Catch-all; Lucretia

[momming]

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[ambiography]

-oh, is that where she got them from--

[THEIR STONED ASS NPC. my god.]

...just how badly off was he?

[momming]

... This didn't come from me, and therefore you know nothing.

But he more or less laughed himself into exhaustion. The puppy licking your face during one of the meetings seemed to really set him off.

[ambiography]

[...ohhhh, no. she tries her best to stifle a laugh, but it slips right out anyway, a hand over her mouth.]

I wish I could have seen that.

[momming]

I wish you could have, too. I could have used the help.

[ SO MANY HIGH DEAD PEOPLE, LUCRETIA. ]

[ambiography]

Well, if anyone had sent me to join you, of course I would have. As it stands... thank you for helping them, Otome.

[momming]

... Well, thank you for not actually dying. We would have been rather upset.

[ And she's so glad to be back, honestly. ]

[ambiography]

I'm sure several people on this side would, as well.

...I've missed having you here, Otome.

[momming]

... I've missed being here with you. I didn't really get a chance to talk to you properly, before everything happened.

[ But you really are one of my dearest friends. That's never changed. ]

[ambiography]

I think we all had quite a bit going on, but-- we have more time, now.

[It was easier, with you here.]

[momming]

[ She smiles, warmly. ]

Enough time for me to see this painting of yours?

[ambiography]

Of course.

[she smiles, there-- i'm going to just assume she fetched it from the memorial, when everyone returned.]

Come back to my room with me, I'll show you.

[momming]

Yes!

[ With a little fistpump.

LEAD THE WAY, LUCY. ]

[ambiography]

[oh the fistpump is CUTE. she smiles, at that, leading otome back to spring dorm and to her room.

it's important to know that lucretia has a jar on her desk that contains, uh, a wood arm. wood as in made of vines, not like a mannequin arm. it's smaller than human sized.

BUT she also has the painting! she fetches it from where she left it; just like otome said, it's a painting of a beautiful blue sky.]

[momming]

[ She... looks at the arm.

She still has that?

But then she sees the painting and lets out a soft squeal of joy. ]

Lucy, it's beautiful! I can really have it??

[ambiography]

Of course you can-- I told you I'd paint it for you, Otome.

[she looks so pleased with that reaction, but after a moment, she asks-]

Why did you pick this, by the way?

[momming]

Hm? You mean, the sky?

[ambiography]

Yes. Is it important to you?

[momming]

... Where I'm from, currently, there's a growing void consuming everything. I've been trying to help with that, and to defeat the thing threatening humanity, but it's been a while since I've been able to just look up and enjoy the sky.

I wanted a picture of that, so I could remember just another part of what I'm fighting for.

[ambiography]

...ah. That-- sounds a bit like the situation I left too, actually.

[otome gets a sympathetic look, there.]

We'll get you back there.

[momming]

We need to stop having so much in common.

... But thank you. I'd like to get everyone back to where they need - or want - to be. I think after everything I've done, that's the very least I can do now.

[ambiography]

We owe it to you too, Otome, don't forget that. All of us might have agreed to the job, but-- someone was going to have to.

[momming]

I know. I just wish, selfishly...

[ She thinks back to the very beginning, with her and Rupert. The look on his face when they'd reluctantly agreed to do this in the first place. ]

I wish I could have been the person so many people thought I was, the whole time.

[ambiography]

...Otome, what you've done doesn't mean that you weren't still that person.

[she says that quietly, gently.]

Or that you aren't now.

[momming]

... You really seem to have an extraordinary amount of faith in me, Lucy.

[ with a fairly frail smile. ]

[ambiography]

Well, I think you've earned that.

[regardless of anyone else's opinions.]