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114. Fourth Wall Post [VIDEO/ACTION FOR ANYWHERE]

.... Yeah.

Yeah, you're in the complete wrong region.

Mount Moon's in Kanto.

_{[Heather huffs out a sigh and takes hold of Cujo's mane as the wayward Grey and his weird spacedog head back to their spaceship, which had landed conveniently on top of one of the Pokemon Centers, barely even remarkable in the middle of all the other chaos that's happening.]}

Man, at this point, the only thing that could surprise me on weekends like this are things staying normal.

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[He rubs at his head.]

It's... I could probably explain some of it.

In essence, it reached a point where I could no longer remain loyal to her. Envy... wasn't so lucky. I can't blame him for that, not now.

... You had to get out, and other people couldn't.

I know how that is.

_{[She's been there.]}

[Well that sure sounded like genuine understanding.

He doesn't know her at all, of course, so he's going to take what she says at face value. She must have something in common with Envy on a surface level at the very least, after all.]

It was always my plan to take him with me. I'm not the sort of person to leave people behind if I can avoid it.

I'm a pretty selfish guy but that doesn't mean I like seeing people dying or getting hurt. Especially if it's because of me.

_{[She does. But weirdly enough, in this particular situation, she has more in common with Greed.]

[Which is why she lifts a hand.]}

Look-- it's okay. You don't have to justify yourself to me.

I've known Envy for awhile. He's my friend. And I care about him. A lot.

But this thing-- this thing you guys have both described to me-- I get it. And I get you.

... I had to leave someone behind once.

Behind with someone who used us both.

I couldn't get her out.

And it came back to bite me, too.

So I'm not taking sides in your thing with Envy, even though I'd have his back in anything. Because I've been in your shoes and I know how that shit is a no-win situation.

[Well that does confirm that there might be more to her that what appears at first glance. He's not sure what happened, but it does sound remarkably similar to his own situation.]

Yeah. I wouldn't expect you to. And I don't need it either, particularly.

It's an all around rotten situation to be in. There's no winner, except for maybe the person you've escaped from who is free to manipulate the person you couldn't save.

Yeah.

... Yeah.

Those people are always the winners, aren't they.

_{[A sour, bitter note enters her voice as she speaks.]}

[It's strange talking to someone else who understands. It was never something he had been capable of articulating to Envy. He had just been interested in taking him and running, no explanation given because the explanation wouldn't have been enough.]

And then people like us are the ones who are left wondering if it's possible to save the people we were forced to leave behind.

In my case, I blamed Envy for a long time. I probably would have continued to blame him for something that was her doing had I not come here and found him living here.

_{[She doesn't say anything to that first bit. Not because she disagrees with it, but because it hits home a little too hard.]}

It sounds like you guys have done some patching up, then?

[He nods. He's certainly making an attempt to put on a brave face because it's a lot easier than admitting that he actually has absolutely no idea what he's doing.

He's lived for a long time but he's never exactly lived a normal life.]

Can't tell you where it's going, but we certainly have started down some road to returning to what we used to be.

... Good.

That's good.

_{[And frankly she's proud of Envy for allowing it. ... It's further than she got with Claudia, when Claudia was here. And as much as she hates to admit it, the blame for that lies mostly with her.]}

[He's grateful that he and Envy are a thing again. What that thing is he doesn't have the slightest clue, but it's no longer hated enemies so it's a win as far as he's concerned. He doesn't have many of those.]

Yeah. I think so, too.

_{[She reflects on it for a moment... before pointing at him, tone serious.]}

Whatever you do, don't waste it or let it sour.

You might not get it back.

I lost him once before.

I'm not going to lose him again.

Good. That's a good attitude.

Hang onto it.

Look, whatever happened to you, I...

[Because something happened. He's not oblivious. They have similar backgrounds. It was clearly something major. Probably multiple things.]

I'm lousy at talking about this sort of thing, but I'll try, yeah?

_{[There's a pause.]

[... But then, you know what? She's been through these weekends before. After they're over, the memories are there but the details always go fuzzy.]

[There's no harm in being honest today. He might remember that she told him something, but he probably won't remember what it was.]}

I had a friend once. When I escaped my master-- _{[My monster.]}-- it set its sights on her.

And twenty-four years later, my friend and I met again. But she wasn't my friend anymore.

That thing had turned her into my enemy.

Because I didn't get her out.

[...Heather doesn't look that old. There's something more to it, but he's also not exactly one to judge, given his own age.]

That...

[Is so accurate to his own situation he doesn't even know where to start.]

And by then, it was too late to save her?

_{[YEP... one of the many bizarre little glitches in Heather's story that do one of two things: inadvertently imply that there's a whole hell of a lot she's not telling... or make her look like a compulsive-but-sloppy liar. It's the former, but it's hard to blame anyone for arriving at the latter conclusion.]

[Still, the simmering bitterness in her voice can't be mistaken for anything but honest when she replies:]}

It was too late for me to even want to save her.

Edited 2014-06-19 18:12 (UTC)

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