week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[crimsin]

[ The scar… he’d wondered, of course, but it seemed rude to just ask. ]

What happened to the rest of your team? Are you the only one left?

[reverso]

[Ah. The hardest bit of all to talk about, and thus the hardest for him to be openly truthful about.]

They're all gone now.

[But it is true.]

Except for one.

[crimsin]

One? Not you?

[reverso]

One other than me.

[He's just going to punch in another song, and the intro to it starts playing.]

The last battle wasn't without its sacrifices. Ending the cycle of death would never have been so easy, not like in the storybooks.

[crimsin]

[ Sad backstory karaoke… his favorite. ]

Things rarely turn out so nicely. [ He gives Verso a little smile, the expression a bit sad at the edges ]. I understand what you have gone through better than you might realize, I think.

[reverso]

[The music's a distraction, mostly, as though it might pull them away from the weight of the conversation. Thankfully, Nico offers a way out, and he takes it.]

How so?

[crimsin]

[ Sorry to say this change in subject is likewise not very happy. ]

The humans of my world are… not treated well, oppressed and used for generations upon generations, and my people will not entertain the thought of change. There are some few who fight for the betterment of our world, and this is where I have thrown my lot.

So few of my mortal friends have the luxury of making it to old age.

[reverso]

[Oh. He knew that Nico would outlive his mortal friends due to having a vampire's lifespan, but losing them to conflict, war, and/or oppression?

That's far worse. Far more heart-wrenching.]

...Hard, isn't it. The suddenness of it all.

[crimsin]

It is. It is one thing to expect a human to grow old, but…

[ His gaze finds something innocuous to focus on, the menus they’ve left scattered on the table. ]

I hope it is worth it, in the end.

[reverso]

[All that death, all that sacrifice. Was it worth it? The cycle has ended in a way that no one expected, but it's debatable if it was kind to anyone other than himself.]

To be free? Is that not always worth it?

[crimsin]

[ He laughs a little, and for once, the sound is more sad than it is happy. ]

You are right, of course. It is just… difficult to watch, sometimes.

[reverso]

[...He gets it.]

I'm sorry, Nico. How is that fight faring in your world, now?

[crimsin]

It is long and bloody and difficult. The Lord Emperor has held his throne for nearly ten-thousand years.

As you can imagine, change is not easy to come by.