[Rosa and Selena]
Sep. 25th, 2021 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
golden_dream[She's just gaping at all of the things around them. The vehicles. The shut doors.]
I don't know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't this!
I don't know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't this!
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Date: 2021-09-26 05:38 am (UTC)[Immediately going to check out the panel buttons]
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Date: 2021-09-26 05:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-26 05:45 am (UTC)[Pushing a button that looks like it would open the doors... no response]
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Date: 2021-09-26 05:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-26 05:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-26 05:59 am (UTC)Hey, Selena... can I ask you something personal?
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Date: 2021-09-26 06:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-26 06:28 am (UTC)[it takes her a minute. A solid minute.]
If you went back to when you were Seo Eunha, with the knowledge of what happens, but after your kendo accident, would you stop yourself from drinking, or at least stay away from traffic?
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Date: 2021-09-26 06:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-26 06:35 am (UTC)I don't want to go back to the time I was Seo Eunha. I'm not interested in returning to my old life, or leaving behind any of the things I have now. And I've got a family that needs me, I won't leave them behind.
I really hate the idea of walking straight into my death though. I'd have to do it, and maybe I'd get drunk just to brace myself for it, redoing it all would fucking suck. Even so, there's nothing about the past I'd change even if you gave me the chance.
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Date: 2021-09-26 06:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-26 07:04 am (UTC)...I think I'm at a point where you were as Seo Eunha.
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Date: 2021-09-26 07:13 am (UTC)[Going to go sit on one of the ATV's, drawing a leg up to get comfy. As comfy as you can get on one of these things.]
I dunno if I can recommend my method for changing it all, or offer any platitudes about how "it's okay, it'll get better". If you want to vent though, I'm here to listen and cuss out all the things and people that screwed you over.
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Date: 2021-09-26 07:21 am (UTC)[She'll have a seat, easy.]
I have to make a decision. And the decision will be helped by if I win, but not exactly made.
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Don't tell anyone this, all right? This stays between us. But, if I'm understanding the situation, from a very credible source... then where I was taken from, in my memories before I appeared at the game, I'm one step away from a situation that will kill me.
....So I have to choose if I'm going to walk away, accept the things I've regretted, or... knowing what I know now, I can try to be a hero. Heroine, really. [A laugh, terse.]
But the odds are very much in favor that I'll die anyway.
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Date: 2021-09-26 07:32 am (UTC)My lips are sealed on it. That's a hard choice to make, and running when you've nothing left is a smart decision. Here you even have your pick of worlds you could escape to. Hell, if you don't mind a major technological downgrade you could run away to mine, I know a prince and some nobles that could easily help you establish a new life. Taking the fashion world by storm with your knowledge of future trends is a popular trope.
But, if you left it all, even if the chances of failing are high... Is there truly nothing you'd regret? Nobody you'd miss?
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Date: 2021-09-26 07:39 am (UTC)I have a daughter.
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Date: 2021-09-26 07:43 am (UTC)...You can bring her too.
But if you want to fight for her and her current life, then heroine Rosa has my full support.
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Date: 2021-09-26 07:45 am (UTC)[laughs again.]
But... your world doesn't have indoor plumbing, does it? I think I'd have a hard time adapting.
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Date: 2021-09-26 07:51 am (UTC)What's your daughter's name?
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Date: 2021-09-26 08:00 am (UTC)We don't... have the best relationship. I've had to support her alone. Because her father took me for everything I was worth. [She can't help some bitterness from coming out there.]
I was in a situation I was basically waiting for my Father to die so I could grab my share of the inheritance and rebuild my life. But, that's not going to happen. My entire family is going to die. Once we all get on an airplane and then a boat to get to his mansion for our family reunion, our fate is sealed.
--So, do I get on, or off? If I go, I'm accepting I'm probably going to die, even if there's a tiny chance I can take what I know and alter things. I don't know the details of who-kills-who or when or why so it's impossible to say how it will turn out. And on the other hand... if I just step away from the airport and tell them some excuse for not going, I'm surrendering my entire livelihood and basically telling my family "I don't want my inheritance."
So I'm stuck. I was hoping to find some vestige of 'love' here, but the men are all idiots.
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Date: 2021-09-26 08:12 am (UTC)Well first of all, Maria's father sounds like a piece of shit, so fuck him.
Missing one reunion will really disinherit you? What if you or Maria got sick, even then? No offense but your father doesn't sound too great either.
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Date: 2021-09-26 08:27 am (UTC)Let's just say we already suspect Father's dead and my eldest brother, the only one who lives with him, is just hiding the death and pretending he's still alive so he can embezzle all of his money. It's going to be a very tense atmosphere with very strong personalities throwing their weight around. No one has an incentive to sit around and play nice, whether the truth comes out or not.
If I stay behind, and Father's alive, he'll disinherit me for being 'insolent'. If I stay behind and Father's dead, then presumably everyone will feast on my brother alive and blackmail him to keep the charade going, at best.
...
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Date: 2021-09-26 08:30 am (UTC)Yes, it's not insane to think in that atmosphere someone will do something really stupid.
Theoretically... theoretically, I could try to throw away the grenade before it explodes, but if I mess it up...
...Tell me more about fantasy land?
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Date: 2021-09-26 08:44 am (UTC)It's not perfect. There's demons and magic and complicated politics I'm involved in, but the kingdom is mostly safe. I'm making sure of it. And I'd make sure you and Maria had a peaceful, happy life. The nobles have all these fancy balls and tea parties they need to dress for, the food there is really good. I could introduce you to Ilea - she's the daughter of the duke - and ask her to sponsor you as her designer. She's a nice girl, doesn't let anyone intimidate her or the people she cares about, you'd like her I think.
If you do decide to go to the island though, and things go wrong, it's not your only chance to escape. This is the final date, so no matter if you win or not, you've made it to the end and you're getting the same option to travel between universes everyone else is. So if it's what you need to do to, then getting on that island doesn't mean it's your last chance to take Maria and run. And if you really want to try and fix things... You can call on me to come to you. You don't have to be the heroine all alone.
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Date: 2021-09-26 08:45 am (UTC)...You'd do that for me?
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Date: 2021-09-26 08:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-26 09:18 am (UTC)[God, she'll take it.]
[She reaches out with one hand]
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Date: 2021-09-26 09:29 am (UTC)Luckily for you, getting in over my head on complicatedly murderous family drama is a specialty of mine at this point.
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Date: 2021-09-26 09:36 am (UTC)This... this is really a relief in so many ways.
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Date: 2021-09-26 09:37 am (UTC)Wait, Selena... in your world does anyone care about gold?
As in, currency. Measured in pounds.
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Date: 2021-09-26 09:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-26 09:48 am (UTC)[Her tone jumps from solemn to jubilant in just a second.]
What if I told you I could get us 20 billion yen worth of gold?? And I know exactly where it is??
We can take one of those portals there, take it to your world, and live like queens!
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Date: 2021-09-26 10:06 am (UTC)Ha! Holy shit, for real? I'm in! Let's grab Maria and the gold and I'll show you the best mansions.
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Date: 2021-09-26 10:10 am (UTC)[despite the happy tone shift, there was a bit of distaste in saying magic and witches there.]
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Date: 2021-09-26 10:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-26 10:20 am (UTC)[She'll stand up and even offer to dance and laugh and sing]