QUASIPLATONICROMANTIC NOT-MESS

[chanteuser]

i'm still wheezing y'all

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[antaressnipe]

Yes... as am I.

[Someone very close to his heart was upset all execution so Chiron is somewhat edged away from the group, just sitting in his displeasure. He's fine, he just needs space to ... think.]

Though I would ask you three for your thoughts. [...] At this point, I do not think it wise to assume we will successfully find our killers, or at least not place the bulk of our hopes on that. We've failed twice already. [Spoken frankly as someone who even tried to force a scapegoat; the system isn't great.] So rather I would turn to gathering Nova in other ways.

... Do you think using the Wedding RSVPs for that reason would be beneficial? [A sigh] I dislike meddling in the emotions of others, but if they were used with care, then perhaps...

[chanteuser]

[ ... ]

If you're worried about messing with emotions, could you speak with the people you intend to use them on and get their opinions on it? And why explain your reasons for doing it?

[antaressnipe]

That is an option, yes. Especially as these do not demand that the usage of them be kept secret.

[chanteuser]

We all know we have them, and have discussed a lot of what they can do?

As long as it's not a case of springing a surprise on them, they might be willing to go along with it.

[antaressnipe]

In which case it's simply deciding who would use them.

[...]

I admittedly do not know of any potential candidates...

[He isn't like Sanji who had a whole ass shipping chart. Chiron doesn't pay attention to anything.]

[chanteuser]

[ .....

neither does she, actually. ]

Didn't... um. Actually, I'm not really sure either. [ she's looking? at hansa and emet? have they paid more attention to other couples around here? ]

[robopriest]

[HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM]

Blanca and Lup are sweet, though...I heard Blanca forgot his wife was dead, so. That's been awkward.

[chanteuser]

...

Using an item to make them all romantic for a week might not be a good idea, if that's the case? [ wait ] Oh-- Blanca and Lup...?

[ hansa.

hansa, gossip. what's the gossip. ]

[robopriest]

Yeah, they were together in the beginning. Really got along, and even...well, they went pretty far. Lup said she always saw it as a casual relationship, but...

[The feelings were. Not.]

And now this. Poor Lup...

[chanteuser]

... Ah. [ ... ] That's a lot to have to work through, isn't it? If Blanca even wants to.

[ she... maybe has some idea of how he might feel. ] I... um. I forgot my brother again. The memory came back, but--

[ there's some deep, deep guilt involved. like she betrayed emilio, forgetting him. again. ]

[robopriest]

Your brother...?

[A concerned look.]

Is it not a good thing that the memory is back?

[chanteuser]

No, it's good. It's just... I already forgot him once. I was terrified of forgetting him again and then I didn't even realise I had.

It's... an unsettling feeling. It feels a bit like betrayal, just forgetting alone. [ so... imagine there being someone you were romantically linked to, and then you remembered your dead wife. ]

[arkitect]

...'if these memories are truly so precious, pray do not ask that I forget them twice.'

[he exhales a sigh, at that, shakes his head.]

I cannot say I agree with the sentiment myself, but... 'tis an unsettling thing, to lose and to know that remembering means one may forget again.

[chanteuser]

Someone said to me that the memories I don't remember, from before I got here, might be safer than the ones I do.

I think they're right. The Realm can't take away what I don't remember. And at least I know those will come back, in their own time.

[arkitect]

I think they may have a point, yes. While we are here-- nothing is truly safe.

[chanteuser]

[ that's a really, deeply concerning thought. but one she has already had before. ]

-- As long as we don't start to forget things from here as well.

[antaressnipe]

Mm... I am not certain Lup would agree, though I could ask her.

[Also WINCING at the Blanca lore]

Yes, I suspected that would happen eventually.

[robopriest]

You knew? Yeah, Lup took it pretty hard, obviously. I mean...that's a terrible memory to lose.

[antaressnipe]

I knew that he had a wife, and that she had passed. And given what he told me about her, it seemed the type of memory that would be robbed eventually.

[His expression just turns pained at the mention of Lup]

She has lost so much already...