W2 PLAYER CYOA: rondo, lavi, mathis, ashlyn (flurry & alli)

[mygod]

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TALK TO HOPE (if you want, i'm not the boss of you)

[ablazement]

It's absolutely PREPOSTEROUS that we are alive - maybe we're not!

[hope says, glancing at all of you. she laughs, full of glee, shaking her hands out.]

Pinch me! Let's see if it's true! Oh, but, that doesn't matter. What a glorious, jubilant day.

[for the first time since you met, hope is... calm. at peace. it flows over you, eases your hurts. you're all going to be okay.]

[cumulative]

[they're okay, they're all okay...]

Um, I'd rather not pinch you...

[handholds instead.]

...thank you for helping us.

[ablazement]

[she is also okay with handholds! she squeezes his hands.]

Of course, of course. You believed in me, so I believed in you. That's how it works, right? How Hope always works.

You're a very strong person, you know! Don't let me hear about you sacrificing yourself for things now, you hear, I'll be very cross.

[cumulative]

I- I didn't-!

[BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM BUT SHHHH]

[ablazement]

[pats his face.]

And continue to don't! Didn't! Do not!

You can come back any time, dear Mathis. There's always a place here for you if you need it.

[cumulative]

[help the face pat]

Um, I won't! Wouldn't...? Wait-

[now he's getting confused because of the way she talks help]

I-if I have the chance, though, then I'll visit you.

[ablazement]

Oh, splendid! Yay!

[she laughs, clapping her hands.]

Then - I'll see you. You've always got me.

[you always have hope! even when she's hard to find.]

[flameguard]

[ we did it??? we did it. cool. we are Okay Enough to have cute feelsy conversations. i look forward to exploding later. but for now, rondo's immediately coming over to hope to take her hands and give them a squeeze, with the warmest smile in the world. ]

Miss Hope, thank you so much for your assistance - we truly would have been doomed without you.

[ THE HEALS ]

[ablazement]

[explodes you explodes you

no, she's happy to do this, beaming up at him. handholds!]

Of course, of course! You might have been alright, but probably you would have roasted, with your eyelids peeled off like grapes - oh, but that's not a fun conversation, let's not have that one.

You are a very bright person, Mr. Rondo. It's good to know you.

[flameguard]

Oh - just Rondo is fine, ma'am.... you're too kind. I could say the same for you - you are well suited to your name.

[ ue ue ue he turns a little pink in the cheeks anyway and ducks his head. compliments... ]

I think I'd like to avoid being roasted again. [ only blue fire now. blue fire only good forever. ] ...Can I ask you a question?

[ablazement]

Of course! You might not like the answer!

[flameguard]

...Did you ever meet someone named Karlach?

[ablazement]

Hmm...

[she thinks.]

I've met so many people! So many people who have come through here, looking, wailing, gnashing their teeth. I don't ask the names. It makes me sad.

What do they look like? I can remember faces! Mostly... if they weren't eaten.

[bookpapers]

[just killed a guy what a great day]

So now what?

[he looks around just in case ka-ren shows up for round two]

[ablazement]

So now you can leave! This is my house now. My house forever. House of Hope has a nice ring to it when it's not filled with devils.

[looks at him]

You can go.

[BE NICE]

[bookpapers]

[SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE? he snickers]

Alright. Good luck with your house, Hope.

[ablazement]

[she claps!!]

You can come back any time! Oh, but send a message first. I'll have to tidy the place.

[bookpapers]

[tidy the place... like with brooms... which reminds him --]

What's gonna happen to the others?

[ablazement]

The others? Oh! You mean the debtors? I'll waive those debts. I don't need them. But - they are dead. They're here, so...

[she thinks.]

They can stay here. I'd like this place to be home.

[killies]

[ awkwardly, and at an obvious delay from everyone else talking to her: ]

T-thanks. For helping us.

[ablazement]

[she comes over to pat ash's arm...]

Oh, of course. I did want my house, you know!

[killies]

[ is pat'd..... ]

Makes sense.

[ablazement]

[a pause, and then, with a little smile:]

Miss Ashlyn - you'll be alright. It'll all be okay in the end.

[killies]

You're Hope. You just have to say things like that.

[ablazement]

It doesn't make it any less true! You could stand to believe me, you know, it's better than not.