onepassingnight | 002nd Promotion ♛ Shall we dance?

[In the Great Hall of a palace made of crystal, gold and white marble, there's a party, a big one with many guests who mingle with each other, dance, talk, laugh and eat, enjoying themselves. Everyone is in their best suits and dresses, even you, unexpected guest, will find yourself perfectly dressed for the occasion, the only difference between you and them is that them all wear masks covering their faces completely or partially. Even the musicians, at a corner of the gigantic room, cover their faces as they play music without rest or pause. The music is delicious and keeps tempting you to dance. The delicate food spread all over the tables at each side of the room also invite you to take a bite or take a drink, it doesn't matter how much you eat or drink, the food never runs out neither do the drinks.

The ceiling raises high over your head, higher and higher than your eyesight can reach, point at which it melts into a nocturne sky full of sparkling stars that shimmer and dance on their own private dance floor. No matter where you look the large windows, that show to a garden full of bright crimson and silver flowers, are all closed. Yet there must be a door or a window open as to explain the natural present of those golden butterflies and brightly red cicadas that circle around in the air, flying everywhere but not bothering anyone. Then again, they aren't exactly normal insects, are they? There are no butterflies or cicadas made of golden or red light that burst into small harmless sparkles the moment you poke at them. But it doesn't matter, why should it?

Come and relax uninvited guest. No one care where you're from or why you're here so don't worry yourself with those things either. Just relax and enjoy yourself in this dreamlike party. Who knows how long will it last?]

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Even if another Ange would come to me and declare her feelings, the only Ange I love is here between my arms. As wonderful as a world full of Ange would be, I prefer to have only one and dedicate all myself to her.

And I have hold myself back at more than just another Ange being around.

[The last part is said with a darker tone, not too dark but it's obviously even if it's unintentional. He has had to stand and watch as the Ange he has met in the games he's involved with was teared down to pieces, as she became something that couldn't be called human or animal even when being blind. No matter how much he wanted to stop it, to change that... He had to hold himself back and act as if he had never seen her before, as if he didn't care. Bernkastel already suspected him, probably since the beginning, but he couldn't reveal his cards yet. Not when he himself wasn't sure with how things were in those games, only knowing what Ange and Bernkastel once told him.

If he was able to distance himself enough to do that, to watch her sacrifice herself... She really has no reason to ever worry.]

[ It's not too difficult to figure out what he means, though. He obviously knows more about her world too by now with his status, so.. he must have known what happened to her in the past too, and in that case it's not difficult at all to figure out what he means. Yes, seeing that and not acting must have been painful to him, or in general just to see an Ange around who didn't even recognize him the way she did, as the person she loves..

She moves her arms up until she's clinging to him around the neck. ]

You've suffered so much.. For my sake, too. [ Ah, the list of stuff she has to repay him for is just growing even after Luceti, isn't it.. ]

But.. you said you would watch me even while I'm awake, right? So.. [ ... ] Back in Luceti, Bernkastel already told me about something that would happen a while after I got back. Nothing has happened so far, but when it does.. don't watch it if it will just hurt you too, okay? I wouldn't want that.

You can't ask me that. You can ask me to do nothing, to keep my influence to the side I'm already in. But you can't ask me to not watch just because it will hurt me, not when you'll be the one hurt the most. If I can't be with you and save you, at the very least, I want to suffer with you even if it's a minimal part of what you'll feel.

[He nuzzles her face as he speaks, kissing her skin softly and with adoration. How much he wants to just take her away and never let her wake up again, to keep her safe forever even against her will. But he doesn't do it. He loves her too much.]

Then instead you want to come running in like some kind of Prince Charming on a white horse to save me?

[ She just presents it as a slight joke like that, not letting her gaze leave his. There's a little more behind it though, since.. would she mind it, letting him save her? In a way she's always much too stubborn to ask for help, since it makes her feel too vulnerable, too weak, but if it's him.. would something like that be alright after all..? ]

You know I would do that gladly if you allowed me. I'm a wizard already, I have little contemplations regarding affecting worlds that aren't mine.

[And he replies sincerely and honestly to her slight joke. Golden eyes looking serious and determined. He knows she presented it as a joke but he doesn't treat it the same way.]

[ She knows - even when making the joke, she already had a feeling he would reply like this either way, but maybe she was pushing that possibility to the back of her mind for the time. For now though, her expression too becomes more serious, but maybe just slightly downcast too. ]

... You shouldn't have to. [ She should be able to handle all of that by herself, to fight by herself for herself like she always has so nobody else will have to get involved or hurt, the way it would have been if she never went to Luceti nor met Keiichi, but.. ]

But if you do.. at least be careful.

[ Even if he's a wizard, stronger than her, she still can't help but worry. After all, Bernkastel is strong even for witch standards, and he should know as much about the witch with his memories of Luceti and seeing her now in his world too. Besides, she still doesn't want to see the guy she loves getting hurt, it's only natural. ]

I don't have to. But I want to and you know that. It's the very core of why I exist in the first place. I could have refused, I could have remained as a human and just let memories and power get lost in the subconscious to never be touched again... But I didn't want to forget, even at the price of my human existence, I wanted to be with you.

[If he holds her any closer they will just fuse, but he really doesn't care. He listens to her words and understands and accepts them. They make him very happy because... She's worried for him. She doesn't want him to get hurt. It reminds him that he can get hurt and it's good.]

I'm always careful. I've gone through enough human years to leave aside my old careless attitude. I don't pick up fights I can't win or tie in.

[ It still doesn't sit right with her, part of that, giving up on being human for her - even if it was for the other people he wanted to see again too, part of it was for her, and.. she feels bad, almost guilty over it. Because it's partly her fault too that he had to suffer for this long and be alone, but.. maybe she can start to make up for it now, slowly and bit by bit, to make him feel happy and loved and make him remember all the happy things most of all. ]

Then.. I'm giving you permission, okay? [ it's almost a joke - as if it's really something she has to decide on, aside from her worry about him there's no reason to stop him. ] If I'm in danger, you can come in and save me. It doesn't matter what it is.

[That earns her another kiss as an answer. If she had forbidden it, no matter what, he would have obeyed, so long as she didn't tell him to abandon her and let even her soul be destroyed. But this is clearly better. To know that she allows it, that she wants him to save her. He will do it. It doesn't matter against how many Bernkastel he has to fight, he will save Ange, the one in his arms and his heart, the one he has met in the games and all the other ones dispersed among the infinite worlds in the sea of fragments. Nothing will stop him.]

002nd Promotion ♛ Shall we dance?

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