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RL w/ Ange

[ Right outside of Heliord, by the west city entrance. That's where he said for her to meet him. This whole world hopping business was still new to him, after all. To be completely honest...he didn't fully understand why he even told her to come. He just knew she needed to get away. Everything in that world was way too confusing for it's own good. The witches, logic error, closed rooms...all together in one messed up game. He never knew about other worlds, much less this kind of world. And it wasn't doing her any good being there right now.

Was it a bit of a sudden suggestion? Calling it just a suggestion would have been a lie too. He didn't ask her to come. He told her too. All he knew was he didn't want to see her get any worse than she was right now. Argh, and they were so close to saving her brother too...Why did things have to go and get worse?

He kept his back against the stone wall of the entrance, breathing in the cool night air. He had his own problems here, the knights dragging them in today, Estelle leaving tomorrow...yet, he still couldn't ignore this. Heh, this is must have been what Flynn was talking about. Yuri closed his eyes, waiting for her arrival. ]

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[ Yeah, his world really was more like.. well, like the way her world used to be, except not as old fasioned as those times in her own world. That was the impression she got from it either way.

To his last remark came a pretty quiet 'hmm' of agreement, and for a moment she was quiet before she slowly spoke up again. ]

.. Hey, Yuri? Is the water safe here? I mean right here at the beach, not further out. Or is the kind of water where you can't even dip your feet in without it getting bitten off by something?

[ He just laughed at that. ] Yeah, it's safe. But it's gonna be cold. [ Though he doubted she cared. ]

Wanna get closer?

Sure.

[ Apparently she really didn't care about the cold. Since she was already starting to work on untying her shoelaces before just plain kicking off her shoes, then she started to take off her thigh highs. Apparently she doesn't just do things half way, nope. Besides, she doesn't want to answer questions if she'd come back to her world with half her clothes wet, okay. ]

[ He watched her ~~seductively~~ take off her thigh high socks, before following suit with his own boots, unbuttoning them and kicking them off next to her shoes. He began to roll up his pants too, standing up. ]

Race you to the water, Ange.

Do you really think I'd be part of something that childish?

[ Then why are you walking at a pace that's definitely faster than usually towards the water already, Ange.. As usually, apparently her mind and heart were split. Besides.. like this it was almost a little fun, right? ]

[ He didn't respond to that, instead just walking to match her pace as they made their way to the water, a smile on his face. Of course, he began to increase it to a fast power walk. ]

Come on, I'll leave you behind at this rate.

I told you, I'm not--

[ She started on her protest (which sounded oddly defensive compared to how she usually just reacted in her deadpan way, really) but then she just sighed as she gave up, breaking out in a dash towards the water. ]

Heh. Sure you're not. [ He whispered under his breath, still smirking, as he ran to catch up to her. of course, he overtook her quickly, splashing into the shallow water. ]

I win.

[ That expression her face? It was totally not a pout. At least, that was what Ange would doubtlessly just say, there's no way it could be a pout when she wasn't participating to begin with! Not like she would be pouty about not winning. Nope. Never. So instead she just crossed her arms and huffed as she stood right at the edge of the water. ]

I really don't think your ego needs any further boost like that.

Haha, right, right. Come on, water's not that bad, actually. [ He motioned towards her to come closer. ]

[ Fine, this really was why she came here, after all.. So she slowly steps closer towards the water, first dipping in one foot and then the other.

.. Ah. The water actually was sort of nice, wasn't it? It had been a long time since she had done anything like this, the last time must have been back when she was a kid, maybe even the last time she visited Rokkenjima back then.. ]

There. Satisfied now? [ But she couldn't fully hide how she actually was not entirely unimpressed by the experience, mostly because of the memory. ]

[ It was almost a little funny, how she took her time stepping into the water. Or maybe it was just weird how he ran in without even caring. Heh, same experience, but so different at the same time... ]

Yeah, I am. [ He splashed around a little with his feet. ] I'm gonna guess you don't do this a lot back home either, huh?

You got that right. But at this rate it's hardly guessing anymore, you can just assume that I've hardly tried anything.

[ Of course that sounded.. well, pretty sad, but just in content. Ange's tone remained fairly consistent despite it being a sad fact about her life. ]

I guess the two of us are just really different in that sense. [ She stared down at her feet in the water, as if she was making sure there weren't any crabs or anything like that around. ] You've probably done a lot in your life, right?

Eh, define a lot. [ He said with a shrug. ] I mean. I'm no stranger to traveling but...I didn't do it a whole lot once I quit the knights. My world was pretty small, in that sense. [ His eyes rolled up, as he mulled over the rest of his answer. ]

Well, I guess the lower quarter kept me busy enough.

In that case I'd say define 'busy'.

[ She didn't seem too serious about this though, especially not as she still was staring at her feet in the water rather than at him, as if she almost was distracted. ]

Usually people wouldn't count breaking records of jail time as a hobby.

Well, there isn't another name for something you do that often. [ He laughed at the way she phrased that, though. ] I don't even remember what number I was on, when we first met. But we did talk about that, didn't we?

Yeah, we did. I mean, of course we did, I always pick my friends based on their criminal record. [ Of course it was just a joke, this time it was really easy to hear that much in her tone. ] And in that case, I don't think I could find anyone on the community with a longer list.

[ Well, at least her talking more normally like this again meant she had at least recovered a little from everything by now. Maybe it was just because she was able to have such a normal conversation with someone like this to begin with. ]

Haha. I don't know about you, but I'm gonna keep from choosing my friends that way. [ He put his hand on his hip, watching her with a smile. ]

You should visit more often. Inside the cities where it's safe, it's pretty relaxing.

I don't usually visit people all that often.

[ But at the same time there was a distinct lack of rejection in what she was saying, huh? Not like she'd mind it - well, not if it was him, she could think of worse company. ]

.. Although I don't think there are going to be any new games, so it's not like I have anything else keeping me occupied. [ Or would there be new games? Honestly, it was all still.. so weird to her, how could she figure out the truth from this? And when was Battler going to go back home? Maybe she should ask her brother about it later.. ]

Hmm. Yeah, that's true. [ He had almost forgotten about the witches' game, while they were talking. The crazy murder mystery games that seemed to...foreign to him. ]

...How did this last one end, anyway? Your brother got out fine, but...that's about all I know.

It was.. sort of ridiculous. [ Of course she's glad it ended well, but still.. ] Beatrice just barged in during the ceremony with the answer to the whole logic error, even if it barely made sense. So she solved it and Battler onii-chan came back, they both beat Erika and then he turned down her love or whatever.

[ Ange would make a bigger deal out of the last part but it was predictable, everyone knows how much Battler likes Yurippe. ]

Beawho? [ That was a new name. ] Basically, someone crashed the wedding with the answer? We almost solved it ourselves, you know. That's unfair.

The witch who killed my family a handful of times now. Theoretically, either way. [ There's some slight grump in her voice over it, but mostly she just discards it for now, it's not the issue here. ] It's complicated.

And.. yeah, everything about it was generally really stupid. Of course I'm glad Battler onii-chan is okay, but I feel like all my effort was for nothing in the end.

[ All for nothing...huh. Guess it did seem that way, since someone else was able to barge in and save him with the answer. It did make all their work seem pointless, didn't it? ]

I wouldn't call it for nothing. I wonder if he would have been able to hold out if we all stopped believing in him.

Like he even knew whether I believed in him or not. I didn't even get to speak to him for a moment during all of this, unlike apparently practically everyone on the community.

[ Bitter? Why yes. Not like Ange had ever been good at hiding her butthurt, either way. ]

If that is what did help him, then that's thanks to everyone but me.

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