[Traumaprom]

[tatsumi_textiles]

[WE LIVE, WE DIE, WE LIVE AGAIN]

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[tatsumi_textiles]

[Ochre frowns, focusing on what he wants to write.]

I wouldn't say stars- more like- like a fire.

[The last is said in a rush]

You didn't hear that.

[eluvianathema]

I heard that! I heard it! Are they like the crackling embers of a fire, smoldering in your heart?

[tatsumi_textiles]

Uh, well- I-I mean-

[The blush's gotten worse, look what you've done, Daisy]

[eluvianathema]

[SPARKLES AT HIM]

Go on, you can say it! Pour your heart into that letter!

/2

[tatsumi_textiles]

I'll work to get my memories back. Until I finsih the quest, remember that

[Hesitating, the pen hovering, and then all in a rush, the lettering growing slightly sloppier from the neat script of the rest of the letter]

your eyes are like fire, warm and inviting.

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Oh god what did he just write]

[eluvianathema]

Now, to finish it, just say 'I love you, Ochre' and you'll be all set.

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Obediently copying it down, still not sure what he's doing, or how she convinced him to go along with this]

R-right, so, uh- that's the one fer him.

[eluvianathema]

Well done.

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Clears his throat and rips the finished letter out, giving it one final, hesitant glance over before folding it up and setting it aside.]


Takuto, I was in the game and reluctantly decided to give up our relationship so I wouldn't die. I was going to throw the game, but Daisy promised her team she'd come back alive, and this is the most valuable thing I could think of.

Daisy is also sorry that things have come to this, and she promises to help with the quest to get my memories back.

I'll work to get my memories back. Until I finish the quest, remember that your eyes are like fire, warm and inviting.

I love you,

Ochre

So, uh. Just the basics fer my one, then.

[eluvianathema]

I think that letter's got the important things in it. You could just copy it.

[tatsumi_textiles]

[But that would mean rereading it]

No, uh- It'd be easier just ta leave myself a couple sentences. No need ta fill out an entire thing!

[eluvianathema]

[:|a]

I suppose...

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Quickly jotting down a short letter to himself, still in that absurdly neat handwriting]

I'm dating Takuto on Dawon. I gave up my memories of him for the game so I wouldn't die. Talk to Ed, Kaito, or the Caretaker about a quest to get my memories back.

There, see? Done.

[eluvianathema]

You ought to describe him, too. Like how you described him to me, with the red hair and the glowing and the fiery eyes.

[tatsumi_textiles]

I have his name, that outta be enough!

[It's a weak protest, though.]

[eluvianathema]

But you called him Peony earlier, didn't you? You could mix him up with someone else. It certainly won't hurt to give you a way to recognize him, will it?

[tatsumi_textiles]

Yeah, but there's two tall guys with red hair on Dawon, so that ain't gonna work either.

[eluvianathema]

But only one whose eyes makes you feel warm and invited.

[tatsumi_textiles]

Yeah, and If I give up my relationship with him, how're his eyes gonna do that?

[They would do that anyway, since charisma area effect, but Ochre doens't know that.]

[eluvianathema]

You'll have to look very deeply. If you do that, you might even fall in love with him a second time.

[tatsumi_textiles]

[But can Kanji's eternal monogamy survive through Ochre's double amnesia?]

I guess...

Takuto, or Peony, is the other red head on Dawon, the one without the shark teeth.

[eluvianathema]

[looks at him expectantly]

[tatsumi_textiles]

What? They both have red eyes!

[eluvianathema]

Like smoldering embers.