refractures | boothill / allstarz

[ Seo idly rubs at his ear where the earring hangs. ]

His death... wasn't really the hardest part, but it was one of them, yeah.

[ ... ]

What about you? I saw that you had a ring.

[ he's asking about that first part later.... and about the kid that looks like him ☝️

boothill looks at his ring and turns it on his finger. there's all kinds of dents and dings on it, but the sunflower head is somehow still in tact. ]

Promise ring for now, but we talked about later. She's got one too.

[ he lowers his hands. ]

...I think about her every minute. If the world's still turnin' out there in Faerun, she's probably worryin' her head off.

Does she know about these games?

[ And how Boothill ended up being W0 murderer again?? ]

Sure does. We met in the last one.

[ no one regrets being w0 murderer more than me ]

We both got our own business to take care of back where we came from, and if ya can't tell, my line of work ain't all sunshine and daisies. Could be she thinks I flew the coop somewhere.

[ flashbacks to when boothill went all rainbow on them

Seo nods. ]

At this point, I'm assuming most of our "businesses" are some sort of anti-sunshine and flowers. If she knows you well enough, I assume she'd think you have a good reason for leaving, or that it wasn't really your choice.

[ ... ]

From what I heard from Essek, you two seem to be really close.

[ TRUE LOVE PREVAILS!!!!!!!!! ]

[ GOD.... ]

Yeah, she knows me, but that ain't gonna stop her from blowin' a gasket, I think...

[ but now he is distracted bc he gets to be a wife guy ]

Close as anyone could be, I'd say! I'm mad about that woman! Fell the second I laid eyes on her. Seven whole feet of sunshine and hotter than a two dollar pistol.

[ He almost sputters. ]

Seven feet?! Both of you are so... tall...

[ jesus ]

Well, we both ain't human, for one thing.

[ speaking of that... ]

Then again, sounds like you might be the same, unless you know somethin' I don't.

I'm a 25-year-old human.

[ The response feels automatic with a bit of mixed feelings into it, but after a moment, Seo sighs. There's no use denying what's obvious, especially after what Boothill saw. ]

... I must be losing my touch, since barely anyone here is human at all. I got too comfortable.

[ boothill pauses, studying his face. ]

Ain't somethin' you wanna get comfortable with, is it?

... Despite everything that he knew about me, he called me human. That's... one thing I want to hold onto, if I can.

[ He knows what he is, but feelings are hard. ]

[ hmmm ]

Listen. I don't know ya that well, and I ain't gonna tell ya how to live your life. But ya got other things about him that stuck with ya, right? Is holdin' onto that doin' ya any good?

Yeah, because it means he loved me despite everything that I was, even if I...

[ His voice trails off, but he eventually laughs a little. ]

Of course I do! I have these~

[ He does a gentle hairflip hand gesture, but it's to his earrings. ]

That ain't what I mean and you know it.

[ sets a hand on his hip. ]

So... what are ya, then?

[ he asks this question carefully, looking at seo from beneath the brim of his hat. boothill isn't going to regard him any differently no matter what the truth may be. ]

A twenty-five year old human.

[ It doesn't look like he'll budge on this. The dedication Seodore has to his late husband is too strong... ]

[ SEO IT'S BEEN LIKE 95 YEARS. IT IS VERY LATE. ]

A twenty-five year-old... who's over a hundred years old, at least. And ya can time travel?

[ He just smiles and smiles...

...

Seodore slightly tilts his head. ]

Is it really that important to know the truth?

Not to me. Y'could be lyin' through your teeth for all I know.

[ he shrugs. ]

But I'll say right now: you ain't got nothin' to lose by tellin' me what's what. I got my own path to tread, and that's back home. I ain't here to pry. Just sounds like we got things in common.

Well, you'd be right! I'm a liar~ but I'll tell you that to you, perhaps, that it'll look like I have nothing to lose. But that couldn't be more wrong, see? I'm not here to be understood. Now, I'll engage in conversation--and I do like talking to you, Boothill! And I'd like to talk about the things we have in common!

... But there are some things I won't say, despite how obvious it may seem to you.

[ boothill's starting to see more of that silly-ish side of seo that's sometimes on the network and in trials... even so, there is definitely a lot happening under the surface that can't be scraped through by a near-complete stranger. ]

Then we're gonna leave it at that. No skin off my nose.

[ he'd rather brute force things than think about them too deeply or talk them through. seodore has nothing to lose by telling boothill the truth, but boothill has nothing to gain from seodore's truth either. nothing but human(?) connection. ]

That keep ya from talkin' about that kid I saw in that churchyard too?

Nope!

[ Seo seems very okay talking about the kid and his mood seems to be significantly better. ]

What do you want to know about him? To start off, his name is Hajime Hatsutori. I call him Hatsutori~ He was fifteen when I adopted him for the first time!

Y'all look pretty similar, don't ya? Sure you ain't related?

Well, it's true that Hatsutori was born from a virgin birth... the first time I met his mother was after she was pregnant.

[ He tilts his head. ]

Though our families are extremely distantly related. They married in.

A virgin? You sure about that?

Yup! Her husband never did the deed with her and she was pregnant with Hatsutori. It was really fascinating to see.

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