SYLVAIN, say babe once and you die

[malewife]

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[malewife]

Good.

[ Political wars are stupid, Joonghyuk thinks. ]

... Yes. This memory was eight years in the past, a regression ago. [ He goes quiet. ] We did meet again.

[ But his tone sounds not quite sad, but... Bitter. Defeated. ]

[philandery]

[ sylvain agrees. war sucks. ]

...How many 'regressions' have you had?

[ he couldn't get a clear number from the memory—and perhaps the regressor himself can't recall, either. (too many times to count.) ]

Are you not happy to see him again...? [ joonghyuk certainly doesn't sound it. ]

[malewife]

1,865.

[ SOMETIMES!!! Sometimes. It's fine. ]

... I'm not unhappy. [ ... ] I just wish it was in better circumstances. And that things were different.

[philandery]

[ 1,865. ]

...I dunno what to say, other than that's way more than I was expecting. [ SIR! ]

Can't blame you. Doesn't make for much of a cozy reunion if it's gonna be alongside a killing game spree.

[malewife]

[ It's fine... Joonghyuk understands there's not much to say about it in the first place. ]

Mistakes are easy to make. I'm sure you understand.

[ Considering war. ]

This is a lot less deaths per week than I'm used to, but we don't know what the future holds.

[philandery]

...Yeah, I do. I may still be here, but too many others lost their lives in my place.

[ he sighs and shakes his head ] This is actually what I'm used to. We had multiple bodies turn up each week, in the study I was in...

[ his expression turns crestfallen when he says this—he's thinking of AKEHA ]

[malewife]

All of those lives could have been yours.

[ Sometimes you're depression. ]

... Your round—they called it a study?

[ He thinks that's fucked up, really. ]

[philandery]

I suppose they could've.

[ if you play fire emblem on casual mode, that counts as regressing, right... (also i definitely lost track of days oops) ]

Yeah. It was pretty different... but not so different that this isn't totally unfamiliar.

[malewife]

Were you compensated?

[ Since it is called a "study?" ]

[philandery]

With a shiny piece of paper, and a trip to this hotel.

[ he would like 2 speak with the manager ]

[malewife]

... A piece of paper?

[ what ]

You should have hassled them for more.

[philandery]

You know, maybe I should've.

...It was supposed to be a voucher that could grant any wish. Sebastian's got the same one.

[ he crouches down to offer niah some pets ]

If you could have any wish come true, what would it be...?

[malewife]

Any wish.

[ His eyes narrow cause that seems powerful, but the question has him quiet. ]

... A normal life for myself and my companions.

[ It's a simple happiness. ]

[philandery]

[ ...sylvain recognizes that. his own world may pale in comparison to joonghyuk and dojka's, but even so, he understands that wish all too well. ]

...It's a good one. Don't let go of it.

[malewife]

... What would you have used your ticket on?

[ Maybe Sylvain would have more obviously ambitious wishes. ]

[philandery]

I thought about it, but never quite decided. I... didn't really want it in the first place, actually. Because of what it cost.