[ other people already heard? he nearly asks before the topic shifts again. ]
Haven't gotten a chance to ask. Guy was near delirium when I was bringin' him to the springs though, mouthin' off random stuff, hummin' weird lil' tunes. He asked about you too though.
... Yeah. We were on a team together, along with Kanda and Mr. Daan. We were dropped off at an island where we had to participate in a tournament, otherwise we'd be endangering the people closest to us.
[ Do NOT get smoothie all over his hospital room floor. ]
Mr. Daan and Kanda managed to get their hands on a heart and a spine before we were all returned. Cloud and I couldn't take anything. We could only watch.
[ boothill stares down at where aventurine grips the sheets, how crisp the creases are in his grip. he's hanging on like it'll keep him from breaking apart. ]
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Haven't gotten a chance to ask. Guy was near delirium when I was bringin' him to the springs though, mouthin' off random stuff, hummin' weird lil' tunes. He asked about you too though.
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... Yeah. We were on a team together, along with Kanda and Mr. Daan. We were dropped off at an island where we had to participate in a tournament, otherwise we'd be endangering the people closest to us.
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[ he shakes his head. ]
Anyway... A tournament? What kind?
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[ Maybe he should have been more prepared. ]
The kind where we had to fight the people closest to us. They were... being controlled.
[ There's some hesitation here, like he's not sure if he should bring this up, but. ]
I saw Karlach.
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You sure it was her? Not some illusion?
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She wasn't real.
[ And Boothill wouldn't want to see her in the state he'd seen her, so he doesn't describe that part. ]
She was there because they needed the people closest to us to threaten us with.
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he sighs and shakes his head. ]
Who else d'you see?
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[ Oh, boy, here comes the list. ]
Aerith, Yuffie, Lavi, Laudna, Pickles, two women I didn't recognize, a man I didn't recognize, a coworker of mine, and Nehan.
[ Pause. ]
And my sister.
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They made you fight her?
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... Yes. They were controlling her with something. It was the same for the others.
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I know I shouldn't expect less of this fudgin' place... but that's just forkin' cruel.
[ he shakes his head. ]
You even get anythin' out of all this aside from gettin' banged up?
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Mr. Daan and Kanda managed to get their hands on a heart and a spine before we were all returned. Cloud and I couldn't take anything. We could only watch.
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... Yes. I was shot and killed in the second round.
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Wait a sec. Killed?
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Killed. It didn't stick, obviously.
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[ Though that would have been kind of sick for the cyoa to do. ]
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[ rather than reviving while in the cyoa which yeah would have been metal. having three lives like in a video game... ]
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... Basically. Something else happened, but that's not as easy to talk about.
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... I won't make you if you don't wanna say nothin'. Maybe it could be somethin' I can understand. Up to you though.
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I made a difficult choice, that's all. Every single one of us there did.
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What choice was that?
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[ Yeah. ]
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You did it to yourself, didn't ya'? Chose her instead of you?
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