[you're right i am a fool, their date was perfect and amazing and good. i think you're on cyoa this week and tomorrow is going to be a nightmare. or perhaps you are dead.
Anyway she might hear some soft rustling and then feel her hand being taken into his...]
...You can open your eyes.
[Fortunately she's not a vile demon so she won't have to worry about opening her eyes to surprise murder! Instead, it's just Lucas on one knee, holding her hand in one of his. In his other hand there's a doofy little flower ring.]
I know that I said I wanted to do it properly, but I just couldn't wait... Elysia, will you grant me the blessing of marrying you?
[ love only lasts a day. stop deflecting because you're the one on cyoa or a murderer.
she opens her eyes, and they widen more than ever. she didn't expect that it'd be so soon. (because love only lasts a day.) marriage was never something that she thought of before.... before today.
it's only been 16 hours. ]
Are you sure?
[ there's wonderment in her voice, like she isn't sure this is reality. her cheeks flush as a swirl of emotions rush through her. ]
Are you sure you want to... when you don't know everything yet?
Love only lasts a day! It's only been 16 hours!! But he fell in love with Ceres on sight twice and talked about marrying her within a day of [static noises] happening, so he's a fast-moving love interest when he isn't pining for (looks at watch) like 6 or 7 years or some shit.
Anyway, love blinds his ass to sense and logic, so he just nods.]
I'm sure that every part of you that I come to learn will be a new part to cherish and love just as much as the rest. If you would have me, even though I can only offer you myself, it would make me happy beyond words.
[ this is killing me. how does she answer this? she's taken aback. this is very fast for someone who's been sitting in a memory realm for 50,000 years.
she is so in love, but love doesn't blind her completely because of how much she loves (too many and too much). ]
I don't need anything more than you. I never have....
[ but she doesn't want to see lucas sad and prefers to see his smiling face always because he's always more beautiful with a smile, and so she can't help but say... ]
If you're sure, I'm sure.
[ she will ask to have a longer engagement. because this love will last more than a day. ]
[THIS IS ALSO KILLING ME. GET OUT OF THE MEMORY REALM. My god. He's going to feel so bad about this tomorrow. Maybe he will die on cyoa so he doesn't have to deal with the fallout. Maybe he will be executed so he can go join Jing Yuan's nunnery.
But for now he's not thinking about that!! Because even though his logic brain understands that people eat chocolate and act insane and that he himself has fucking randomly fallen in love on a Wednesday before, he's just swept up very easily by his stupid heart, even moreso when he's not just one-sidedly pining. So his whole expression lights up!!]
Really—? [DON'T JUST SAY "REALLY" ABOUT SOMEONE ACCEPTING A PROPOSAL YOU STUPID FRUIT.] Then...! If you'd please accept this ring, for now...
[HIS STUPID LITTLE FLOWER RING that he can slip onto her finger. It too is ugly.]
[ SHE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF THE MEMORY REALM RIGHT NOW. SHE'S DEAD AND HERE. ISN'T THAT ENOUGH? it's ok... he doesn't have to feel bad. she's... well, she's not personally used to being affected by curses and brainwashing and mind manipulation, but she saw it all the time. you didn't die on cyoa, and i hope no one votes for you to be executed. you can't die.
his heart is so pure with its emotions. it's part of why elysia worries, but in a way, it is what she loves about him even when she's not romantically in love with him. he may be a stupid fruit, but he's her stupid fruit right now, and she can't help the joy surging in her own stupid heart.
it may be ugly, but that's part the charm. she loves how bad lucas is at these little crafts that need delicacy and finesse. it is one of the cutest things about him, she thinks, even when she's not hopeless in love with him. ]
I'll keep it, for as long as our feelings are true.
[ she will keep it even after their feelings fade away, but for now, in these very true and real feelings, she reaches for his hand to pull him back onto his feet. ]
[IT IS........ I SUPPOSE!!!!!! also stop that I LEAP INTO THE GRAVE W3 AS A REWARD FOR MAKING IT PAST W2
His heart is a fucking mess but they're all doing their best. Not the matching stupid joyous hearts!! He really is so insanely in love it's hilarious. Just so delighted that she accepts his stupid ugly ring and that she says she'll keep it forever because these feelings are definitely super real and will absolutely last.
But back onto his feet he'll go, folding her up into his arms with a bright and vibrant affection.]
I love you, too, my dear Elysia. [The only part of his working logic brain right now that's still online is like "WHAT ABOUT AFTER EIGHT WEEKS" because he still needs to go back for Nadia and Elysia will surely be off living her own life, but it is a small part that he gently crushes into silence for the time being so as not to spoil the happiness of the moment. This very real problem of parting they'll have to deal with over their very real love.
if she weren't so hopelessly in love, the responsible part of her wouldn't let this go this far with what she has to return to, but the heart does what the heart wants, and she can't.... deny it? she can't deny it. that's why it's hopeless.
she does want to meet nadia.
she laughs as she's taken into his arms. ]
You never have to ask, not when I already said yes.
[ she could have kissed him when she pulled him up, but i'm making you do this. ]
[LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON???? you're dead this week aren't you
This is fine, though. Love is so full of stupidity. It is so hopeless! It's fine. Things happen all the time in Heaven, my god. Even over this small thing, he's so insanely full of adoration.]
Thank you...
[HE'LL DO IT!!!! He just lifts a hand to set his fingertips against her cheek, stroking a delicate path across the skin, and then leans in to place a soft kiss against her lips, warm and adoring, loving and gentle. i made this icon and i will use it one single time in this game.]
[ I MEANT EVERY OTHER PERSON THAN YOU every week i wish i were dead STOP DEFLECTING DEMON
i hope you use this icon with someone else.
elysia's eyes flutter shut as his fingertips brush against her cheek. she returns the kiss, just as tender and warm. she pulls away to cup his cheek with a hand. ]
[EXPLODES YOU. i will not but it's fine. He doesn't need any other intentional kisses! This is all he wants!! He's just delighted to have this connection here and now, letting his head tilt against her hand and touching the back of it with gentle fingertips.]
elysia is poly friendly even if lucas isn't. it's always about the connection for elysia. to surround herself with the people she loves is the closest to paradise she'll ever be. she's a flower that turns to the warmth of the sun of love. ]
Yeah, but I'll look forward to every future moment with you, too.
This is the true reason they wouldn't work out, Elysia is ready to poly and Lucas is a onceler.]
Why don't we get started on enjoying those future moments here and now, then? We can go watch the fireworks in the village, or the lights in the sky after.
[Their whirlwind romance that is then followed by Elysia fucking dying.]
she laces their fingers together, so even if it's a loose hold, they're harder to separate. she won't mind if he stares at her the whole time. she might even genuinely get a little shy instead of in a performative way. ]
You'll always be more beautiful than the lights to me.
[ she means that in more than sight.
you can be free from tagging a dead person, continue to be hopelessly in love, or they can open the door into the funhouse. ]
The cuteness of a genuinely shy Elysia... Amazing. Lucas doesn't deserve this at all and i refuse to let go of my ara bara bearcells threads, so they can open the door into the funhouse instead. Hell! There's like, a microfraction of hesitance as he steps through and sees the fucking mirrors again.]
Oh, my... It looks like we'll have to take a little detour on the way to our date...
[HE'S TIRED. But hilariously, even though there's a little itch at the back of his mind, he's not all that worried about being here. A lot of the memories he's seen have never happened to him before, and even the gruesome ones are things he's only performatively sorry about. Just sorry about in the sense that he's still sane enough to know no one likes watching things that look like humans be "killed".]
[ the microfraction... she notices, but she won't comment for now. elysia has experience having her memories on display, so she has less hesitation.
he may still have a shred of sanity left to know to be performative and know what others won't understand about his fragile mentality, but elysia tugs his hand to leave.
she turns for the door out and reaches for the handle, but of course, it doesn't open. ]
[He just smiles, seemingly unbothered by the fact that they are once again trapped like rats in this fucking maze that has given him such a headache.]
Then we'll just have to carry on.
[He'll lift her hand up so he can gently dust a kiss over the back of her knuckles since he is still so in love with her about it, but turn to start leading the way down a hall after that. ESCAPE... ESCAPE!!!!! are you going to government assign me again should i government assign you]
[ she leans up to kiss him on the cheek, which gets reflected from a great many angles and warped through another number of wacky mirrors.
and then they both disappear from the mirror surface. do you know some of her most tragic moments are only referenced in the story to so we can infer an outline but not that many details? it kills an ara.
This is so adorable though NOOOOOO HER FUCKING STORYBOOK NAME!!!! Lucas watches this memory unfold quietly, a little worried at first that it might be something unpleasant or painful (for Elysia herself; he's not worried about anything that he might see, since he's sure he'll love her regardless). But it's a very precious memory, and as it ends and begins its loop, he just moves to wrap her up in another fond hug.]
What a precious name! The paradise beyond the world's end... I think it suits you just beautifully, my dear.
[IT'S ONLY A FOOTNOTE fucking help. Good for them keeping their secrets by virtue of just not wanting to think about the details.]
I agree. A name that calls out to you in such a way is surely meant to be... I don't think anyone could ever get tired of hearing it or saying it. [As if to punctuate his point, he gives her a lil squeeze and a teasing, gentle:] Elysia.
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Anyway she might hear some soft rustling and then feel her hand being taken into his...]
...You can open your eyes.
[Fortunately she's not a vile demon so she won't have to worry about opening her eyes to surprise murder! Instead, it's just Lucas on one knee, holding her hand in one of his. In his other hand there's a doofy little flower ring.]
I know that I said I wanted to do it properly, but I just couldn't wait... Elysia, will you grant me the blessing of marrying you?
[IT HAS BEEN LIKE 16 HOURS.]
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she opens her eyes, and they widen more than ever. she didn't expect that it'd be so soon. (because love only lasts a day.) marriage was never something that she thought of before.... before today.
it's only been 16 hours. ]
Are you sure?
[ there's wonderment in her voice, like she isn't sure this is reality. her cheeks flush as a swirl of emotions rush through her. ]
Are you sure you want to... when you don't know everything yet?
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Love only lasts a day! It's only been 16 hours!! But he fell in love with Ceres on sight twice and talked about marrying her within a day of [static noises] happening, so he's a fast-moving love interest when he isn't pining for (looks at watch) like 6 or 7 years or some shit.
Anyway, love blinds his ass to sense and logic, so he just nods.]
I'm sure that every part of you that I come to learn will be a new part to cherish and love just as much as the rest. If you would have me, even though I can only offer you myself, it would make me happy beyond words.
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she is so in love, but love doesn't blind her completely because of how much she loves (too many and too much). ]
I don't need anything more than you. I never have....
[ but she doesn't want to see lucas sad and prefers to see his smiling face always because he's always more beautiful with a smile, and so she can't help but say... ]
If you're sure, I'm sure.
[ she will ask to have a longer engagement. because this love will last more than a day. ]
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But for now he's not thinking about that!! Because even though his logic brain understands that people eat chocolate and act insane and that he himself has fucking randomly fallen in love on a Wednesday before, he's just swept up very easily by his stupid heart, even moreso when he's not just one-sidedly pining. So his whole expression lights up!!]
Really—? [DON'T JUST SAY "REALLY" ABOUT SOMEONE ACCEPTING A PROPOSAL YOU STUPID FRUIT.] Then...! If you'd please accept this ring, for now...
[HIS STUPID LITTLE FLOWER RING that he can slip onto her finger. It too is ugly.]
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his heart is so pure with its emotions. it's part of why elysia worries, but in a way, it is what she loves about him even when she's not romantically in love with him. he may be a stupid fruit, but he's her stupid fruit right now, and she can't help the joy surging in her own stupid heart.
it may be ugly, but that's part the charm. she loves how bad lucas is at these little crafts that need delicacy and finesse. it is one of the cutest things about him, she thinks, even when she's not hopeless in love with him. ]
I'll keep it, for as long as our feelings are true.
[ she will keep it even after their feelings fade away, but for now, in these very true and real feelings, she reaches for his hand to pull him back onto his feet. ]
I love you, Lucas.
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His heart is a fucking mess but they're all doing their best. Not the matching stupid joyous hearts!! He really is so insanely in love it's hilarious. Just so delighted that she accepts his stupid ugly ring and that she says she'll keep it forever because these feelings are definitely super real and will absolutely last.
But back onto his feet he'll go, folding her up into his arms with a bright and vibrant affection.]
I love you, too, my dear Elysia. [The only part of his working logic brain right now that's still online is like "WHAT ABOUT AFTER EIGHT WEEKS" because he still needs to go back for Nadia and Elysia will surely be off living her own life, but it is a small part that he gently crushes into silence for the time being so as not to spoil the happiness of the moment. This very real problem of parting they'll have to deal with over their very real love.
Instead of voicing any of that:] May I kiss you?
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if she weren't so hopelessly in love, the responsible part of her wouldn't let this go this far with what she has to return to, but the heart does what the heart wants, and she can't.... deny it? she can't deny it. that's why it's hopeless.
she does want to meet nadia.
she laughs as she's taken into his arms. ]
You never have to ask, not when I already said yes.
[ she could have kissed him when she pulled him up, but i'm making you do this. ]
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This is fine, though. Love is so full of stupidity. It is so hopeless! It's fine. Things happen all the time in Heaven, my god. Even over this small thing, he's so insanely full of adoration.]
Thank you...
[HE'LL DO IT!!!! He just lifts a hand to set his fingertips against her cheek, stroking a delicate path across the skin, and then leans in to place a soft kiss against her lips, warm and adoring, loving and gentle. i made this icon and i will use it one single time in this game.]
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i hope you use this icon with someone else.
elysia's eyes flutter shut as his fingertips brush against her cheek. she returns the kiss, just as tender and warm. she pulls away to cup his cheek with a hand. ]
I wish this moment could last forever.
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It would be a lovely thing, wouldn't it?
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elysia is poly friendly even if lucas isn't. it's always about the connection for elysia. to surround herself with the people she loves is the closest to paradise she'll ever be. she's a flower that turns to the warmth of the sun of love. ]
Yeah, but I'll look forward to every future moment with you, too.
[ for however long that'll last.
less than a day. ]
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This is the true reason they wouldn't work out, Elysia is ready to poly and Lucas is a onceler.]
Why don't we get started on enjoying those future moments here and now, then? We can go watch the fireworks in the village, or the lights in the sky after.
[Their whirlwind romance that is then followed by Elysia fucking dying.]
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she reaches for his hand. ]
The lights are more beautiful to me.
[ it's fine.... he no longer has to deal with the fallout (there would have been none from elysia even if she weren't dead). ]
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He'll take her hand, though, holding it loosely but with warmth.]
Then we'll watch the lights.
[He'll be busy staring at her like the whole time but that's fine.]
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she laces their fingers together, so even if it's a loose hold, they're harder to separate. she won't mind if he stares at her the whole time. she might even genuinely get a little shy instead of in a performative way. ]
You'll always be more beautiful than the lights to me.
[ she means that in more than sight.
you can be free from tagging a dead person, continue to be hopelessly in love, or they can open the door into the funhouse. ]
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The cuteness of a genuinely shy Elysia... Amazing. Lucas doesn't deserve this at all and i refuse to let go of my ara bara bearcells threads, so they can open the door into the funhouse instead. Hell! There's like, a microfraction of hesitance as he steps through and sees the fucking mirrors again.]
Oh, my... It looks like we'll have to take a little detour on the way to our date...
[HE'S TIRED. But hilariously, even though there's a little itch at the back of his mind, he's not all that worried about being here. A lot of the memories he's seen have never happened to him before, and even the gruesome ones are things he's only performatively sorry about. Just sorry about in the sense that he's still sane enough to know no one likes watching things that look like humans be "killed".]
Shall we head toward the exit, my dear?
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he may still have a shred of sanity left to know to be performative and know what others won't understand about his fragile mentality, but elysia tugs his hand to leave.
she turns for the door out and reaches for the handle, but of course, it doesn't open. ]
I don't think we have a choice.
[ she's apologetic. ]
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Then we'll just have to carry on.
[He'll lift her hand up so he can gently dust a kiss over the back of her knuckles since he is still so in love with her about it, but turn to start leading the way down a hall after that. ESCAPE... ESCAPE!!!!! are you going to government assign me again should i government assign you]
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I'm not afraid for you to see any part of me, nor will I shy away from anything I see from you.
[ through the maze of mirrors they go. ]
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[THROUGH THE MAZE THEY GO. i make you go first i went first last time hits you with a stick]
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and then they both disappear from the mirror surface. do you know some of her most tragic moments are only referenced in the story to so we can infer an outline but not that many details? it kills an ara.
lucas can witness elysia's beginnings. her origin. and how she received her name. (7:17 to 10:52) ]
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This is so adorable though NOOOOOO HER FUCKING STORYBOOK NAME!!!! Lucas watches this memory unfold quietly, a little worried at first that it might be something unpleasant or painful (for Elysia herself; he's not worried about anything that he might see, since he's sure he'll love her regardless). But it's a very precious memory, and as it ends and begins its loop, he just moves to wrap her up in another fond hug.]
What a precious name! The paradise beyond the world's end... I think it suits you just beautifully, my dear.
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it's a very cute childhood. she was raised with love, and she loved everyone she grew up with. not all good things last, but it's fine.
it's so easy to hug him back, her arms encircling him like it's natural. ]
I thought it was perfect for me, too. It'd be weird for me to have any other name.
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I agree. A name that calls out to you in such a way is surely meant to be... I don't think anyone could ever get tired of hearing it or saying it. [As if to punctuate his point, he gives her a lil squeeze and a teasing, gentle:] Elysia.
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