[ thank you i'm looking forward to fairy tale horror
this is a very happy snapshot of the past for him, but piggy can be loitering around so ylfa can have a bonus memory of rin since they're teammates. it's a little more fraught with concern and fear, but it ends on the same sort of affection and comfort that the other memory did. rin is just someone who makes him worry.
he has a water bottle, distracting himself even more by sipping from it before he answers. ]
...We fought a lot. And he was sad, a lot.
[ and rin felt so much that when he got sad, it'd roil around and stir up all those other feelings, like anger, like a current disturbing the sea. it was a bad time for sweet rin and then he came here and died. ]
I thought he was mad at me for a long time. But he was just... scared, I think.
...I guess so. [ that's correct but imagine saying you care about another teenage boy outside of using obtuse swimming allegories. ] It was also because he's a pain. And a crybaby.
[ he's staring at this pig. it's not leaving. it's as though memshare is still on the docket. ]
no, this memory sucks a lot more than losing at regionals does. he lets out a sharp breath in the end out of residual memory before touching his lips, thoughtful and sad. it's a terrible thing to have done. but it's also a terrible thing to happen to a frightened girl who didn't know what was happening to herself and was only seeking refuge with her family. quietly, ]
...Ylfa. [ he doesn't even know what he can say to this to make it better. ] You've had a really hard time.
[it's a very ugly memory, one that feels like it belongs to a different person, some remnant of the girl who went into the forest and innocently wandered off the path to pick flowers and chase butterflies. a girl capable of needing her mom to help her, instead of a wolf girl who has accepted no one is going to save her and she has to be strong enough to do it herself.]
...That was hard for me, but it was probably harder for my family. You don't have to pretend it isn't bad.
It's bad for both. [ he can't deny being a little horrified that it happened. still, there's nothing he wouldn't give his teammates a pass for, for better or worse. ] That was the wolf talking to you?
...Yeah. But don't judge him too hard based on this. He's actually pretty cool. He sort of turned me into a monster and ruined my life, but in doing so also made me strong enough to fight for all of our stories. And if he hadn't done that, I probably would have just gotten eaten.
[ yeah. okay. that IS a complicated relationship. ]
I don't know. That's... [ it's still bad. he doesn't have to like ylfa's friends, but he does trust her judgment, even if she's 12. ] As long as you trust him. I wish you had a chance at a normal life.
That's the thing. That's what he did give me the chance for. I don't want to be tied to the life in my story. I want the ability to choose what kind of life I have.
Oh. I mean, we haven't gotten to do it yet, but actually - yeah. Some bad things have happened, but some really cool things have happened, too. And I made a lot of friends.
This was before I knew any of them that way, other than Mother Goose. Now that I do, I'm glad I stayed with them.
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this is a very happy snapshot of the past for him, but piggy can be loitering around so ylfa can have a bonus memory of rin since they're teammates. it's a little more fraught with concern and fear, but it ends on the same sort of affection and comfort that the other memory did. rin is just someone who makes him worry.
he has a water bottle, distracting himself even more by sipping from it before he answers. ]
...We fought a lot. And he was sad, a lot.
[ and rin felt so much that when he got sad, it'd roil around and stir up all those other feelings, like anger, like a current disturbing the sea. it was a bad time for sweet rin and then he came here and died. ]
I thought he was mad at me for a long time. But he was just... scared, I think.
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Yeah. Even when you guys fought, it always seemed like it was because you cared too much about each other for the arguments not to hurt.
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[ he's staring at this pig. it's not leaving. it's as though memshare is still on the docket. ]
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[that's fair. anyway, here's a cool memory about the time she went to nationals.]
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no, this memory sucks a lot more than losing at regionals does. he lets out a sharp breath in the end out of residual memory before touching his lips, thoughtful and sad. it's a terrible thing to have done. but it's also a terrible thing to happen to a frightened girl who didn't know what was happening to herself and was only seeking refuge with her family. quietly, ]
...Ylfa. [ he doesn't even know what he can say to this to make it better. ] You've had a really hard time.
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...That was hard for me, but it was probably harder for my family. You don't have to pretend it isn't bad.
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[ seems like a complicated relationship. ]
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I don't know. That's... [ it's still bad. he doesn't have to like ylfa's friends, but he does trust her judgment, even if she's 12. ] As long as you trust him. I wish you had a chance at a normal life.
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...Are you satisfied with it so far?
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This was before I knew any of them that way, other than Mother Goose. Now that I do, I'm glad I stayed with them.