[ He's no stranger to the loss of a beloved sibling, but he can't show that now. In fact, all he really wants is to book it out of here to avoid having his own memories interrupt them, but unfortunately, he's manners first. ]
An unfortunate stroke of luck. [ They can salvage this. ] Miss Roxana, is it? Please excuse me, I should have greeted you sooner. I'm called Aventurine.
[ HE NEVER TOLD HER WHY HE'S SO MAD AT SUNDAY.... SHE DOESN'T KNOW HER BROTHER USED THE HARMONY ON HIM thanks aventurine she's happier he's a wanted fugitive and not a prisoner on death row. ]
I'll have to become more acquainted and see what he has to say.
[ memshare week is almost over and you haven't given me one back. ]
[ do you think i wouldn't hold you at gunpoint for a memory?
a younger roxana would think there is good fortune in surviving like this against all odds, but now... she wonders how much of a front he puts forward besides his name. he was so young there to be told he should be left so alone like that. ]
Being blessed can be a curse as much as anything else. I don't know what the years between then and now were like for you, but I wouldn't blame you for losing faith.
That makes it their faith, not yours. More a memento or a talisman they've given you than something you uphold yourself.
[ it's not like she can't understand not being to let go. her brother's death is still something that affects her enough that it breaks through her composure. ]
I think their love is something better to remember than their faith.
[ even if their love also meant that they left him. ]
[ If only he could let go. Even if it's just one thing. It would lessen the burden, wouldn't it?
But he's weak, he's sentimental, and while his sister's face has long since faded from his memories, her final request for him to preserve what's left of their clan still rings in his ears. ]
... Sincere advice. Does it come from dealing with your own faith, or lack thereof?
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An unfortunate stroke of luck. [ They can salvage this. ] Miss Roxana, is it? Please excuse me, I should have greeted you sooner. I'm called Aventurine.
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It's all right. This isn't the kind of place I expect people to stand at the door to greet me. Essek mentioned you to me. A pleasure, Aventurine.
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[ Assumes the worst because it's Essek. ]
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So you're aware. He said I should be wary around you.
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I get the impression that you're rather formidable on your own, Miss Roxana. I doubt he had to warn you to be wary.
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[ essek, you make it so easy to bully you. ]
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[ NOT THEM RAGGING ON ESSEK WHILE HE ISN'T EVEN HERE ]
About your memory, shall I forget I ever saw it?
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[ they can tag team him in person one day. ]
It's what I'd prefer, but I don't know if you're the type who forgets easily.
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I'd much rather make friends than enemies. After all, besides the occasional headache, you don't often have anything to gain from making enemies.
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[ said in the tone that says she won't make it easy to be friends. ]
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[ That's okay, Roxana, get away from this freak. ]
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I don't think those merits are guaranteed. There's an equal chance of being stabbed in the back from my experience.
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[ Okay, no. He has no idea what friendship is because it's not that. ]
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Right now, you're all talk for a gambling man. No one taught you friendship in your last game?
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[ He did not keep in contact with anyone of them, oof. ]
Some of them are even here.
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she tilts her head. ]
Essek is one. Who else?
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Have you met our hosts? Mr. Daan is another one of them.
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I'll have to become more acquainted and see what he has to say.
[ memshare week is almost over and you haven't given me one back. ]
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I think he'll be more charitable with what he has to say than Essek was.
[ But oh nyo, i almost got away with it. Since they kicked it off with family, have family (stop at 4:59:40) in return. ]
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a younger roxana would think there is good fortune in surviving like this against all odds, but now... she wonders how much of a front he puts forward besides his name. he was so young there to be told he should be left so alone like that. ]
Are you religious, Aventurine?
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... I don't know. I grew up being told I was a blessed child, favored by our goddess, but as I grew older, it became harder and harder to believe.
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Being blessed can be a curse as much as anything else. I don't know what the years between then and now were like for you, but I wouldn't blame you for losing faith.
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I can't lose it. No matter what the years have done to me, it's still the faith of my clan, of my mother and my sister. I hold onto it for them.
[ He just... can't believe in it like them. ]
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[ it's not like she can't understand not being to let go. her brother's death is still something that affects her enough that it breaks through her composure. ]
I think their love is something better to remember than their faith.
[ even if their love also meant that they left him. ]
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But he's weak, he's sentimental, and while his sister's face has long since faded from his memories, her final request for him to preserve what's left of their clan still rings in his ears. ]
... Sincere advice. Does it come from dealing with your own faith, or lack thereof?
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