[Voice]

[dissonates]

[There's a brief shuffle, and a strained gasp, before a voice speaks up. Someone's back from a little excursion with John. He doesn't have the energy to lock it.]

...Guy?

Some... help.

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[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Something tells me this isn't a problem that'll fix itself in an hour or two, and I don't feel like spending days out here. [So no, it's not a good idea.]

[dissonates]

[Rrrgh. It's not like Asch wants to sit around outside, either, but he definitely doesn't want to blow up the house or something. Dammit.] ...Fine. I'll work on it there.

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Good idea. [Come along now sweetheart.]

[dissonates]

[He'll be sulking the whole way home, too. Stupid Malnosso, messing with his hyperresonance.]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

[Guy can't even bring himself to tease Asch (though that partially because he doesn't want to accidentally trigger his hyperresonance). They make it home and to the bedroom, and Asch is deposited on the bed before Guy heads off to get some tea and something for him to eat.]

[dissonates]

[Asch grumbles quietly to himself and goes about getting changed while Guy's gone. Wearing the same clothes since he'd been kidnapped has made them kind of rank, thank you very much.]

[Action]

[dissonates]

[...Well, alright, he has a point there.]

I wouldn't get angry if you'd stand up for yourself. You have to learn somehow.

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, he should shower too.

Guy returns with tea and- soup. Nothing too strenuous for you, Asch.]

[dissonates]

[And when he gets back to the room he'll find Asch standing stock-still inside by the bed, staring down at his underwear.

His black, lacy, women's underwear.]

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

But standing up for myself makes people angry with me too sometimes.

[Action]

[dissonates]

Well tell them to go to hell. It's all about free will, Emil- you can't just let people treat you however they want if you don't want them to.

[reversedarkness.livejournal.com]

[ Admitting mental issues to the king of mental issues would be a little awkward, anyway. ]

Good... that was... pretty confusing. Forget I mentioned it, though. I should've left it alone.

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

"Are you a man or are you a dog"...

[Action]

[dissonates]

[Asch takes an educated guess with that one.]

...Richter said that?

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

Yeah. He said that to me when we first met.

[dissonates]

[Sigh. Haseo's not so bad, and half their clashes end up that way because Asch is a jerk anyway... so.]

...If you want to ask, I can try to explain.

[Action]

[dissonates]

You're not an animal, Emil. No one can bully you unless you let them.

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

Unless I let them...

[Action]

[dissonates]

...Just think about it. You're strong enough to hold your own now.

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

[He clenches his fists slightly.]

So... you're saying I let the entire town treat me like I was some kind of monster? That I let my aunt and uncle do what they did to me?

[Action]

[dissonates]

[Asch looks away at that. He can't answer the way he'd like to, because the circumstances just aren't the same. And he really doesn't feel like yelling at Emil again.]

...They're at fault, too. But it's still your choice of how to deal with it.

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

I wouldn't have stayed if I had anywhere else to go, but I didn't have a choice.

[Action]

[dissonates]

There's always a choice. Even dogs know how to run away.

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

But where could I have gone? They were my only family.

[Action]

[dissonates]

Anywhere could've been better, if you were being treated that badly.