Lynn watches, tears in her eyes as she listens. Slow tears run down her face as she covers her mouth, staring at Aiden with the utmost sympathy. The scars, the look of fear and pain written al over his face. Too much for someone as young as him to endure. She goes to embrace him, tell him everything is okay, that he is okay, that he needs to be there. But then he’s gone. She drops to her knees, crying hot tears into her hands as she thinks about this poor, tortured soul
Aiden slides down his bedroom wall, magically locking his door and sealing it off. Why? Why must I torture myself like this? Eventually, the silent tears stop, and he dries his face, going back to Lynn and immediately wrapping her in a hug.
"Hey, hey… I'm sorry… it's okay…" he murmurs.
Lynn sobs, hugging him back. “Don’t say that. Don’t say sorry. You have. I thing to apologize for.” She sniffs, hugging him tighter. “Please. Please don’t leave. Please don’t lock yourself away. Please”
(He makes me sad!!! :’( )
(AHHHHH- Sorry!)
"Okay… okay…. I won't…" he says, making sure he doesn't accidentally hurt her. Even now, I'm close, very close, to accidentally killing yet another…
(Its okay!! I love himmm DX)
Lynn sighs, stepping back. "I-I'm not much help. I don't really know exactly what you feel… but, but I think someone else might."
The Oracle enters the chat
"Hello, hello, hel- oh…" They say, growing solemn at the sight of Aiden.
(Okay! Kinda just, like, slowly revealing shit. Eventually, he'll reveal something darker about the situation he explained earlier.)
Aiden looks at Lynn, confused, then upon seeing the Oracle, he collapses to his knees, shaking.
"I-" his words fail him and he starts crying, finally breaking at seeing the Oracle.
(Dang!! So this is your catatonically tortured character, huh?)
The Oracle panics, holding their hands to their mouth. "Oh my- I'm so so so sorry I didn't mean to- I never wanted-" They start to cry as well, dropping to their knees. "Why! Why did this have to happen to me!! WHy is everyone so scared!!"
(Yep! Kinda just throwing out random bits of backstory makes him all the more interesting!)
"N- no! It's n- not th- that I'm s- scared… it's th- that you r- remind m- me of m- my youngest b- brother!" he says, his voice filled with pain. He tries to get up and fails, eventually just half-crawling his way to the Oracle, wrapping him in a hug.
(awwww! I want to hug him and pay for his therapy!! D':)
The Oracle bawls, wrapping his arms around Aiden, sobbing hot tears as he hugs him tighter. "I-I'm sorry" Is all he can get out, shaking his head.
(I mean, you can pop in and hug him, but therapy in his world doesn't exist… so, that might get a little weird to explain.)
"I- it's f- fine… r- really… I- I should b- be apologizing…" Aiden says, sobs shaking his body as he wraps the Oracle in a tighter hug.
(Oh, you bet I will be doing that.)
The Oracle shakes as more tears erupt from their eyes. "n-no. Y-y-you dont k-know what i've d-d-done. you-you don't know th-the p-people I've hurt. The l-lives I've t-t-taken!" They hug Aiden tighter. "I cant… I-I-I can't do this"
Lynn watches, then hugs both of them, sobbing as well
(Lmao!)
Aiden just sobs harder, knowing that the Oracle couldn't even begin to compete with him.
Lynn hugs them both tighter. “Hey, hey listen to me. You’re not bad people. You may have done things, but look at you now! You don’t have a right to beat yourself up like that, okay?”
Aiden leans back and looks at Lynn. "Yes, I do." The full force of emotions finally sweeps him away, and he just collapses, incapable of properly crying, his body shaking.
Lynn holds him, stroking his hair as the Oracle closes their eyes, summoning the purple mist to calm Aiden
Aiden falls unconscious, the magic somehow more potent against him than any other magics.
Lynn holds him closer, crying. The Oracle gasps and starts to cry harder. “I-I’m sorry I didn’t mean to-“
It takes 3 hours for Aiden to wake up, still wrapped in a hug between the two. I'm very warm…
Lynn continues to stroke his hair, as she notices him stir. “Hey, it’s okay. We’re right here.” She says softly. The Oracle sighs and relaxes, glad he didn’t end the life of another person
Aiden remembers what had transpired before he was unconscious, and has to fight off the waves of emotions. Eventually, he suceeds in supressing them once more, and wraps Lynn and the Oracle in a hug. "I'm sorry…"
Lynn hugs him tighter, squeezing him as hard as possible. “Don’t apologize. There’s nothing to apologize for. Just stay here.” The Oracle stays quiet, hugging Aiden back as tears start to roll down his face again
"Okay… okay… I will…" Aiden murmurs.
Lynn sniffs, rubbing his back, tracing shapes with her fingernails. “What can I do to make you feel better?”
"I-" he sighs. "I really don't know. It's been so long since it happened, and I haven't gotten better. I'm not sure you can do anything."
He giggles at the shape tracing. "That tickles, you know."
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