fidelio catchall

[florescences]

furry and bitter are the vibes

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weekend 0, sunday

[florescences]

[ she is hanging out at the gazebo, seated on the railing, and she waves at fidelio whenever she sees him. ]

Hiii. What do you think of what they told us all?

[fending]

[ ah... he comes over to join her, leaning against one of the pillars and crossing his arms. (vaguely wondering as he looks at her if she's really that fucking old, because what the fuck.) ]

...Not sure what to make of it, truth be told. If it was just the heaven part, sure, but... gettin' sent back? Seems like there's gotta be a catch with that one.

[florescences]

[ he can always ask, but she can't read his thoughts. ]

There could be. It's too early to tell, but if there wasn't... do you want to go back?

[fending]

[ well he's not changing the subject and asking now, that would be rude. figures it might come up naturally in a conversation like this anyway. ]

Don't know. Maybe. Had already sort of accepted it and tied up loose ends well enough, but.

[ shrugs. it's complicated for a lot of reasons. ]

How 'bout you?

[florescences]

It's not easy to go without regrets, but if you don't have any, that's incredible in itself.

[ maybe it's not full acceptance or full peace, but it's still incredible that he's made those strides. ]

I have at least one loose end that still needs tied. I'm sure someone else could take care of it, but I feel some responsibility.

week 1, tuesday

[florescences]

[ it's not even affection week.... it's not even affection week, but..... ]

Is it offensive to ask to touch your ears, Fidelio?

[ sorry this is what she asks upon first seeing him. ]

[fending]

[ said ears perk up ever so slightly ]

...Actually is a little, yeah.

[florescences]

[ she wants to be offensive.... but it's fine. ]

That's too bad. They're so cute, like the rest of you.

[fending]

[ sighs ]

If you're tryin' to win me over, that's not the word to use to do it.

[ he's not too sensitive about his appearance — it's not ideal but it has its advantages — but 'cute' still sort of rubs him the wrong way (even if his face does take on a faint pinkish tinge hearing it from her). ]

week 2, tuesday

[florescences]

[ there is a child wearing a traveling cloak in the garden of eden, crouched by the fallen tree. she's picking the apples.

elysia's chao is sitting nearby and watching the child, but that's it. ]

[fending]

[ well since it's tuesday let's just make this go both ways. double children. he is terrifyingly even more protective of basilio at this age so it's rare to see them apart but we can say he's taking a nap right now. ]

Oi. Don't mind sharin', do you?

[ the one time he will ever in his life be able to pick apples off a tree without a ladder ]

[florescences]

[ cries about the brothers

elysia looks up. her mouth opens into a small 'o' before she smiles brightly. ]

Here!

[ she holds out two apples for him. ]

There's more, if you want them.

[fending]

[ oh! he blinks, a little surprised (despite my not having a kid icon with that expression and having to resort to a regular one), but takes the two apples. maybe this won't be penguindrum after all. ]

You still gonna have enough for yourself?

w3, monday

[fending]

[ another door, another accidental funhouse trip, another memory (1:13:12 - 1:16:56) playing across the mirrors. ]

[florescences]

[ what a serious conversation. she sees the doubt in both the brothers reflected in different ways. she remembers what fidelio told her about whom he once supported. ]

You didn't, did you?

[fending]

What, kill Lady Junah, you mean?

[ he shakes his head. ]

No.

[ it would have been horribly ironic if he had, when the bars of music on the halo behind him are the first few measures of one of her songs — not that he knows that's what they are himself. ]

[florescences]

That's what I thought.

[ i think that would be sexy and cool of you to make his halo that if he did.

elysia, however, was confident that he didn't, but she wanted to see how he'd react. ]

Did you not report her to Louis, then?

week 7, tuesday

[florescences]

[ come to the tavern, he said to her, and so come to tavern elysia does. her emotion, by default, is love. ]

Del, are you here?

[fending]

[ oh! he hurries back out of the kitchen when he hears her, and... immediately flushes a little when he gets hit by that emotion despite knowing it's nothing personal. pushes that aside, it's fine. ]

Yep, sure am.

[ he waves her in and steps out of the way so she can get a good look around. it's both bigger and a lot cosier than it was when it was just the bar, it smells delicious all the time, and it's got its little stage and instrument setup off toward the back. ]

Pretty nice, right?

[florescences]

It's wonderful.

[ she means it sincerely, as she glances at all the new additions. she comes back to him once she's done looking. ]

You and Basilio have made it so welcoming. It's no wonder people gather so easily here.

[ all those big tavern curfews... ]

[fending]

Glad you think so.

[ he looks back at it himself and smiles, his emotions fond and proud. ]

...And yeah, it's been real nice seein' people take to it as well as they have. Never expected we'd end up with Thursday night groups as big as we did. Bunch of us took turns singin' up there on the stage one week. Had a proper good time in spite of what we knew was coming.

[ the last time was not that nice because 80% of the people there were bleeding cyoa returns, but. ]

w7, saturday

[fending]

[ he'll just be on one of the tavern couches with a drink for a while after that... everything.

looks over and waves tiredly. the emotions are pretty flat and unhappy at the moment, which i guess is at least an upgrade from the seething rage of earlier. ]

Well. It's over.

[florescences]

[ she comes over to sit down next to him. ]

It is. Will you tell me what you're unhappy about?

[ she has a guess, but she doesn't want to make assumptions. ]

[fending]

I mean. The whole thing just felt dead unsatisfying. The thing what's been tormenting everyone for weeks gets to just sit there and be a cheeky brat with no real consequences?

And then the people who have things they're obligated to resolve back in their own worlds but who'd rather go someplace else for the long term, they're just out of luck because they're decent enough not to want to leave their homes in the lurch.

[florescences]

I know people have a lot of unresolved feelings about her. She did cause a lot of loss and grief. What did you want to happen to her?

[ there's only a gentle curiosity. ]

Are you one of those people, or is it someone else you're thinking of?