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POSTED ON Feb 18, 2022 0:29:17 GMT

What can he say? He hates it, too.

All words feel hollow in his mind and so he doesn't permit them to leave his lips, pressing them together as his stomach twists and tightening his grip around Eris' fragile frame. She's so small.

He draws back when she asks him a question directly, to look her in the eye.

"Of course I do."

He'd promised Chu-e Choi they'd do all they could to save him. None of it had been enough. Even if they had the mulch that Gavin had spoke of, the bluish dirt borne of Xerneas' power and rumoured to bring back the dead, what were they to do without a body?

"But I couldn't, no more than you, and Chu-e wouldn't want us blaming ourselves for something we can't change. You know that, don't you?"

Eris Halla

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[attr="class","adrie-lyric1"]To the monster you became

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]"But what if we could?"
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What if they could tempt fate and grasp their wanted outcome for their own? That letter she had received from the strange man, one that had told her to take what she desired with her own two hands, no matter how ugly it would be.
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A trip to Granite Cave.
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"What if I had the chance to bring him back?"
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It drives her mad, crawls under her skin like poison through her veins. That gleaming chance, no matter how dubious or life threatening it might be - That brief glimpse of hope when she's tumbling so far down out of a dark, starless sky.
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"If I had the chance to be brave and save him... Do you think he's happier wherever he is now...?"
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Would he hate me for bringing him back?

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Gavin Merlino

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POSTED ON Feb 18, 2022 2:25:00 GMT

What if we could?

It's a dangerous thing, hope.

Gavin feels it spark in his chest and does his best to smother it with reason, logic. He'd hoped, once, to put an end to the wasting sickness that was claiming his friend. It had all been for naught.

"What chance, Eris?"

He doesn't answer her question; he doesn't know. Are you happier? What is there, after death? Is there anything at all? Is the nothing better than all the grief and hurt?{/i] He swallows hard enough to hurt.

Eris Halla

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POSTED ON Feb 18, 2022 3:47:55 GMT

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]"I got a letter... from someone that said they could make things happen, if I was willing to stake my life on it."
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Terrified, but so full of desperation - It swirls in her eyes, a lingering hunger that can't be quelled. She lets out a weak laugh, as if trying to dismiss the weight of the dubious offer laid before her.
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"I don't have anything to lose either way..."

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POSTED ON Feb 19, 2022 0:12:58 GMT

A letter.

Is it hypocritical of him to thirst after the very same power promised in his own, even as he shakes his head in sharp defiance of Eris' suggestion?

"Eris... that letter could be from anyone — it could be a trap." He thinks the same of his own, yet he still plans to meet this 'Father Winter' in the frigid depths of Shoal Cave. He hopes Eris doesn't plan the same. "What if it's from Silph? Or someone else from the League? What if they're trying to take advantage of — of your grief," he finishes sadly. "It's not worth your life, Eris. You have that to lose, and Chu-e wouldn't want you to put yourself in danger like that."

I don't want you to put yourself in danger.

But his desires don't hold the same weight as those of her late father figure, Gavin thinks.

Eris Halla

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POSTED ON Feb 19, 2022 4:57:48 GMT

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]A trap - She had considered that possibility right from the very start. After all, her time in Kanto has taught her to never trust others, lest she gets hurt. But something in her has been broken, left shattered without any chance of repairing it again.
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"I don't have anything to lose..." She echoes, numbly clutching at her wrist but only finding the harsh fabric of bandages. "Pa doesn't want me to be in danger... but I want him back, more than anything... I've already lost my own family... I almost lost Reiner... I'm sick of letting others take from me..."
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No matter what happens, backing out simply because she fears being hurt doesn't make any sense.
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"If it's true... I get to bring him back... If it's them... then I get my chance to make them pay, don't I?"

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2022 1:32:13 GMT

I'm sick of letting others take from me.

That's what does it, for Gavin. It's not responsible, but he sees a part of himself in her stubborn willpower and doesn't have the heart to further dissuade her against taking charge of her own fate. She was only twelve, true, but at twelve had faced horrors most grown adults couldn't dream of.

"Promise me that you'll be careful, Eris." Unsaid, I know I can't persuade you otherwise. "Whatever happens. If you're in danger, you know you can ask for help."

His help, or the help of half of Rocket. She was well-liked within their ranks.

He'd offer to go with her... but he can't. I have my own fate to chase.

Eris Halla

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POSTED ON Feb 25, 2022 21:29:31 GMT

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]"You're going to find him too, aren't you?"
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She hears, but never speaks a promise. Her heart and soul might quiver, but her hands try so hard to be steady as they hold his hand.
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"Think about yourself first... or Temp and Kade are gonna be really worried..."

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POSTED ON Mar 3, 2022 9:50:54 GMT

Does she speak of Chu-e, or of him?

Gavin doesn't answer, though his somber expression was perhaps answer enough.

"I'm quite capable of looking after myself," he reminds Eris, lip twitching in a failed attempt to summon a smile. "If I go looking for something, I'd never go alone."

Lugia would be with him, he hopes. If not her, then all of his shadows.

After a pause, he asks, "Do you want me to get Leon?"

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POSTED ON Mar 4, 2022 12:19:06 GMT

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[attr="class","inner-finally"]When she runs the conversations in circles, when she's not forced to focus on that sensation of loss, she finds it a bit easier to pretend that she's fine. It's when he mentions Leon that she stops, looking to the ground and everywhere but at him.
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"I don't think he'd want to see me..."
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She's sure that he'll be griefing in his own ways.
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"I'm..."
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The reason why Matias had come, the reason why Chu-e had even been there. She grips her arms and fidgets with her clothes, as if attempting to shrink away and disappear into nothingness.
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"It's okay... you should go back and get some rest yourself."

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POSTED ON Mar 7, 2022 16:00:22 GMT

"It isn't your fault," Gavin repeats, perhaps a little sharper than intended. "If he can't see that—"

But Gavin stops himself with a shake of his head. There's no point arguing with such a willful child. It's hard to convince her of anything.

Much as he'd rather see her safe, her words cut to the heart of an issue.

"I do have to go, now." Apologetic, but accepting. Not to get rest, but to continue this ugly business of spreading the word. "But if Leon or anyone else turns you away, you come to me, understand? Consider that an order."

With a last hesitation, he retracts from her and gets up to go.

Eris Halla

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