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[ He places his hands square on Lucien's shoulders. ]

Someone cursed me to believe baldness was the pinnacle of beauty. I was seconds away from shaving off my entire head with my own hands.

[ He says this it with the gravity that it's the worst thing that's happened to him here. ]

[blinks.]

Oh. I believe I did hear you ranting about that yesterday.

[me looking through threads to see what happened while I was away rip to elysium.]

Right! Someone has it out for me in quite the unusual and specific way.

[ thinly veiled murder vibes in how he squeezes Lucien's shoulder. ]

—Anyway! What brings you here? I was going to deliver yours to you until you saved me the trouble.

[ he has like

way too many fuckin omamori stashed in an outside pocket on his bag that it's starting to overflow. ]

[ELYSIUM?]

... Do you need help with your deliveries? [glances at the pocket.] I see you've gathered quite a few.

However, I came to see how you were doing.

If you're joining me in this venture, then we should double up on our offerings. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about showing how you feel?

[ I was about to type out Christmas is coming two weeks early but then I looked at an actual calendar and it's NEXT WEEK okay. They're making Christmas come a week earlier, even if they don't know that. ]

Well. I'm obviously not pleased about what happened the other day. But… what can I do about it, right? Purgatory's going to keep doing its own thing. All I can do is work within the confines it's set for us and do what I can.

[ by

worrying over everyone else! yeah! ]

I wish for their safety and happiness, and for them to achieve their goals in this place?

[a little caught off-guard by the question, but just says what comes to mind as elysium requests...

also stop that.]

... He mentioned that according to you, he forgot a country, although he didn't seem to believe you.

Okay, but who do you wish those specific things for more? Say, do you wish for Tokinaga's safety more, or his happiness? I hear it's not a great idea to dilute their power. But two should be fine.

[ he's really just pulling things out of his ass ]

And wow. Talk about cutting straight to the point. [ He says it lightly, but it is something to consider how much people have been asking him about Thorns. Really makes you wonder just how overbearing you've been. ] I don't think it's so much about forgetting an entire country as it is about his ambition, though. If it were just our home country, a lot of the other pieces wouldn't add up.

If I had to choose between the two... I would wish for happiness over safety.

[believes elysium is an expert on this because why wouldn't he!!]

I apologize if I am overstepping my bounds. [...] That would make sense. Either way, I assumed that for it to be some sort of consequence, it would have been something very dear to him.

For everyone? No specific wish for anyone in particular?

[ The omamori… they manifest your thoughts into existence… oooOoooOoo. ]

And no, you aren't. I was just amused. What are secrets between denizens of a place that doesn't care for them anyway? [ Laying everything out objectively? Easy! ] … I'll leave it to him to tell you what Iberia means to him, if he ever chooses to, but it wouldn't be an understatement to say that it's what's driven him this far, yeah. He was pretty banged up when he got here.

I thought we were speaking of Tokinaga?

[why are you doing this to him.]

I see. Hopefully, he recovers his memories soon enough, then. Do you think it to be a consequence of what happened to him, or from the river?

We were talking about Tokinaga, but now we're talking about everyone else. Can't let anyone feel left out, you know? New people included I'm not so sure about that weird guy I still gotta meet, though…

[ tmw your first impression of Obikawa was in a maze run with the guy they were just talking about as a boss monster. Awkward. Anyway, this is what happens when you get yourself involved with extroverts. You get pulled into their shenanigans. ]

Without a doubt, the loss is from the river. I practically threw him in there after we left the bar.

"Weird guy"?

[dealing with extroverts... this is a new experience for lucien...]

That would explain it. I was confused on why his memories were still affected, when previous groups regained their senses upon returning.

Obikawa. I think Tokinaga knows him.

[ Ahem. ]

I take it you had a good chat with him, then?

Ah, yes, he's Tokinaga's friend. I had the chance to meet him.

[a light nod]

I don't know what would define a "good chat", but he told me about what happened.

[ With a placid reaction like that, maybe he isn't as weird as Elysium had thought? Hmmm. Stows this information away for later. ]

For what it's worth, he probably told you more than he told me. [ lmao. ] How did it go?

[no obikawa was fckin weird but lucien is used to weirdos.]

... Why would he have?

[told lucien more?]

[ HELPPPPP when he encounters Obikawa he's just going to think… Lucien set him up for this… How could Lucien do this. Just like how could Lucien stand with cats? Unbelievable. ]

Because he wouldn't want me to worry.

[ Plainly. ]

Well, you don't have to tell me anything. I'm glad he's finally making an effort to talk to other people.

[STOP HE DIDN'T MEAN TOOOOO]

He and I are not close, so I truly doubt that he told me anything that he would not have told you. He only said what he said because according to him, he had already explained as much to others.

[ yeah and elysium isn't others, for better and for worse. oh well.

So moving on, he grabs a handful of the 'Happiness' charms and deposits them into Lucien's hands. An approximate 20-odd of them. ]

That's still more socialising than he usually does. But since you're already here, hang out for the rest of the day with me?

[takes them, startled, and stares at them, wondering both how he's going to come up with a list of 20 people to give them to and also feeling bad about who he doesn't give any to?]

Huh? Very well, if you'll have me.

[ no!! there's enough to give them to everyone!! they're both going to go around together… in theory…

looks away in practice ]

Why do you sound so surprised? We're friends.

[help

also the surprised thoughtshare is just I didn't think you thought of me as one...]

[ thank you for making me realise it's thoughtshare week i always forget to read the italics, help me

heheh. ]

How do you go about determining someone is a friend, Lucien?

Huh? Well, I have not had many, I admit, so I'm not very well-versed in deciding this.

I consider you one because I want to look out for you. And——your company far outweighs spending my time alone. Mostly that.

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