PCs with Gerome

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[maskarang]

... Next time, stay with Cynthia. It may not completely sway them, but having an alibi is better than not.

[swordhandled]

Stay with us too, Gerome.

[maskarang]

I can't.

[swordhandled]

And why's that?

[maskarang]

[ moving his hand off owain's shoulder!!!! ] ... Please, don't ask me to say it.

[swordhandled]

--Gerome?

Wouldn't it be easier to keep an eye on us?

[maskarang]

[ ugh ] —it would be improper.

[swordhandled]

That's what you're hung up about?

[maskarang]

There are some things even I can't do.

[swordhandled]

How improper would it be if I was there too?

[maskarang]

Improper enough.

[swordhandled]

I mean, I know it's two guys and a girl, but Cynthia is my cousin and I should be enough of a chaperone?

[maskarang]

Even so: I cannot. She's...

[swordhandled]

She's...?

[maskarang]

... difficult to be around.

[swordhandled]

Moreso than me?

[maskarang]

Yes.

[swordhandled]

Huh...

[maskarang]

... Do not take that as praise.

[swordhandled]

I'm unsure how to take it, to be entirely honest.

[maskarang]

Then pretend it has no meaning.

[swordhandled]

I'll do that.

[ looks up at Gerome and says nothing for a moment before he speaks up ] What would you have done?

[maskarang]

[ g...ood...? not sure if good, honestly. let's move on. ]

Elaborate.

[swordhandled]

If... things had progressed differently. If I was the one chosen

[maskarang]

[ standing up so fast minerva lifts her head and starts rising, wings extending ]

Don't—