Living in hope

[replicatedcourage]

Who: Sola and anyone
Where: Plaza, in front of the coral
When: After his network post
Status: Open to all


[Sola isn't stupid. He's naive and gullible, yes, but he isn't plain stupid. Somewhere, deep down, he knows that sitting here in front of the coral and wishing or hoping or even praying won't bring Link back. It hadn't brought Ion back, or any of his other friends who'd been tossed back to their own worlds.

But what if, this time...?

He'd sat with Darkleer for a time before, watching the coral, and not too long after Signless had returned. He'd sat in front of the coral for days after waking up and finding Johnny had died and his matesprit had come back to him. There's just as much of a chance that Link could return.

Right?

He has to hope. Because without hope, what else is there? Maybe he's stubborn, maybe he even knows it's futile, but he has to hope.

So here he is, sitting on the ground in front of the massive edifice of undersea polyps. Waiting. Watching.

Hoping.]

Comments

[sylphauxiliatrix]

There is. Her name was Vriska. She's been gone for about five months now.

[She's enough like the Dolorosa in temperment that she finds it hard to not be friendly to Sola. She knows he's close to Signless, but she doesn't know if he has ever met the Dolorosa. She's just being kind out of habit. ]

[replicatedcourage]

You should pray for her too, that she'll come back so you can see her again.

[Ah, but not everyone wants to be here...]

Or that you can go home and see her, i-if that's what you want.

[In Sola's case, those he's praying for are dead on their home worlds. There isn't anything to go back to, so to his mind they're better off here. He doesn't know if this Vriska is in the same boat.]

[sylphauxiliatrix]

[She is.]

I won't see her if I go home. She died a short while before I was brought here. And... things weren't great between us then. Our relationship was really formed here in Vatheon. Even if they bring her back, she might not remember what happened here.

[replicatedcourage]

I'm sorry..

[He's forgotten about the memory thing. He'd had it happen once; when Laharl had returned to the bubble he hadn't remembered Sola at all and now they're enemies more than friends.]

You can add that to your prayer? That she'll remember you I mean.

[He looks back at the coral.]

I'll add it to mine too. It's really hard and sad otherwise.

[sylphauxiliatrix]

I don't know. I've never actually tried praying. I wouldn't know what or who to pray to. And Vriska... we were very close. Matesprits, if you're familiar with the term. She's been gone for a while though... and it's hard to keep waiting and hoping to see her return. There's a real chance she might never come back. I was getting to a bad state over it. So I was wondering what you might think... I started dating someone. Does that make me a bad person?

[replicatedcourage]

Well I've been praying to the coral because it has a lot of power here and the locals ask it for stuff so maybe it could help us too, but... well, I think...

[He pauses, sorting his thoughts.]

I think sometimes it's hard to tell who you're supposed to be with because no one tells you even if your heart is supposed to but your heart is really confusing too. So maybe... even if you still really love Vriska, then there's someone else you love differently and that's okay too.

[Odd from someone who presents so young, but he has a little experience in this way. He thought he was in love with Zelda when he'd first arrived. He'd actually killed himself over it. But when he'd found Johnny, things changed. He was happier, is happier, and while Zelda will still always be important to him, someone he loves even, it's very different from what he has with Johnny.]