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Post by relentless on Aug 2, 2017 9:41:06 GMT -8
Libourg chortled, and shook his head from side to side, giving Celeste a nudge with his elbow.
"Come on. You and I both know that's not true. You're..."
Libourg paused as he struggled to find words, cringing his face a little with a wave of his hands before he stopped to face her.
"You're a very nice person, Celeste. That's Gods honest truth if I've ever seen it. Y-you help save people from danger, you save lives. Something that I couldn't do."
Libourg countered with a weak smile, giving her another nudge at her side.
"I-.. I was very lucky to meet you. And I'm certainly not worthy of someone so nice."
Libourg concludes with a partial chuckle as he rested his injured arm against his abdomen.
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Post by Outisakanobody on Aug 2, 2017 10:52:50 GMT -8
"Oh Lib...you could say those things about anybody here. I feel like...perhaps...we don't even know each other..." Celeste says sadly, leaning on him despite how distant she felt from him. "Is that because we were moving too fast? Sometimes...I wonder why we started this."
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Post by relentless on Aug 2, 2017 10:59:52 GMT -8
"...Maybe. Maybe it is moving too fast. But, we can just take it slow from now on right? And..."
Libourg sighed as he patted his hands gently upon his own thighs nervously, blowing a raspberry out of thought.
"-perhaps it'd do us best to be more, open. Ma-maybe it could help?"
Libourg hums, starting to get a tad bit deflated. Though he would lean against Celeste as well, despite feeling somewhat alienated by her words.
"I-I don't know it's just... I feel like what we have can work... w-we just need to not be so... 'wild'."
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Post by Outisakanobody on Aug 2, 2017 11:02:54 GMT -8
"So...how should we be then? What do we do different?" Celeste asks, looking up at Lib with big, watery eyes.
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Post by relentless on Aug 2, 2017 11:11:31 GMT -8
Libourg sighed and passed her a momentary look, only to look away due to her watery eyes playing with his emotions.
"I-.. I think we shou-should... be less intimate and be more open to our problems, and perhaps our past."
Libourg says in a gentle, yet nervous manner as he looks back at Celeste again and places a hand on her shoulder.
"We can make thi-this work. We just need to... not gallop, but trot slowly together."
Libourg proposed in a wry manner.
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Post by Outisakanobody on Aug 2, 2017 11:45:29 GMT -8
"So it is my fault...I'm the one who...starts those things...that's how this all started..." Celeste says, shaking now.
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Post by relentless on Aug 2, 2017 11:58:52 GMT -8
"No!"
Libourg raised his voice a little, merely to show his concern and sympathy, letting out a heavy sigh as he leaned into her more heavily.
"You're not to blame. We just need to bond more, become closer and converse more. The intimacy is just a... by product."
Libourg explained further as he rubbed her shoulder, attempting to comfort her.
"..I remember saying to you that... I would never hold you accountable unless I felt you had done something truly wrong, consciously... you haven't done anything like that. And if you have done something wrong or unjust, which I doubt it, it's in the past now. What matters now is-"
Libourg pauses as a rummage of activity occured outside the cell, onto which he turned his head toward it for a moment. He utilised this as a moment of silence, a moment of solace, before he turned back toward her.
"-Us."
Libourg nodded with a soft smile, raising his hand to brush away a small tear with his thumb.
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Post by Outisakanobody on Aug 2, 2017 12:31:04 GMT -8
"In just...I'm afraid...that i don't have anything to offer you. Anyone can patch up your wounds...all i seem to do is cause more." Celeste moaned, turning away from Lib now in shame.
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Post by relentless on Aug 2, 2017 13:01:30 GMT -8
"Celeste..."
Libourg sighs as he gets up for a moment, walks to her front and kneels down on one knee, clearly adamant to get his point across.
"With what I've been through, you've saved me from a lot of scars. Trust me. I..."
Libourg grumbled as he moved about a bit, to stare her partially in the face.
"...The day we met... prior to our meetup in Graces office. I had gotten back from an expedition from the warrens. During that, I had snapped. Broke down and... well. Let's just say I said some things that I'm not proud of. It hurt someone... and it hurt me, later on."
Libourg explained, taking a shaky breath and looking down at the ground in shame.
"-You were my distraction against such things I had done. You... made me forget, about the things out there."
Libourg admitted as he looked back up at her with a gentle smile.
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Post by Outisakanobody on Aug 2, 2017 13:09:36 GMT -8
"A...distraction? Is that all? You say one minute you want to learn more about me only to say I'm just a passing fancy for you? Something to do between those...fucking expiditions?" Celeste says angrily, even standing to look down at Lib.
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Post by relentless on Aug 2, 2017 13:35:04 GMT -8
"No no no! It's not like that!"
Libourg hissed as he stood up again, pacing away from her, stopping momentarily to stare at the wall blankly.
"...It's not like that... you're much more than that. Much. More."
Libourg emphasized as he turned back, his wounded arm lolling about in the sling.
"-I don't want to go out there. I really don't. But my duty commands it. When I go out there, I'm always certain I will die, and I almost have in some moments! B-but... you've kept me together. I'm not... exploiting you or anything... I-.. you've been my rock, that's what I was trying to say."
Libourg says, attempting to resolve the issue. He presses his hand up against the wall once agan, and then spins around suddenly, with partial watery eyes.
"Do you want me to spell it out for you? I love... you. You've kept me more sane than anything else here... you're my rock."
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Post by Outisakanobody on Aug 2, 2017 13:40:38 GMT -8
"I...I need someone to lean on too. And how can i trust you to be that person when you could leave me at any moment and never come back? Like Roderick..." Celeste asks, talking bitterly to the floor.
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Post by relentless on Aug 2, 2017 13:44:55 GMT -8
Libourg smiles weakly, taking a couple steps toward her until they were intimately close. He thumbs under her chin, tipping his finger up to coax her to look up at him.
"I won't leave you."
Libourg plainly said, but in a firm, and assuring tone of voice.
"You can be my rock... and I'll be yours."
Libourg says in a hushed tone as he combs his thumb across her chin gently.
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Post by Outisakanobody on Aug 2, 2017 13:50:21 GMT -8
"N-no...you will...you will leave...They a-always do...you Damn crusaders...so selfish..." Celeste wines, chocking on her grief.
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Post by relentless on Aug 2, 2017 14:10:48 GMT -8
Libourg took a minute to reconcille with himself. To think over his decision of words more carefully, to win her over, to prove his love for her was real and thorough. He took a deep breath, a moment of sin, and guilt flowed over him.
"If I have to abandon my duty... so be it."
Libourg reassures, a slight cold washes over him, a sensation of his skin prickling from those very words of betrayal. They spoke of treachery, a stain on his tabard, and from what he had stood for the majority of his life.
"For you... I... I won't venture yonder no more. To fight the horrendous horrors that lurk there, I shall not leave your side. This I swear, for my inseperable love for you, Celeste."
Libourg choked on those words, the weight of them, for him, was immense. It was hard to think he was keeping a promise like this... it was frightening.
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