[NOT THE WYVERN BEATING OUT GOD fair honestly wyverns are more interesting than the bible.
Anyway, Yves already told him that Nadia had passed, but the thing is, she was still alive by the time he did! So even Yves trying to explain that to him to get him to not go back to Arpechele and fuck everything up hadn't worked, because to Lucas, she's still alive. If he returns to the point that he died, she's still alive, even if she's dead by the time Yves dies.]
Her health has been up and down lately, but she'll be doing better soon.
He meant that as in Nadia would die first regardless of the curse still being there or not. It sounds like it's Lucas's entire reason for returning, after all. So if she's no longer there...
...
As much as he hates the guy, Scien lifting the curse is probably necessary and Adolphe wonders if he's just keeping the faith again. ]
If that's the case about the old geezer, then we really don't need him, do we?
[The problem with this is that Lucas thinks it is his fault that Nadia died. He's kind of right! Because Nadia was TAKEN BY ORTIE AFTER HE DIED... But he just believes that if he had been around longer, he could have kept purifying demons and thus extend her life. The way he's not even going to be wrong but it's going to be the wrong math to get to the right answer, my god.]
We don't. [FIRMLY. Fuck that guy.] It's about time our island shakes its dependence on him, I think.
For Adolphe, that's not his timeline. He can finally understand the concept of it. But for him, he lost Corps and has a foreboding feeling that not even Yves would make it out alive since he was already so sick. And Ceres... Lucas... ]
Do you remember if Mother is still alive?
[ Look, he knows that Lucas knows that Salome is a reliver, but like. Come on. ]
The way the other virches figured out the alt timeline shit but ADOLPHE WAS TOO DEAD ABOUT IT. Sometimes it really is just better to not bother though. Leave those dying timelines behind. If Lucas was smarter he would do the same, but that would also leave Nadia alone with Capucine, so honestly this is probably ultimately for the best in many ways.
ALSO LISTEN. He's larped being normal about Relivers for so long, there is absolutely no external indication of anything amiss when he answers.]
Sister Salome is still alive, yes... Though as you can imagine, her mental health has taken a tumble.
[She lost so many of her precious children, and even if Lucas thinks she is a soulless husk that merely resembles a human, he can still feel empathy for the caretaker she would have been and the pain she would have felt with a real heart.]
[ boy, Adolphe's mental health takes a tumble by existing
He quietly sighs. That's to be expected when he heard about what happened in the orphanage. He absently rubs his neck just slightly while looking off to the side for a moment.
Also, sorry Hugo. You're one of his friends and all, but. ]
Then I think you should just kill Scien Brofiise if he can't do anything for Nadia either.
This continues to be so fucking funny though. Lucas would love nothing more than to kill Scien Brofiise, and Adolphe can feel the whip-like flash of viperous, gleeful violence as Lucas considers the future in which he can freely tear into Scien. Y'know, as a lil treat that he does not want. At least it doesn't last very long, and nothing about his demeanor changes.]
I made a promise to Yves that I do intend to keep... But I will undoubtedly take that man's life once I've fulfilled it.
While Adolphe isn't surprised by the violent feelings, he's a little alarmed by its intensity. If his demeanor changed, he would have been even more surprised. His Bourreau alter identity... gaslighting nun larper... dangerous ]
Is the promise something you can tell me?
[ He's curious. What kind of compromise would Lucas have struck... ]
[GASLIGHTING NUN LARPER... He really is a danger. It's fine though, sometimes the violence just comes for you and the fact that it is directed at Scien makes it even more intense.]
Certainly. I said that I wouldn't kill him until an alternate method of curing the curse came along. There were already options under development, but I'm more certain now than ever that we'll be able to find a way without depending on him and his technology.
[If someone creates worldhopping Lucas is going to venture out to find someone who can DEAL WITH THE CURSE but as things are, he can already text so many smart people to be like please help. When all else fails, there's the research that Capucine's been working on for ages, too.]
[U CAN DROP IF U WISH IM JUST EMPTYING MY INBOX IN MY POST CON HAZE]
The hospital that cares for Nadia has been searching for a method for some time, now... And beyond that, we now have an entire wealth of knowledge available to us that extends far outside the boundaries of our own island. I believe that if we can't find the answer within our own shores, it's out there somewhere regardless.
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Anyway, Yves already told him that Nadia had passed, but the thing is, she was still alive by the time he did! So even Yves trying to explain that to him to get him to not go back to Arpechele and fuck everything up hadn't worked, because to Lucas, she's still alive. If he returns to the point that he died, she's still alive, even if she's dead by the time Yves dies.]
Her health has been up and down lately, but she'll be doing better soon.
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... I guess you'll be returning here sooner than expected, then.
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Another twenty-three years at the minimum, but I have high hopes that the curse will be resolved soon, even without Scien Brofiise.
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He meant that as in Nadia would die first regardless of the curse still being there or not. It sounds like it's Lucas's entire reason for returning, after all. So if she's no longer there...
...
As much as he hates the guy, Scien lifting the curse is probably necessary and Adolphe wonders if he's just keeping the faith again. ]
If that's the case about the old geezer, then we really don't need him, do we?
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We don't. [FIRMLY. Fuck that guy.] It's about time our island shakes its dependence on him, I think.
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For Adolphe, that's not his timeline. He can finally understand the concept of it. But for him, he lost Corps and has a foreboding feeling that not even Yves would make it out alive since he was already so sick. And Ceres... Lucas... ]
Do you remember if Mother is still alive?
[ Look, he knows that Lucas knows that Salome is a reliver, but like. Come on. ]
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The way the other virches figured out the alt timeline shit but ADOLPHE WAS TOO DEAD ABOUT IT. Sometimes it really is just better to not bother though. Leave those dying timelines behind. If Lucas was smarter he would do the same, but that would also leave Nadia alone with Capucine, so honestly this is probably ultimately for the best in many ways.
ALSO LISTEN. He's larped being normal about Relivers for so long, there is absolutely no external indication of anything amiss when he answers.]
Sister Salome is still alive, yes... Though as you can imagine, her mental health has taken a tumble.
[She lost so many of her precious children, and even if Lucas thinks she is a soulless husk that merely resembles a human, he can still feel empathy for the caretaker she would have been and the pain she would have felt with a real heart.]
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He quietly sighs. That's to be expected when he heard about what happened in the orphanage. He absently rubs his neck just slightly while looking off to the side for a moment.
Also, sorry Hugo. You're one of his friends and all, but. ]
Then I think you should just kill Scien Brofiise if he can't do anything for Nadia either.
[ He has no sympathy for most of the island. ]
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This continues to be so fucking funny though. Lucas would love nothing more than to kill Scien Brofiise, and Adolphe can feel the whip-like flash of viperous, gleeful violence as Lucas considers the future in which he can freely tear into Scien. Y'know, as a lil treat that he does not want. At least it doesn't last very long, and nothing about his demeanor changes.]
I made a promise to Yves that I do intend to keep... But I will undoubtedly take that man's life once I've fulfilled it.
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While Adolphe isn't surprised by the violent feelings, he's a little alarmed by its intensity. If his demeanor changed, he would have been even more surprised. His Bourreau alter identity... gaslighting nun larper... dangerous ]
Is the promise something you can tell me?
[ He's curious. What kind of compromise would Lucas have struck... ]
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Certainly. I said that I wouldn't kill him until an alternate method of curing the curse came along. There were already options under development, but I'm more certain now than ever that we'll be able to find a way without depending on him and his technology.
[If someone creates worldhopping Lucas is going to venture out to find someone who can DEAL WITH THE CURSE but as things are, he can already text so many smart people to be like please help. When all else fails, there's the research that Capucine's been working on for ages, too.]
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Other options...? By who?
[ Someone else that can break the curse? Huh??? ]
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The hospital that cares for Nadia has been searching for a method for some time, now... And beyond that, we now have an entire wealth of knowledge available to us that extends far outside the boundaries of our own island. I believe that if we can't find the answer within our own shores, it's out there somewhere regardless.
[He will FIND IT.]