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HELLO

"You've reached Elysium! Lost? Need an ear? I'm your guy! I'll get back to you as soon as I can."

GOODBYE

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cursed chihuahua papers

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[ 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?

[lucentia]

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

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

[lucentia]

[oh........










tears start forming.]

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[ HELLO ]

L-Lucien?! You——you really don't get told that often?

[ clumsily rummages through his bag and drops 398234343 omamori in the process but produces tissues nevertheless

offers them up?? ]

[lucentia]

I-I'm not crying! I've just had weak tear duct glands since birth!

[he will take a tissue and furiously wipe at his eyes.]

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Woah, woah, woah. Who said anything about crying? I was just going to say you got something here.

[ points to nostril

this

may or may not be worse? ]

[lucentia]

[




also politely wipes his nose just in case.]

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[




immediately feels bad. "He believed that?!" NOOO LUCIEN!! ]

I was trying to lighten the mood! Sorry! There wasn't anything actually there! [ FRETS!!! ] Are you doing okay?

[lucentia]

[You were lying!?

WHY WOULDN'T HE BELIEVE YOU??]

I-I am fine! Like I said, my tear ducts have just been...!

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[ NO ONE JUST SAYS YOU HAVE SNOT THEY'D JUST SAY NOTHING AND MAKE YOU REALISE IT YOURSELF HOURS LATER

well

that's what Elysium would do ]

They're weak! Yeah! Does this make you at higher or lower risk for dry eye…? Hopefully it's the latter! Haha!

[lucentia]

[elysium...]

I do not know, so hopefully I will never have to find out.

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There should be pros and cons to every situation.

[ these are not helpful words. ]

[lucentia]

Can't "neither" be an option?

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You'd go for average risk? [ Pfft. ] Well, I guess there is nothing wrong with being risk adverse.

But circling back to what we were talking about before—I haven't had much of a chance to be there for you, but I would like to be if the chance ever arises.

… Put like that, it kind of sounds like a jinx.

[lucentia]

[...]

I am grateful to hear you say that, truly. [he's so touched actually... as indicated by his WEAK TEAR DUCT GLANDS (TOTALLY REAL) acting up...] Though you needn't be concerned. I haven't gone through nearly as much hardship as others have here.

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[ LUCIENNNNNNNNN me. explodes into hearts. ]

Why does the distinction have to be 'here'? You've went through a lot regardless. You shouldn't have to go through more in order to feel worthy of other people's care.

[lucentia]

[there is the slightly uncertain look of someone who rationally knows that elysium is correct but also has gone through his life ingrained with the notion, explicitly or implicitly, that he does have to earn the right to be cared about by others...]

... Yes, I suppose you're right. [...] Though I must return the sentiment—I haven't had much of a chance to be there for you, either, or to learn about you.

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Sometimes sentiment alone's enough. We really don't know much about each other, do we? Other than a handful of weirdly invasive memories and situations we've both been in.

[ Well. He's just going to bend down, pick up, and dust all the charms that have fallen to the side before gently stuffing them back into his pockets. When he rises to a stand, he taps his chin. ]

I like travelling, but it's hard to do too much of it here.

[lucentia]

[perks up.]

When I was younger, I was interested in traveling, although I knew realistically it wasn't plausible. What sort of places have you been to?

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I don't think I ever asked you how your situation was now. Between your brother and the throne, I can see why it might've been complicated. It's a shame the simulations aren'tr around anymore.

[ Well, maybe that's for the best, or Lucien might've ended up beside an active volcano like Rafayel did. Heehoo. ]

But I've been to just about any place you can think of on Terra. A well-travelled birdie! That's me. The few places I haven't were the ones where I was actively turned away from.

[lucentia]

[AN ACTIVE VOLCANO?]

Turned away from? Because of the circumstances there, or...?

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[ Unfortunately, they did not get to find out if dying in-game meant dying in real life… ]

Mhm. There are places that don't take well to guests. Usually because they're protective of their lands—which, I get.

[lucentia]

[a nod...]

Obviously, I don't have firsthand experience with it [because he doesn't get to travel...], and Hystorica is open to travelers from other nations, but I understand that others are more wary.

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Circling back… what's stopping you from travelling now?