New year, new scenes [Joint Catch-All]

[rustyhonesty]

🧙 WHO: Archer (EMIYA), Elsa, Jean Kirstein, Mamoru Chiba, Ren Jinguji & You
⚔️️ WHAT: January general catch all
🕒 WHEN: January and a few backdated quests
🗺️ WHERE: Camelot and around
⚠️ WARNINGS: Will notify in comment title if needed.


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[corpsewarblade]

They betrayed you.

[More importantly, though, the details of that battle- of how he'd found his friend in that state. For all the horrible things she'd seen on the battlefield, for all she'd been desensitised to violence, seeing the pain in Jean's reaction hit differently.

She wished that she had any idea what to say that might help him feel better, but... instead, she reached out to rest her hand over his- ready to take hold of his hand and squeeze it if he unclenched his fist.]

[rustyhonesty]

[He nods at the comment on being betrayed. There wasn't much else to comment about that. It's just excatly as she said. Betrayed by people they thought were their friends.

Jean feels her hand on his. It helps him calm down and he unclenches his fist, letting her hold his hand. It feels comforting. He's able to let go of the feelings that surfaced for now. He smiles, even if sadly, at Mukuro.]

His death was what pushed me to join the frontlines instead... or, well, more the words I remembered he told me. About how I would make a good leader... since I'm not strong, but I can relate how others feel. And if an order came from a leader like me, who sees how the weaker soldiers feel, he would do his damnest to carry it out.

[Maybe that's the real reason he agreed to become a knight, in the end. Those words, again, affecting him moving forward. It was actually kind of funny in a way. Sad, but funny. Not that he was laughing and instead took a longer breathe before finishing with:]

And I don't want to disappoint him since he was the first person to ever believe in me, aside from my family. So I carry on.

[corpsewarblade]

[Mukuro had a strong grip- and she kept tight hold of his hand as they kept moving. Judging by his sad smile, it looked like it helped, at least a little.]

So that's why...because you wanted to become the leader he said you could be. So you wouldn't disappoint him.

[That made sense, in her mind. She knew how it felt, to not want to disappointment. And, although she failed that at most turns when it came to her sister, she could relate to the feeling well.

There was an awkward pause whilst she tried to find her words. In the end, she settled for something simple.]

Um...I believe in you, too.

[rustyhonesty]

[His sad smile turns softer and he seems to appreciate her words a lot. The expression has hope more than sadness, even if he also remains sad because of the topic in general.]

Thank you... I have plenty of people who believe in me now... and I'm glad you're one of them. I believe in you, too, you know.

[He would say it many times until she'd actually genuinely accept and believe his praise, damn it.]

One more thing that still bothers me is that when I signed up for the army I was prepared to kill titans. Just fighting and killing titans, the monsters. Now we know they used to be humans, which is already messed up.

[He sighs, then.] But I've... had to fight and kill humans. Not humans turned into titans or capable of turning into one, but actual humans like me. I never signed up for that.