Dreampost continues

[oi_theoi]

[Continuations/new threads for the Dream post go here]

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Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

I know that. But I have wondered at times if you knew that. You like to take so much responsibility for things you don't need too.

Re: OTA

[overclocking]

[He stands slowly, looking out over the water--it looks familiar, but it's not the waters of Delphinus. It never will be.]

So? If this is simply one fluke meeting in a sea of lonely night, what will you do? Wait alone on this dock, forever?

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

...

[Why would you ask that.]

[She looks out at the water, silent for a long while.]

A part of my heart always will be.

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[overclocking]

...


That is not a fate I wish for any part of you.

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

I'd be worried if I didn't have a part tied to that fate.

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[overclocking]

[He just... fixes her with an incredulous look at that, because really]

Worried?

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

It would mean you weren't important.

There is a part of my heart that will always be pained by the loss of my family. And a part that will always be pained by the loss of you.

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[overclocking]

[Silence for a while, long and heavy]

...


I would sooner erase myself, than chain any part of you here forever.

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

[The response is immediate.]

I'd rather have my whole heart chained here then to ever forget you.

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[overclocking]

[He just stands there, jaw set, hands fists at his sides. When he speaks, it sounds... terribly sad]

Fool.

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

[Standing up herself, her hand reaching up for his face, to make him look at her.] Tide.

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[overclocking]

[He does, albeit reluctantly]

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

...all of my heart was here. Stuck in the past. I was lost and hurt and in pain. I had been happy and it was all taken away and it all just got worse and worse as time went on.

All of it...it hurt so much.

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[overclocking]

[This. This is definitely not helping]

Maria . . .

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

Had I been on my own, it's here I would remain.

But while I'll never leave completely, these bittersweet feelings, he's been dragging the parts of me that can move forward kicking and screaming until I started stumbling on my own.

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[overclocking]

... Will you continue to do so, until it's no longer a stumble?

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

Yes.

I'm rather certain he's not going to let go. And neither will the others.

But this part of me can't, won't, ever let go. [Grabbing his hand.] I don't want too.

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[overclocking]

[Letting her have it, loosening his fist slowly]

I will agree to that only as long as the parts of you that are free overshadow the part that's shackled here.

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

I can be happy again, if that's what you mean.

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[overclocking]

Good.

Never forget that.

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

I know that. That's the only reason it even started.

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[overclocking]

A long, happy life is something you deserve. Something I was ultimately unable to give you.

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

Tide...

You gave me the strength to keep living when I needed it.

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[overclocking]

But that is not all I wanted to give you.

Re: OTA

[maidenofamerpire]

I know. And you did give more. A year of real happiness. The ability to try and move on, because I know you would want me too. They're important gifts.