mygod | pc catchall | iwatooshi

[flameguard]

this is the single loudest pc catchall in this game

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[naginota]

[ sisi. ]

I think your Flame is more powerful than you realize, Rondo. He can try to steal it from you, but he can't put it out.

[flameguard]

[ IT'S FINE... LISTEN HIS PURE HEART WILL OVERTAKE IT (REAL)


there's something about that phrasing that - gets him, it really does. he's quiet, for a second, looking down at this holy relic that has become his, dressed in this uniform that is now his own.

and rondo murmurs, so quiet it could almost be mistaken for a shared thought - ] ...No matter how many times you try to stamp it out, my Flame shall never be extinguished.

[ and that was before, too. he lifts his head again, and smiles at iwatooshi, and it's more confident. ]

Maybe I've been thinking about this wrong. [ maybe?? ]

[naginota]

[ it may be quiet, but it still brings a smile to iwatooshi's face. ]

That's right. It won't. Even your Fisteralda knows, if our experience in your memories is anything to go by.

[ it's not but nice try. ]

So what do you think is the correct way, Rondo?

[flameguard]

[ what does he think is the correct way?

hand still resting on his heart, he's thoughtful - stumbling down this path he's always barreled through. step by step, always making his way towards the light. ]

I... I've always walked the path of the Flame. There's never been a moment that I've strayed. No matter how difficult it was, or... how painful it was. And in the moments of my life where things were the most dire, I've been able to call on my willpower.

[ in aelfric's trial, facing a choice and refusing, or on the icy cold road to the knights ardante garrison in flamesgrace, laying nearly dead on the ground. look at him wobble, the bandits had jeered, but he got up anyway. with two children in trouble - bleeding half to death, he got up anyway, to protect them. to save them, and he pulled it off after all. ]

... So... maybe I still have it. Or... maybe I've always had it.

[naginota]

[ a thoughtful hum. ]

I remember when you were a child, you stood between your sister and a group of bandits planning to kill you both. Even though you were so young and afraid, you didn't let that get in the way of your will to protect someone you cared so dearly for.

That was long before you ever gained the power of the Sacred Flame. So I believe that you have always had it, and all your god truly did was acknowledge it.