originally posted in:The Digital Dojo
*Mortar clears his throat loudly a few times to get his attention. He didn't want to flat out say anything, it may trigger him, so he just cleared his throat between sips*
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~Ornstein looks up at you. He sighs and goes back to reading the paper. There's room in the other side of the table~
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*Mortar stealthily forms into that one empty space.* Um... hey there.
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[i]Hey.[/i]
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So... how have you been? You just kind of looked kind of... lonely.
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[i]I...[/i] ~he sighs~ [i]I don't know. Things have sorta been...up and down. Since...[/i] ~He shows you the paper. It appears to be called "New Lordran Times!" The front page is "Hero of Lothric Saves the Land!" It's shows a small statue of you standing over a fire~ [i]So yeah...[/i]
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*Mortar doesn't know how to react to the article. On the one hand, the people labeled him a hero, and revered him dearly, but on the other, it was a crushing reminder that he felt that he betrayed one of his best friend's* Well that's... something.
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[i]Yeah...They're already building statues of you, Zane, Kross, Balthazar, and Ite... Oh, check this out.[/i] ~He hands you the paper and points towards a smaller section. "Prince Lothric DENIES Building Statues!" "In a shocking statement last night, Prince Lothric spoke to the press, issuing a claim that no statues of the heroes shall be built inside of his kingdom. "I knew and spoke to those four. And I know that they would never want statues of themselves all over the kingdom." The press will investigate the Prince later this evening."
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Yeah, that seems interesting. I should probably confirm that, I don't want to be reminded of it.
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[i]Heh. Probably.[/i] ~The knight takes a drink of coffee. He's wearing a simple yellow shirt. He hasn't bothered to fix his messy hair, and his beard is dirty and unclean~ [i]So...how are you?[/i]
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I've been better, something has been torturing my mind, the normal stuff.
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[i]Yeah. There's just...I don't know. Not much to do now.[/i]
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Well there's a lot to do. Probably not as exciting, but we can watch a movie, relax in my pool, help me expel this god of torment
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[i]...God of Torment?[/i]
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Yeah, I'm trying to get it out of my head, but it... can't get out
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[i]That's a shame.[/i] ~He goes back to drinking coffee~
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Yeah... *Mortar drinks some of his coffee* So... I guess we don't have much to talk about now...
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~Ornstein is silent~
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You okay? You still... you still mad?
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~He sighs, as if expecting this~ [i]It's...it's hard to explain.[/i]
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Oh, no I get it completely.
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[i]I don't know how to feel. I wanted to...I wanted to hurt you the other day. But I couldn't bring myself to do it. I don't know whether it was the fact that you were one of my best friends or...or that this was forced onto you.[/i]
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Yeah. I'm surprised that you barely had any credit, you were one of the best there. You were really brave there, and if I go back, I'm gonna say that you deserve more credit
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[i]Sure?[/i]
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Yeah. You were awesome man
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[i]...Thanks, I guess.[/i] [i]Look, I'll just need some time. That's all.[/i]