Argenti's Palace

[beautifulknight]

The stage is set they say;
They don their masks and shields,
Shadows creep and cover their minds;
Now, what beautiful role shall they play?

𝓜𝓮𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓒𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓵𝓮


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Comments

[fullmoonmutt]

Hey, shut up with all the whining about being left out of fights! Those things behind the curtains were nasty shit!

[ Says Eli, who, while healed, still looks roughed up and has a few flower petals still stuck in his hair. ]

Ugh, okay, so is his whole insecurity about... like... the one-armed dude or being stuck with the whole savior thing? Because I would hate being seen as a blessed savior.

[ Sounds stressful, mate. ]

[cirquedesang]

[........So he's picking out those flower petals as the perfect pretense to give a little feel-better -patpat-. And a Dia, while they're comparing notes.]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ Celeste! Why! Eli looks away moodily as the petals are cleaned out of his hair, but despite that, he leans over to give Celeste an affectionate little shoulder bump. Look, shut up, he's trying to be subtle, don't perceive him. ]

...thanks.

[cirquedesang]

[It is subtle! Okay, sure, Celeste notices, but, like, he's meant to. And because Eli is trying to be subtle he won't even draw attention to it past a warm little smile.]

Can't have you too hurt before we face the tin can, right?

[fullmoonmutt]

[ Kind of shocking Eli's managing to be subtle at all, but he's been learning a lot in the past month and a half. ]

Ha, yeah. I'll try not to wander off alone next time, too. That was pretty dumb.

[cirquedesang]

It was. But not unexpected.

[He'll pause for just long enough that Eli might worry about it before-]

He kept wandering off in Izou's palace. Perhaps his own will make us all more prone to following his example.

[fullmoonmutt]

Huh... Maybe. Probably all the more reason to have a buddy system or something.

[cirquedesang]

[You set yourself up for this, Eli--]

What a good idea~

[Because you might have been being subtle, but he's going to just take and hold your hand, now.]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ panik ]

Celeste!

[ Oh god, they're holding hands. Shit, fuck, don't blush, don't do it, seriously, he is dying here, right now. ]

[cirquedesang]

Eli.

[They're holding hands! He'll even lace your fingers together, wow!]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ elijah walsh is now dead





okay no he's just blushing a fuck ton but he'll... allow this ]

[goei]

[HELLO????????????????? RIGHT IN FRONT OF IZOU'S SALAD????]

[cirquedesang]

[THEY BOTH HAVE TWO HANDS IZOU.

...

IS THE PROBLEM THAT YOU WANT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE?]

[goei]

[WOW WHO SAID HE WANTED TO HOLD HANDS!!!!!!!!!!]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ COME OVER HERE AND HOLD HIS HAND, IZOOOOUUUU. ]

[goei]

[NO HE'S FLUSHING AT THE SIGHT BUT THEN JUST LOOKING AWAY AND STOMPING ONWARDS!!!]

[cirquedesang]

[Man this palace sure is rough for Izou's delicate maiden heart. No dance for Izou. No handhold for Izou. Trajique.]

[goei]

[YEAH THIS PALACE SUCKS HE HATES IT HERE!!!]

[gardenful]

[ Oh. Interesting!

She's staying quiet for now, but just know.

She sees. She notices. ]

[cirquedesang]

[Getem, Aerith, they all deserve it.]

[goei]

Yeah it sounds like he's got a lot ridin' on him either that he chose ta take on like that guy's legacy or that other people put on him by callin' him a savior.

[Sounds stressful indeed.]

[fullmoonmutt]

Sounds like people are saying his god is gone, too. Wonder if everyone expects him to find them? Be the big hero? But he hasn't yet?

[goei]

Maybe? That's a lotta responsibility fer one guy, even someone like Argenti.

[fullmoonmutt]

Guess we'll find out, but we ain't finding out more here. Up the stairs, then?