...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.
Then we'll find out. Bradley told me that he wouldn't care, but... we're the ones who have to keep on going without him. We have a right to find out what we can.
[she picks a calla lily to add to her sunflower pile]
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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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[she picks a calla lily to add to her sunflower pile]
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I think it's...important for closure. Not that I've been good with that. But I wanna try.