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Gaheris Rhade ([personal profile] truth_is_cold) wrote2013-02-09 07:45 pm

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[There is apparently one section on the fifth floor that's full of royally pissed off people. This lovely little announcement starts out with the sound of a hand slamming a communicator several times because the thing just isn't turning on fast enough, or working to his liking.]

Anyone up for a game of chess or Pai Sho or... practically anything? I have a ridiculous amount of games.

I'll need about twenty minutes to clean my room. [Because he has been breaking things left and right.]

I think I'll be leaving soon. At least for a little while. [Possibly for good. He's not sure yet. He's thinking that might be the case.] I need someone to be responsible for Ben for me, but I need to see my daughter. "Blame" whoever you like, I can't be of any use right now.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-10 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Yeah, I am. I've been putting it off because I'm afraid if I go I might never see you again. And I don't want that. I lost you once, I don't want to lose you again. And I don't want Ben to think I'm abandoning you, or him.

But Cato graduated and I have to go try to save the galaxies and this time not get our friends killed doing it. I have a responsibility to them.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-10 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
[He puts his hand on Rhade's shoulder.]

I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that we see each other again, one way or another. I had a Nietzschean compliment me on my ability to turn the universe to my will, and that's what I will.

Are you going to come back to the Barge? Ben needs you, you know. I don't think there's any warden here who can serve him better.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-10 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
Pessimist. [The accusation is fondly spoken.]

You go see your baby girl, and give her a kiss from her Uncle Dylan. Even though she's never met me, I'm sure we'll get along great when I finally get introduced. And I do plan for you to introduce us sometime.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-10 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Gaheris's tired look breaks his heart. He's had too many tragic goodbyes. And if this is going to be the last time he sees Gaheris, he doesn't want him to look so sad and regretful.

Gaheris says he doesn't want to know if Dylan accepts the apologies, but he can show him anyway. He takes his face in his hands and kisses him.]


You take care of yourself while you're gone. Or make that fine-suited gentleman take care of you. You're important to me and I don't want to hear that you've been being too hard on yourself when I see you again.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-10 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
I will. I promise. And I'll take good care of Ben for you while you're gone. I promised him piano lessons. I'd better give him at least a few before I go save the universe.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-10 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
Because of this ship I got to see you alive again. I've got to be grateful to it for that.

[He smiles self-deprecatingly.]

If I fail, Trance'll probably recruit Refractions next or something.

[Then, more seriously.]

If it doesn't work, I'll come back here. I'll be okay.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-10 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry. Sometimes you can't save everyone. [Not that this stops Dylan from trying. Or from feeling responsible for people's death when he fails.]

Killing her murderer won't change it. Especially not here where he'll get back up again in a few days. And your freedom is way more valuable than temporary revenge.

I'll tie you down if I have to. I know you've got some silk rope around here somewhere. [He doesn't think it will be necessary, but anything that helps Gaheris talk himself out of it.]
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-10 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oof. That's rough. That's...particularly horrible. I can see why you need to leave for a while.

[He rests his hand on Gaheris' back, over his shoulder blade.]

I'll be here waiting when you get back.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-10 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
No. Don't do that to yourself. Besides, in my memories, it was me who killed you. So if you're going to hate yourself for killing me you have to hate me, too, for killing you. [It's not an entirely logical argument, and Dylan's aware of it. But he doesn't want Gaheris to leave feeling guilty over what had happened in the past.]

We aren't saying goodbye. Not quite yet. I'll wait for you to come back and then we can have a good goodbye, not one that's got a cloud of murder and violence hanging over it.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-11 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[He pushes him a little, just enough to rock him forward where he sat.] Try it and I'll pin you to the floor.

[But he understands what Gaheris is getting at. And when it's time to say goodbye he won't leave him with those painful words.]
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-11 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He watches Gaheris, still worried about him.]

I mean it, you be careful. And don't beat yourself up too much.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-11 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Dylan stands up as well, and starts picking up a few broken shards from the flood and holds them carefully in his hand.]

I don't like to see you hurt, whether it's someone else hurting you, or you hurting yourself.
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[personal profile] hunt4commonwealth 2013-02-12 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't make a difference if you were a Nietzschean or a human or a...a Perseid. I'd still worry about you. You being a Niezschean means that I just have to worry extra observantly, because the clues that you're hurting might be pretty subtle.

[He looks around the thrashed room.]

Not so much this time, though.

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