whatdeheckisdat | 004 - [Action/Written]

004 - [Action/Written]

[When had Dhaos returned to Luceti...? On the first of August, as he recalled. With the kidnapping effect in place, the confusion in its subsequent removal, the return of Luceti Land, and the draft, Dhaos has had little time to reflect on anything that has happened since then. But now that everything has quieted down again, he can think...

If you are content to wait and let time take its course, then the world will have returned to nothingness long before you recall your purpose.

Those words were not meant for Dhaos, but the truth in them rang clear in his ears. Time might not move while he stays in Luceti, but he is no closer to saving Derris-Kharlan than he was when he arrived-- or when he left. And he's been in Luceti for half a year now. Regardless of how helpless he might seem, sitting here and doing nothing would get him nowhere. There was a planet waiting for him.

He doesn't trust the humans and half elves. Arche is an enemy. Kratos is a mystery. Yuan, while apparently trustworthy as far as Dhaos has seen, already knows more than him-- and is too intelligent for Dhaos to risk widening the knowledge gap between them by telling him what he knows. That leaves one person-- the one person from Aselia Dhaos knew for absolute certain would never intentionally compromise him.]

[Written, Filtered to Martel: 80%]

Forgive me, but there is

[The filter breaks.

...

Dhaos closes the journal and hurls it into the opposite wall. Sorry, Luceti, no announcements from him. Feel free to question the filter failure-- or not.

Anywho, regardless of his mood when she arrives,

lostinmyway has decided it's about time she fulfilled that promise to introduce Dhaos to all her friends. If you are on Grune's CR chart, if you have ever spoken to Grune even once, or even if you've never met either of them in your life, Grune wants you to meet Dhaos. Come make the poor Demon King's life as awkward as possible! He's also available at night, as always.]

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Hmm.... We could go for a walk. Or look for flowers. Or maybe we could watch the clouds. [She did that with Ginia recently. It was a lot of fun!]

[You are human, and that is bad enough, but then you had the guts to go and take advantage of Grune's eternal inability to not make friends with every single person in Luceti.

Anyway, Dhaos can't really... say that he's not up for anything period. Darn.]

...Of those three, going for a walk sounds the best. [That's not saying much, though.]

I, um, wouldn't mind cloud watching, either.

[It's peaceful, and it's quiet.]

I suppose walking could lead to looking for flowers, though.

[...shrug.]

Maybe we could do all three. [Then she could spend lots of time with two of her best friends!]

[...Perhaps it is too much to ask that Grune doesn't suggest things Dhaos doesn't want to do, huh.]

...Do as you wish.

[He'll just be unsociable and linefaced the whole time.]

[Whereas Giles has...more or less accepted the fact that Grune could, if she wanted, talk him into anything.

Looking back and forth between the two. Looking slightly longer at Dhaos. Was it something he said?

Finally, with a soft sigh, he looks back at Grune.]

Shall we walk, then?

All right. That would be very nice. [And she holds out her hands to both of them.]

[...Thank you, Grune, for trapping Dhaos between his pride and his inability to let Giles get closer to you than he is. ...Physically, of course. Dhaos still doesn't trust him.

He doesn't take Grune's hand, but he's sure she'll end up doing that on her own, anyway.] Mm...

[Giles takes one of Grune's hands, lacing their fingers together. On the one hand, that's always nice. On the other, it puts Grune between him and Dhaos. Dhaos seems to kind of like Grune, even if Giles is getting the distinct impression that Dhaos can't stand him.]

Shall we?

Oh, yes. [As always, she pumps her free fist.] Charge!

[...And then she takes Dhaos' hand.]

[Yeah, he figured. Now the three of them can skip along holding hands.

...Or not. Have a defeated sigh from your friend the Demon King here, Grune.]

[...no, actually, Giles draws the line at skipping, too. If he was even capable of it, which he's not sure he is. At least they can agree on that?

Lead the way, Grune.]

[Grune is downright delighted. Here she is, hand in hand with two of her very precious friends. Life couldn't be better.]

I wonder where we should go first.

[It could be, but Dhaos is sure Grune doesn't really think about what could be.]

...Your choice, I suppose.

[And, because he knows Grune, Giles will eventually tug her off towards the river. It might not be the most graceful of processions, but he'll get them moving.]

[Grune is quite happily tugged!] Do you want to go somewhere special, Giles?

[Dhaos can kind of recognize the path Giles wants to take, but he wants to hear the other man's answer.

Um, Dhaos, you're overthinking this.]

Just by the river. Thought it might be nice.

[Giles most certainly isn't.]

Neither of you seemed as though you wanted to go anywhere in particular.

Oh, the river is always so pretty. That's a nice idea.

You would be correct in that assumption.

[...Giles, not Grune. Whether or not that is a 'nice' idea is up for debate, in Dhaos' opinion.]

Besides, walking is very good exercise.

Perhaps we could stop by the beach, even. Or the lake.

Oh, the beach is very nice. [Grune has a lot of very nice memories from that beach.] But if we go to the lake, then we can see my water lilies. Hmm....

...As it happens, I have never been to the beach.

[Kind of strange, given how long he's been here.]

Neither had I, until a couple of months ago. It's quite nice, you know, if you take care to avoid any parties.

Very, um, very peaceful.

[Pick a direction or he'll do it for you.]

Oh, the parties are very nice, too. Have you got to any of them? [It's addressed to both of them.]

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