Backthreads, Continuations, Offscreens, Etc

[tothelight]

[ Mainly for backthreading purposes! Entailing offscreen shenanigans possibly. Each thread to start with the usual When/Where/Who/What format but the When is most important. ]

[ Post will always be on top of this journal so it is taggable ANYTIME by ANYONE o/ ]

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[tothelight]

* so you probably didn't notice the guy behind you until a hand falls on your head *

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

[nope! turning to see who that is]

...Claude?

[tothelight]

Hey.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

What are you doing here?

[tothelight]

I was passing by and saw a crowd, so...

* ponder ponder *

...she's really your Sakura, isn't she?

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

My---?

She's... she's the princess I remembered, yes.

[tothelight]

* nods, slowly. *

You worried?

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

...

[yes]

[tothelight]

* ruffle *

...for you, she's gotta come first, no matter what.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

...Red said the same thing.

[tothelight]

Just means we already agree on it.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

...

Sakura is important to me, but my team is as well.

[tothelight]

I know.

But sooner or later, there's gonna be a time when you'll have to choose one or the other.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

...We'll see.

[tothelight]

Hey.

* nudging your back with one fist *

We're your team. That means you've gotta trust our ability to be strong, too.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

I know you're strong. But I still want you to stay safe.

[tothelight]

That's not always possible. But you know, we'll endure.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

...Yes, I know. You've made it a lot farther than I have.

[tothelight]

...

In any case, you made a promise, didn't you? And it was long before you ever came here.

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Do you think it's more important? The things you did and the person you were before this place, is that what matters more?

[tothelight]

...

* opens his mouth to reply, closes it, and looks thoughtful for a while. *

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

[this is actually a very important question for this one so waiting :|b ]

[tothelight]

* sigh. scratching the back of his head *

...it's parts of both. I think... it's a little unfair to decide if something matters just because it's from 'before' or 'now', like they're two different lives altogether... because in the end, they're just sections of the same life, yeah? They're all just 'things you did'. So you've gotta look at each of them the same way, without that bias.

It's harder when it comes to stuff from 'before' since you don't have the whole picture, and all you've got is fragmented memories, which can be pretty misleading sometimes. But the exact moments from those fragments-- they're just as real to me as the memories I've made in this place.

[tothelight]

* looks a little sheepish. *

I don't remember a lot about my friends outside, or Rena. But the little I do... when I got those memories, and think about them, there's always a feeling around in here-- * taps his own chest * --that's a lot like the feeling I get when it comes to you, and Red, and my friends in this place. Even if I don't know the whole story of why that's the case yet. But there's a feeling, you know? I mean, they say the heart remembers even if the head doesn't.

[tothelight]

Hah. Man, Red'd probably call me on being smoopy again...