're so knowing!?

["Methinks the lady doth protest too much" moment?]

[best_intel]

Don't ask me how your masochistic brain-chemistry works, I just know you care about him.

Seriously don't make me pull up every conversation you've ever had about him. I'm sure it would probably get embarrassing very quickly.

[worldofhurt]

Yeah. Right. He's the masochist, for your information.

It so would not end up embarrassing. There's nothing to be embarrassed about! Zelos is an idiot, and that's all there is to anything I could have said about him!

[best_intel]

Sure sure. Except here it take one quick internet search to know you think Zelos is a good person.

[worldofhurt]

A tiny bit. He came through for us, but he's still a huge jerk in the end.

And who are you to even be saying any of this in the first place!?

[best_intel]

He's also loyal to a T and wouldn't fail to stick up for you guys.

As for me, I'm Hnæf, the best intel officer you'll ever meet.

[worldofhurt]

Uh, "loyal"? What part of him betraying us to Cruxis did you miss? Yeah, he came around later, but he still took Colette.

Clearly your intel isn't the best.

[best_intel]

Well sure but that was his original plan, he altered that to protect you all. Also I am talking about long term or are you from before that second adventure?

[worldofhurt]

That's not really the point here. That isn't "loyal to a T". That's Zelos.

As for whatever this "second adventure" is (knowing how things wound up, I'm not surprised), the last thing that happened to me was me running between Sylvarant and Tethe'alla for peace purposes.

[best_intel]

Well I won't ruin what happens but I will say you may meet a few people who recognize you that you don't recognize.

and player still hasn't gotten to ToS2 so appreciates lack of spoiler xD

[worldofhurt]

O... kay...? That tells me nothing--not about what happens, and least of all about what you claim to know.

Figured I should avoid spoilers just in case xD

[best_intel]

It's not meant to be telling but I will say you're not the only one who cares about an idiot.

[There's at least two instances of that in his universe. Three if you count him and Security.]

Mun! Don't mention that!

xD

[worldofhurt]

Lloyd and Colette will give anyone a chance, faults or not, and they're both really forgiving. I know they care about him, but I don't. I don't see what bringing up other people caring about him has to do with me!

And if you're arguing that I care about that idiot Chosen, why are you trying to pull in unrelated stuff? That doesn't support you point at all, and makes you kinda sound a bit... terrible at intel collection.

[She should know. Mizuho and espionage and all that.]

[best_intel]

Well actually there would be a point if you were actually from that second adventure, I just gave that warning about meeting people that may recognize you as just an added piece of information.

As for other people caring about idiots, it was just a point that I know what people are like when they love someone who is an idiot.

[Granted his father, one of the examples, was a psychopath but he won't be sharing that bit.]

[zelda_hylia]

Zelos finds it difficult to speak about his feelings.

[Smile~]

Hitting him is a perfectly valid option.

[worldofhurt]

...Alright, but that's technically not me, then, if I haven't experienced that point yet.

[Huff. Hands on hips. And we're not going on about how she likes Lloyd, okay? Okay. Because he is definitely an idiot. But she doesn't really like him, even if she does! ...Wait...]

And people show their emotions in different ways, so you know how some people are when they care, but not everyone. That's kind of stupid to assume things like that.

I really should make a ToS muse considering how much I love the game xD

[best_intel]

If you really didn't care you wouldn't talk to him as much as you do and keep him out of trouble.

[As long as they don't talk about Security then they have a deal]

need... better... icon selection... why so 'spensive...

[worldofhurt]

It's been my go-to option for long enough.

[Huffs. But smiles wryly after.]

Lots of people do, but that doesn't mean being an obnoxious jerk is the way to handle them.

[zelda_hylia]

Perhaps not, but at times it can seem preferable to being hurt, don't you think?

[His pain is incredibly obvious to the princess, as is his fear of being hurt. That's exactly why she never pushes him, and when he starts acting up she puffs up like he wants and gives him a good thwap and moves on.]

First Tales game I beat and I replay it endlessly. xD

[worldofhurt]

People talk to people they don't care about all the time. It's called "close quarters" and being acquainted. Especially since he's the Chosen and I'm the emissary from Tethe'alla to Sylvarant for peace, not to mention next chief of Mizuho, it's kind of a political thing. Politics are full of people who don't care about the people they talk to, unfortunately.

And if I don't keep him out of trouble, it'll be a problem for me. He's too stupid to do it himself.

[You have yourself a deal. :I]

[worldofhurt]

[...Yeah, she gets that, but he never puts himself out there to get over it, either. He's not the only one! Being abandoned, ostracized because of who you happen to be or what you can do, and then doing something that feels... completely unforgivable and takes away the person you love most... and never being able to really do anything for it... Stupid Chosen.]

Old wounds don't disappear just because you cover them up. Sometimes they have to breathe in order to heal.

[Even if she's the queen of cowardice.]

Same here actually.

[best_intel]

I don't see how it would be a problem for you. He screws up enough and Tethe'alla will replace him with a different figure-head.

[Perfect now let us never talk about idiots other than Zelos.]

[zelda_hylia]

There is some truth to that. Forcibly exposing those wounds can cause damage as well, though.

[She knows it's hard, but try to have patience with Zelos. He's really getting much better with his feelings!

Well, as far as "friendship" goes, at least.]

[worldofhurt]

That's why you have to take care of them. Sometimes it stings, but if you don't try to help them along, you'll just be stuck with an ugly scar.

[Sadly, "patience" and "Zelos" very rarely share sentence space together, unless there's a negating prefix involved. And she'd have to see it to believe it.

Not that she thinks of Zelos as much more than an obnoxious braggart and a jerk. But personal reasons.]