graverot: (cerasse)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-05 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
No, nobody could have. It's just an awful thing that happened.
9mon: (120)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-05 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish we could stop it.
graverot: (snowdrop)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-05 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not convinced you can't. Things are moving quickly.
9mon: (085)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-05 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
There... really is a way?
graverot: (nutmeg)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-05 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Not one I know of, but...I think all of you are pretty impressive.
9mon: (120)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-05 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[When he says it like that, he really doesn't want to let Shale down.]

I'm gonna try to find it.
graverot: (red clover)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-05 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah? I think that's a good idea.
9mon: (016)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-06 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
If it hurts the prism... are you still okay with that? I know it's where you've lived.
graverot: (lavender)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-07 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[a big firbolg sigh, but he nods.]

Sometimes it's necessary, to lose things if it means a chance for something better. I think that's what we're all coming to terms with.
9mon: (010)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-07 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[A little nod too.]

I'm... scared too, with all of these tears and the gray. But... I wanna hope it's a sign of something good happening.
graverot: (nutmeg)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-07 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
I...want to hope that, too. [but he doesn't sound sure.] At the least, it's the sign of change. And maybe change is what we need.
9mon: (019)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-07 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
We just... gotta be brave.

[He hugs him a little tighter before stepping away.]

The task for this week... That's self-reflection, right?
graverot: (mouse-ear cress)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-07 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
That's right. Think about all of the things you've felt. It's not as simple as - the feelings that are noisiest, right? You might have felt fear, but there were also moments, I'm sure, where you felt courage, or pride, or anger...anything.

It's good to remember you don't have to be defined by whatever feeling is strongest for the time being.
9mon: (120)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-07 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods a little bit.]

I've never "been" Scarlet, but when all of this is happening... I'm trying to be brave, courageous enough to keep going. And when we were away last Thursday I was so angry about the President and everything he did.
graverot: (snowdrop)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-07 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
The...the president?
9mon: (081)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-07 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
The President of the United States. He almost took off Nogiku's arm with a cleaver.
graverot: (fennel)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-07 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[he has no idea what any of this means, but he nods solemnly.]

That's awful. And feeling anger towards a person like that, a President of the United States - that's healthy. That's a part of you.

I think we're asking you to think on that, on what other parts of you exist. When you're losing who you are, remembering how you feel is something to hang onto.
9mon: (120)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-07 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Some things are better left unknown.

Memories might come and go, but the feelings seem to stay. He'd think, before this, that it was memories that make up a person. Maybe it's more like a combination of it all.]


Like an anchor?
graverot: (witch hazel)

[personal profile] graverot 2022-04-07 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Something like that.
9mon: (120)

[personal profile] 9mon 2022-04-08 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
... I've been doubting myself while we've been here. I know I've never been through anything like this before. And... I wonder if what I'm doing is really helping or not.

[ Sometimes you chew a gumball and save one person, and then your boyfriend turns into a bug!!! ]