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[thefreakout]

relationship status | a meme ♡

the single premise. single. taken. it's complicated. pining for my best friend. seriously, mentally devoted to my fellow mech pilot. in a committed relationship with the monster who ate my brother. dumped. whatever their lot in love, your character has been forced to wear a button displaying their relationship status for the world to see.

so, put their pride/shame in the header. then tag around!

Comments

[amhran]

O-Oh I am sorry! I merely mean... W-When people are gone from your life... They uh still are there... In memories... memories are important and... So... As long as you remember them...

[ She wiggles her fingers together and looks embaressed. ]

[ancientweapon]

[ He just nods slowly, trying to not be confused and be supportive at the same time. Finally he just has to ask. ]

But why are you talking about people being gone?

[amhran]

Oh.. I thought that isn't the one you love...? A-Aren't they... gone [ She continues to fumble about. ]

[ancientweapon]

[ Now he really is confused. ]

...No? I said that I'm friends with him~

[amhran]

OH I AM SO SORRY I ASSUMED SO MUCH! I THOUGHT BY DREAMS - Y-YOU MEANT THEY PASSED AWAY AND - AND THAT THEY WERE GONE I AM SO SORRY! [ Caoimhe's face explodes red and she waves her hands in the air in an attempt to fend off whatever embarrassing ghosts fiends that seem to be attacking her. ]

[ancientweapon]

...Do you think the only reason someone won't love me back is because he died?

[ If he could blink, he would right now. As such, there's just a pause. ]

That's so sweet! You're such a nice person!!

[amhran]

O-Oh! I... Well.. When someone dies... D-Doesn't that mean - they cant love anymore...?

[ This new found friend is running her in circles - not by his fault simply form her own! Now she is just having a existential crisis, accurate yoko taro level story telling in her own head. ]

[ancientweapon]

I guess so... but it's not the only reason someone wouldn't love someone else...

[ He just has no idea how to follow this line of reasoning, so he's doing his best. ]

[amhran]

[ He is doing his best and we love it for him. ]

Um... Do you think you could tell me the other reason..?

[ Her knack of wanting to know - to need to know things. Comes itching outwards. ]

[ancientweapon]

Um... You could just not feel that way about someone?

[ It seemed like an obvious answer, but all the questioning makes him kind of unsure. ]

[amhran]

Oh yes. [ Truly she feels that things have come full circle, to the meat on the bone if you would. ] Being in love with someone who - would, or could never love you.

[ She sits with it. Sits with it for a moment. Realization sets into her mind. Familiar in many ways. Mun points to a tiktok she drew regarding this topic. ]

Do you feel happy?

[ She is happy, does feel love wholly. Caoimhe has long come to terms with loving someone who will never return her feelings. He explained long ago that he is incapable of loving, trapped by a curse that keeps him mentally bound to the same years of his youth. The necromancer's revival, when he had brought back that man from the dead. His magics rendered this man, unable to change beyond how he at that moment, and while time moves forward, and the rest of the world changes. Grows even. He remains trapped, unable to form deep connections, unable live a normal life like any other could. How could he ever love, given his circumstances? Caoimhe understood, but loved him anyway. ]

I just... I am curious. Will you love him for as long as you live? How long have you loved him for? How long have you lived for?

[ A touch of desperation, curious all the same. ]

[ancientweapon]

[ Oh, good, that seems to be the right answer after all. He's quite relieved he hasn't gone crazy. ]

Of course I'm happy! I get to be friends with him, so it's okay~

[ But the questions cause him to pause again, tilting his head. ]

I don't know how long I'll love him, because I can't see the future... but I feel like I will! Umm... aaand... I don't know how long I've loved him, because... well, I just noticed it one day a little while ago, but it could've been before that. Aaaaaand... I think I've lived for at least 1400 years so far?

[ Was that all the questions? He's pretty sure he got them all. Good job. ]

[amhran]

Oh My! That is so long, you must know so many stories and hold so many memories. [ Caoimhe is absolutely enamored and impressed! That is lovely, beautiful even. ]

I feel the same... I am terribly happy even being able to have met him in my life. To think that even, someone like me could meet someone. Have feelings like that, and know they are real - [ It's grounding really... Made her feel, as if she truly lived a full life. ] Um... Thank you for sharing.

[ Really, it made her feel grateful. There was hope in her heart that she would still love him for time to come - and that would not change. As someone who was new to what love meant, a part of her worried it would fade away. Yet the one before her said, he had loved him for a while - maybe longer then he realized... It was a wonderful thing, in many ways. ]

[ancientweapon]

No... I don't really have any stories because I stayed inside my mansion the whole time so I wouldn't petrify anyone, sorry!

[ He could probably talk about how creepy the mansion was sometimes? But that's not that interesting. ]

But I'm glad you're happy too!

[amhran]

Oh... P-Petrify? You can Petrify others.. Like... Ah - Cockatrice? [ That is interesting! All of it is, she is a collector of stories. Listening and observing others is her favorite thing to do. ] Y-Yes of course... Its actually nice... To talk about it with another person. Thank you for listening to me too.

[ancientweapon]

Well... not anymore. That's why I left the mansion!

[ This is likely the happiest he's sounded. Then he figures maybe he should explain a little. ]

Before I gained my sister's magic, my eyes would turn everything they looked at to stone. So I stayed inside so I wouldn't accidentally hurt anyone. But now I don't have to worry about it!

[amhran]

[ Caoimhe nods her head intently, listening with an air of concern. The other spoke about his experience so plainly... She wondered if it were simply just that - ]

I am so grateful that it no longer is the case! I am able to meet you like this after all, and I find you extremely kind and wonderful to be around! That said, what was your sister like? I have two siblings as well.

[ancientweapon]

[ There's that whole assumption that people are past tense again. It's very curious. ]

You think I'm kind and wonderful? Thank you! You really are nice!
Um... well, my sister is the best! She's a little older than me, so even though we're twins, she's always taken care of me.
What are your siblings like?

[amhran]

[ Caoimhe nods her head, happy to hear that they are not gone! Still here... ]

Oh! That is so lovely, ah... Caragh is like... She is like the shadows while Maeve... She is like the ocean when a storm blows over. They are both so lovely, and love me very much. I do not know what I would do, if I lost either one of them.

[ancientweapon]

[ Well, he didn't technically say she's not gone. It's just a weird conclusion to immediately jump to. ]

That's such a pretty way to describe them! I hope you never lose them.
My sister... I don't know what to call her. Since I took over her body, she's always with me, at least! She still watches over me~

[amhran]

[ This is because of the topics at hand!! Caoimhe is trying to catch up, her little mind is learning so many new things today! Processing this or that - she is rather dumbfounded and feels as if this is a cultural clash of which is failing and sounding disrespectful time and time again.

Possessing your sister - a strange thing, but not unheard of... Considering all the strange occurrences that have come to pass in her life recently. ]

Oh... Can you hear her voice inside you?