27th moon [video]

[puppet_paladin]

Rosa, Rydia. Edward is...

Edward is...

[He cannot finish that sentence, but those last few words are rather obvious.]

...Why can Johto not give without taking, for once?

[And that is all Cecil has to say.]

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[gentleblossom]

[ ...Yeah, she can tell what you're going to say. ]

So he is..... [ She'll just let that thought trail off. ]

I'm sorry, Cecil.

[ action ] ♥ _o\ ♥ \o\ ♥ \o| ♥ |o| ♥ |o/ ♥ /o/ ♥ /o_ ♥

[puppet_paladin]

Important. That's a great understatement. The enemies we have fought ­­- will fight - are beings we never could have imagined. Who would have thought the world could be filled with so many powerful beings?

[ action ] /drowns in love--♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[gentleblossom]

...There are a great many battles left to go, aren't there? [ It's almost not really a question; she knows the answer, after all. ] But if the future ahead of us is bright....then we fight on, regardless of the foe.

[ action ] Ack, no drowning! D: D: D:

[puppet_paladin]

More than we hoped for, less than we feared. And fighting them all was worth it, if only to create a peaceful world for the children.

[Especially one particular child.]

[ action ] /luckily has a lifejacket!

[gentleblossom]

I'm glad. I'm glad we will have finally found the peace we sought, even if it was hard-won.

[ There's a part of her that's really quite curious about the future-does she have children? Does he?-but the more prudent part of her convinces her to bite her tongue. ]

[ action ] /swims to the rescue!

[puppet_paladin]

It might have been hard-won, but it also allowed us to build friendships with like-minded people from all over the world. I have to admit, thinking that we would not have met them otherwise feels strange.

[Giving him an excuse to brag and ramble on about Ceodore, while a cheering thought, would probably be a bad idea.]

[ action ] /lives to see another day!

[gentleblossom]

[ It's probably a good thing she got distracted by another thought, then! ]

....You sound like the king I always knew you could be.

[ Smiling because. It's nice to hear him sound so...confident, for a lack of a better word, in comparison to his troubles back home. ]

[ action ] Woohoo!

[puppet_paladin]

[He starts laughing, at little.]

That is the fruit of many hours of practice, I'm afraid. Though I did appreciate it whenever you witnessed me talk to the mirror yet did not laugh at me.

[Even if he must have looked ridiculous at times.]

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[gentleblossom]

[ Now full-on grinning. ]

I would never, Cecil! Not where you could hear me, at least.

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[puppet_paladin]

Laughter, hidden behind my back? My pride, it has been slain.

[But he's grinning back just as much.]

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[gentleblossom]

I'm sure it would take more than a girl's laughter to decimate your pride, your highness.

[ This is not flirting, okay. It's teasing. Friends totally tease each other, okay. ]

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[puppet_paladin]

That would depend very much on the girl, my lady. Beautiful women tend to be particularly efficient at decimation.

[That's a shame, because Cecil himself totally is flirting.]

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[gentleblossom]

Then I should hope no beautiful women overhear your practicing, lest your confidence be truly lost.

[ But if it were flirting, then she'd be flirting with a married man. :/ Even if his wife is her future self. ]

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[puppet_paladin]

It's happened all too often, sadly. Luckily, I've heard no laughter from that particular beautiful lady.

[It's not cheating if she's the wife! ...Probably.]

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[gentleblossom]

Perhaps your lady would like to spare you the pain?

[ If Rosa were trying to think how she would feel as the wife in this situation, it would just make her head hurt. ]

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[puppet_paladin]

Such generosity and kindness! My heart is touched by that care.

[...Sleeping with a younger woman is still a dickish move, though.]