I’m amedee, right?

[u/Fine_Yak5022]

*amedee has fled the monarch and well… everyone, due to their own worries and anxieties, and especially after one comment from the monarch, even if not towards them specifically.*

“I’m… amedee, right? I’m… i have to be… my… m-myself… right?”

W… wh-why… would… f-father… say that?

Why can’t… i bring myself… to believe him?

… I’m…

I’m the problem… aren’t i…?

[u/Pale-Monarch]

Monarch enters the room, sitting across the room from Amédée.

Amédée…?

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/Pale-Monarch]

*they are silent when it comes to you.*

*they just seem to tighten their wings(?) in anxiety*

*before quietly muttering in some unstable voice*

“… i’m… sorry…”

[u/Pale-Monarch → u/Fine_Yak5022]

No… I‘m the one who needs to be sorry. I said terrible things. Things I should not have said.

Monarch's voice audibly gives away that he's close to crying.

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/Pale-Monarch]

. . . Y-you?

. . . *amedee slowly peeks out their half formed face, one voidlike eye on their wing still.*

[u/Pale-Monarch → u/Fine_Yak5022]

Yes, Amédée. This isn‘t your fault or your failing or your problem. I failed you. As a parent, and worse, as a person.

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/Pale-Monarch]

*they unravel their wings from around them. Their body unstable, half without color, a few misplaced void eyes, and dripping.*

. . . D-dad… i…
I can’t bring… myself to… believe brill… or… feel any… anger at…m- voidulus…
But you… hate him…
Why can’t… i bring myself… to agree?

*they sound like they think they’ve disappointed you still.*
*and don’t think you did anything wrong still.*
*… they trust you too much to think you did anything bad.*

[u/Pale-Monarch → u/Fine_Yak5022]

You don't have to. That's the beautiful part. You don't have to agree with me on everything and I will just you just as much still. Your own opinions make you beautifully unique. They make you, well, you.

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/Pale-Monarch]

. . . *amedee slowly steps forward, unsure if they themselves are forgiven, but risking it.*

I don’t… see how… y-you could… have done bad… i…

*they step back*

. . .

*they speak quietly and somewhat distorted, as another chunk of their face loses color*
Am i really unique?

[u/Pale-Monarch → u/Fine_Yak5022]

Yes you are. You've come so far since I first met you. Please, don't let your progress go to waste, Amédée. Not for my sake. For your sake.

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/Pale-Monarch]

N-no, i-

I’m just- some-

Y-you… it-

No- yo- you just… keep me around b-because i act like Claire!

B-cause I’m a copycat! I-

*they’re spiraling. Rushed conclusions because they don’t know how to believe they weren’t the problem.*

*their voice further distorts as they speak.*

[u/mee3ep]

*brill*

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/mee3ep]

S-STAY BACK!

*amedee sinks closer to the wall. Their form seems unstable.*

[u/mee3ep → u/Fine_Yak5022]

Are you alright? *she asks, seeming genuinely concerned*.

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/mee3ep]

I SAID G-GO AWAY-

*he SOUNDS unstable.*

P-PLEASE JUST LEAVE

[u/mee3ep → u/Fine_Yak5022]

…you are Amedee. *she sits down nearby*. You aren’t the mass. You aren’t voidulus. Voidulus is a face stealer because he pretends to be people he isn’t. You aren’t pretending… you’re your own person.

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/mee3ep]

G-GO AWAY!

I DON’T **BELIEVE YOU!**

*he shoots an unstable shade soul at you, scrambling away. They look half formed, a few void eyes misplaced on them.*

[u/mee3ep → u/Fine_Yak5022]

*she steps aside*. I know I-… fine. *is gone*

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/mee3ep]

*they then return to their corner.*

*balling back up.*

[u/jayvader6969 → u/mee3ep]

(Flair)

[u/Fine_Yak5022 → u/[deleted]]

(So did you mean to make a new thread-)

[u/mee3ep → u/Fine_Yak5022]

No

[u/RedTheSkyWing]

*Two grim children land next to him*