26th moon [action/voice]

[vibrafinal]

[Action

Should anyone be visiting the item shop in the morning or early afternoon, they'll be graced with the presence of a paladin! ...Which would normally be an extremely banal and commonplace event, but today said paladin happens to be a) turning the whole place upside down while looking for something, b) muttering some nasty curses that are directed at the items available in the shop, not at its patrons, promise, and c) wearing a long-sleeved turtleneck shirt over his mouth that happens to muffle most of point b). In the middle of July, if one must be reminded.

Some weeks, waking up is just not worth it.]

[Voice

The journal message comes later during the day, weary-sounding and still slightly muffled by that turtleneck.]

Would anyone be kind enough to help me find a razor? My visit to the item shop was... very fruitless. I'd owe you a favor in return, of course.

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[Written] ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[paladinlost]

And what would one need to do to prove you wrong?

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[dragoon_pride]

I don't know... it's not as if they could easily prove it. I can't know if they're simply trying to make me feel better and hiding the truth of their feelings... or going along with it because they're taking your word.

[He knows they trust Cecil, after all. They might think he's being too trusting, but they would still trust him.]

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[paladinlost]

...Being unwilling to believe they might be truthful and genuine is quite unfair to them, you know.

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[dragoon_pride]

I know, but... I just find it so hard to believe, that anyone could accept me after what I did.

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[paladinlost]

Harder than to believe they might not have forgiven you after twenty years?

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[dragoon_pride]

Yes. It's only been months, for me, however.

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[paladinlost]

Months were more than enough for everyone to forgive you. If anything, they were more upset that you missed the wedding.

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[dragoon_pride]

I couldn't, forgive me...

[He's so glad he's not there in person right now, because he'd be all awkwardly looking away, staring at the floor... Even now it's just sort of uncomfortable discussing how he felt for Rosa. Discussing how she was the reason he couldn't face that wedding.]

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[paladinlost]

What a shame. Many people were present, and the catering was excellent.

[And Rosa was gorgeous, but writing that probably wouldn't help.]

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[dragoon_pride]

[It certainly wouldn't have helped at all, especially at the time.]

I will always regret that I couldn't be there.

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[paladinlost]

Your absence was remarked upon by the court and the people, you know.

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[dragoon_pride]

I should have guessed... but I admittedly wasn't considering what people would say, at the time I left.

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[paladinlost]

I imagine gossip mattered little to you, under those circumstances.

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[dragoon_pride]

It never did matter much... not when I had something I needed to accomplish.

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[paladinlost]

That's as good a reason as any to ignore it.

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[dragoon_pride]

Yes, when there were far more important matters to focus on.