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[knightofratatosk]

[Emil can be found outside of House 20 trying in vain to patch a rather sizable hole in one of the walls, the result of a pissed-off Ratatosk (in a thread that hasn't been finished yet, oops) trying to get Vyse and Stahn out of his house. It's obvious that he doesn't know what he's doing and he doesn't have the proper tools to do a real repair; he's just trying to block up the hole as best he can to keep the snow and the wind out.

It doesn't look like it's working that well.]

Comments

[knightofratatosk]

... sorry.

[Almost mechanically, he scoops up a little bit of snow, digs out a piece of cloth from his pocket, ties the snow up in the cloth to make an impromptu icepack, and hands it to her.]

[corrinesbell]

[it'll melt pretty quickly but it's useful until then]

Thanks.

...We gotta talk, Emil.

[knightofratatosk]

Why?

[corrinesbell]

Because.

[knightofratatosk]

I said I was fine.

[corrinesbell]

You're lying.

[knightofratatosk]

I'm not lying!

[corrinesbell]

You are! And...and I'm sick of this, Emil! You can't keep being all sorry for yourself when me and the rest of the people from our world need you!

[knightofratatosk]

[At this, he clenches his fist.]

No one needs me.

[corrinesbell]

That's not true and you know it Emil.

[knightofratatosk]

It is true!

[corrinesbell]

How can you look right at me and say that?

[knightofratatosk]

[Well, he's looking right at her now.]

[corrinesbell]

[looking right back at him. Get it. She needs him]

[knightofratatosk]

[Staring contest, go?]

[corrinesbell]

What part of this don't you understand? We need you. ...And you need us, even if you're not gonna admit it. You can't stay like this forever!

[after all, she couldn't]

[knightofratatosk]

No you don't, and I don't need any of you either! I don't need anyone!

[corrinesbell]

[that was like a slap in the face, right there]

Yeah, sure, Emil, you don't need anyone. While you can't even fix your own house. I used to think I didn't need anyone either and I was wrong, okay? That's just not how it is!

[takes a step towards him, angry for real now. It's insulting and it stings to hear that from him]

You don't need anyone? Not even Richter?

[knightofratatosk]

[Oh ouch, that hurt. Don't bring Richter into this, Sheena. :(]

S-shut up! Leave Richter out of this!

[corrinesbell]

Why? Because he proves you're wrong? Because you do need him?

[knightofratatosk]

I don't need him at all! He's not here now, is he? A-and I've been just fine without him!

[corrinesbell]

No you haven't! You've been depressed and moping around for weeks and you won't let any of us help you even though we can all see you're not happy!

[knightofratatosk]

[Help? How can she or any of the others help him? They can't bring Richter or Marta back, they can't send him home... they can't do anything. They're all just as useless as he is.

He can't help it-- he's going to start laughing, but it's most definitely not normal laughter.]

[corrinesbell]

You think this is funny?

[knightofratatosk]

[But it IS funny. It's funny because it's all so ridiculous, how they're all nothing more than pawns whose lives can be thrown away at will if the Malnosso so choose.]