yves & marcoh

[noirges]

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[noirges]

[ smiles gently but knowingly ] It's okay. I forgive you.

But... good. I'm sure you will. [ so much faith! ] What's Prehevil like, if it's giving you so much trouble...?

[boxcar]

[ Forgive... he looks just a little bit sad about that. ]

... It's a strange city. Foggy and dark. I was only there two days, but they felt like the longest two days I've ever experienced.

Something is wrong there. I don't understand what, or why. Just that some god is maybe involved.

[noirges]

[ why sad...? yves looks a little concerned, but he'll table it for now... ]

Another cursed place... and if the train's broken down, it's hard to leave?

It must be pretty dangerous...

[ if marcoh was only there 2 days and got so deda from it ]

[boxcar]

I tried to see how far I could walk by foot, but the fog was thick and I ended up returning to the train.

Not unlike the first day we were here, if you tried.

...

But it's less dangerous here.

[noirges]

Ah... that's good.

Were there... [ his brow furrows, like he's not sure what could be lurking in a fog or a spooky town ] Traps? Wild animals...? Unfriendly people?

[boxcar]

Yes. Yes. Also yes.

[ All of the above. ]

[noirges]

Oh.

[


hmm ]

Maybe you can ask if they can also take you out of Prehevil.

[boxcar]

That would be nice.

...

[ Mmm. ]

But I would be worried about the other people too.

[noirges]

Ah... I guess that if the train broke down, you probably weren't the only passenger, huh...

[boxcar]

Fourteen including me.

Bad things were happening in that city.

[noirges]

Bad things...? [ tilts head ]

Like...?

[boxcar]

It's a... maybe long story?

[ He's not sure where to start... he's not good at wrapping stuff up neatly. ]

[noirges]

Well... I have time, as long as you want to try.

[ but he'll still leave the out open just in case ]

[boxcar]

We all saw a strange dream. A man at the top of a tower said that we were "contestants in the Festival of Termina". That there could only be one "champion" in it.

The city itself was... bad. There were dead bodies, traps, and the people there looked like they were becoming monsters.

[noirges]

[ . . . wow creepy and terrible

yves looks shocked himself, and this is after talking about these terrible murder flowers ]

You think... the town was experiencing the Festival?

[boxcar]

I don't know.

I do think he said it was the third.

[noirges]

That's awful...

[ and honestly he's been so freakishly chill with most of the things in heaven because he's an easygoing guy, but this type of rampant suffering is what actually makes him look mad. frustrated, for once ]

I'm sorry, Marcoh. You don't deserve to be there—no one does. Maybe there'll be a way for the angels to help stop the situation, so you don't have to have to go back to that.

It wouldn't even make sense—to redeem your life and save it, only to put you somewhere so dangerous again. We can help you make a case for it.

[boxcar]

[ Oh Yves you sweet bean. Marcoh isn't as doompilled as Daan is about Prehevil at least. Because he thinks he can punch through stuff and hasn't seen as many horrors. ]

All I need is to stop the guy that killed me. The rest I can figure something out.

[ No please don't let him figure it out the city is hell. ]

[noirges]

[ still angy.............. ]

It's not that I doubt you, but... it's not something you have to figure out alone. [ gives his hand a squeeze ]

Curses and things like this... It can take so long to fix them. Too long for one person, too much for one person. I can't let someone go through that again.

[boxcar]

Again?

[ He's not sure what he means, if he's equating the island's curse to his weird death city plight or what. ]

[noirges]

[ frowns... ]

I let a friend take on a burden all by himself before, because I thought that he could handle it—everyone thought he could.

I know you're different. I know you're strong.

But... I don't want knowing that to stop me from trying to help you. I'm sorry if that makes me too forward.

[boxcar]

[ He's quiet to that. Thinking -- not in terms of himself but of Yves and this friend of his, what might've happened to him. ]

It's not.

[ To the 'too forward' thing. ]

I appreciate it.

[noirges]

[ oh... he's relieved. ]

You do? Then... I'm glad. Because you were going to have a hard time shaking me off anyway.

[ just a little bit of levity... but also... it's very true... ]

We'll figure something out.

[boxcar]

I can keep up with anything you throw at me.

[ Even if it's FRIENDSHIP!!! ]

[noirges]

[ laughs!! ]

Don’t worry, my friend, it’ll just be the full force of how much I come to love you.

It’s why I wouldn’t want you to go alone into any hardship.