school: crow

[shaft]

tbc

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[chevaliered]

[ jesus christ, claude. ]

Fading out of existance?

[ way to pick a topic. ]

[shaft]

[ ... ]

What's that now?

[chevaliered]

Fading out of existence? [ pretend i spelt it right the first time ]

Probably.

[shaft]

[ ... ]

You're dead?

[chevaliered]

Immortal, if you want the technical world. So long as me and Ordine are Awakener and Knight, getting killed didn't really stick.

[ ... ]

But it will do, once the Great Twilight's over.

[shaft]

[ What. ]

Wh... and it's going to be over when you return?

[chevaliered]

Pretty much. Final day kind of deal.

We're heading off to stop it, or we were before I got dragged here.

[shaft]

... Then there's a chance you won't fade away.

[chevaliered]

The Great Twilight's what's keeping me alive. Despite the fact I'm a statistical anomaly.

[ he waves a hand over at claude's. give. ]

[shaft]

So then keep it from ending?

[ He will hand Crow his beer. ]

[chevaliered]

[ ... he literally just puts the beer down and takes his hand instead, putting it on his chest. enjoy those pecs, claude.


but no really, there's no heartbeat there. enjoy that. ]

Cant't. The Great Twilight's fucked up. It's ruining Erebonia, and if we don't stop it ASAP, it'll ruin all of Zemuria along the way.

[shaft]

[ oh! hello

interesting ]

... Ah. So fading is your only option.

[chevaliered]

Seems like.

[ ... ]

Someone said they have other ideas, and there's a whole bunch of optimists back home that'd support them but... sometimes you have to keep the practical in mind, y'know.

[shaft]

... And if you don't return?

[chevaliered]

Heart's still not beating. Dunno what happens to Ordine either -- he's not completely here, not as he currently is. 'Sides, I'm not abandoning Rean and the others to deal with all this on their own.

[shaft]

Quite noble of you.

[ Picks up his beer again. ]

I'm not really sure what to say to that. How old are you really, then?

[chevaliered]

Nah. I owe them a lot of interest, you know?

[ hm. ]

22? I mean I died when I was like... 19, 20. But I'm functionally still kicking so not much really changed there. [ please don't ask why he died a teen and ended the series as an adult trails isn't telling me shit ]

[shaft]

A young chap... [ He sighs. ] Do your companions know?

[chevaliered]

Please, you’re like the same age as me, almost.

[ mm. he sips his drink. ]

They were there when I died first time. They know the drill.

[shaft]

... I see.

[ Shouldn't protagonists refuse to let their friend die? ]

Well then, I'm sorry your last experiences have been... this.

[chevaliered]

[ oh they're trying. crow just doesn't believe them. ]

Well, we'll see. I know someone stubborn here who's trying to wish me back to life. I'm just... not sure whether wishes are as fool proof as they've been made to sound.

[shaft]

Our wish at the end of all this? It feels kind of deserved.

[ that's an understatement ]

But I feel like we'll beat this thing, and have thirty seconds to get on that train and get home.

[chevaliered]

[ … ]

Why do you curse us like this?

[shaft]

I'm just saying! I'm prepared for the worst.

[chevaliered]

[ he just. bops him in the centre of the forehead with his fingertip. ]

You're speaking cursed things into existence.