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It had cost just about every leftover bit of Christmas earnings he had, but Locke could finally afford a simple grave marker for Orbee-Orbee on Mt. Pyre proper. The outdoor plot was more susceptible to the elements than the indoor ones, but it was cheaper, and he was around often enough for work he could drop by and clean it up now and again.

And the view was nicer.

Locke let the floral scent of the incense wash over them for a moment after they finished cleaning the headstone, before standing up, brushing off their pants, and going to find the nearest bench.

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]There had been no way she could tell Chu-e Choi what had happened - At least, not by herself. As a result, it had been rather hard for her to scrabble together any money to pay for the grave, much less a headstone to mark its spot.
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Still, she could never forget where she'd laid Sae to rest, a circle of stones set carefully around a singular, blooming white egret orchid. It had taken a lot out of her to dig the grave, a horribly silent experience that had left her lips raw and bleeding by the time she was done. Not a single cry was let loose, simply for the reason that she knew what she'd done.
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Even now, she stands before the grave, struggling to vocalise her thoughts. The rocks have been scattered, forcefully thrown to the sides and away from the grave. Her nails dig deep into her palm, threatening to break the skin. Why is she here? What is that sensation wrenching her guts?
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She, of all people, doesn't have the right to cry over this.

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POSTED ON Jan 8, 2022 23:47:05 GMT

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125 for Eris Halla

Again, they find each other in the worst of circumstances.

He would think the pair of them were cursed, if he didn’t already know for a fact that the curse he and Eris did share had little to do with this unintentional habit of theirs, and involved about four other people and a different buried creature altogether.

He fought the urge to scratch his hand.

Locke dragged their feet a bit as they got closer to the girl, scattering a few loose pebbles down the steps to alert her to their presence. They stopped a few feet away anyway, giving her the chance to reject the company if she wanted.

"...I was gonna find a place to sit, if you wanna warm up a bit."

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[attr="class","adrie-lyric1"]if you're still breathing, you're the lucky one

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[attr="class","adrie-lyric2"]you held onto life, so now they're gone

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]It's hard to ignore that small tugging sensation that lingers on her fingertips, even harder to ignore the clacking of pebbles against dirt and sand. Had it been anyone else, she may just have dismissed or snapped at them but Locke's voice rings with a purity and a sincerity that she can't seem to turn away.
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"There aren't really any good spots around here."
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Surrounded by gloom and reminders of death no matter where they turn, it's honestly a little easier on her heart to remain where she currently stands. The air that she breathes gnaws at her lungs, leaving her with a mild sense of discomfort as she falls silent. Reiner paws the ground, keeping his gaze down as he stays by her side. It may be cold but this chilliness is just a reminder of her wrongdoings, isn't it? She doesn't deserve any of this... she never truly deserved to have any bits of hope or happiness.
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That much had been made clear when her sunshine had been taken away.

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Locke stared at Eris’ back for a moment, allowing her one last opportunity to turn them away and remain alone, before closing the distance between them. They sat on the ground crisscross applesauce, shoving away the distant pull of something much, much deeper beneath the pair.

”…I don’t think I ever got its name. Your Noibat.”

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[attr="class","adrie-lyric1"]if you're still breathing, you're the lucky one

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[attr="class","adrie-lyric2"]you held onto life, so now they're gone

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]"Her name." Spoken with a gentle tone, but a firm correction nonetheless. "Sae is a her."
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Sucking a breath of air through her teeth, Eris needs just a moment to think over things, her emotions churning as memories begin to well up once more.
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"She shouldn't have... She shouldn't be here."

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89 for Eris Halla

What do they say?

They could point out that they don’t know actually know whether their Pokémon should or shouldn’t be here. Neither of them remembers why they were here in the first place.

Another part of him, that bleeding heart bordering on hemorrhagic, cries that there isn’t a single reason good enough for Sae or Orbee-Orbee to be here.

Indecisive as always, he didn’t say anything; just offered his hand and ignored the way the ink kept reaching for her beneath the skin well after he’d stopped it.

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POSTED ON Jan 12, 2022 11:24:23 GMT

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]There's a lot of things that weighs on her chest long after an incident occurs. What exactly went wrong? Could she have stopped it? Were there better alternatives?
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The answer? Most likely.
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"It was my fault..." Both then and now - She wants to breathe but she feels like she's been strangled with every words she tries to murmur. "Their deaths... I killed them..."
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Far too weak, far too unprepared, far too attached to dare to say goodbye. She chokes on her tears, trying to muffle the cries that she shouldn't let out. Why hadn't she done something? Or perhaps, it was because of her actions that they wound up dead - Selfishness drove her ideals, and in turn led them to their graves.
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Locke offers his hand, but all she holds in her heart is fear. To reach out is to let someone new into her life, to take his hand is to grow attached once more. And when he leaves her behind, what is she supposed to do with the warmth that lingers upon her fingertips?
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~~_{She can't bring herself to do it again.}~~

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135 for Eris Halla

They thought about their Pokémon splattered against every inch of a pristine conference room.

”I doubt that.”

Again, Locke wanted to point out that nobody knew what killed Sae. Again, their head pounded in the absence of that knowledge, as if to scream that they should know, they should know, why don’t they know?

Instead, his hand lowered a bit when Eris still held back, retreating back to the safety of solitude like the wounded and cowardly thing it was. But the ink tugged and his head hurt and fate twisted around them both with too-red strings that Locke just wanted to rip and tear at until the threads laid frayed and harmless around them; until they were finally free.

Wordlessly, he reached out and took her hand anyway, coaxing her down into a hug.

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]Hugs have meant many different things in her life over the past few years - I love you, I'll be here with you, I'm sorry for your loss. More often than not, the hugs she receives carry the last meaning, a small act of kindness shown by others but never really providing her any form of comfort.
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What's gone is gone, it doesn't come back no matter how much you cry or scream. When you fail to protect the things you love, you're bound to lose them. Over and over, it'll be hammered into her memories, loss kept fresh upon a bleeding tongue as her voice grows weak and cracks.
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She doesn't want a hug, she doesn't want to be reminded that she's lost something yet again. She doesn't want company but fears the silence that gnaws with solitude. She can't breathe when her chest hurts so badly, filled with nothing but a hot, swirling mess of words that want to tumble out but have never grasped a sound.
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His tenderness burns and she knows he's hurt, he's broken in some way just like she is. Perhaps, that is her flaw, to search for the cracks in others if only to tell herself that she should be stronger and not weigh on them.
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Reaching out, she can only hope to hug him back, patting him gently on the back in hopes of easing his pain.

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130 for Eris Halla

It suddenly struck Locke that there was something noticeably missing from this scene.

”Eris,” he started as he gently pulled them apart, though, ever-seeking physical contact these days, still keeping one hand on her arm. ”Did nobody come up here with you?”

Maybe she’d wanted to be alone. Maybe she hadn’t wanted to explain the situation to whoever was taking care of her (an image flashed in Locke’s mind; a petite, dark-haired man carrying a bruised and battered girl on his back, deep below the earth). They hadn’t told their family, after all, about any of the countless terrifying scenarios they’d been forced through as of late. Even though, contradictorily, they would’ve given anything for their mother’s hand in theirs right now.

Locke couldn’t imagine Eris not wanting the same.

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]"There's no one to come up here with me..." She hears his question, but she doesn't hear what he's asking. All she knows is that growing emptiness, one that points out what she once had and no longer does. Her fingers clench into fists, nails digging deep into her palms as she takes a deep breath - 4 to breathe in, 8 to let it out. "Reiner's the only one around."

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55 for Eris Halla

Locke’s frown deepened. ”What about the man that was with you before? You two seemed close. Or…” He hesitated, unsure of how to broach the subject, or if he might’ve misinterpreted something before. ”…Or Cillian Quinn…?” Maybe they weren’t as close as her and Chu-e Choi, but the admin had seemed at least concerned about his own.

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]"Pa... he's..."
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Sick, infected by an unknown parasite, slowly dying by the day. Even if she's seen it with her own eyes, she can't bring herself to acknowledge it - That horrifying possibility that he might just disappear from her life at any time.
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"Why would Gavin care about someone like me?"
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Is she a bad person for refusing to acknowledge him here? Or a bad person for knowing him at all?

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130 for Eris Halla

Pa.

It confirmed what he’d assumed down in the crypts. Locke hadn’t noticed anything particularly unwell about Chu-e Choi before, but then, there had been a great number of other things on his mind at the time. And afterwards.

Maybe they’d misread the situation with Merlino though. Or at least the man’s capacity to care for his underlings. But he and Eris’ father had stuck close to each other then, hadn’t they? And Eva Morales had said she’d been taken away by him after she’d been injured in the excursion, and had seemed well enough the next time they bumped into each other.

Locke frowned as they tried to piece together the puzzle that was Cillian Quinn with the few pieces they had.

”Oh. I guess I just assumed since-well since you’re both-”