More bedninjaing

[hinooo]

[You know the drill. XD]

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[yellowlion]

[hand on your shoulder, worried about you]

Sounds like you have a bizarre variation of our problem.

And Joe. What you do always matters.

[blueondeck]

[Looks at your hand and then down again]

I knew you'd say that. [half smiling]

[yellowlion]

[grins, squeezes, lets go]

Well, it's true. Your actions always matter.

Joe... if he's hurt you, you shouldn't trust him, obviously. If he did it in the past or the future. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.

[blueondeck]

I don't trust him. I know that he can't be trusted no matter what. I don't know how to try, or what to do for a person like him.

[pulling a knee to his chest and resting an arm on it]

[yellowlion]

[nods, accepting that this is not exactly easy for you, not something I can solve with a few pat words]

I don't know if this is useful at all.

Towards the end, with us, Kemp seemed to change back. He wanted our help. He wanted us to save him from Bias.

We all knew it might be a trick, but we went to help him, and he betrayed us. I won't say it was fun, but that -- that didn't take away from what we did, if that makes sense. It was still the right thing to do, and I'm still glad we did.

[blueondeck]

...

[thinking about it, taking what you've said to heart]

It's weird. You always know what I need to hear.

[yellowlion]

[laughs]

Harder for you, though. With your -- your Marvelous? -- not wanting any part of it.

[blueondeck]

It is, and I wont do anything to endanger him. [sighs a little and then stretches.]

I'll worry about the rest when it comes.

[yellowlion]

Of course you won't.

[rueful] I think sometimes Reds need the most looking after of all the colours.

Joe...

[blueondeck]

They probably do. In my experience ... this is true. [sighs, but looks back at you questioningly]

Yeah? What is it?

Liveman spoilers ahoy

[yellowlion]

[grins, unguarded, open, happy]

Yuusuke'd beg to differ regarding which one of us got in the most trouble.

[sighs]

We got one back. One of our friends. Because we didn't give up.

[blueondeck]

[watching you and then looks away. Hearing it felt heavy.]

I saved Sid's soul when I didn't think I'd be able to. You were the one that helped me do at least that. In a way, you saved him too.

ah, this is after our last AU discussion, huh, I should've reread that first XD

[yellowlion]

[Hope is difficult. Hope when you've already been burned is even more difficult. I empathise.]

I'm glad I could help a little.

I have great faith in you, Joe.

If it helps, I don't remember any part of it either other than it happened and Joe was content

[blueondeck]

[Opening mouth to say something, but stops, taking a long look at you first]

I'm not sure why.

*laughs* I'm pretty sure Joe told Jou about killing Barizorg, that's all I remember

[yellowlion]

[one of those Dad looks]

...really.

....Yess that was it

[blueondeck]

[That look is almost unnerving.]

I just wonder why you do. I always end up saying too much to you.

poor Joe

[yellowlion]

[I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed]

[/hilarious]

[shrugs, gentle smile]

You have great strength, and I don't mean physically, though I know you're an excellent fighter.

[blueondeck]

[Not the disappointed dad look. That's even worse.]

I'll do my best to live up to your expectations.

[yellowlion]

[gentle swat on the back of the head]

You don't owe me anything, idiot. Live up to your own expectations instead.

....actually, that's probably worse, isn't it.

[blueondeck]

[Putting my hands to the back of my head even if that didn't hurt]

Going with your expectations is safer.

[yellowlion]

[affectionate headshake]

You can only do what you can do, Joe. No one will fault you for not being perfect.

Except yourself, of course.

[blueondeck]

Maybe I want to live up to your expectations.

[Grinning a little bit now. It's funny, but I completely understand what you want to say. That doesn't mean I wont say this anyway]

[yellowlion]

[still being trolled by brats, 24 years after my show]

[long suffering, amused sigh]

If that suits you best.

[not that I'm not touched...]

[blueondeck]

[This is what it means to have children, Jou. Get use to it.]

[Taking this moment to look around, but for a different reason. Realizations sometimes can be late]

... Why would it put me here? Can I even get back?

[yellowlion]

[gdi]

[I'm still glad to have you. Absolutely and completely.]

How do you go back normally?