ϡ - Chapter ThirtyTwo; fourth wall [action/voice]

[folklorist]

[ Well, well, well what do we have here? Helios is in the plaza today just...taking in the sheer amount of people that seem to have come in overnight. Unfortunately the real Helios has been mallynapped prior to all this madness. So, yes, your Helios is in another facility being experimented on. However! This Helios is the real Helios as well so he is...just going to be derping around for a good portion of the day. You can run into him if you'd like as he is ever so prone to running into other people. In which cases of doing so you will get an apologetic 'I'm so terribly sorry!' from him.

Otherwise nevermind this derpy headmaster. He also might be lugging around some cookies he procured from the shop. Mm they smell tasty and are probably just as delicious too. ]

I implore everyone whose here to try out the cookies in the bakery! They're positively delicious, a little Luceti home cooking if you will. But, ah, w-welcome to Luceti. It's a bit to get used to...

If you have any questions there are more than enough people willing to answer though! Don't be shy, either, we're all quite willing to help here. [ And with that there will be a loud munch as he takes a bite of one of those cookies. Mmm so good. ]

Comments

[folklorist]

Oh I do think so. I'd like to think they were somehow...granted. Perhaps somewhere else maybe.

[ Helios sounds...incredibly sad as he speaks those words. Elise. It always went back to Elise. And he often wonders how she is doing in that other world he left her in. ] It's a nice wish to have. You sh-should go see her. She's living with me and two others in a house just a little further back from the town plaza.

[thesmoothcriminal]

This may be the one time it's come true for me. [Remy offers a wry twist of a smile, something Adele had picked up from him rather than the other way around.] She's living with you?

... Course she is. Staying alone never suited her, no matter what she thinks. Hmm. [He tips his head to the side, considering.] You single cher?

[folklorist]

Yes. We-we spoke about it and it was honestly the least I could do for her. I-I hate to think of someone having to live alone here, especially when they're so unused to such things.

[ And the house is more than big enough for the four of them. Helios' thoughts derail slightly at the question just asked. Oh my lord Remy did you really just ask him that? Helios is just...going to laugh sheepishly and rub the back of his neck. Yeah. Wow. That was a very big topic change. He doesn't like talking about his romantic, or lack thereof, life. ] Ah w-well...

[ Oh gods what does he even say...Helios sighs. ] I-I'm not l-looking. I-I am. But-but it's-it's not so bad. [ Though the dour look and melancholy tone of voice suggests otherwise. ]

[thesmoothcriminal]

I thank you for keeping her best interests in mind. She is stupidly independent at times. [He laughs into the palm of his hand at the shock on Helios' face. He reaches out and pats the man's shoulder, still chuckling.] I ask not for myself homme, but for Addy. Someone would do her good, yes? And you are a handsome man, if soft spoken, and that is what she would need, no?

[folklorist]

W-We can all be like that sometimes. But-but it's alright to lean on people when you need it. There's no sense in trying to take on the whole world by yourself when there's people willing to help you. [ At that pat Helios manages to curb his flinching and hunching a considerable level. It's almost not even apparent this time but he still closes his eyes when Remy does it. ]

O-Oh. Me? Oh heavens no. I-I don't think I'm her type. W-We're quite different. I-I'm sure she could find someone much b-better than myself. [ Low self esteem and awkwardness ahoy! Still he manages a somewhat...convincing smile. ]

[thesmoothcriminal]

A lesson Adele has never learned. Or if she has? She forgets it immediately. But I am glad she lives with people that will look out for her, despite this idiotic tendency. [Remy quirks a brow at the tense reaction, but lets it be.]

You are polite, soft-spoken, intelligent, and quite handsome. I am certain that you'll find something in common with her in time. Just...ignore the snide commentary in the beginning. It really means that she likes you.