...Yeah, she was. I mean...in the beginning, I didn't see her. I just met this whole squad, who told me what they were doin', and I...
[A pause.]
I was a hotheaded person. So I wanted to challenge them, just because I could. They...didn't fare well against me. [He looks away, frowning.] And then, after that, I found her...and I just couldn't help it. I was moved. I vowed, right then and there, to be her new escort. And she accepted, even though, I was just a terrifying sight to see.
Well...I died. And she had eyes for someone else, I saw. So...it was a betrayal, of sorts. But I betrayed myself, first. She...told me not to go into that fight, and yet, I did, and...well. It was just one giant failure all around.
OF COURSE IT DOES LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO MY BOY
[There's a beat of silence, maybe a moment when Manwol's expression contorts into something like -- surprise? dismay? But she tries to get a hold of herself. It's not... entirely the same.
But parts of it sound familiar.]
I take back what I said earlier. You deserve to be more than a second male lead with an unrequited crush.
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no it was more like
she was betrothed to another? but i stole her away
look i mean. its complicated
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So it's the kind of story you can only tell me in person, right? Let's meet up right now.
[TIME TO GO TO THE GARDEN TO GET THE DEETS]
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[BUT FINE HE'S HERE and his eyes are a bit red-looking but its. Fine.]
I-I really never said that...
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You said it was complicated. Thankfully, I'm a very patient listener.
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[He looks like he wants to protest the arm looping, but instead he'll be internally flustered, instead.]
Um. But its like. Complicated. Like..."I kind of stole a lady from her band of escorts" complicated...?
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Manwol will guide him to the garden now that she has her claws in him.]
So you were a bandit for love? [WOW] How surprisingly passionate of you. Was it love at first sight? Was she really that beautiful?
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[A pause.]
I was a hotheaded person. So I wanted to challenge them, just because I could. They...didn't fare well against me. [He looks away, frowning.] And then, after that, I found her...and I just couldn't help it. I was moved. I vowed, right then and there, to be her new escort. And she accepted, even though, I was just a terrifying sight to see.
crystal this is so sad im gonna suplex you
It doesn't seem like the kind of story she can poke fun of, anyway.]
What was her name?
ITS NOT SAD HE KIDNAPPED A WHOLE LADY AND BECAME HER BOYFRIEND
[He's a little distant? But sort of wistful.]
Doralice.
SKLFLSKDMSLDF STOP IT'S SAD
[not because they're both ~foreign~ okay, they just kind of do!!]
...What happened in the end?
yaywon: my heart goes out to side character mandricardo and his gf
[Hm. He looks at the ground for a long moment.]
Well...I died. And she had eyes for someone else, I saw. So...it was a betrayal, of sorts. But I betrayed myself, first. She...told me not to go into that fight, and yet, I did, and...well. It was just one giant failure all around.
OF COURSE IT DOES LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO MY BOY
But parts of it sound familiar.]
I take back what I said earlier. You deserve to be more than a second male lead with an unrequited crush.
[love triangles? they're over now]
sometimes u just lose your girl and die its fine
[He shakes his head, his mouth ticking up with a bitter sort of smile.]
I'm a side character and a villain, Manwol.
closes eyes
...Those are the types everyone obsesses over in dramas, you know.
[but she can sense the point he's making... she's not sure that she likes that point.]
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...I'm not someone anyone should be obsessing over.
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How about 'crush on'? I think 'crush on' is doable.
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N-Not that, either!
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[manwol is not above using a DEAD MAN to PEER PRESSURE Mandricardo.
She picks up an iris and glances at it.]
Which flowers do you think he'd like, by the way?
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...Mmmm. [>8I] Oh and...I know that one. He likes...liked sunflowers.
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Sunflowers... [that suits him...] He sure is soft for someone who looks so much like a delinquent.
[the way mandi is just trying to remember that bradley is dead and manwol's just referring to him as if he's still around]
Let's pick a whole bunch for him.
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[His expression falls, eyes watering a little.]
I really cared for him.
[He says quietly, nodding at her suggestion.]
I think that he'd like that.
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You can cry, Mandricardo. This is as much for us as it is for him.
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[And now the tears are going, like all he needed was her permission to stop holding them back.]
It's unfair. Why him...?
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Would knowing give you peace?
[is Mandricardo the type who finds solace in answers? Or is he like her, the kind of person who refuses them all, and stews in her own grief?]
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[He lets out a stuttering sigh.]
It's not like it justifies anything, I think. But...it's calming in it's own way. Like...it focuses you. Just a bit.
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