Swift's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

((PERCY, RIKU, LAMBDA, GREED, ERIKA: start in front of the carts.

MARINE, SAKUYA, SAYA, ROSE, TSUKIHIKO, ZUKO: start behind them.

Your chan is #wishuponaleaf.))

Comments

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

[UGH!!!]

I would not--you are a teammate, and I would not stand by and let other progress while we were idle--

No, I mean . . . you are . . . a friend.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

--Thank you.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

It seemed to be the sort of honesty I owe you.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

Really, it's not as though I've been the best teammate . . . .

[but seems pleased???]

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

And who would you say has been the "best"?

[not serious, though]

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

[completely deadpan]

Eve.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

That is not the kind of question one is meant to answer.

. . . I apologize, Swift . . . for usurping her.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

Don't be an idiot. You were always meant to be here.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

. . . I also apologize for my recklessness in that situation before. In that dream world. I did not--truly realize how it would appear to the rest of you. I didn't expect that I would be attacked and held for a full month without word.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

Don't do it again, then.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

I don't plan on it. It was an extremely unpleasant experience.

I feel foolish for having written you a message; I didn't expect to meet you.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

Well, I am a bit out of the way.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

So you are. There's much I did not see. That's likely for the best.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

It is what it is, but you'll alway be welcome here.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

--Swift--

[where to begin]

--You must reassure Azure--he does not realize his own place here. I am well aware of your feelings, moreso than I'm sure you'd prefer, but he is not.

[pauses . . . ]

I have seen what good you did, on your world.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

. . . I didn't do it alone.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

No, but you were a part of it. I--

[ugh, flushing, that's still a whole lot of emotion that I can't really understand until I get back more memories]

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

I'm just pointing it out.

[quietly]

. . . and Azure never realizes his own place.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

It seems he does not.

I suppose I didn't either, not until we spoke in that game.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

[smiling, a faint little upquirk of the lips]

Swift is awful at being honest. That's part of the problem.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

Ha! Yet you go on about the strength of that way of behaving. It's not as easy as it seems, is it? To be open with one's weaknesses and one's fears.

But I--I swear to you that come what may, I will not let harm come to you, Swift--inasmuch as I can prevent it. I will do whatever is necessary to preserve that music . . .

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

Thank you. I'll trust in that.

[THIS IS SAID VERY SERIOUSLY]

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

I will not fail!

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[rebells]

I know. I have faith in you.

Re: inner sanctum: true heart

[debossy]

. . . As I have in you.

[I am never speaking of feelings again, omg.]