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[chrysanths]

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[faithkept]

[WELL.

OKAY!!!!!

Lucas is glad they're sitting down because now he's the one who finds this all very harrowing and incredibly confusing. More confusing, in fact, than the fact that there are old people and also furries and also fucking DEMONS in what he can only assume is the afterlife (not Hades edition).

There is a hotass second where he contemplates reaching out and crushing Adolphe's head like a grape, but none of the lightning strike of murderous intent shows. There's just a look of sheer startled shock on his face, instead.]

You, Yves and I...? Break Ceres out of the Institute? [Glancing at his bandages again GIRL YOUR INJURIES.] Is that what injured you? Clones of myself and Bourreau?

[HE SEEMS SO CONFUSED BUT ALSO VERY DEEPLY CONCERNED.]

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[ Adolphe's eyebrows both raise for a second before settling down into a frown. ]

Lucas,

[ He quietly breathes out. There's an important distinction he needs to make here. ]

... you're Bourreau. You don't need to hide it from me.

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[The way that he's just kind of giving Adolphe a bit of a blank look for a second or two, before his brow draws down faintly. Not that it can be SEEN THROUGH HIS FRINGE... But the vibe is definitely one of absolute confusion.]

I don't understand... Whatever are you talking about, Adolphe, dear...?

[chrysanths]

[ The confused look on Lucas's face is really quite something. It makes Adolphe feel guilty about accusing Lucas of being Bourreau despite how that's how he knows as fact. He wonders if he should push on or just let it go.

... ]

Do you really don't know?

[ lucas you are one of the few people he actually respects ]

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[DO NOT RESPECT THIS MAN.

But at the very least, his expression seems unwavering, and he shakes his head.]

Not a thing you've said so far has made any sense to me.

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[ He also feels that nothing has made sense so far either and he just. Sighs. ]

... I feel like I'm going insane.

[faithkept]

This is certainly a concerning turn of events...

[GIRL HELP!!!!]

May you please explain a little more? As best you're able.

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I...

[ It already feels surreal having to explain all this to Lucas, who was just with him through all this, but. You know what? Fine. He'll do it. For Lucas. ]

Alright. Ceres was imprisoned in the Institute, so you, Yves, and I went to go raid the place. However, we ran into a multitude of Bourreau clones on the way, so it was hard to get through them.

[ Then the Corps members kept dying and he had to watch that too. Fun. Everything still feels so raw. ]

[faithkept]

[SWEET ADOLPHE...

Lucas listens, meanwhile, with a quietly serious expression. The way he knows Adolphe doesn't joke around unlike EVERYONE WHO CONSTANTLY RIBS HIM FOR HIS JOKES ABOUT LUCAS' STRENGTH, and he knows Adolphe wouldn't joke about Ceres like this in the first place. He hesitates for a second, considering whether or not to mention that Ceres is fucking dead, and decides not to do that right now.]

...Is that where you met your end, then? On the way to her, in the Institute?

[OOOGH HIS GENES CAUSE SO MANY PROBLEMS.]

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... Yes. To give Yves a chance.

[ Fucking pain. Yves is dead too. Woe. How does it feel to have died for nothing. ]

[faithkept]

[THIS IS SO SAD... ADOLPHE PLAY DESPACITO...]

...I'm sorry that it ended like this.

[THE WAY HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW YVES IS HERE YET SO HE DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW BAD THIS LOOKS FOR ADOLPHE.]

But I don't recall any of this, I'm afraid.

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[ His reality is falling apart. Just normal virche things.

Adolphe tries to take that in and quietly breathes out. ]

What do you remember then?

[faithkept]

[The absolute hilarity of these canon points.

Anyway, Lucas is just silent for a second because all of the news he has is bad news. IT'S ALL BAD ALL THE WAY DOWN.]

...Neither you nor Ceres were alive by the time my own clock ran out.

[Yves and Scien were fine! Apparently YVES WASN'T FINE FOR LONG, THOUGH.]

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[ Cool. That's not what he wanted to hear! It also tells him nothing, so he's about to go into max despair mode.

It's also so surreal to hear Lucas dying to Adolphe, because this man? He doesn't die. Truly, he's nerfed by time. But he's breaking down right here. ]

Ceres... she...

[faithkept]

[OH ADOLPHE YOUR MAX DESPAIR MODE.

This is about what he expected, though, and why he'd been at least a little grateful that Adolphe had gone first. But now they're all dead, and Ceres still isn't here. That's fine, though! Problems for later! She is probably just in a different part of the afterlife!!]

...I'm sorry, Adolphe. It's been quite some time since then, for me. She was never held in the Institute against her will, so no one had to free her. We were in the midst of a period of severe unrest, though, and she ended up caught in an attack on the Institute regardless.

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[ WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE INSTITUTE!! Adolphe hates that place so much. Why!!! He feels like screaming, but he just feels so empty. ]

Then... how did I die? What do you remember about that, Lucas?

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[THE INSTITUTE IS WHERE ALL THE PROBLEMS ARE!! He thinks they should just do a team wipe and blast the Institute out of the airlock, personally.

There's another hesitant pause at that, though. OH BOY.]

...The Royals... They decreed Scien an enemy and attacked anyone with ties to him, essentially. You died defending the orphanage.

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... I see.

[ Fortunately, he doesn't look too surprised, but also like, fuck Scien!! He doesn't like him soooo much. Fuck the Royals more, tbh. He closes his eyes for a moment and reopens them. ]

Mm. Maybe I'm just...

[ His voice trails off as he looks off to the side. ]

[faithkept]

[ALL MY HOMIES HATE SCIEN!!!! And the Royals yeah, those guys as well. The way he's just going to roll out of here an even bigger Scien hater after talking to Yves.

But for now, he just gives Adolphe a quiet look and a gentle verbal nudge.]

Maybe you're just...?

[chrysanths]

Maybe it was just one big dream.

[ He doesn't know how else to put it. Everything that he's known feels like a lie now. ]

... I'm not sure how else I can parse this.

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[ADOLPHE'S REALLY OUT HERE SUFFERING. Lucas frowns, looking faintly concerned... The way he's king gaslighter but even he feels a bit badly about this. Like, him being Bourreau is definitely true, so maybe some of these other things are? But if that's the case, why doesn't he remember any of these details??]

...I... am not entirely certain, either. But at the very least, we're in a strange place where unexpected things have happened more than once, so... It's possible, but perhaps not the only possibility?

[They need the Relivers to fucking explain alternate timelines to them.]

[chrysanths]

[ They really do, or Adolphe will just start inventing things out of his ass and Ankou will come for his life... ]

Right. That... that could happen.

[ Honestly though? That actually makes him feel better. That means Ceres could be alive and... yeah, that's all he got. He's still so upset that it's the only thing he's thinking about right now. ]

Thanks, Lucas.

[ sasuga sensei ]

[faithkept]

[NOT ANKOU JUST SWINGING DOWN THROUGH THE CEILING TO KILL THEM ALL.

Lucas is glad if he can help even a little, though, and nods with a sincerity in his expression that denotes it.]

Of course, Adolphe. I do wish that I had more concrete answers to share, but we can look for them together now. I'm certain there's an explanation for this.

[There is and none of you will like it!!!!]

In the meantime, is there anything that I can do for you...?

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[ They sure won't!! ]

No, that's enough.

[ More than enough for him, who feels like he failed a very simple thing. His self-esteem is in the pits. ]

Thank you. I'm glad to see you in the afterlife, even if the situation is odd.

[ aka its nice to see you in heaven, Mr bourreau ]

[faithkept]

[The afterlife that he definitely deserves to be in!!!]

I'm very glad to see you, as well. Though I'm not surprised that's the case...

[Of course Adolphe would also go to Heaven! All good kids go to Heaven!!]