[open RL]

[aquaticrush]

*Retasu is still reeling. She hasn't been talking much since she saw everything. You can find her in the temple, heavily guarded just in case, sulking in her Felt dress and hugging herself.*

...um, hello.

(This is an open RL! Anyone who wants to come yell at Retasu or just talk to her is welcome. Threadhopping very encouraged.)

Comments

[oceanicbutterfly]

And you just assumed he was telling the truth and wasn't hiding anything?

[aquaticrush]

...nobody else believed in me.

[oceanicbutterfly]

...

That isn't true in the slightest.

[aquaticrush]

I'm sorry, Karen-san.

[oceanicbutterfly]

I don't want you to apologize. I want to understand what happened.

[aquaticrush]

I thought it was going to make everything better. Th-that I wouldn't have to worry about anybody I cared about getting hurt anymore.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Well... hmm.

Retasu-san, do you know what the surest way is to protect someone from being hurt?

[aquaticrush]

T-to look out for them... but even then, things always happen. And this place is horrible. It hurts people and nobody can stop it. Most people have given up trying. On top of that, everybody thinks I'm not good enough, and maybe I'm not.

[oceanicbutterfly]

No, Retasu-san. There's only one thing you can do to someone that will keep them from ever being hurt, and that is to kill them.

[aquaticrush]

--!

[oceanicbutterfly]

That's also the only way to stop them from ever hurting anyone else.

[aquaticrush]

Are you going to kill me, Karen-san?

[oceanicbutterfly]

Of course not.

[aquaticrush]

You just sounded like...

[oceanicbutterfly]

You haven't made the connection, have you?

[aquaticrush]

The game would have destroyed everything.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Indeed.

[aquaticrush]

I'm still a danger to everybody after all.

[oceanicbutterfly]

You didn't know.

[aquaticrush]

I'm sorry.

[oceanicbutterfly]

What are you sorry for?

[aquaticrush]

Everything!

[oceanicbutterfly]

Not everything was your fault. And out of what was, not everything was bad. Are you sorry you wanted everyone to be protected?

[aquaticrush]

N-no... but you just told me it was impossible.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Just because something is impossible doesn't mean it's wrong to want it.

Retasu-san, there's only one apology I want from you.