QUASIPLATONICROMANTIC NOT-MESS

[chanteuser]

i'm still wheezing y'all

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[antaressnipe]

[Just yeets something about Chiron pulling Hansa over telling him his team]

[robopriest]

[And just nodding.]

Oh. Same as her, huh...

[chanteuser]

[ she nods. ]

We found each other pretty early on.

[chanteuser]

[ okay, so with all the teams out there: ]

... So.

Our teams are likely the biggest targets right now.

[antaressnipe]

...

I believe I should be one of the ones to die.

[Frankly.]

[robopriest]

[GAPING AT HIM]

Don't even say such a thing, are you MAD?!

[antaressnipe]

I can barely remember anything, Hansa. My name, my past... I have a week to my name, and will likely forget that as well.

[Steeling himself for this, expression quiet]

I have not splintered, but I worry all the same. And I would rather I die than other members of my team, if possible.

[robopriest]

So what? We regain memories with some of these weeks. It doesn't mean you'll lose everything, you can't say that...

[It hurts.]

Besides, there's no guarantee that we will succeed. I mean, I want us to, but what if we don't and you just...

[Stay "removed".]

[antaressnipe]

[... Breathing quietly]

Then I will only hope you all keep the gifts I offered to you, and remember me by them.

[robopriest]

...

Ha. Saying that in a place where our memories are lost like fluid going through a sieve.

[He shakes his head.]

I don't want to risk...forgetting about you. I mean, if you go through this, and it doesn't work, what then?

[arkitect]

Someone told me you were attempting to.

[a flat look, there. but-

he exhales a slow sigh.]

...I told you I would only allow you to lay down your life for a purpose. I have seen more than enough sacrifice for one lifetime, but for the sake of seeing this through...

[robopriest]

...Oh come on, would you really allow him to do that? What if it doesn't work? You can't just...

[He shakes his head. EMET...PLEASE.......]

[chanteuser]

There's a chance it'll be either Archer or me, Hansa. A pretty high one.

[ she can't really say why, but -- ]

At the very least, we need to be prepared for the possibility. On both sides.

[robopriest]

...

[He swallows, reaching out to grasp her hand.]

Let me guess. Your team doesn't have...a lot left.

[chanteuser]

No. We're fine, numbers wise.

[ she squeezes his tightly. ]

But... there's still a pretty high chance, if someone knows who all of us are.

[arkitect]

And if it does not work, then what recourse will we have left to us anyway? If none can be saved, then what will it all have been worth to you, Hansa?

I understand well enough when concessions must be made for the sake of the whole.

[if anyone went behind his back to do this, however, he might just kill them over that.]

[robopriest]

...

[He just puts his head in his hands and sighs.]

I know that too, Emet-Selch. I mean...if it's our only option...

[But he hates it, all the same.]

[arkitect]

[...he sets a hand on hansa's shoulder.]

My people gave of themselves believing in the purpose for which they offered their lives. In the rest of us, for our ability to see it through.

[hey guess who has NO idea how reassuring this isn't.]

There are-- times where it is necessary to place the path forward in others' hands, and there are times it is necessary for those given that burden to carry it in their place.

[antaressnipe]

... I resisted, for you three.

[He will. say that much.]

But we are near the end, I hope, and there is no point in denying which teams can afford to lose members.

[arkitect]

I know.

[a shake of his head, there.]

I still do not wish you to, but you may well be chosen whether we agree or not. If we allow you to coordinate with another, however...

[-then that is another team that might have someone safe, if they don't get caught.]

[antaressnipe]

Of course. I do not... wish for death at this point.

[He really, really doesn't. Even with his memories gone, he would very much like to live with all of them now]

I only mention this to you all if there is no other choice but to place our bets safely.

[chanteuser]

Archer.

[antaressnipe]

Alex.

[chanteuser]

... I don't want to see you put yourself on the line like this.

[antaressnipe]

And you know why I am offering regardless.

[She more than anyone knows why.]