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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

[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.]

[corrinesbell]

[that's it]

Stop it! [and she's going to slap him. Hard. Sort of with purpose, sort of just out of frustration and loss of what else to do]

[knightofratatosk]

[Well, that's enough to get him to stop and just sort of stare at her, stunned, not sure how to respond.]

[corrinesbell]

[that hand is now a tight fist, and she's staring hard at him]

Why can't you just get that you're important to us? That we can't stand it that you've been this way all the time and nothing I...nothing we do matters?

Stop acting like you're the only person around here who's hurt by people leaving!

[knightofratatosk]

Lloyd is... I thought Lloyd was your friend! How can you be so calm about him being gone? What if he never comes back?

[corrinesbell]

He is my friend! And it hurts that he's gone! But I can't call him my friend and want him to stay here and suffer at the same time. If he never comes back then he'll be okay, and I'll get back there so we can go on being friends.

[knightofratatosk]

But what if we never get back either?

[corrinesbell]

So you're just gonna give up? Lloyd was here for even longer than I was and he went back.

[knightofratatosk]

I... I don't know.

[corrinesbell]

Quit doing that! You do know, you just don't wanna say it. Do you really think you're the only one hurting because people're gone? Are you gonna give up and let the rest of us down when we need you?

[knightofratatosk]

[He cringes.]

S-stop it, just... stop it!

[corrinesbell]

I'm not gonna stop it just because you don't wanna hear it, Emil.

[knightofratatosk]

No, it's--

[It's not just that, he can feel Ratatosk trying to force his way out around the edges of his consciousness. And given that it was Ratatosk's fault that hole got there in the first place... yeah, he doesn't want to take any chances.]

[corrinesbell]

[see this face? She's not afraid of you, Ratatosk]

It's you I'm talking to, not him. Get it through both of your heads that I wouldn't waste all this energy on someone who didn't matter to me, and I'm not gonna let you act like this anymore. It's selfish and stupid.