THE SCION OF LEGEND, OWAIN (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
swordhandled) wrote2018-11-26 06:59 pm
swordhandled) wrote2018-11-26 06:59 pm
PCs with Gerome
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[ some threads are nsfw ]
I'm sorry to have heard them, but that doesn't change the fact I did.
[ He takes a deep breath and looks at Gerome. ]
Let's try talking again, Gerome.
[ He takes a deep breath and looks at Gerome. ]
Let's try talking again, Gerome.
Honestly, I should have expected that--
[ here's a twist ] I'm sorry, for some of the things I said yesterday.
[ here's a twist ] I'm sorry, for some of the things I said yesterday.
I am. I shouldn't have brought your parents up during our... conversation yesterday.
... I cannot speak of what you should have done. It was said, neither of us can change that. However... [ A pause as he struggles to find the words. ] ... you spoke from the heart. Nothing you said to me was without purpose, and that dedication to your beliefs may be your strength.
It would not be right of me to expect you to apologize for it.
It would not be right of me to expect you to apologize for it.
Hm, except... [ he trails off slightly here. for once, he's trying to find the right words to use here as well. ] You still haven't accepted the fact we met our parents once more, have you?
We may not, but let me try to understand you, Gerome.
There is if it keeps us from arguing every time we talk.
I'll stick with my previous question as my first one: you haven't accepted the Uncle Frederick and Aunt Cherche that we met in the past as your parents, have you?
It's complicated. [ Immediate regret. He wants to leave it at that, desperately so. Unfortunately, he made a promise of sorts to answer clearly. He shifts his gaze to the tree behind Owain. ] I accept they are the same in many ways. ... No, perhaps it is more than simply "many". They—are identical.
[ Saying that does seem to pain him. ] We are the ones displaced in time, the trespassers on a history we had little choice but to disrupt. My thoughts on this remain in discord, but there is one thing I know. Fate was averted for them. Lucina, Robin, Chrom, everyone... even you, played a part in that. I have no choice but to accept it as reality. ... Gratefully accept.
[ He opens his mouth as if to say more only to close it a second later. ] Next question.
[ Saying that does seem to pain him. ] We are the ones displaced in time, the trespassers on a history we had little choice but to disrupt. My thoughts on this remain in discord, but there is one thing I know. Fate was averted for them. Lucina, Robin, Chrom, everyone... even you, played a part in that. I have no choice but to accept it as reality. ... Gratefully accept.
[ He opens his mouth as if to say more only to close it a second later. ] Next question.
[ owain is quiet as gerome speaks. he nods along, finally glad to have a clear answer from him on this subject. it's... somewhat strange to him, all things considered, but knowing gerome, it's starting to at least make a little sense. he's a little more careful with his question. ]
You don't want to intrude on their lives anymore than we already have?
You don't want to intrude on their lives anymore than we already have?
[ owain knows that he's going to regret wasting his third question on this, but he just has to know ]
And you don't plan on being a part of their lives at all, after we return home, do you?
And you don't plan on being a part of their lives at all, after we return home, do you?
I am a solitary man, Owain. No matter what my feelings for them are or what theirs are for me, nothing will change that. ... Nor will it change that as I am now, I am a mere year younger than my mother. [ She can't raise him and he can't ask her to play a part for him that doesn't fit. It's better for her and his father to dote on the child they do bear.
For him, that would be more satisfying than trying to dote on him. He's already a lost cause. ]
For him, that would be more satisfying than trying to dote on him. He's already a lost cause. ]
Edited (a rephrase killed a sentence) 2018-11-28 06:10 (UTC)
--I know you said only three questions, but I am going to ask another.
Would you listen to what I have to say?
Would you listen to what I have to say?
[ oh no he got a smile!! he's going to treasure this memory for life ]
We may not have talked much prior to returning to the past, something that I do share in the responsibility of, but I do have to say that I do consider you family. Your father, he was more than just a retainer for my mother and Uncle Chrom.
He was like an uncle to me too. So, I'm worried about you.
We may not have talked much prior to returning to the past, something that I do share in the responsibility of, but I do have to say that I do consider you family. Your father, he was more than just a retainer for my mother and Uncle Chrom.
He was like an uncle to me too. So, I'm worried about you.
[ gosh, it's like you think he'll never smile at you again (he probably won't) ]
Fidelity to my father is a poor reason to take interest in me. [ yes, he does frown hard as he says this. and, yes, he does realize it's almost a pot-kettle statement.
again, he looks like he wants to say something but changes gears instead. ] Tell me, what do you intend to do now that the war is over?
Fidelity to my father is a poor reason to take interest in me. [ yes, he does frown hard as he says this. and, yes, he does realize it's almost a pot-kettle statement.
again, he looks like he wants to say something but changes gears instead. ] Tell me, what do you intend to do now that the war is over?
Edited 2018-11-28 06:41 (UTC)
[ he knows he won't ]
Fidelity to him was how it started, but not the reason I maintain it. [ TAKE THAT AND SUCK IT ]
As for what I intend to do? For now, settle somewhere in Ylisse. There is much I can do to help out there, and I can visit Mother and Father in Regna Ferox whenever I can.
Fidelity to him was how it started, but not the reason I maintain it. [ TAKE THAT AND SUCK IT ]
As for what I intend to do? For now, settle somewhere in Ylisse. There is much I can do to help out there, and I can visit Mother and Father in Regna Ferox whenever I can.
Edited 2018-11-28 06:44 (UTC)
I... won't try to convince you to change your plans. You still plan on taking Minerva to the Valley of the Wyverns?
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