WEEK THREE: SUNDAY AFTERNOON, LUNCH

[parodeity]

[ well, last week was a week. this week is already a week. but dave shows up for lunch with velvet like clockwork, maybe a little quieter than usual (that's been happening since last week) but not making her track him down like she once told him she would do. ]

Hey. How're you doin'? [ paranoia and lack of trust is a thing apparently but he doesn't show any signs of being any different. he's been having those issues for weeks, and it's only monday. ]

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[parodeity]

Existin'. [ but this is a different option and one he didn't really consider too much. the world velvet needs to go back to, to die in. maybe he could help her with that, and then...stop. it would mean not seeing rose again (they're all doomed, dirk said so, and dave doesn't think that's a lie) but he's too heartsick to want to. ]

It doesn't sound stupid, I...I'd like that. I dunno what I'd do with an easy life, anyway.

[breaksouls]

That's what I thought...

[She huffs, and although she's not going to scold him on the existing thing it's clearly an angry huff. It's only okay for her to stop existing.]

The village we're stationed in right now is called Meirchio. It's covered in snow, but it's known for its hot springs. We scared all the villagers away so you'd have the place to yourself. Well, along with a bunch of pirates. I won't be there for much longer... like I told you before. But there'd be others, of course. And I guess you could become a pirate if you really wanted to.

[parodeity]

I'd like to go there with you. I could help you 'till the end. [ better than going back home and waiting two years for a certain death, all while wanting so badly to die. ]

[breaksouls]

[Well, helping her out in the battle definitely isn't going to happen, but he doesn't need to know that now.]

You can have whatever Gald I leave behind too. There's a witch who might try to swindle you out of it, though, so just don't listen to anything she says. That's... pretty good advice for dealing with her on a regular basis, actually.

I'll do my best to create a world you can live in. Not just exist.

[parodeity]

I... [ he doesn't want to at this point, he just wants to stop, a bone-deep weariness he can't shake. but he swallows it down. ] I'm not sure what that kind of world would look like. But I'd like to see it, maybe.