whatdeheckisdat | 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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[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.]

...I make a point of avoiding large gatherings.

[Feel free to ask why, but he won't answer. 'Humans suck' is rarely satisfactory reason for most people.]

So do I. I went out there with just a couple of friends of mine, the first time. Then they left, and I stayed a while longer.

[At least Dhaos is self aware.]

And I came to visit!

[Not. Helping. Grune.]

[...Obviously Grune is perfectly fine now, so he hasn't done anything to her, but as usual Dhaos finds himself not liking that. At all.]

...Is that when you made the necklace?

[...Grune, he kind of avoided mentioning that bit for a reason.

And as for Dhaos' question...Giles looks rather politely surprised.]

I...s-sorry, but, d-did I mention that I was the one who, um, m-made that?

[Grune has, of course, forgotten that she was the one to ~~make Giles' life more difficult~~ tell Dhaos who had made her necklace.]

Hmm.... Did you?

[~~Caught red-handed.~~]

...Grune told me. She was quite enthusiastic about it.

[~~When was this mentioned?~~]

O-Oh. Um. Was she? [...Giles uses his free hand to take off his glasses and realizes that he doesn't have a free hand to clean them. You know what? He'll try anyway.] W-Well, I'm, um, c-certainly glad to, to hear that. Really, it was, um, it was the least I could do, a-after...after everything.

[~~At Luceti Land!~~]

It was very kind of him. [She nods.]

...After everything?

[Might have been the only part he heard. Maybe.]

After everything.

[Might have been the only part he wants to mention. Even if he liked and wasn't vaguely suspicious of Dhaos.]

[Grune is just going to stand here and be happy that Giles and Dhaos are having such a nice conversation together. Hers is a happy world of bliss and ignorance.]

[Sometimes, that makes life a little less complicated for Dhaos, which... is sometimes a nice change.

He wonders what exactly has happened between the two of them, and Giles' vague answer is not helping his suspicion.]

...I see.

[He'll have to ask Grune later.]

[Eventually, it will become clear that Giles is leading them to the lake. As far as Giles can feel defensiveness in regards to Grune, he feels it now. And therefore he is not taking Dhaos to the beach.]

Why do you keep water lilies all the way out here, Grune?

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