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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[ his favourite sanrio mascot is officially badtz-maru what do you mean what does this mean

…

He stops midway in his tracks. Points to this cursed painting. ]

What's that doing there?

[ DON'T JUST CALL IT THAT ]

[lucentia]

Hm? Oh, my friend painted it. It was in my box last week.

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[ ????????????????? ]

Oh…

Do you feel like it's brightened up the atmosphere?

[ the way he also has a succulent somehow ]

[lucentia]

[WHY DOES ELYSIUM JUST HAVE THESE THINGS.]

Haha, probably not in the way people think. But I have always been quite fond of it, and its... eccentricity.

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[ the power of whimsy

Sets this succulent down onto any flat surface he can. Lucien has two new friends now… yay. ]

I have a feeling a lot of people would probably say otherwise, but it's good that you're not letting others influence you. Keep at it.

[ … A beat. ]

But I heard you were among the people who showed up later at the pillow fort. How are you doing now? Did you end up having to use the river?

[lucentia]

[yay friends...]

... Yes. You needn't worry—my injuries have healed.

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[ His cockroach painting, Badtz-Maru, and succulent… yay ]

And what the river doesn't heal?

[lucentia]

[should you be asking about this, sir who was forced to confess his innermost thoughts today...]

... You needn't worry about that either. If anything, I am more concerned for Hien and Sylus.

[and the other cyoa goers, but that goes without saying.]

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[ stop. there was so much chaos surely no one remembers ]

You aren't trying to turn this into a contest of who's gone through more, are you? I'm talking to you. Not them.

… But I will check up on them later.

[lucentia]

[if lucien wasn't a shadow at the time, he'd remember.........]

That's good to hear. ... We all saw what happened with Hien, and though Sylus acts unshakeable, the things that happened on the journey hurt him quite a bit.

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I'm not sure I'm the right person to get through to either of them, but I'll check in and see what they're up to anyway.

[ the way he just made hien feel worse. oopsie ]

Did you guys have to live through another life?

[lucentia]

[elysium no]

Something like that. I did vaguely recall Purgatory, but our memories were altered to give us context for why we were on this journey. I also received some more detailed memories of that life, though after speaking to Hien, it doesn't seem like that was the case for him.

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[ HE TRIED!!!!!!!! ]

Something like that…? That sounds annoying. Sylus looked pretty worried for the both of you.

[ The cadence more or less suggests that he finds it uncharacteristic behaviour and serves as a quiet opening for Lucien to elaborate, if he wants to. ]

[lucentia]

[a little smile.]

Perhaps this is mean of me to say, but Sylus is a much kinder person than I had expected.

[*there is a bit of an overly positive interpretation of some things that happened maybe but also sylus was an mvp here]

[transmit]

No… I think that's exactly the impression he's going for. In fact, I'd suspect that he'd be happier if you stuck with your first read of him rather than the revised one.

[lucentia]

I'm afraid my revised impression is emblazed permanently in my mind.

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… Yeah. Some people have a tendency to just do that, don't they. [ So dry, but also fond. ] Have you had a chance to talk to him about what you guys went through?

[lucentia]

[tosses away plausible timelines because my and spoon's thread has not gotten far]

No, not yet.

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Haha. I feel like I owe a lot to Yosuke. If he didn't tell everyone what happened in ours, I doubt any of us would've.

[ Is this a compliment or a diss? Lucien can be the judge. ]

But… you should. When you get the chance. It helps in the way that no one else but the people who were with you would understand.

[lucentia]

[looks at him like mr i hate vulnerability is giving this advice?]

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He just smiles back. Lucien? Do you have something to share with the class? ]

[lucentia]

You say this after you admit that you wouldn't talk about what happened in yours—which I did experience firsthand myself...

[when elysium instead Dodged Feelings.]

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If you'd like to ask again, I've gone through character development and can answer you more honestly this time!

[ WHO SAYS THIS!!! ]

[lucentia]

[ELYSIUM...]

Really? Will you tell me what happened to you, then? [...] Though if you're truly uncomfortable with it, I don't wish to force you to relive your traumas.

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… They're not traumas. Not really.

[ The fact of the matter is that the worst case scenario literally didn't happen. Things could've gone so much worse, but they didn't, and that alone is what buoys him back to the surface. ]

I'll talk even if you don't feel comfortable sharing your own. I do wonder what's going to happen now that most of us have gone through the experience.