... 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. ]
[ It's a good thing this isn't emotionshare week, because the amount of guilt that drops on Aventurine would have probably taken out everyone in the vicinity.
He lowers his face into his hands and shakily inhales, then exhales. ]
... No. [ And doesn't he sound absolutely ruined over it. ] I chose myself.
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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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He lowers his face into his hands and shakily inhales, then exhales. ]
... No. [ And doesn't he sound absolutely ruined over it. ] I chose myself.
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