Bellflowers are nice. Oh, and I like cherry blossoms a lot! Wisteria are really pretty, too... but my absolute favorite are moonflowers
This still seems unwise, though... I've heard some swans can get pretty territorial
Also be honest with yourself, do you really trust Ace and Deuce to not piss them off
[Listen, they can respect wanting attack swans, but practicality should come first! They have vivid mental images of Ace and Deuce managing to piss the swans off already...]
Moonflowers are beautiful. We'll have some during the concert of flowers in spring. You *have* to listen to them sing when the moon rises.
I think their territorial tendencies make them perfect for Heartslabyul. It represents our unified spirit of severity. Ace and Deuce don't want to be mauled, they'll learn how to behave around them.
[aaaaaaaa, they're looking forward to it already...]
I guess... But honestly, if I help make this happen, I'm probably going to be the one they'll complain to...
[Riddle... have mercy... at least on them if not on Ace and Deuce.]
Also corvids are funnier to watch attack people anyway, and less generally dangerous
[YUU]
Only one that I still talk to... or, well, did, before coming here. He'd moved away a few years back but we still kept in contact with each other though letters, mostly
Consider it part of your lessons on assertiveness. Anytime they come to you because of the swans, tell them to cry about it to someone who cares. They'll learn their lesson more effectively too. You don't want to enable them with too much sympathy, after all.
[ riddle knows he shouldn't pressure yuu like this, but he can't help it. besides...even without their help, it's not like he won't get his swans either way. riddle always gets what riddle wants....... ]
There are a lot of different corvid species in the forests of Pomefiore. They're exceptionally intelligent. You should visit them sometime. Just be wary of the trees. They're...very handsy.
[ THAT'S THE SPIRIT YUU. ]
Che'nya and I also write each other. There's something exciting about knowing a letter from a dear friend could be waiting for you after a long day.
I'm not doing that with a legitimate risk of injury! There's assertive and then there's callous... Besides, they're my friends. I'm not going to be THAT rude to my friends.
[... Maybe this isn't what Riddle was aiming for, but y-yay, assertiveness...?]
... Handsy... trees... I. I think I'll pass.
[haha NOPE]
Yeah... I've missed that since coming here.
[... They've missed a lot of things, but they don't want to just... unload all that on Riddle.]
If I was really just going to leave those two to whatever fates from doing something stupid, don't you think I would've done it already? You know I had PLENTY of reason to after a certain exam...
[JUST SAYING.]
It'd be one thing if they just looked creepy, but if I do not tolerate *people* grabbing me, there's no way I'm putting up with it from a tree
[... Oh... They weren't going to bother him with it, but... since he asked...]
My dad. My aunt and her boyfriend. My soccer team. This one bakery in my neighborhood that I'd stop by after practice sometimes...
['Not feeling like a total loser for something I can't even help.' But... maybe they'll just keep that one to themself.]
If I'm being honest, I almost wish you did. Actions have consequences, and making deals with Azul is the ultimate in stupid games.
[ yeowch. still, it's hard for him not to be bitter and take it personally, when he works so hard to help heartslabyul rise to its academic potential. ]
I feel the exact same way! It's precisely why I never go there if I can help it. I wear a lot of layers so they practically gravitate towards me. It must take after the forest the Evil Queen's stepdaughter got lost in. How distasteful.
[ riddle shows yuu the same attentiveness they always give him and reads every word. they're such simple things, he notes. he can't help but almost feel heartbroken. ]
It sounds like your home is a wonderful, warm place.
[ unlike this upside-down, twisted hellhole, he thinks. riddle might not be able to relate to having these things, but if he did, only to suddenly lose them-- he doesn't know what he would do. ]
Trust me when I say I was very tempted. The only thing that made me angrier than their idiocy was Azul's attitude, if I'm being completely honest
[Even though Yuu's feelings towards Azul at this point are something vaguely resembling positive... yeah.]
That's so unpleasant... I'm getting the creeps just imagining it!
Most of those still hurt a little, yeah. It's something I mostly end up dwelling on in quieter moments. Thinking about the bakery hurts the least since I can at least make some of the stuff I'd get from that, but... it's not the same, you know?
But... I'm really worried about my dad. If it's been just as long back home as it is here... I don't even want to imagine how terrified he must be that I've seemingly vanished without a trace
Though that makes me start thinking about stuff like time being less equal. There's an old story about a fisherman who rescues a turtle and is rewarded by being taken to an undersea palace where he spends what seems like a few days with the princess, but when he goes back, a hundred years has passed. Maybe it's kind of dumb but I get really scared when I think about something like that happening to me
That's fair. His attitude *is* repugnant. I suppose I can't lecture you since your reasons were sound after all.
[ it's funny, because riddle feels the same way. out of all the other prefects not named kalim, he probably likes azul the most. hell, he's not even mad at azul for bamboozling all those students. it's not his fault they're illiterate and couldn't score high enough to keep up their end of the deal??? ]
It *is* unpleasant! Let's move on!
It's not dumb to worry about that, or have those kinds of thoughts. You're the first person who has ever been in this situation. Not even us magicians can tamper with time. Having hope isn't a bad thing, but one must be realistic as well.
[ not helping, riddle!!! ]
Even if Headmaster Crowley is a lazy crybaby at times, when it comes to us students, he's always there for us when it matters most. If anyone can find a way back to your world, it's him. Just give it time.
Until then, if nowhere else in Twisted Wonderland, you have a home in Heartslabyul.
[ riddle sucks at comforting people, can you tell. ]
While understandable, you mustn't forget those stories are just that. Stories. Have you ever read about a world like this one? There's no telling how this will all work out for you.
[ riddle might be a socially awkward and somewhat naive, but even he knows that right now, nothing he can suggest could ever hope to distract yuu from their potentially terrifying fate. ]
If your home and all the people who are waiting for you are as warm as you described, I'm certain no amount of change you undergo will make them love you any less.
It's fine. To be honest, I can't relate to or imagine your situation at all. If I were in your position, I would have told me to piss off by now, because no one could understand me.
Heartslabyul isn't the same as your real home, but it's a place you can go to when you're tired or sad. Don't bottle up your sorrow like I did.
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This still seems unwise, though... I've heard some swans can get pretty territorial
Also be honest with yourself, do you really trust Ace and Deuce to not piss them off
[Listen, they can respect wanting attack swans, but practicality should come first! They have vivid mental images of Ace and Deuce managing to piss the swans off already...]
Oh...! That sounds really nice
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I think their territorial tendencies make them perfect for Heartslabyul. It represents our unified spirit of severity. Ace and Deuce don't want to be mauled, they'll learn how to behave around them.
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Do you have childhood friends as well?
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[aaaaaaaa, they're looking forward to it already...]
I guess... But honestly, if I help make this happen, I'm probably going to be the one they'll complain to...
[Riddle... have mercy... at least on them if not on Ace and Deuce.]
Also corvids are funnier to watch attack people anyway, and less generally dangerous
[YUU]
Only one that I still talk to... or, well, did, before coming here. He'd moved away a few years back but we still kept in contact with each other though letters, mostly
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[ riddle knows he shouldn't pressure yuu like this, but he can't help it. besides...even without their help, it's not like he won't get his swans either way. riddle always gets what riddle wants....... ]
There are a lot of different corvid species in the forests of Pomefiore. They're exceptionally intelligent. You should visit them sometime. Just be wary of the trees. They're...very handsy.
[ THAT'S THE SPIRIT YUU. ]
Che'nya and I also write each other. There's something exciting about knowing a letter from a dear friend could be waiting for you after a long day.
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[... Maybe this isn't what Riddle was aiming for, but y-yay, assertiveness...?]
... Handsy... trees... I. I think I'll pass.
[haha NOPE]
Yeah... I've missed that since coming here.
[... They've missed a lot of things, but they don't want to just... unload all that on Riddle.]
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[ riddle is too busy for that nonsense. ]
Understandable. I'm not a fan of the creepy trees myself...
[ oh goodness... riddle wonders if that might have been a sore spot. come to think of it, does yuu have anyone to tell that sort of thing to? ]
What else do you miss?
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[JUST SAYING.]
It'd be one thing if they just looked creepy, but if I do not tolerate *people* grabbing me, there's no way I'm putting up with it from a tree
[... Oh... They weren't going to bother him with it, but... since he asked...]
My dad. My aunt and her boyfriend. My soccer team. This one bakery in my neighborhood that I'd stop by after practice sometimes...
['Not feeling like a total loser for something I can't even help.' But... maybe they'll just keep that one to themself.]
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[ yeowch. still, it's hard for him not to be bitter and take it personally, when he works so hard to help heartslabyul rise to its academic potential. ]
I feel the exact same way! It's precisely why I never go there if I can help it. I wear a lot of layers so they practically gravitate towards me. It must take after the forest the Evil Queen's stepdaughter got lost in. How distasteful.
[ riddle shows yuu the same attentiveness they always give him and reads every word. they're such simple things, he notes. he can't help but almost feel heartbroken. ]
It sounds like your home is a wonderful, warm place.
[ unlike this upside-down, twisted hellhole, he thinks. riddle might not be able to relate to having these things, but if he did, only to suddenly lose them-- he doesn't know what he would do. ]
Does it still hurt to think about it?
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[Even though Yuu's feelings towards Azul at this point are something vaguely resembling positive... yeah.]
That's so unpleasant... I'm getting the creeps just imagining it!
Most of those still hurt a little, yeah. It's something I mostly end up dwelling on in quieter moments. Thinking about the bakery hurts the least since I can at least make some of the stuff I'd get from that, but... it's not the same, you know?
But... I'm really worried about my dad. If it's been just as long back home as it is here... I don't even want to imagine how terrified he must be that I've seemingly vanished without a trace
Though that makes me start thinking about stuff like time being less equal. There's an old story about a fisherman who rescues a turtle and is rewarded by being taken to an undersea palace where he spends what seems like a few days with the princess, but when he goes back, a hundred years has passed. Maybe it's kind of dumb but I get really scared when I think about something like that happening to me
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[ it's funny, because riddle feels the same way. out of all the other prefects not named kalim, he probably likes azul the most. hell, he's not even mad at azul for bamboozling all those students. it's not his fault they're illiterate and couldn't score high enough to keep up their end of the deal??? ]
It *is* unpleasant! Let's move on!
It's not dumb to worry about that, or have those kinds of thoughts. You're the first person who has ever been in this situation. Not even us magicians can tamper with time. Having hope isn't a bad thing, but one must be realistic as well.
[ not helping, riddle!!! ]
Even if Headmaster Crowley is a lazy crybaby at times, when it comes to us students, he's always there for us when it matters most. If anyone can find a way back to your world, it's him. Just give it time.
Until then, if nowhere else in Twisted Wonderland, you have a home in Heartslabyul.
[ riddle sucks at comforting people, can you tell. ]
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I keep thinking about all sorts of disaster scenarios based on the stuff I've read before about people going to other worlds
... Sometimes I wonder if I even belong there anymore or if I even can go back
[If something in Yuu has completely, irrevocably changed. If that'll just lead them to being an outcast in their own home, too.]
Ah... sorry. I know you're trying to comfort me and I probably seem terribly ungrateful
It means more to me than I can say, having a home in Heartslabyul. Thank you
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[ riddle might be a socially awkward and somewhat naive, but even he knows that right now, nothing he can suggest could ever hope to distract yuu from their potentially terrifying fate. ]
If your home and all the people who are waiting for you are as warm as you described, I'm certain no amount of change you undergo will make them love you any less.
It's fine. To be honest, I can't relate to or imagine your situation at all. If I were in your position, I would have told me to piss off by now, because no one could understand me.
Heartslabyul isn't the same as your real home, but it's a place you can go to when you're tired or sad. Don't bottle up your sorrow like I did.
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Still, even if you can't relate to it at all... you're trying to help and that means a lot to me
I'll admit... it's hard not doing so. I don't want to bother anyone with it, you know?