oops we broke Tim at the_devils_see

[ichoosefight]

I think you're overreacting.

And that you really need to stop listening to that depressing music, seriously, you're creeping me out.

Anyway it'll be fine. Tim's not completely bonkers. He's just having a hard time. We'll get through it. And nobody is going to be fox chow and Licyn is not getting any so you can just put all that out of your head.

Oh you are not turning on Moulin Rogue! I am so done with you.

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[bravelyrunsaway]

( Wait he heard his name why is he even -- oh, now he quirks an eyebrow. )

On the contrary, your player's welcome to put it right back in mind.

[superissues]

Moulin Rouge?

[ichoosefight]

Nope, you're not involved, and I am not running off in search of better company.

[ichoosefight]

Something about couples dying. She's inconsolable when she gets like this.

[bravelyrunsaway]

( Allow him one dramatic siiiiiiiiiiiigh over this. )

And so some things remain the very unfortunate same. Really, it'd be relaxing for all parties involved.

[ichoosefight]

I don't need relaxing! I'm not stressed. [ She's in denial. ]

[bravelyrunsaway]

Mmm, of course not. It's why you're practically as tense as a well-strung bow.

( The nose knows. Also the eyes. Also the No Duh You Are. )

[ichoosefight]

Call it 'combat ready'.

[bravelyrunsaway]

Giving it a prettier name doesn't make it less true.

[ichoosefight]

I'm not just going to give up on him and run off to do my own thing. He already thinks I did that once. [ Selfish prat. ]

[bravelyrunsaway]

Not to say you might be better off taking a, ah, well timed break...

( He lets that hang out there. Just saying'. )

But there's not far to run around here. Trust the one doing most the actual running. As far as what he believes...

( Shrugging. )

It's his mind to change or not change.

[ichoosefight]

[ Yes Licyn we all know what you're talking about ]

I'm just trying to take care of him. It's not like we're ever going to be together again.

[bravelyrunsaway]

( Oh my GODS Steph he does not understand you at all. In fact, he looks perplexed. )

Ah, why, exactly, is that?

( Is this what emotions do to you HE WANTS NONE OF THIS BS )

[ichoosefight]

Because he feels responsible for me. You can't make a relationship work like that and it's never going to.

That and sometimes I think he hates me.

[bravelyrunsaway]

( Oh, so he's Rillin. )

You've, uh. Tried... asking. I take it.

[ichoosefight]

"He doesn't hate me, he just can't trust me".

Like that's a real answer. You know what else? I think I hate him sometimes! Why should I even bother? Why does it have to be my responsibility to keep his head in one piece?

[bravelyrunsaway]

( Steph. STEPH. Licyn has no good idea why it is that way in your head. )

It's not, you're just doing that on your own. From what I can see.

( You... strange woman, you. Strange like all the countless women locked in abusive relationships that Licyn has seen and dismissed over his years of life. )

Love and hate are two sides of the same thing, so I hear. You both probably do the both of them. The feelings. You know what I mean!

( He's frustrated talking about this, turning his hands palm up and moving his arms out to the side HE SO DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THIS, STEPH. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM HIM? HUGS?

HE CAN DO THAT BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK??? )

[ichoosefight]

Exactly. And I don't need that! I don't need this stress when I'm trying to keep everyone else alive too. I've got better things to do than worry about my ex boyfriend losing his mind if all he's going to do is glare at me for it.

So screw him. He can be Dick's responsibility. Or nobody's responsibility, unless he snaps and starts killing people.

[superissues]

Wait, the dude carked it too? I totally missed that.

[ichoosefight]

Nah, he was the narrator. From the beginning? That was the future, and the story was the past. I think it's sadder when just one of them dies anyway. Like Romeo and Juliet, at least they got to be together in the end.

[trainedbythebat]

I thought you normally watched Star Wars to get over depression. Or was that just Ives?

(He can think of only one thing that would break him, and Steph dropped that one on him long ago. Before him moving to Keystone ring any bells?)

[playswithtoys]

You really shouldn't go and break your toys, that's just rude.

[ichoosefight]

No Star Wars on the island. And I think that was Ives. I'm a bigger fan of mashed potatoes.

[ichoosefight]

[ Oh dear ]

Tim is not a toy.

[trainedbythebat]

Total sacrilege, which needs to be remedied. Mashed potatoes? Did they hide the waffles from you or did I do that for your safety & well-being?