✜068 [video]

[deadly_legacy]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone was good with wood.

[Minds out of the gutter!] I broke my brother's chess set when everything was glass. It's back to normal now, but it's still broken. It's just broken wood instead of glass. [She holds up the knight piece in three pieces. The wood was nicely polished on the outside and the breaks were fairly clean though parts were splintered.] Some pieces are worse than others. I know I could get a new board, but this one is special to me if anyone thinks they can help.

[She then removes just a few people from the feed before continuing.]

[Filtered from Justin, Tommy, and Hanna]
Also, I have a hypothetical question. [Not hypothetical.] If a person was enjoying spending time with two people—one of whom she thought of as a friend and one who she was thinking of as maybe being more than that, but then she found out that the friend loved her and she isn't sure how she feels, but something like this had actually happened once before and didn't turn out well and she's afraid of that happening again then what should this person do? [The longest of sentences.]

Ah... That probably didn't make much sense, did it? Never mind. Thank you.

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[deadly_legacy]

Badly.

[She looks down.] We started seeing each other after he had accidentally announced on the network that he loved me.

It was nice...

But Suzaku returned and... One night he kissed me and I didn't stop him. [She looks up again, eyes sad.] I don't stop loving him just because he leaves, but waiting for him is hard too.

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[othersdie]

[Justin does remember that Suzaku is Euphie's knight--seriously, who can compete with that?--and that they seemed very close when Euphie was dying. Things make even more sense now!]

Do you love Suzaku?

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[deadly_legacy]

[She nods slowly.]

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[othersdie]

But you don't want to be alone while you wait for him.

[He has to think about this for a moment.]

I think I understand. [pause] I love Shilo, now that I remember her... even though she's gone and I'm not sure if I'll see her again. [That was very difficult. Feelings, why so hard.] If I hadn't--if I would have had my memories when I came to the City... I don't know. I don't think I would have wanted to... to feel the same way towards someone else that I felt towards her.

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[deadly_legacy]

...I don't want to be alone at all. [She does not like alone. She likes it less than she realizes or can convey.]

Shilo? I didn't realize there was someone. I'm sorry she isn't here, Justin.

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[othersdie]

You won't be.

No, it's fine. I only mentioned it because it--it seemed relevant. But it's fine. I'm not sure if Shilo ever fully accepted it, but I knew that the odds that one of us would leave before the other were... overwhelming.

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[deadly_legacy]

[She looks at him curiously.] How can you say that with such confidence? You said yourself people leave here. And even before it was this place...

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[othersdie]

Have you ever been alone in the City, Euphie? I don't think it's possible for you to be. You're too likeable to end up alone.

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[deadly_legacy]

I've always had friends who are good to me. [She hasn't always felt connected to someone. That can be hard for her.] Lelouch was here for a long time. And then Allen was a good friend.

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[othersdie]

And now?

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[deadly_legacy]

There's Yuri. I suppose I would call him my best friend though it seems strange to rank such things.

And Derek and Penny and you.

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[othersdie]

Do you still feel alone, or that something's missing?

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[deadly_legacy]

I shouldn't. [Sometimes.]

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[othersdie]

You can't help it if you do.

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[deadly_legacy]

It would...be nice to have something that felt permanent, but that isn't how this place works. I know better.

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[othersdie]

At least you know not to expect anything to stay the same.

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[deadly_legacy]

No. Even before coming here that wasn't really possible.

...Do you really want to talk about me right now, Justin?

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[othersdie]

What else would you like to talk about?

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[deadly_legacy]

I don't know... You? How you're doing?

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[othersdie]

I'm fine.

[Okay, even he can tell that that was a terrible lie.]

I'm... confused about a few things. That's all.

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[deadly_legacy]

Can I help? [Asks the girl who is probably equally if not more confused.]

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[othersdie]

I don't think so, but thank you.

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[deadly_legacy]

Ah... All right. [Sounding a little disappointed.]

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[othersdie]

Euphie?

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[deadly_legacy]

Yes, Justin?