adolphe catchall

[florescences]

i've only known him for an hour but why does he have to be unlocked...

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[chrysanths]

[ He would not willingly get into much deeper situations if he can help it..... ]

Sometimes I wonder how you can still be like after having lived for so long.

[florescences]

Because I believe hope can begin again after tragedy.

[ that's the simplest way to put it. ]

[chrysanths]

So you can start again? And again?

[ For people who she barely knows about? He's surprised, but really. He shouldn't be. ]

[florescences]

[ ... ]

I don't know if that's the right way to phrase it. I just think it'd be nice if the footsteps I make would help others walk down a path they wouldn't have been able to before.

[ and to walk to where she won't be able to go. ]

[chrysanths]

[ So something like a pioneer for happiness? That's what Adolphe thinks. ]

Do you like watching people be happy rather than having your own happiness?

[florescences]

[ she'd think that'd be a sweet thing to be called.

his question makes her emotions scatter into complexity, soft and fragile in surprise and near disbelief, before they crystallize in something sure. ]

No, of course not. [ softly. ] I want to be happy with people. I want to be happy with the people I love most, but that's not always possible.

[ she loves people, but she also loves herself. ]

You and I know the world isn't always kind.

[chrysanths]

The world has never been kind.

[ He says, like some fuckin edgelord but he thinks he has a valid reason to say that. ]

... The people are worse most of the time, but to find the ones to care about... and the world not letting it happen...

[ His voice trails off. ]

[florescences]

[ ok, edgelord. elysia doesn't think or feel this, but she can sense the misanthropy. ]

It does make you question so much when you find people doing the most upsetting things, but that's the contradictory nature of humanity. [ of people living in general. ] I accept it for what it is and how people are.

Do you think it's unfair?

[chrysanths]

That you accept people for who they are? No. Why would I? Those are your feelings, not mine. People keep doing upsetting things. My sister was always blamed for the curse, calling her Death and all sorts of things when she hadn't done anything of the sort.

[ Rancid vibes. Adolphe really doesn't like people... ]

[florescences]

I've noticed the people from your island are very quick to blame one way or another.

You resent most of those people, don't you?

[chrysanths]

I do. People wanted to sacrifice her.

[ Hatred wells up in him so easily. ]

They're not worth for her dying over.

[florescences]

[ he hates so easily. it's not an emotion elysia feels easily or often. she lets it flutter away from her. ]

People shouldn't be sacrificed so easily. [ there is a distant ache from elysia before it's gone. ] What did they think it would do?

[chrysanths]

... Stop the curse.

[ Hatred? Rancid vibes are mixing in, making this like an amalgation of shitty emotions jam packed into a single person. ]

It doesn't, for the record.

[florescences]

[ this is fine. she's good at being fine in front of these kinds of emotions. ]

I didn't think so. She must be young, and it sounded like the curse predated her from talking to the three of you.

Fear makes people do unimaginable things.

[chrysanths]

... She was adopted by Mother after an incident broke out at another orphanage.

[ Yeah. Definitely predated. ]

It turned out she already met Yves there.

[florescences]

[ there's a sense of understanding. ]

All of your lives seemed to connected, one way or another.

[chrysanths]

[ He slowly blinks. Huh. ]

Did he... tell you?

[florescences]

[ huh? ]

Tell me what?

[chrysanths]

About Yves, and his orphanage.

[ ........ ]

If he didn't, then... forget it. I can't be the one to tell you.

[florescences]

[ her expression softens and becomes a little somber. ]

I saw the fire, if that's what you mean, and we talked about it after.

[chrysanths]

[ Oh. Adolphe looks down for a moment before looking back up. ]

... Ceres was from the orphanage Yves was in before it burned down. We didn't make the connection until Ceres saw Yves in person not too long ago. And... she blamed herself for the fire.

[florescences]

Is it because everyone thinks she's responsible for the curse on your island? That's too much blame for a young girl.

[chrysanths]

It is.

[ He crosses his arms. ]

... I wanted to protect her, but I couldn't.

[florescences]

It's difficult to fight against prejudice.

[ her smile is more sad than warm. ]

[chrysanths]

[ Adolphe is quiet at that until the baby sheep bleets. Baa... pet me, people. I don't have all day! He looks over at it and gives it a gentle pet on the head. ]

It probably doesn't like our gloomy topic.