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[ he's free to look! there's gauze on yves's face, taped on where all the blood had been earlier. it's on both underneath his mask and on his other cheek entirely.
everything else is unfortunately hidden by clothes and he still moves like he's not injured at all. when he takes anders's arm though, he's cold. so cold. and shivering. ]
Thanks. Sorry to make you worry.
everything else is unfortunately hidden by clothes and he still moves like he's not injured at all. when he takes anders's arm though, he's cold. so cold. and shivering. ]
Thanks. Sorry to make you worry.
[ he'll take his arm, shuddering a little at the cold. he'll still walk slow, even if yves is moving as if he's alright. better to be careful still. ]
You don't need to apologize. Are you alright?
You don't need to apologize. Are you alright?
[ yves wants to argue a little bit—he really does think that people do the best they can with what information they had. but... even he knows that this would have been hard for him to watch for anyone else. because it is yves, he can excuse it.
it's just... a little nice
to have the ideal of justice itself saying that he was wronged ]
... it does still ache, sometimes. [ . . . ] Even if I try not to blame anyone.
[ so please don't get too angry? ]
it's just... a little nice
to have the ideal of justice itself saying that he was wronged ]
... it does still ache, sometimes. [ . . . ] Even if I try not to blame anyone.
[ so please don't get too angry? ]
[ yeah. maybe it's a little insight into why anders cares about Justice so much, enough to take him into his body, give up part of his mind to him entirely.
just once, it is nice to know that a spirit - which cannot lie, and cannot hide its true feelings - has heard your story, and it knows you have been treated with injustice.
anders shoulder's will slump again, as it pushes back. ]
... You did a brave thing. It should be a scar you are able to wear proudly.
just once, it is nice to know that a spirit - which cannot lie, and cannot hide its true feelings - has heard your story, and it knows you have been treated with injustice.
anders shoulder's will slump again, as it pushes back. ]
... You did a brave thing. It should be a scar you are able to wear proudly.
[ well
it's a smart move because yves is ultimately a deeply accommodating person, and he will shift to match anders's pace instead ]
... maybe?
[ he's not confident ]
I'm physically hurt, I know that... and emotionally, I...
[ how does he even begin to describe what he went through ]
... I don't want to be left behind.
it's a smart move because yves is ultimately a deeply accommodating person, and he will shift to match anders's pace instead ]
... maybe?
[ he's not confident ]
I'm physically hurt, I know that... and emotionally, I...
[ how does he even begin to describe what he went through ]
... I don't want to be left behind.
[ yes his old knees can't possibly walk faster than this, yves will just HAVE to match him, oh no ...
squeezing the arm he has a hold of slightly tighter. ]
You won't be.
[ he knows these thursday things are probably worse emotionally than they are physically - wounds heal. thoughts linger. ]
squeezing the arm he has a hold of slightly tighter. ]
You won't be.
[ he knows these thursday things are probably worse emotionally than they are physically - wounds heal. thoughts linger. ]
I would've died for them.
[ and yves offers this too readily as someone who finds himself always dying for others, rushing to their rescue before his brain can process what his body is doing
which makes it all the more frustrating here ]
But I couldn't. I was the only one who couldn't.
[ and yves offers this too readily as someone who finds himself always dying for others, rushing to their rescue before his brain can process what his body is doing
which makes it all the more frustrating here ]
But I couldn't. I was the only one who couldn't.
[ ah.
he doesn't know if he can go that far—the insults and rocks thrown at him, calling him a monster and a puppet, are still in his memory. the way that people whisper about him when they think he can't hear still lingers. but...
this sentiment is one that he holds close and cherishes. maybe one day he can believe this too. ]
... maybe one day. [ a beat ] I don't regret saving her.
he doesn't know if he can go that far—the insults and rocks thrown at him, calling him a monster and a puppet, are still in his memory. the way that people whisper about him when they think he can't hear still lingers. but...
this sentiment is one that he holds close and cherishes. maybe one day he can believe this too. ]
... maybe one day. [ a beat ] I don't regret saving her.
For what it's worth, everyone is alive. You made it back. No one needed to die for anyone. I'm sure you did well.
[ . . . did they? he has to believe that. there's a shaky little breath for a moment as he tries to center himself as to where he is ]
... right.
... they're all badly hurt, though. Please look after them too, Anders.
[ yves knows he will but... the fussing is there ]
... right.
... they're all badly hurt, though. Please look after them too, Anders.
[ yves knows he will but... the fussing is there ]
[ well. for now? ]
I know.
I still have the item that can heal. I understand not wanting to use it before Saturday, in case we are required to check wounds. But I feel like a monster, withholding it any longer. I would like to use it on one of you - you can decide amongst yourselves who it will be if you like.
I know.
I still have the item that can heal. I understand not wanting to use it before Saturday, in case we are required to check wounds. But I feel like a monster, withholding it any longer. I would like to use it on one of you - you can decide amongst yourselves who it will be if you like.
[ he smiles gently at that ]
... I've already gotten an offer. [ because people are kind, and he loves them so much. ] I've personally turned it down for now. The guilt of knowing that some of their injuries happened at my hand... I couldn't take it. And while I know it's cause for concern in some areas... I don't feel the pain they do, and it bothers me more to know that they have to endure that alongside everything else.
So... please ask them.
... I've already gotten an offer. [ because people are kind, and he loves them so much. ] I've personally turned it down for now. The guilt of knowing that some of their injuries happened at my hand... I couldn't take it. And while I know it's cause for concern in some areas... I don't feel the pain they do, and it bothers me more to know that they have to endure that alongside everything else.
So... please ask them.
You can't heal anyone else with your own pain, you know.
[ it doesn't work like that. pain only begets pain. ]
I know you don't feel it, but it's still there. You're still mortal.
[ it doesn't work like that. pain only begets pain. ]
I know you don't feel it, but it's still there. You're still mortal.
[ okay i hate to say that he recognizes her from ... the fish's memories ... but he kinda does. ]
Who is she?
Who is she?
[ hi! anders can be found wander the Candy Castle, emotions somewhere between a simmering rage at the rich and frustration at definitely being super lost. where even is this. some sort of room for WAITING in? is that a swimming pool next door? ]
I never understood how the nobility stand it.
I never understood how the nobility stand it.
[ yves does have a little trace of unease as he wanders around in the castle, mostly in that sense of 'i'm just a lil gardener guy i have no idea what i'm doing here' kind of way. though there is still affection radiating off of him because he's just happy to be here with anders :) yay ]
Me neither. Who needs this many rooms just to sit in?
My partner was a noble before he left the life behind, and whenever we visited his parents' place, I just really realized the difference between us.
Me neither. Who needs this many rooms just to sit in?
My partner was a noble before he left the life behind, and whenever we visited his parents' place, I just really realized the difference between us.
[ PUFFY RECOGNITION ]
She's... Ceres. Adolphe's younger sister from the orphanage. [ . . . ] They treat her worse than they treat me, really... They call her Death and believe that a curse follows her that leads to people's deaths. They blamed her for that fire but...
[ shakes head!! ]
It wasn't her fault. She's just a normal girl.
She's... Ceres. Adolphe's younger sister from the orphanage. [ . . . ] They treat her worse than they treat me, really... They call her Death and believe that a curse follows her that leads to people's deaths. They blamed her for that fire but...
[ shakes head!! ]
It wasn't her fault. She's just a normal girl.
[ pfffft ]
I don’t think he likes men.
And he reminds me too much of Varric, honestly.
I don’t think he likes men.
And he reminds me too much of Varric, honestly.
[ THAT'S SO SWEET YVES ... he's a little more relaxed once he feels that, soothing some of the anxiety spikes. ]
Your partner?
Your partner?
Sometimes you realize that perhaps you could be with someone regardless of their body and sometimes it's simply that you're a man who enjoys the ego-boost of flirtation but you won't ever act upon it.
[ THIS ISN'T JUDGEMENT. richie is just one of those straight boys you have to be careful to not get your heart broken by. ]
And I wouldn't say he is not my type. I don't know that I have a type as stone-set as all of that.
[ THIS ISN'T JUDGEMENT. richie is just one of those straight boys you have to be careful to not get your heart broken by. ]
And I wouldn't say he is not my type. I don't know that I have a type as stone-set as all of that.
[ not to do his pathetic thing too hard, but ... ]
I'm not good for anyone, Yves. And I think perhaps other people have already picked and moved on?
I'm not good for anyone, Yves. And I think perhaps other people have already picked and moved on?
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