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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but it's better than the other way.

[He continues to be painfully stubborn.]
battling: ([G] Annoyed 2)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-22 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
There are so many people who care about ya. Here and back home.

They wanna see you as a villain? Course they don't.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I know that... you think that isn't true for you, too? For everyone here? Bradley, everyone has people here and back home who don't want that.

We have to... take the lesser of who dark paths here.
battling: ([G] Annoyed 1)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-22 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's just a still shot of prison with the moon looming above. A mana stone in the very back of a cave. -don't-]

It's lesser if its you?
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-22 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[The blip startles him. HELLO?]

Yeah... [...] What was that? The... [He's not sure how to even explain that glimpse.]
battling: ([C] Thanks for the Bread)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-22 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Which part?

[ He doesn't know what Riku's picking up on. ]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-23 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
A... prison...? A stone. The moon...

[He hates this week, for the record.]
battling: ([G] Frown 1)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-23 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Great Calamity can fuck off.]

I've been in prison for the last century. Still got 'round a millennia to serve.

Wizards... when we die our bodies become mana stones. My comrade died in that cave because of the Great Calamity. [I was late... Sorry, Gorman.]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-23 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Great Calamity sounds like such a Final Fantasy thing, and so automatically, he doesn't like it.]

Like... what happened to you? They... [Well, nevermind about that. Their dorm trauma.] A millennia is a long time.
battling: ([G] Smile 10)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-23 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Riku is right. The moon is awful.]

... Yeah. What happened to my body after the trial.

[A small shrug of his shoulders.]

Wizards live a long time. Managed to bargain it down with the grandpas.

[At some point it was even longer than that.]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-23 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[DON'T JUST SHRUG.]

That's... still a long time, Bradley!
battling: ([G] Concern 7)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-23 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I was a bandit for 500 years, Riku. Humans want to see a "bad wizard" get locked up.

[Fucked up Figaro didn't end up in jail.]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-23 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[A heavy sigh! Because he has no argument against anything Bradley is telling him.]

Still. Your friend...
battling: ([C] Overflowing Blue)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-23 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what it's like to live in North. The landscape is hostile.

He was brave and stubborn. Stuck with his beliefs til the end.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-23 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just going to frown.]

Were you sad...?
battling: ([G] Frown 1)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-23 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[He trusted me.]

Of course I was.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-23 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
It... wasn't... your fault.

[Maybe it was. It just feels like the right thing to say.]

I'm sorry.
battling: ([G] Smile 17)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-23 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Wasn't it? Bradley let that man rely on him, he let him put all his faith in him. And what happened? Bradley got captured and put in jail. The rest of the bandits dissolved around him, and Gorman stayed because he was still loyal to Bradley. But he can't go saying he was stupid for that, Gorman made his choice.

And Riku will make his.

He reaches out and ruffles Riku's hair. Just to lighten the atmosphere, just a little bit.]


Listen. I can't stop ya from doing whatever yer set on. I know a stubborn asshole when I see one.

But I'll do whatever I can to get ya back to yourself 'nd to yer buddies back home.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-23 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mmmphh. Embarrassed, he looks to the side while reaching up to try to fix his hair. Hilariously, it doesn't mess up as badly as it does if ruffled after he got it whacked off.]

I know... I trust you.
battling: ([G] Smile 26)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-23 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A warm, fond laugh as Riku fixes it up. ]

I'll make sure it ain't misplaced.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-23 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah. Don't let him end up like your friend. (Please do that, it'd be funny.)]

It won't be if you listen to your heart.
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[personal profile] battling 2021-07-23 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ No!!! ]

My heart? [ Slight amusement. ] That's how wizards use magic. Don't gotta worry about that.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-23 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[...

Oh.]


...It's how we wield keyblades.
battling: ([C] Thanks for the Bread)

[personal profile] battling 2021-07-23 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ keyblade? ]

Is that what Way to the Dawn is?
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-24 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[LAOIFJI I'M LOSING IT. HELLO? THAT'S COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.]

Yeah. Soul Eater technically. [i don't know why he keeps calling it soul eater but w/e squarenix] It's a keyblade.

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