[attacks you both separately even tho we have a group pc
Anyway! It's later in the night and Lucas has stapled himself back together in record time, thanks to the fact that he is not Catholic Guilt Era Lucas, he is just turbo insanity Lucas. He also feels like he needs to thank Adolphe for the fussing he did earlier, so wherever Adolphe is, this guy just SHOWS UP with a couple bowls of soup.]
[ Soup!! Turbo insanity lucas is just another phrase for his route. They can chill at the hotel lobby. Meadow sounds Too Soon, considering what happened in execution. ]
[ Lucas... so enduring... so powerful... Adolphe hopes he can understand that whatever Nadia said to him at execution wasn't real and can gradually phase it out of his LIFE. ]
[Fortunately or unfortunately, he can! He is so insane! He knows Nadia would never say anything like that because he still doesn't think he was in the wrong!! But it's fine. All of that is information just for Lucas and no one else.]
I'll worry about it regardless, especially when you start off with something like that, dear... It's been sounding like you've had a difficult time here.
... The effects have been getting to me, and I snapped last week. I injured several people and killed Hawke.
[ Stacking permanent memshare and then emoshare and Adolphe just feeling like he's slowly losing his autonomy and the right to make choices in what to divulge drove him fuckin bonkers. ]
It probably would have happened if I was on that side too.
[Holy shit! ADOLPHE! FUCKING HELP!!!!! But also honestly sometimes it happens, sometimes you just snap and kill a person. It's just that Lucas did not expect it from his sweet student, even if this sweet student is not as sweet as Yves.
He's just quiet for a second but of course he's the last person to judge for a little homicide. He'll reach out, quiet, and rest a hand against Adolphe's arm.]
...So that's what it was. [SO MANY PEOPLE JUST OUT HERE ALLUDING TO SOME HORRIBLE THING AND LUCAS LOSING HIS MIND ABOUT IT.] I'm so sorry, Adolphe.
[Sorry because he assumes the guilt is kicking his ass.]
[ Lucas has rights, which means he's allowed to say that stuff without Adolphe pushing him away. Does that mean other people tried and got hurt for it? Yeah. ]
[WOULD YOU QUIT BEING SO FUCKING VOLATILE YOU STUPID ADOLPHE my god.]
I suppose so... [The funny thing about this is that loss week is the reason he killed Yves but he does not really understand this so he can only judge based on the fact that he thinks he was not impacted very much. Haha! Oh so silly.
But also, in a tone curious rather than judgmental:]
[ He heard from Yves that Bourreau killed Ceres and the fact that Adolphe knew Lucas was Bourreau had him like "if Lucas can kill Ceres, he can definitely kill yves". He still favors Lucas, for the record. It's weird. ]
Interacting with him made me realize I took Yves's sincerity for granted.
[ Haha! Yeah! That's bad! When someone is the reason Adolphe goes "right, humanity sucks ass" again. That's how it be.
As if on cue, there is a memory that plays out on the nearest reflective surface! Hateful. ]
Anyway, I... actually have something to ask for advice on. But please don't tell anyone.
[IT'S WEIRD. Adolphe's favoritism is the funniest shit in the world. Even Lucas expected Adolphe to lose it over that which is why he LIED ABOUT REMEMBERING BEING BOURREAU IN THE FIRST PLACE... HE DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HIS OTHER STUDENT........
But it's fine. My god though. Help. Lucas blinks and watches the memory play out and then sighs... He likes Hawke well enough, but it does make him unhappy to see the lack of apology. He gently patpats Adolphe's hand.]
Goodness... Well. If you dislike him, then I hope you've been able to keep some distance, at least. [But then, curiously:] Of course, dear - what do you need advice on?
[THIS IS THE FUNNIEST SHIT EVER THOUGH. Lucas dying and immediately being launched into Adolphe's love life problems.]
You do? [JUST PERKING UP WITH INTEREST. He's no Yves but he does still have a vested interest in the love lives of people around him... sometimes.] My... Goodness, you've been building your bonds, haven't you. I think I'll need to know a bit more, first...
[HE'S JUST INFO DIGGING. But also Adolphe's chances at poly are so lucky that Lucas' catholicism is progressive except for the murdering people part.]
[LUCAS REALLY JUST HANDED ADOLPHE BOTH OF HIS CRUSHES. This is so fucking funny. There's a little flicker of something surprised in his expression at first, because honestly, he kind of finds both of these a tiny bit surprising FOR SOME REASON??? Yves is an obvious one after a second of thought, at least. JACOPO IS HILARIOUS. At least the fact that he finds it hilarious doesn't show in his face.
But also he killed that guy and it takes him a second to try to think about how to respond to this (he also killed Yves) yes but he's repressing that very badly.]
Oh, my. That you've managed to open your heart so much is a wonderful thing to see, though it seems you truly can't do anything in halves...
[ADOLPHE!!!!]
Should you choose to pursue Yves, I think you would have to be okay with focusing on more than one person in the first place, though. That boy has too much love in his heart.
[He might already have a poly going on... Jacopo is a shrimp of emotions though.]
[THE DELULU. But also sweet Adolphe... Unfortunately Lucas is listening very closely, even though his brow probably furrows a bit over that. Stop calling him over for the juicy gossip and then not speaking the juicy gossip clearly.
This is actually kind of sad, though. Not in a pathetic way but in a way that's genuinely sad.]
But of course, you know that Yves lives in the exact opposite way.
[Lucas does not know how locked in Yves can become...]
...Have you talked to either of them about it yet?
[ Neither does Adolphe. Lock-in Yves is a force to be reckoned with. It's so funny how the prerequisite is something that's achieved after unlocking the route that it's for. ]
Jacopo and I talked about it without this place's... influence.
[ ... ]
I'll trust you that you wont tell either of them this.
[IT REALLY IS HELP. YVES YOU LITTLE FREAK (affectionate). That's also so funny... But he just nods at that!]
Of course, you can entrust your secrets to me. I keep them well.
[Well. WELL. THIS IS TRUE, FACTUALLY.]
...So you've spoken with Jacopo, and... Have you decided to move forward together? Is he also interested? I assume so, if you're still considering pursuing him. But Yves... You haven't said anything to him?
... It's more that Jacopo confessed to me. I told him that I wanted some time, and I didn't want whatever weekly curse to affect my answer. I hope next week's isn't too bad.
[ narrator: it was bad, but it didn't interfere with his mental state ]
I'm planning on telling Yves tomorrow.
[ Then the rink insanity happens and it's a mess lol lmao ]
... Can you be honest and tell me what you really think of Jacopo? It won't affect my feelings either way, but you two have... a history.
[There's another little blip of surprise. Damn Jacopo, get it. A little hum and nod at the rest, though. Yes... Hopefully the next week will not be bad (it will unveil the crazy of so many people) maybe so.]
The sooner, the better, I'd say.
[Regarding telling Yves. THE RINK INSANITY TRULY GETTING IN EVERYONE'S WAY DAMN. MY GOD. Lucas is going to start throwing things. But with the question, he just kind of sinks into silence for a moment, contemplative. They do have a history, my god. Eventually, quietly, thoughtfully:]
...I'm quite fond of him, personally, but he is also a deeply hurt man with a very fractured mind.
[From one totally insane person to another, He Sees It. He saw it even before he got his brain ghosts on main at the kissing rink.]
I do worry for the obstacles you may face together with him, should you choose to accept... Though you also have a good deal of mental resilience, yourself. But loving him, I think, won't be an easy or simple task.
[Compared to Yves, whom he thinks loving is the easiest thing in the world.]
Adolphe nods. He seems to understand. That profile really wasn't lying when it said that his personality was broken. ]
I'm aware that it won't be easy. In fact, I think it will push me to the limit. But...
[ He looks up at Lucas. ]
We're your friends and students, Lucas. We put trust in you. We get along because we like each other.
[ Platonic love or something like that. Anyway. ]
But have you ever met someone who seemed to understand you, so deeply to the core? Not due to sympathy, but because they experienced similar hardships? I don't think anyone can truly understand one another in any world. We can only speculate and guess how the experience must feel for other people. I can't claim to understand you in that regard either. Neither can Yves. Or most people.
[A MAN FULL OF HATE. Absolutely hilarious. Adolphe please. But he just hums at that, listening as Adolphe explains. Hilariously, he does not know this experience, but it's easy enough to imagine, at least.
There's a little flicker of a thin smile, and he reaches out to ruffle Adolphe's hair fondly. Platonic love or something like that.]
What a dire way of viewing things. How very like you. [SASUGA ADOLPHE.] Though I suppose being here may have changed that even just the smallest bit, don't you think?
[Between the memshares and emotion shares and soon to be thought shares, they're all getting to know one another quite intimately, for better or worse.]
...Well. Only you can choose the right path for yourself, at the end of the day. I do think you should wait until you speak to Yves to make your decision. But I also believe that either of them individually would be enough to keep your hands full.
[He is not against poly, inherently. He just does not think it will work in this particular case, with everyone involved being who they are.]
[ The hair ruffling... it reminds him of when he was younger, where days were a whole lot easier despite still having to keep a secret of who he was.
Being here made him insane with all the privacy breaches and he'll get another episode during rink insanity, but thoughtsharing is a little easier to handle. Kind of. Sort of. They're still his thoughts. ]
... I just thought that with Jacopo, it was the first time when I felt that someone had truly understood me. He's broken, yes, but I don't want to "correct" him. I want to help him get through things, to share the burden, and to show him that it's fine... to have someone like that. No one should be conceited enough to think that they can fully fix people.
[ It's all very hypocritical of Adolphe, because he definitely saw himself in Jacopo (too much spiderman pointing actually) and the fact that he does very similar things of pushing people away, but. ]
... I thought that it would be nice if I could pick up some of his pieces for him to help get him started at the very least.
[ .................
He feels embarrassed. Talking about feelings on main? Willingly? He never wants to do that again. Thanks. Adolphe also thinks that he can't handle both Jacopo and Yves at the same time, but it's nothing against poly. The two are............ indeed very big handfuls. ]
Anyway, I'll definitely talk to Yves first before I make my decision.
[Sometimes despite carrying an enormous burden in the form of a secret, life is still somehow easier... Adolphe really does have to deal with so many breaches of privacy when he is such an incredibly secretive person, my god.
Lucas just listens as he speaks, though, quiet and patient and understanding.]
...I think that if you're already looking at it from such a perspective, you'll do much better than someone who might have a desire to want to "correct" him.
[Lucas also thinks that some people just can't be fixed fully, and that's okay. He doesn't think Jacopo needs to be glued back together like some broken face. Just supported, so he's not shattering into worse and worse pieces. And if Adolphe and Jacopo share this understanding, then maybe they can be exactly that for one another.]
It's a lovely sentiment. To want to pick up someone's pieces is a very kind thing. And if you truly feel that the two of you share an understanding, then you can surely also help him in a way that others can't. Perhaps he can do the same for you.
[THEY REALLY ARE SUCH BIG HANDFULS THOUGH. But he nods at that.]
w5 sun!
Anyway! It's later in the night and Lucas has stapled himself back together in record time, thanks to the fact that he is not Catholic Guilt Era Lucas, he is just turbo insanity Lucas. He also feels like he needs to thank Adolphe for the fussing he did earlier, so wherever Adolphe is, this guy just SHOWS UP with a couple bowls of soup.]
Would you like to join me?
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Well, he's fine with it. Adolphe just nods. ]
Of course.
[ Soup!! Turbo insanity lucas is just another phrase for his route. They can chill at the hotel lobby. Meadow sounds Too Soon, considering what happened in execution. ]
It looks like you're doing much better now.
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He just nods, though! And puts the soup down on tables so they can take some cozy seats.]
I do apologize if I gave either of you anything additional to worry about after such a horrible weekend...
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... It's nothing for me. Don't worry about it.
[ It's still loss week... he eats some soup. ]
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I'll worry about it regardless, especially when you start off with something like that, dear... It's been sounding like you've had a difficult time here.
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[ Stacking permanent memshare and then emoshare and Adolphe just feeling like he's slowly losing his autonomy and the right to make choices in what to divulge drove him fuckin bonkers. ]
It probably would have happened if I was on that side too.
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He's just quiet for a second but of course he's the last person to judge for a little homicide. He'll reach out, quiet, and rest a hand against Adolphe's arm.]
...So that's what it was. [SO MANY PEOPLE JUST OUT HERE ALLUDING TO SOME HORRIBLE THING AND LUCAS LOSING HIS MIND ABOUT IT.] I'm so sorry, Adolphe.
[Sorry because he assumes the guilt is kicking his ass.]
You're feeling more settled now?
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This week has been nicer.
[ Loss week.
But also, he feels like this needs to be said: ]
I don't regret killing Hawke, for the record.
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I suppose so... [The funny thing about this is that loss week is the reason he killed Yves but he does not really understand this so he can only judge based on the fact that he thinks he was not impacted very much. Haha! Oh so silly.
But also, in a tone curious rather than judgmental:]
Is there a reason you don't?
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Interacting with him made me realize I took Yves's sincerity for granted.
[ Haha! Yeah! That's bad! When someone is the reason Adolphe goes "right, humanity sucks ass" again. That's how it be.
As if on cue, there is a memory that plays out on the nearest reflective surface! Hateful. ]
Anyway, I... actually have something to ask for advice on. But please don't tell anyone.
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But it's fine. My god though. Help. Lucas blinks and watches the memory play out and then sighs... He likes Hawke well enough, but it does make him unhappy to see the lack of apology. He gently patpats Adolphe's hand.]
Goodness... Well. If you dislike him, then I hope you've been able to keep some distance, at least. [But then, curiously:] Of course, dear - what do you need advice on?
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[ Except that one time where he murdered Hawke. ]
Anyway, if I have feelings for two people, should I only focus on one...?
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[THIS IS THE FUNNIEST SHIT EVER THOUGH. Lucas dying and immediately being launched into Adolphe's love life problems.]
You do? [JUST PERKING UP WITH INTEREST. He's no Yves but he does still have a vested interest in the love lives of people around him... sometimes.] My... Goodness, you've been building your bonds, haven't you. I think I'll need to know a bit more, first...
[HE'S JUST INFO DIGGING. But also Adolphe's chances at poly are so lucky that Lucas' catholicism is progressive except for the murdering people part.]
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It's also one of the reasons why Adolphe is asking Lucas this. Other in part that he'd know the people well(???). ]
One is probably obvious. It's Yves.
[ ........... ]
And the other is Jacopo.
[ He tries to look at Lucas for his reaction.
when i saw jacopo and yves land in gy at the same time i just ran my hands down my face it felt specifically targeted towards me ]
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But also he killed that guy and it takes him a second to try to think about how to respond to this (he also killed Yves) yes but he's repressing that very badly.]
Oh, my. That you've managed to open your heart so much is a wonderful thing to see, though it seems you truly can't do anything in halves...
[ADOLPHE!!!!]
Should you choose to pursue Yves, I think you would have to be okay with focusing on more than one person in the first place, though. That boy has too much love in his heart.
[He might already have a poly going on... Jacopo is a shrimp of emotions though.]
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The problem isn't Yves. It's me.
[ He sighs. ]
I... don't want him to love other people.
[ He says that last part so very quietly, it's a wonder if he can be heard at all. ]
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This is actually kind of sad, though. Not in a pathetic way but in a way that's genuinely sad.]
But of course, you know that Yves lives in the exact opposite way.
[Lucas does not know how locked in Yves can become...]
...Have you talked to either of them about it yet?
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[ Neither does Adolphe. Lock-in Yves is a force to be reckoned with. It's so funny how the prerequisite is something that's achieved after unlocking the route that it's for. ]
Jacopo and I talked about it without this place's... influence.
[ ... ]
I'll trust you that you wont tell either of them this.
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Of course, you can entrust your secrets to me. I keep them well.
[Well. WELL. THIS IS TRUE, FACTUALLY.]
...So you've spoken with Jacopo, and... Have you decided to move forward together? Is he also interested? I assume so, if you're still considering pursuing him. But Yves... You haven't said anything to him?
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[ narrator: it was bad, but it didn't interfere with his mental state ]
I'm planning on telling Yves tomorrow.
[ Then the rink insanity happens and it's a mess lol lmao ]
... Can you be honest and tell me what you really think of Jacopo? It won't affect my feelings either way, but you two have... a history.
[ king gaslighter ]
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The sooner, the better, I'd say.
[Regarding telling Yves. THE RINK INSANITY TRULY GETTING IN EVERYONE'S WAY DAMN. MY GOD. Lucas is going to start throwing things. But with the question, he just kind of sinks into silence for a moment, contemplative. They do have a history, my god. Eventually, quietly, thoughtfully:]
...I'm quite fond of him, personally, but he is also a deeply hurt man with a very fractured mind.
[From one totally insane person to another, He Sees It. He saw it even before he got his brain ghosts on main at the kissing rink.]
I do worry for the obstacles you may face together with him, should you choose to accept... Though you also have a good deal of mental resilience, yourself. But loving him, I think, won't be an easy or simple task.
[Compared to Yves, whom he thinks loving is the easiest thing in the world.]
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Adolphe nods. He seems to understand. That profile really wasn't lying when it said that his personality was broken. ]
I'm aware that it won't be easy. In fact, I think it will push me to the limit. But...
[ He looks up at Lucas. ]
We're your friends and students, Lucas. We put trust in you. We get along because we like each other.
[ Platonic love or something like that. Anyway. ]
But have you ever met someone who seemed to understand you, so deeply to the core? Not due to sympathy, but because they experienced similar hardships? I don't think anyone can truly understand one another in any world. We can only speculate and guess how the experience must feel for other people. I can't claim to understand you in that regard either. Neither can Yves. Or most people.
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There's a little flicker of a thin smile, and he reaches out to ruffle Adolphe's hair fondly. Platonic love or something like that.]
What a dire way of viewing things. How very like you. [SASUGA ADOLPHE.] Though I suppose being here may have changed that even just the smallest bit, don't you think?
[Between the memshares and emotion shares and soon to be thought shares, they're all getting to know one another quite intimately, for better or worse.]
...Well. Only you can choose the right path for yourself, at the end of the day. I do think you should wait until you speak to Yves to make your decision. But I also believe that either of them individually would be enough to keep your hands full.
[He is not against poly, inherently. He just does not think it will work in this particular case, with everyone involved being who they are.]
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Being here made him insane with all the privacy breaches and he'll get another episode during rink insanity, but thoughtsharing is a little easier to handle. Kind of. Sort of. They're still his thoughts. ]
... I just thought that with Jacopo, it was the first time when I felt that someone had truly understood me. He's broken, yes, but I don't want to "correct" him. I want to help him get through things, to share the burden, and to show him that it's fine... to have someone like that. No one should be conceited enough to think that they can fully fix people.
[ It's all very hypocritical of Adolphe, because he definitely saw himself in Jacopo (too much spiderman pointing actually) and the fact that he does very similar things of pushing people away, but. ]
... I thought that it would be nice if I could pick up some of his pieces for him to help get him started at the very least.
[ .................
He feels embarrassed. Talking about feelings on main? Willingly? He never wants to do that again. Thanks. Adolphe also thinks that he can't handle both Jacopo and Yves at the same time, but it's nothing against poly. The two are............ indeed very big handfuls. ]
Anyway, I'll definitely talk to Yves first before I make my decision.
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Lucas just listens as he speaks, though, quiet and patient and understanding.]
...I think that if you're already looking at it from such a perspective, you'll do much better than someone who might have a desire to want to "correct" him.
[Lucas also thinks that some people just can't be fixed fully, and that's okay. He doesn't think Jacopo needs to be glued back together like some broken face. Just supported, so he's not shattering into worse and worse pieces. And if Adolphe and Jacopo share this understanding, then maybe they can be exactly that for one another.]
It's a lovely sentiment. To want to pick up someone's pieces is a very kind thing. And if you truly feel that the two of you share an understanding, then you can surely also help him in a way that others can't. Perhaps he can do the same for you.
[THEY REALLY ARE SUCH BIG HANDFULS THOUGH. But he nods at that.]
I wish you the very best, Adolphe, dear.
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