[Hymn #63] ~Pas de Deux~

[nightcrossed]

Am I the only person who's observing a pattern? I think everyone's overreacting. There's no way all of us were involved in matrimony.

[Private; Unhackable.]
This is absurd! The flood of memories seems far too convenient. It's nearly Valentine's Day, and I'm certain the fact that other people are also remembering "being married" is no coincidence at all. It wouldn't make any sense for the island population to be made up almost entirely of couples; most of us don't even come from the same worlds and

...

Getting worked up over this is foolish, regardless of how convincing it might have been. It's not real. It's not. It's

...

...there's obviously something wrong with me.
[/Private.]

[[OOC: Cue MAJOR awkward. Tear's trying to remain rational about all this, really, but she's kind of horribly failing at it.]]

Comments

[apurposetolive.livejournal.com]

I...don't know what to say.

[This is, of course, about an hour spent freaking out privately in his bedroom.]

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

Well... what do you think about all of this? Do you believe it or not?

[apurposetolive.livejournal.com]

I don't know. What you said kinda makes sense, but...

It feels so...real.

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

We won't know for sure one way or the other until further evidence presents itself.



... [////] Um... r-right.

[Tear fails so bad at this sort of thing, but she can't overlook that she was happy in the memory. Because she totally was.]


Do you...

You don't...

[Mental keysmashing goes here.]

Even if it is true, you don't have to start acting differently around me.

[apurposetolive.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but. Still, I. I never thought that' we'd...you know...

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

I-it's not like I had ever spent time contemplating such a thing, either...!

Besides... I'm sure there are plenty of other things we've failed to remember as of yet.

[apurposetolive.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[Okay, he's really afraid to ask this, but he needs to know.]

In those memories...were you as happy as I was?

1/3 [it probably deserves more, but]

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

[Yulia, she was hoping you wouldn't ask that one, Luke. Why? Because that means Tear has to give an answer and she can't take it back. Um. Awkward.]

2/3

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

[This might kill her, I don't know. But she feels compelled to be honest, so...]

...

3/3

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

[Luke wasn't exactly specific on how happy he was, but she thinks she understands what he probably meant. Oh brother, too late now.]

...yes.

[apurposetolive.livejournal.com]

[Luke gives Tear a nervous, awkward smile]

...That's good. No regrets, then, huh?

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

[If the idiot keeps smiling like that she might not have regrets for very long at all, but as it stands now, she still looks vaguely concerned.]

...

It's just that...

[apurposetolive.livejournal.com]

Just what?

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

...

Just listen to me for a moment.

If... if that really did happen, then I have no doubt it happened without regrets.

But what about now? Can you honestly say you feel the same way, or are you just going along with what you remembered?

You asked if the me in those memories was happy, and I said "yes". That's the truth. But if you asked the me standing in front of you at this very moment, I'm not sure if I'd have an answer.

[apurposetolive.livejournal.com]

*falls silent*

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

[Mentally kicking self. She could have played along - at least then perhaps Luke wouldn't seem so depressed. But Tear values Luke too much to just go through the motions when she's unsure about what she's actually feeling.]

I'm sorry, but I felt I had to be honest with you.

This has all been rather sudden, and I haven't had much of an opportunity to evaluate the situation.

In short, I'm still very confused.

[apurposetolive.livejournal.com]

I think everybody's confused.

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

You're probably right...

[Awkward glance.]

So what now?

[apurposetolive.livejournal.com]

...Uh...

Wanna get lunch?

[a-severed-fate.livejournal.com]

[Lunch? Something perfectly ordinary that Tear thinks she can handle without too much trouble.

She manages to crack a small smile.]

Okay. Lunch sounds like a good idea.