He was attacked by Pandora, hence the exhaustion around our rite, and the sheep took him in the middle of that. But I have no explanation for the rest, truly.
I was not. . .planning to rely on him. He did not leave Lily on a good note, I do not think; I may have directly caused his weeding. Though I can see why he wouldn't mention that in public and give a narrative that was easier to stomach.
I'm also sorry I didn't notice that was going on. It's...really very strange. I don't know why he'd have some kind of quarrel or quibble over it; it's not as though you chose your change in role.
[looks a lil uncomfortable under Lethe's stare. pours himself some of the wine]
And no, he did not start ignoring me. But I grew intemperate with him after you were both kidnapped by wolves, and again right after the vengeance ritual. We decided a relationship was not...going to work out, after that.
Sorry, I didn't mean to badmouth your ex. I dunno if it's your fault though. Wouldn't that unfurl into 'he only cared about Lily because he was in a relationship with one'? ... I dunno.
A-anyway. S-sorry. I just got super peeved hearing all the stuff he said... I'd been kinda not bringing his weird behavior up 'cuz I didn't want to start anything between Lily...
I don't mean to make it awkward. The two affairs are separate; you have entirely the right to be hurt by apparently being cut out once you were no longer wearing a white collar. Perhaps he feels oddly about how easily allegiances and ties can shift in the pasture, including now his own. Perhaps Pandora's attack left more of a hole in his memories than we thought. There's an explanation here, surely, but I don't blame you if you don't want to chase it.
I'd still rather be aware if there was oddness about how such things were addressed than not; so thank you for being willing to tell us, and hesitating because you didn't want to throw Lily into conflict. It's considerate of you.
I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to say something. It's understandable to feel upset when...someone cuts you out of their life with no explanation. That hurts. Don't feel like you have to hold back out of consideration for us.
And Charon, I agree with Aides. I don't think it's your fault his collar changed. It was really random when it happened to me, remember? And every other time it's happened to someone has been random too. It would be weirder if his collar changed colors just because a relationship didn't work out. Maybe he...just didn't want to rely on us.
I didn't hear what he told anyone else. I was trying to figure out why he hadn't come home after his collar changed, and...he was making excuses that he didn't want to, so I stopped asking. That's all I know.
He kinda had a different story for every person he talked to. Like obviously my surveillance systems only caught the stuff near Peony but it was like. Whenever anyone implied he might go back to Lily he'd be like oh there's no need for that. I love sleeping outside in winter. I want to find myself. It's great that I don't have to do inter-team politics anymore because I don't understand them at all teehee wasn't he literally royalty. Perhaps I was chosen for this role of weed because of my ties to all flocks, a thing the snake famously wants his people to have.
In my extremely non-professional opinion, it sounds like he is upset about one or more things about the change, and is trying to make light of it to everyone so as not to distress them. It's a little...
[hurtful that he doesn't want to rely on Lily even a bit, after two months]
...unideal, but if there's truth to the statements he thinks he can do well with this and might be in a better position if he does not have to prioritize any single flock, then we should leave him be.
We've lived together for this long. We reassured him as often as we could to speak his mind and say what was troubling him. If his response after all of that is to treat both of you like this then maybe it's better for him to go cool his head on his own for a while. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.
Anyway, it's not our job to teach him to be polite I just kinda wanted to warn you that he might ghost all of you as well and if he does it's not your fault it's him.
[it might not be normal to ghost someone you broke up with but none of them would know one way or another]
Whatever he decides to do is out of our hands.
[leans over to bump Aides's shoulder though]
But, thank you for looking out for us. I thought I might have done something wrong. I can't say I'm happy he treated you like that, but--we're all in good company, at least?
No, this...this is fine. Complicated is not ruined.
[a quiet little breath out]
We only just touched on it, but you should know that Lily may target teams other than itself in future games that demand it. But we're agreed not to harm Peony or Bluebell.
We already have an idea of how Peony intends to play in rituals that require a target, so it seemed fair to let you know how Lily will play too. Though I'm hoping it doesn't come up for a while.
[squirms in his seat at being considered free targets]
I don't think it was intentional. We did get hit every round last time, though. It wears you down after a while.
But--every ritual is so different that it's kind of impossible to plan ahead. We've still got to think on our feet, as usual. I don't know if any of the other flocks will notice as long as Perci doesn't say anything to someone.
[he says nothing in this comment but his expression shift over the idea of Perci telling people Lily's strat change before the team is ready is very telling]
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He was attacked by Pandora, hence the exhaustion around our rite, and the sheep took him in the middle of that. But I have no explanation for the rest, truly.
I was not. . .planning to rely on him. He did not leave Lily on a good note, I do not think; I may have directly caused his weeding. Though I can see why he wouldn't mention that in public and give a narrative that was easier to stomach.
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[swivels his attention to Charon now instead, still kind of reeling from that]
Did you have a fight with him, or did he start ignoring you too?
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[looks a lil uncomfortable under Lethe's stare. pours himself some of the wine]
And no, he did not start ignoring me. But I grew intemperate with him after you were both kidnapped by wolves, and again right after the vengeance ritual. We decided a relationship was not...going to work out, after that.
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[ah jeez]
I'm sorry, Charon.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to badmouth your ex. I dunno if it's your fault though. Wouldn't that unfurl into 'he only cared about Lily because he was in a relationship with one'? ... I dunno.
A-anyway. S-sorry. I just got super peeved hearing all the stuff he said... I'd been kinda not bringing his weird behavior up 'cuz I didn't want to start anything between Lily...
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I don't mean to make it awkward. The two affairs are separate; you have entirely the right to be hurt by apparently being cut out once you were no longer wearing a white collar. Perhaps he feels oddly about how easily allegiances and ties can shift in the pasture, including now his own. Perhaps Pandora's attack left more of a hole in his memories than we thought. There's an explanation here, surely, but I don't blame you if you don't want to chase it.
I'd still rather be aware if there was oddness about how such things were addressed than not; so thank you for being willing to tell us, and hesitating because you didn't want to throw Lily into conflict. It's considerate of you.
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I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to say something. It's understandable to feel upset when...someone cuts you out of their life with no explanation. That hurts. Don't feel like you have to hold back out of consideration for us.
And Charon, I agree with Aides. I don't think it's your fault his collar changed. It was really random when it happened to me, remember? And every other time it's happened to someone has been random too. It would be weirder if his collar changed colors just because a relationship didn't work out. Maybe he...just didn't want to rely on us.
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I wanted to kick him into a mud puddle.
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In my extremely non-professional opinion, it sounds like he is upset about one or more things about the change, and is trying to make light of it to everyone so as not to distress them. It's a little...
[hurtful that he doesn't want to rely on Lily even a bit, after two months]
...unideal, but if there's truth to the statements he thinks he can do well with this and might be in a better position if he does not have to prioritize any single flock, then we should leave him be.
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[the only response to this is to drink more]
We've lived together for this long. We reassured him as often as we could to speak his mind and say what was troubling him. If his response after all of that is to treat both of you like this then maybe it's better for him to go cool his head on his own for a while. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.
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[ eats a bun ]
Anyway, it's not our job to teach him to be polite I just kinda wanted to warn you that he might ghost all of you as well and if he does it's not your fault it's him.
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considers his audience
shuts his fucking mouth]
That is...good to know in advance, yes. I hope he won't, but...it really doesn't look good, does it.
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Whatever he decides to do is out of our hands.
[leans over to bump Aides's shoulder though]
But, thank you for looking out for us. I thought I might have done something wrong. I can't say I'm happy he treated you like that, but--we're all in good company, at least?
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[a quiet little breath out]
We only just touched on it, but you should know that Lily may target teams other than itself in future games that demand it. But we're agreed not to harm Peony or Bluebell.
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We already have an idea of how Peony intends to play in rituals that require a target, so it seemed fair to let you know how Lily will play too. Though I'm hoping it doesn't come up for a while.
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[sighs]
It had its uses, now it doesn't. We'll see how the other teams react eventually -- it's not like it's been relevant yet.
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I don't think it was intentional. We did get hit every round last time, though. It wears you down after a while.
But--every ritual is so different that it's kind of impossible to plan ahead. We've still got to think on our feet, as usual. I don't know if any of the other flocks will notice as long as Perci doesn't say anything to someone.
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