41.2: When You Transform

Featuring: Kazama, Elwyn

[4:12 PM] AOMidori20: Kazama sits on a bench in the castle gardens, his head in his hands.

[4:18 PM] Le Manguier: Elwyn sits down beside him. "...Good evening, Kazama."

[4:19 PM] AOMidori20: He does not respond.

[4:19 PM] Le Manguier: "..."

[4:19 PM] Le Manguier: "I...checked on Sula and Claire. They're doing well." He smiled. "Versailles tired himself out trying to heal Claire. They both need a break, honestly..."

[4:19 PM] AOMidori20: "...hrrrm."

[4:23 PM] Le Manguier: "...I saw that you didn't come to the mess hall, either. So...I brought you some food before stuff ran out."

[4:24 PM] AOMidori20: "It was... not my first priority when I returned."

[4:25 PM] AOMidori20: "My gratitude." Kazama leans back into a sitting position to accept the food.

[4:26 PM] Le Manguier: Elwyn sighed in relief. "I'm just glad you're safe."

[4:26 PM] Le Manguier: "Everything has been hectic after what happened..."

[4:27 PM] AOMidori20: "It has." Kazama nibbles on the nonspecific food Elwyn brought him.

[4:28 PM] AOMidori20: "I am... glad...? That I still live."

[4:29 PM] Le Manguier: "I did what you asked me..."

[4:29 PM] Le Manguier: Elwyn put his hand on Kazama's

[4:29 PM] AOMidori20: Kazama bowed his head. "You have my... greatest thanks."

[4:32 PM] Le Manguier: Elwyn put his head on Kazama's shoulder. "...How are Ellis and Joshua?"

[4:34 PM] AOMidori20: "They are... alive."

[4:34 PM] AOMidori20: "What else, I cannot say."

[4:36 PM] Le Manguier: "I see..."

[4:37 PM] Le Manguier: "Do you...want to talk about something? Conversations are nice...it can help us get our minds off things."

[4:37 PM] AOMidori20: "I have failed."

[4:38 PM] Le Manguier: "Kazama...?"

[4:39 PM] AOMidori20: "As we moved to enter the castle, I... I tried to recover Lord Salveon."

[4:39 PM] Le Manguier: "What happened to him?"

[4:39 PM] AOMidori20: "I was able to get him to a healer, but... he was likely already dead."

[4:40 PM] AOMidori20: "If not a corpse in my hands, he was quickly becoming one."

[4:40 PM] Le Manguier: "...You didn't fail."

[4:41 PM] Le Manguier: "You couldn't have known that something would happen to him, so...you don't have to blame yourself."

[4:42 PM] AOMidori20: "My duty is to ensure the security of the royal family. How can I tell myself I have not failed when I clearly have?"

[4:43 PM] Le Manguier: "I only meant that..."

[4:43 PM] AOMidori20: "Meant what...?"

[4:46 PM] Le Manguier: "I only meant that you couldn't have seen it coming...none of us could see the future, so..."

[4:46 PM] Le Manguier: "...I'm sorry, I don't know what to say..."

[4:47 PM] AOMidori20: "You do not need to."

[4:48 PM] AOMidori20: "There is nothing to say, Elwyn."

[4:49 PM] AOMidori20: "This disgraceful show is my burden."

[4:50 PM] Le Manguier: "It's not just your burden."

[4:50 PM] Le Manguier: "...I'll help you carry it."

[4:51 PM] Le Manguier: "I promised myself that I would help support you throughout our relationship...so I won't take no for an answer."

[4:51 PM] Le Manguier: "If you fall down, I'll fall with you."

[4:52 PM] AOMidori20: "...I have... no idea how you will share in my failure, but... it means a lot to me that you say so."

[4:53 PM] Le Manguier: "For now, the only thing we can do is look forward to a bright future."

[4:53 PM] Le Manguier: "One for Freyzenwald, and one for us." Elwyn smiled at Kazama.(edited)

[4:53 PM] AOMidori20: "Of course..."

[4:54 PM] Le Manguier: "So...for my next request."

[4:54 PM] Le Manguier: "Can I see a smile?"

[4:54 PM] Le Manguier: Elwyn put his fingers on his mouth and spread his smile as far as he could.

[4:55 PM] AOMidori20: Kazama scoffed, smiling lightly.

[4:56 PM] Le Manguier: "There we go."

[4:57 PM] AOMidori20: Kazama shakes his head. "You must work miracles..."

[4:57 PM] Le Manguier: "I'm only doing what I can to spread good cheer."(edited)

[4:59 PM] AOMidori20: "Usually I'm in a very... sullen mood, this time of the month..."

[5:04 PM] Le Manguier: "And...?"

[5:04 PM] AOMidori20: "I'm... a bit happier, knowing you're here."

[5:05 PM] Le Manguier: "And I'm happy that you say that."

[5:05 PM] AOMidori20: Kazama leans back, putting on his mask.

[5:06 PM] Le Manguier: "Do you have to put it on?"

[5:07 PM] AOMidori20: "I can't just hold it in my hand."

[5:07 PM] Le Manguier: "I can hold it..."

[5:08 PM] AOMidori20: "Do you really want to...?"

[5:08 PM] Le Manguier: "If I didn't, then I wouldn't be able to see your handsome face."

[5:09 PM] AOMidori20: He chuckles. "Me, handsome..." He hands the mask over.

[5:10 PM] Le Manguier: "What? It's not like I'm wrong..."

[5:10 PM] AOMidori20: "It's been a long time since I've been called that."

[5:11 PM] Le Manguier: "Then I'll keep repeating it every day."

[5:11 PM] AOMidori20: "Please..." He laughs.

[5:14 PM] Le Manguier: "Is that a 'please yes' or a 'please no', handsome?"

[5:15 PM] AOMidori20: "Stoooop." He grins.

[5:18 PM] Le Manguier: "Alright, handsome. I'll stop...not."

[5:19 PM] AOMidori20: "Elwyyyyyyyn!"

[5:23 PM] Le Manguier: "What?"

[5:23 PM] AOMidori20: "Quit."

[5:24 PM] Le Manguier: "Why?"

[5:25 PM] AOMidori20: "I don't know. It makes me feel silly." He's still smiling.

[5:25 PM] Le Manguier: "But you're handsome, handsome! Why can't you accept that?"

[5:25 PM] AOMidori20: Kazama pokes Elwyn's cheek.(edited)

[5:27 PM] Le Manguier: "At least you aren't in a bad mood anymore."

[5:28 PM] Le Manguier: Elwyn chuckled as he hugged Kazama's arm.

[5:29 PM] AOMidori20: He squeezes Elwyn's cheek. "Perhaps."

[5:32 PM] Le Manguier: "Hey, Kazama?"

[5:33 PM] AOMidori20: "What?"

[5:34 PM] Le Manguier: "I love you...and you're handsome."

[5:35 PM] AOMidori20: Kazama squeezes Elwyn's cheek again. "Stop!"

[5:35 PM] Le Manguier: "Owww!"

[5:36 PM] AOMidori20: "Oh, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Was I too forceful?"

[5:36 PM] Le Manguier: "I don't know about forceful...but you were too handsome."

[5:37 PM] AOMidori20: "I'm going to murder you." Kazama grins, rubbing Elwyn's cheek.

[5:38 PM] Le Manguier: "You wouldn't."

[5:39 PM] AOMidori20: "I'm going to! I'll dump your body in the garden and they'll never find out." He speaks playfully as he keeps rubbing.

[5:43 PM] Le Manguier: "I'll just haunt you and give you ghost kisses and call you handsome when you least expect it."

[5:44 PM] AOMidori20: "Gaaah! Well, if I'm handsome, you're adorable." He rubs harshly.

[5:45 PM] Le Manguier: "I know. All this adorableness is just for you after all."

[5:46 PM] AOMidori20: "Well, good."

[5:52 PM] Le Manguier: "I was wondering..."

[5:52 PM] Le Manguier: "Will you ever show me your dragon form?"

[5:54 PM] AOMidori20: "...Would you... like to see it?"

[5:55 PM] Le Manguier: "Well, if you're fine and comfortable with showing me..."

[5:55 PM] AOMidori20: "I..."

[5:55 PM] AOMidori20: "I haven't transformed in a long time. Three thousand years, I think it's been."

[5:56 PM] Le Manguier: "I see..."

[5:58 PM] Le Manguier: "Well, I do have one question."

[5:59 PM] AOMidori20: "What's that?"

[6:01 PM] Le Manguier: "How does it...feel?"

[6:02 PM] AOMidori20: "Strange."

[6:02 PM] AOMidori20: "I mean, it would now, I would assume."

[6:02 PM] AOMidori20: "But turning into a dragon feels... natural."

[6:04 PM] Le Manguier: "I mean, I get that...but I mean...you know."

[6:04 PM] AOMidori20: "What do you mean?"

[6:05 PM] Le Manguier: "Oh, goodness..."

[6:06 PM] Le Manguier: Elwyn whispers into Kazama's ear.

[6:07 PM] Le Manguier: You Know What

[6:08 PM] AOMidori20: "Oh."

[6:08 PM] AOMidori20: "Oh, goodness..." Kazama giggles.

[6:10 PM] Le Manguier: "Hey!" Elwyn blushed.

[6:10 PM] Le Manguier: "It's a legitimate question!"

[6:10 PM] AOMidori20: "I know, I know, I just never thought you would ask..."

[6:12 PM] AOMidori20: "Well, to answer your question..."

[6:12 PM] AOMidori20: "It's... there."

[6:13 PM] AOMidori20: "It doesn't really do much."

[6:15 PM] AOMidori20: "I'm... not sure what to tell you."

[6:19 PM] Le Manguier: "That's not what I'm asking, though..."

[6:19 PM] AOMidori20: "What're you asking about it, then?"

[6:20 PM] Le Manguier: "Like...how does it feel when you transform?"

[6:20 PM] AOMidori20: "Well..."

[6:20 PM] AOMidori20: "When I don't... need it, it just feels like it has a sock on."

[6:24 PM] Le Manguier: "Weird comparison but all right...I did mean during the process of transforming but OK"

[6:24 PM] AOMidori20: "Oh! Then it just sort of feels like..."

[6:25 PM] AOMidori20: "...you know, when you need it."

[6:25 PM] Le Manguier: "It being...it?"

[6:26 PM] AOMidori20: "Yes."

[6:27 PM] AOMidori20: "But then afterward, it just feels normal."

[6:28 PM] Le Manguier: "I see..."

[6:30 PM] AOMidori20: "...so... yeah. That's, uh... it."

[6:32 PM] Le Manguier: "I'm kind of surprised you didn't ask me why I wanted to know."

[6:33 PM] AOMidori20: "Well, now that you've brought it up..."

[6:35 PM] Le Manguier: "I only wanted to know! Harmless curiosity, that's all."

[6:39 PM] AOMidori20: "Oh, sure..."

[6:41 PM] Le Manguier: "Why do you think I asked then?"

[6:42 PM] AOMidori20: He shrugs. "I was just teasing, Elwyn."

[6:43 PM] Le Manguier: Elwyn sighed.

[6:43 PM] Le Manguier: "It's...kind of funny."

[6:44 PM] AOMidori20: "What is?"

[6:44 PM] Le Manguier: "What we're doing and all that."

[6:44 PM] AOMidori20: "Talking?"

[6:44 PM] Le Manguier: "Well, I meant the topic..."

[6:44 PM] Le Manguier: "I remember when we first met..."

[6:45 PM] Le Manguier: "You came up to me to see if I was dangerous and asked me to show you what I had."

[6:45 PM] AOMidori20: "Yes..."

[6:45 PM] AOMidori20: "And now we're boyfriends."

[6:45 PM] Le Manguier: "Yeah!"

[6:46 PM] Le Manguier: "At the time, I never really thought much...but here we are. Boyfriends."

[6:48 PM] AOMidori20: He chuckles.

[6:54 PM] Le Manguier: "Kazama. I love you."(edited)

[6:54 PM] AOMidori20: "I love you too, dumpling."

[7:01 PM] Le Manguier: =End RP=