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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]

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.

[knightofratatosk]

You're all the same, aren't you? You all think that you can make things better with words, that somehow that's going to fix things. Well, it sure as hell didn't save my tree!

[corrinesbell]

[rusty on Ratatosk history here. But]

We tried everything we could to save both worlds and as many people in them as possible. [she knows you heard that first part, Emil] That's not what we're talking about and we're not done talking.

[knightofratatosk]

It's the same thing. You humans all make promises that you can't keep.

[corrinesbell]

Are you talking to me because he doesn't wanna listen anymore?

[knightofratatosk]

Why does it matter?

[corrinesbell]

Because if he's hiding because he doesn't wanna deal with the truth or stop acting like a victim then he's being an idiot.

[yep she's still mad]

[knightofratatosk]

More like I was getting sick of listening to both of you.

[corrinesbell]

You're just gonna have to deal with it then. Let him talk.

[knightofratatosk]

Why? He's already found out for himself that he can't do anything, not here and not back at home either.

[corrinesbell]

Because that's not true.

[knightofratatosk]

It is true.

[corrinesbell]

Then why'd you take so long to stop him? Why'd you do it only when he started to realize you're wrong?

[knightofratatosk]

Because that idiot was being stubborn again-- and here I thought he'd learned his lesson after last time.

[corrinesbell]

You're the one being stubborn! Emil's at least willing to think about what other people have to say.

[knightofratatosk]

Why bother thinking about what other people have to say when all of it is wrong?

[corrinesbell]

If you'd give people a chance you'd realize that it's not all wrong just because you say it is!

[knightofratatosk]

See, this is exactly why humans are nothing more than pests! They're so damn determined to be right about everything!