Suite Dreams - Bradley

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Week 2, Saturday

[aono]

[Bradley will get to see Rin in the lobby, where he's staring at the revolving glass door and wondering if he should go through it or not. He's had a lot on his mind all day, and his thoughts are just getting muddled.]

...I should go back, before it disappears again.

[What do you think, Bradley?]

[battling]

[He takes a moment to watch Rin dithering in front of the door]

D'ya even wanna? If that place makes ya that miserable why go?

[aono]

[He glances over to Bradley, and he wonders for a moment if he should say anything.]

I dunno, unresolved business or something? I never let go of it all those months ago, and this'll probably be my last chance to try again.

[battling]

[He doesn't need to say anything if he doesn't want to.]

The past will never change. Ya know that, right?

[aono]

I know. But I gotta, like, accept it or something, yeah?

[battling]

What d' ya mean when ya say you don't accept it?

[aono]

I killed somebody, but I didn't get executed for it. And most people didn't really blame me for it, especially not after all the dead came back. I mean, there were a couple people who hated me for it, but most people just kinda...accepted it. And by the time the next week happened, it was largely forgotten.

But I can't forget what I did, and I can't move on. Even if nobody blames me for it, I still feel like I haven't done enough to make up for it.

[battling]

[Compulsions, or something else? Isn't that pretty standard fair when it comes to these sort of places? But it sure seems to weigh heavy on him.

Bradley's not really that kind of justice minded person who cares about things like that. Kill or die, that's how it is in the North.]

Do you think goin' back will help settle it? Or is it just gonna be reopenin' your regrets?

[aono]

That's the thing, I don't know.

[He sighs.]

I wish my old man were still around. He might have some good advice right about now.

[battling]

He dead now?

[He looks between the door and Rin.]

Where would ya even go, if you went in?

[aono]

Yeah. He died about a year ago, long before I ended up in that game. It's funny, you know? I never really appreciated him that much when he was alive, but now all I can think of is 'man, I wish Dad were here. He'd know what to do.'

[He doesn't have an answer for that second question yet though, he has to think on it. He's distracted by his sad thoughts about his father.]

[battling]

Don't have answers for ya. [He doesn't say sorry, but it's almost there in the vibe.]

My old man died centuries ago. You gotta figure out your own shit, when you're left on yer own.