part 119 pieces of eight
... that's a lot of pieces of eight! I think. Sorry for the delay, more internet troubles... lol aka giving up on customer service and asking family to come over at night to fix our internet. I made them cookies. I don't know where this is going! I'm just rambling about things that don't matter
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[glances at couch, wheelchair, pamphlets]
[opens bedroom closet and places down fresh bowl of water, along with open bag of chips and box of raisins]
Take care, all right? I'll...I'll make sure you're cared for properly
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[looks out into the vast meme]
[turns to lock the front door]
[walks on, heels clicking]
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[after an intense conversation with France, he has screwed up the courage to try talking to her again]
[walks up the dark, quiet street with a very unpleasant feeling nagging at him]
[tries the front door of her house]
[it's locked]
[uses his spare key and enters the house to find it pitch black and silent]
...
[doesn't turn on any lights, just goes to sit on the sofa in the living room, his heart sinking even further]
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How could they still be...maxed..I should have gone towards backupanon-meme instead..
[Also, where is her passport?!]
[arrives home]
[notices unlocked door!]
[takes off heels, quietly enters]
[heads towards the bedroom]
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[follows her into the bedroom]
[clears throat]
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Who-who's there?!
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One very foolish creature.
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[hand faintly trembles]
M-matthew?!
[draws back the blade, fingers tightening on handle]
I..I..
...
...I've made arrangements for your continued recovery in meme, if that's what you're wondering.
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I cannot do that.
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Why not, Matthew? I know you feel betrayed.
Y-you have every right to, after I promised to help you find what comes after becoming one together..but I..
[wants to look away so badly]
..I completely disregarded professionalism..and..I do apologize for hurting you this way. Y-you won't have to see me again, ever.
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[lays one hand over hers--the one clutching the knife--safety first]
[steps just a little closer and--damn the tremor in his hand--tentatively brushes his fingertips over the barely-there distension in her abdomen]
...And if I want to?
If I did this to you...
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W-why would you want to stay? I-I already told you-
[he can't know, he can't, that means he'll die..]
-it is my issue to take care of..it wasn't..y-y
[bites lip, unable to continue the false statement]
[quickly looks away, emotions threatening to overwhelm her]
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Liar...
Maman says that you have only been with her and myself in recent weeks... and Maman is of course female, and a--
[breath catches, and he fights down a horrid ache growing in his chest]
--a true nation, so...
[fingers splay out just beneath her navel]
This is... this is mine... ours... Which means that I am...
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[body still betrays her and moves towards that alluring touch]
No..don't say it...
[tries to move back]
..you are real..real to me..
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I am so sorry. I am.
You deserve better than this, love...
[His voice is very strained, quickly becoming unsteady]
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Don't-don't say that, I-
[chocks back tears]
I'm a human. You shouldn't be constrained by me-
[raises hands to push away]
[moves back quickly, maybe too quickly, blade coming into contact with skin]
[!]
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[!!]
[hisses in surprise and pain as the skin of his palm is split]
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