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[alienation]

Well, it does seem a bit like our tradition now.

[ takes his hand. ]

[markofkaine]

You love it.

[With a grin, Kaine squeezes his hand and leads him to the clocktower - and through the door, to the lush greenhouse inside. Hopefully now night appropriate for gargoyles.]

[alienation]

... something so beautiful was in here all along?

[markofkaine]

...Guess this might be the bunny kid's home? It makes sense if he-- and 'Shelley-san' - used to be the original residents of this world.

[Let us take a stroll through the flowers,]

[alienation]

That could be it.

[ Every so often he's going to pause to make them both look at a flower ok. ]

What I expected to be in here was far worse, anyhow.

[ Like, a door to hell, maybe. ]

[markofkaine]

[ah, mandatory flower appreciation break...]

Well, I wouldn't take you here if it was dangerous.

[Like they did have a double date investigating a torture room but that's different]

[alienation]

You could.

[ wasn't it great fun then! ]

Here, this one has such a lovely scent.

[markofkaine]

[I did get to punch Wilbur, so. That was a plus.]

Okay well. The lead up would've been a little different.

[Sniffs~~]

[alienation]

[ so sweet... so floral... ]

That's right. We're on a date now, aren't we?

[ look! an aesthetic stone bench!! time to sit for a moment before continuing. ]

[markofkaine]

Well if you're having a nice time, and I'm having a nice time - I guess we are.

[OOPS, A DATE!]

[alienation]

[ how are you like this. ]

Adorable as ever. Wait here a moment for me.

[ He's going to nick the notes off of a nearby table before returning. ]

[markofkaine]

[Bumbling into romance assbackwards]

Okay-- wait, are you reading intel on a date??

[alienation]

You only just now decided that it was a date.

[ He's mostly just going to take pictures of the neat notes for the moment. ]

[markofkaine]

And it was a unanimously agreed upon.

[Gonna wait though. Maybe a little nervous for no reason at all.]

[alienation]

[ Ok time to put the papers away and settle back next to him. Maybe a little against him.

Also takes his hand again. ]

It's relieving that this place exists now. Where we can be reasonably certain that the warden cannot see us.

[ he wouldn't have believed it before. ]

[markofkaine]

[Yes good. Handholding important.

Since they know no one's watching them, he ventures,]

...Do you really think it's still possible to harness the power of this place?

[alienation]

[ exhales. ]

Yes. As long as we are here, we have that possibility. Though, we may have to spring on the chance if it appears.

[ if it doesn't..........

he doesn't want to think about it, but he has. ]

[markofkaine]

And... what if it doesn't?

[Just. Saying that part out loud '^' Concern]

[alienation]

[ silent. then, ]

I would have to uphold my promise to you in a different way. That is all there is to it.

[markofkaine]

[He's quiet for a while, contemplating what that would entail.]

Lotor. I don't want you doing anything crazy to fix your mistakes. As long as I can be with you, I'll be happy. Even if it means living with the consequences of... everything.

[alienation]

[ he has to choose his words very carefully. ]

Is that right... that will be a comforting thought if all of these tokens turn out to be for nothing.

Either way, I think it'll be alright. [ a pause. good partners... good people... they do this, right. ] When it is time, I will discuss my final plan with you first.

[markofkaine]

[Somehow you still managed to word that last part ominously]

You sound like you have something in mind already.

[alienation]

...I've been thinking of it, since that night in the hot spring. How best to utilize this "wish" of mine.

[markofkaine]

That's-- a long time.

[we weren't even dating yet!!! despite seeing me naked so many times already,]

[alienation]

Undoing that. Preventing my own death. I could have attempted the trial at Oriande again—there was always a great many reasons why I could utilize my wish on that. Only recently has that could become should.

[ a bit good, a bit... a lot... self-serving, and not always good. but he's admitting it. trying? ]

I've changed the exact specifications several times over my time here. But I believe I am closing in on doing it in a way that won't be... [ ... ] too crazy.