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Getting whatever is there healed is important, or you'll just keep reopening it.
[ gently pushing him back, so he can steer him towards the new clinic. ]
And if you get something worse, tell me. I have something that can help.
[ gently pushing him back, so he can steer him towards the new clinic. ]
And if you get something worse, tell me. I have something that can help.
... I have an item for healing. I received it the same way as some of the others - on that Black Market. I've been saving it for an emergency.
[ because it is powerful, and one use, it feels important to be judicious. ]
[ because it is powerful, and one use, it feels important to be judicious. ]
I can make the decisions on how to use it, I'm the healer here.
[ said with a thank you very much tone. ]
Like I said. If it gets worse, tell me.
[ said with a thank you very much tone. ]
Like I said. If it gets worse, tell me.
[ welcome to memshare week. starters will simply be welcome to the funhouse. a memory plays out across the mirrors - strangely disjointed in parts, as anders stands stock still and watches.
he pauses for a moment, and then holds up a fist like he's thinking of simply ... shattering the glass. ]
he pauses for a moment, and then holds up a fist like he's thinking of simply ... shattering the glass. ]
[ ah.
yves recognizes these in bits and pieces, and he shudders when he sees the behavior that the tranquil mark results in. that act of removing a person's awareness. to be a puppet. it's... it's familiar in a way, that he wished could never truly happen. his heart aches for this unhappy ending, and he turns only to see that raised fist.
so he reaches out - slowly but surely - to gently cover anders's hand with his ]
... Anders. [ softly ] Careful. You could hurt yourself.
yves recognizes these in bits and pieces, and he shudders when he sees the behavior that the tranquil mark results in. that act of removing a person's awareness. to be a puppet. it's... it's familiar in a way, that he wished could never truly happen. his heart aches for this unhappy ending, and he turns only to see that raised fist.
so he reaches out - slowly but surely - to gently cover anders's hand with his ]
... Anders. [ softly ] Careful. You could hurt yourself.
[ he's not really a punching type of guy, so he's easy enough to dissuade from putting a fist through glass, but he does turn his back to the mirror - crossing his arms over his chest. ]
... Sorry. You shouldn't have to see it.
... Sorry. You shouldn't have to see it.
[ yves watches for a moment before placing a hand on his shoulder ]
... I'm sorry you didn't get a chance to share this with me yourself, even if I also understand if you'd never want to. But... I don't mind knowing something else about you.
I'm just sorry that it was so painful.
... I'm sorry you didn't get a chance to share this with me yourself, even if I also understand if you'd never want to. But... I don't mind knowing something else about you.
I'm just sorry that it was so painful.
It's alright.
[ he is at least holding it together decently for the moment. it's not like this one doesn't play on repeat in his own head. ]
It's what he wanted. He asked.
[ he is at least holding it together decently for the moment. it's not like this one doesn't play on repeat in his own head. ]
It's what he wanted. He asked.
He was-- the first person I was ever really with. But we hadn't been together for a long time by then.
[ he doesn't know that he'd call it love - in so much as they weren't allowed to be in love. ]
He convinced me once that we shouldn't leave the tower. I used to try escaping. All the time. But he asked me to stop, because it worried him, so I did. We could have some sort of life there, and it wouldn't be free, but we would have food and shelter and each other at least. He was the best thing about that place.
[ he doesn't know that he'd call it love - in so much as they weren't allowed to be in love. ]
He convinced me once that we shouldn't leave the tower. I used to try escaping. All the time. But he asked me to stop, because it worried him, so I did. We could have some sort of life there, and it wouldn't be free, but we would have food and shelter and each other at least. He was the best thing about that place.
[ yves listens and he's quiet about it. and he does think that's probably true. even if it's not quite love, if it's as close as it can be without being, then he does understand how that can be enough to stay someone's hand from reaching for that front door. to feel trapped and yet so, so adoring ]
... you must've made him so very happy. For him to choose that life with you.
[ and vice versa ]
... you must've made him so very happy. For him to choose that life with you.
[ and vice versa ]
I think I mostly drove him insane, actually. I had a reputation.
[ but probably happy too. that's the thing about these pedestals he builds for people. there are times in their shadows he is happy. he was happy in the tower, he was happy in Kirkwall, with Hawke. for years, even. but it always crashes again. ]
Who knows. Maybe it wouldn't have lasted anyway. It's not as if we got to find out.
[ but probably happy too. that's the thing about these pedestals he builds for people. there are times in their shadows he is happy. he was happy in the tower, he was happy in Kirkwall, with Hawke. for years, even. but it always crashes again. ]
Who knows. Maybe it wouldn't have lasted anyway. It's not as if we got to find out.
[ there's a little laugh at that, heartened. but he'll also place his hand to rest over anders's ]
Or you could've been lucky and had your first love be exactly who and what you needed at the time. Maybe your souls will find each other again, somehow, and you can try it out.
[ and wouldn't that be nice?
do u want mem back, alli ]
Or you could've been lucky and had your first love be exactly who and what you needed at the time. Maybe your souls will find each other again, somehow, and you can try it out.
[ and wouldn't that be nice?
do u want mem back, alli ]
You're always an optimist, Yves.
[ gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme ]
[ gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme ]
I do like to believe that things can work out eventually.
[ you might call it a survival tactic. the mirrors shift.
You won’t fool me by calling me Mother, you demon…! ]
[ you might call it a survival tactic. the mirrors shift.
You won’t fool me by calling me Mother, you demon…! ]
[ well that does explain a lot about yves. what it doesn't explain is how anyone could treat him that way. demon. abomination. possessed by death. it's enough to drive a knife of familiar rage under his skin. if he could glow, if his skin could still crack with that otherworldly light, it would be. ]
How dare anyone treat you that way.
[ justice has Thoughts. ]
How dare anyone treat you that way.
[ justice has Thoughts. ]
[ coming to find his ass and it better be on the hospital!!! ]
[ like a naughty cat!!!!!! ]
… At least let me walk you wherever you’re going.
… At least let me walk you wherever you’re going.
[ okay... yves will hold his hand out like he's ready to at least use anders for support ]
... 'm cold. [ a little sad, pathetic to admit ] I wanted to sit by the heat in the spring.
[ he knows better than to go in but
his fingers are trembling faintly ]
... 'm cold. [ a little sad, pathetic to admit ] I wanted to sit by the heat in the spring.
[ he knows better than to go in but
his fingers are trembling faintly ]
[ he'll come over to support him, trying to take a look over his injuries while he can. ]
Alright. Let's go then.
Alright. Let's go then.
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