[precious time—because that's what they fought for, after all. conflict after conflict, for even just a moment of peace, for themselves and for others. even if they are the losses they carry with them, the embodiment of the hopes and expectations that the world has of them; the remnants of the kingdom of ferien that tore itself apart into the nations of edoras and riven. the first in hundreds of years to truly choose peace between the two, a pivot point in history.
all they wanted was a better world for the next generation, whose lives would not have to be defined by strife. for ██████████, for the devastated nation of donescu whom charles continues to have personal investment in rebuilding, for the entire continent. they have some semblance of peace, but charles is greedy, and he wants not just calm but freedom as well. and so, he has denied others' vision of a perfect world if it deprives them all of the latter as well. if peace and freedom come with instability, then so be it if it is simply in their nature.
and so, something feels wrong about all of this, to feel so happy without a worry at all. charles has said it again and again to those here—
"In the end, all we can do is live our lives the best we can regardless."
"What kind of life is that for your, Charles?"
"Well, I'd say my wishes are simple. I want to be happy, and I want those around me to be happy as well, through the paths they choose for themselves."
"What if you don't agree with those paths?"
"Depends on how much I disagree with it, I guess. I'll fight them if I have to."
"Isn't that tiresome?"
"Sure, it is. I'd love to not have to disagree with people. But I'll keep on fighting for the future for however long I have to."
a conversation that feels so long ago, with shouxue. it's hard to remember right now, faced with alaune and this happiness, unburdened by the grief of everything that's happened.]
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It would be nice. We're always busy, huh?
[precious time—because that's what they fought for, after all. conflict after conflict, for even just a moment of peace, for themselves and for others. even if they are the losses they carry with them, the embodiment of the hopes and expectations that the world has of them; the remnants of the kingdom of ferien that tore itself apart into the nations of edoras and riven. the first in hundreds of years to truly choose peace between the two, a pivot point in history.
all they wanted was a better world for the next generation, whose lives would not have to be defined by strife. for ██████████, for the devastated nation of donescu whom charles continues to have personal investment in rebuilding, for the entire continent. they have some semblance of peace, but charles is greedy, and he wants not just calm but freedom as well. and so, he has denied others' vision of a perfect world if it deprives them all of the latter as well. if peace and freedom come with instability, then so be it if it is simply in their nature.
and so, something feels wrong about all of this, to feel so happy without a worry at all. charles has said it again and again to those here—
"In the end, all we can do is live our lives the best we can regardless."
"What kind of life is that for your, Charles?"
"Well, I'd say my wishes are simple. I want to be happy, and I want those around me to be happy as well, through the paths they choose for themselves."
"What if you don't agree with those paths?"
"Depends on how much I disagree with it, I guess. I'll fight them if I have to."
"Isn't that tiresome?"
"Sure, it is. I'd love to not have to disagree with people. But I'll keep on fighting for the future for however long I have to."
a conversation that feels so long ago, with shouxue. it's hard to remember right now, faced with alaune and this happiness, unburdened by the grief of everything that's happened.]
... What is that you want to do?
[rolls a 14]