[Voice / Action]

[dissonates]

...It's too quiet outside. When is that stupid holiday again? Whatever's going on needs to end.

[Private to Natalia]

Natalia... can we talk?


[He's nervous about talking to either of them, but- shortly after that entry is out of the way, Asch will be leaving his room to look for Guy and, if she says yes, Natalia, too. Unfortunately as soon as he leaves his room, his clothes are suddenly changed to this. Let's see how long it takes for him to notice. |D]

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[Action]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

You were all ready to leave a second ago, Asch. Where'd that conviction run off to?

[Action]

[dissonates]

I thought there was a difference between taking off for a while and this...!

[That was- it was a threat. A way to get Guy to speak up. He'd never imagined it would go this far.]

[Action]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's what we should do. [Guy rubs his arm before he becomes conscious of it and stops, clenching his sleeve.] Just run away from each other for a while.

[Action] 1/2

[dissonates]

[Asch stares at Guy for a long moment, eyes widening a little. This is what he wants, isn't it? Whether he's doing it for Asch's sake or his own is irrelevant. He... thinks this is for the best. That it's what they need. And Asch doesn't have any arguments left that Guy can't easily dispel.

This is it.]

-Guy...

[Action]

[dissonates]

[And a moment later, the hurt, the anger, all of it- it's gone, replaced by his familiar old mask, the one he'd relied on for so long to protect himself. Without uttering another word he reaches down to grab his bag, then pushes past Guy and starts forward on the path leading away from the house once more.]

[Action]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

[If it was just a bluff, Asch wouldn't have packed his bag as if he really was leaving.

This is for the best.

Guy tells himself that as he clutches his sleeve and watches Asch go.]