Detention, Depths of the Castle, Wednesday

[bigdamnprisoner.livejournal.com]

The good news for everyone in detention was that there wasn't any sign of singing going on on the island today, so everyone could be spared from any further embarrassing admissions that they'd rather not have made.

The bad news was for everyone in detention was, well, they were all still in detention. But surely, it was getting easier to deal with over time?

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Re: Visiting Hours [07/25]

[pinnedherwings.livejournal.com]

"B-but he's strong," Rinoa said. "He'll ... he'll fight, he won't ..."

Wouldn't what? Tie himself into knots, give up, stop trying, stop caring? Losing Ellone had made him a shell of himself. She had convinced him to try again, and now she was lost, too.

When Squall was very little, he had gone out into the rain and stood there, for hours. Just in case Sis might come home.

Squall was despairing. Squall had given up. This had broken him -- she had broken him -- and now he wasn't even trying to find her. That was all she had been clinging to. Selfish. He couldn't save her; he would never even try to save himself. Squall would put his face into the water and drown.

The anguished noise that came out of Rinoa wasn't quite a sob, but tears were close.

Re: Visiting Hours [07/25]

[broken-empath.livejournal.com]

Raven seized upon those threads of despair and guilt she felt coming off of Rinoa. "It is all your fault," she whispered, trying to drive the knives deeper. She honestly had no idea what, if anything, Squall might be up to, but that wouldn't stop her from trying to convince Rinoa otherwise.

"He is lost, lost and alone and defeated. And you are to blame for that. And who will come for you now if not him? Your only way to freedom is with me."


[Sorry for the delay in pinging back -- things got crazy yesterday as I'm sure you saw.]