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[gentletwin]

“I mustn’t run away.”

Comforting quotes || @takecareofyrself || Accepting

Now, where had Lucas heard that phrase before? ...Ah, that’s right.

It’s almost a little strange, hearing it coming from the lips of someone who isn’t the Third Child. But for as many times as the other pilots have heard Shinji Ikari utter the phrase, maybe Rei has taken a liking to it? Maybe it’s proven helpful to her, as well? It’s definitely something for Lucas to chew on later. He’s always had a bit of a propensity for reading other people, but Rei was a closed book kept under lock and key.

But never mind all of that. The important thing right now, in this moment, is to offer whatever comfort he can. Whether Rei’s words are an utterance of fear, apprehension, or simply a statement of fact — that she cannot abandon her duty as a pilot — it’s hard to say. But no matter what the case, it never hurt anyone to offer a hand to hold.

( Lord knows Lucas could use one himself, sometimes. )

❝ Don’t worry, ❞ he reassures with a smile. ❝ I’ll be right there, backin’ ya up. We got this — together! ❞

#UGHH THEY'RE ALREADY SO SOFT 😭 #takecareofyrself #❀ ; ◜ V. mother is the first other. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ QUEUE: ( hop ) save your game? ◞

[pkisms-a]

We're at the dollar store how good could it be

dad

#❀ ; ⊰ CRACK. lucas realized the power of pk memes! ⊱ #{{ KSD H GJKAYSHGJHAJHHGDSSD #I'FM CKUSDK GHNC RYI GN FUKC }} #anon #❀ ; ⊰ INBOX. lucas looked inside the mailbox. ⊱ #❀ ; ⊰ SAVE. give my regards to the next frog you meet. ⊱

[gentletwin]

🗝️ About Porky and/or finding out about what had happened to Claus?

Who wants to talk about their feelings? || Accepting

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❝ Ya... ya really wanna know about that, huh? ❞ A heavy sigh betrays the weight on his heart that hasn’t quite lifted, even after all this time. He can’t quite meet the other’s eyes.

❝ I...I hate Porky. I don’t think I can ever forgive him. If he’d just stayed in his own time where he belongs, none of this would’a happened! Mom would still be alive, and Claus never would’a...Porky never would’a done that to him. ❞ Even the thought of describing what “that” was left a vile taste in his mouth.

❝ And the worst part? He’s always gonna be somewhere in that stupid ball! Nothing’s ever gonna happen to him for what he did, even long after the rest of my family ‘n’ I are all back where Mom is...even if the Nowhere Islands stop existin’, and the world really does end like Leder said it almost did before, he’s still gonna be there. ❞

A long, thoughtful pause. His little shoulders begin to tremble, his fists clenched by his side.

❝ I...I don’t even know if it’d been better if he just died, y’know? I hate Porky, I hate everything he did, I hate money, I hate the way he treated Claus, even up ‘till the very end, but...is it okay that he’s gonna be the last thing alive? Even when there’s nothin’ left? ❞

Too, does his jaw clench, fighting back the tears building up in a fit of rage and grief.

❝ Am — am I a bad person for not feelin’ bad? I almost did for a while, but he’s hurt so many people ‘n’ done so many awful things. I-I’m never gonna see Mom or Claus again ‘cause of him, an’ even after wakin’ up the Dark Dragon, Tazmily’s never gonna be the exact same as it was. I — I don’t know how to feel. Sometimes, I think about what it’s gonna be like in that capsule, and it scares me, thinkin’ about bein’ like that forever, an’ I wonder if it’s too much. But — but someone as evil as that...

❝ It...it feels like such a bad thing to say...M-Mom would’a wanted me to be kind, but I...I...! ❞

#HE HAS. A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT PORKY. OBVIOUSLY #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ V. and the universe said‚ ''you have played the game well.'' ◞ #❀ ; ◜ ANON: that masked man‚ was he...? ◞ #existential tw #death tw #family death tw #unreality tw #? i think? #ask to tag

[gentletwin]

Don't worry Lucas, it's completely okay if you don't wanna swear, some folks just aren't up to saying stuff like "fuck." - arithevxmpire

@arithevxmpire

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❝ Really? It ain't a cool kid thing? Mom wouldn't've wanted me to, but Claus says I'm a chicken! ❞

#HE'S MY GOOD MAMA'S BOY AND I LOVE HIM #arithevxmpire #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ IC: stand up strong. ◞

[gentletwin]

"Sorry, I can't help it," Jae is in a tuxedo. Again. "It is a once-a-year occasion, so I just dress as such. But still! I hope this is to your liking. Happy birthday."

Jae offered Lucas one of the conventional type of giftboxes you'd see around her island, found up in the air, tied up with a yellow ribbon. Inside was a very, very round green frog plush. It could honestly double as a pillow with its size and how soft it was. Simple, but it was certainly a 'oh I can't NOT get this for him' sort of present from her.

LUCAS BIRTH || @emptyzone​ || Accepting

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❝ C’mon, Jae, you’re makin’ me feel underdressed at my own birthday. ❞ He was only joking, of course! He wasn’t about to stop Jae from wearing a tuxedo if she felt it was appropriate, but seeing her so well-dressed to visit him on his sheep farm was never going to stop being funny.

Though any thoughts of dress code were out the window the moment Lucas opened the box, replaced with one thought and one thought only: he’s so round. Round, happy, stupidly soft and squishy to the touch. Probably perfectly content to sit on his bed, right by the sheep from his mother, and just vibe.

Come to think of it, he’d sort of amassed an army of stuffed frogs at this point. It’s kind of funny that everyone associated them with him — but mostly, it’s just sweet of them.

❝ Oh — hey there, lil’ guy! ❞ Spoken as if the orb of a frog could hear. Squish squish. Definitely a hit. ❝ Hehe — thanks, Jae! He’s perfect. ❞

#ARI AND JAE BOTH GOT HIM FROGS THIS IS SO FUNNY #HE'S THE LIL FROG MAN!!!!! #emptyzone #❀ ; ◜ V. audi famam illius. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

And here's Ari with not one, not two, not three, not four, but f i v e different frog plushies, including one that had a flower crown, and one being Keroppi from sanrio. "Hey Lucas, I heard it was your birthday so... Happy birthday!" Ari gives him the plushies with a bright smile. "I would've gotten you more but, I'm not sure a dump truck could've fit inside." She laughs slightly as she was... Probably joking. Maybe. Still she wanted to wish her younger brother figure, friend a happy birthday! (arithevxmpire)

LUCAS BIRTH || @arithevxmpire || Accepting

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Hey, five frogs is already super generous. They’ve all got unique charms — and hey, he recognizes one of them as the one that Cammie really likes! For good reason, too. Keroppi is very cute. But that’s not to put down his amphibian brethren that Ari has presented Lucas with.

He...is definitely going to need a dedicated space to display the plushies he’s amassed from friends over time. But he’s not mad about it. They’re all friend shaped.

❝ Aw, Ari, thanks! Five’s already way more than I was expectin’! ❞ Lucas laughs, doing his best to hold all five as they’re handed to him. ❝ Plus, if ya turned up with a dump truck full of ‘em, I don’t think I could’a named ‘em all! ❞

#LUCAS IS LIVIN THE DREAM RN #YES ARI. SPOIL THE BABY BROTHER #arithevxmpire #❀ ; ◜ V. audi famam illius. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

Oh. There's a swift march up to Lucas from the pink child, fists balled at her side, only releasing their white-knuckled clench to anxiously fuss with her dress. What--

“Happy birthday, Lucas. You’ve been re.. al..ly nice to me these past few months and I’m supper-- n-no, super happy to be able to call you my best friend. When I came to the Smash M.. manshun, manshun... Smash Mansion, I was scared that it was going to be just like how everything was back at home. But it wasn’t. I have friends, and people who are nice just to be nice, not because they want something done. I have a few friends, but you are my best friend. So thank you, a-and.. happy birthday.”

It’s with a forceful thrust of the arms that a gift box is taken from the inventory and subsequently presented outward, eyes shut tight as a head snaps to the side. Rip it open to reveal... a book. A scrapbook, to be exact. One plastered with stickers of camellias and sunflowers. And inside that would show numerous photos. A two-versus-two match with both Lucas and Camille riding in on the Mr. Saturn coffee table, peace signs thrown toward the camera. Another with the duo posed together once more after a victory had been gained. 

A snapshot during the trip to Halloween Town, featuring magical girl Camille and chimera Lucas. A regular Halloween image with the two in Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask outfits, before the transformation had ruined his outfit. English lessons, flower gardening, Tazmily visits, trips to the Roost, K.K. Slider shows, friendly sparring, snowball fights... it was a trip down memory lane, all categorized neatly within a book.

Just... just take the present before she starts crying, alright?!

LUCAS BIRTH || @sacchariinity || Accepting

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It’s a whirlwind of emotions in Camille’s head; it didn’t really take any effort at all on Lucas’s part to sense it. A rush of thoughts and feelings that ( and you could tell with Camille ) were sincere. Nerves, gratitude...love.

It’s with all of this in mind that Lucas accepts the gift box from the stammering girl. He begins to tear at the wrapping paper to reveal the only thing that, in lieu of words, could possibly convey the storm of emotions whirling around in Camille’s head.

A lovingly crafted scrapbook, decorated in Camille’s signature adorable style. A combination of each one’s favorite flower adorns the pages, secures photos in place. And oh, those photos...

Each one was taken at a different moment since this iteration of the tournament began — the tournament in which the two finally grew closer and became friends. Hard-fought matches, Mansion field trips, leisurely visits to each other’s home, holidays spent in each other’s company. Victories, losses, ups, downs...

With his mouth hanging open, Lucas tears his eyes away from the book to look at the girl who so painstakingly crafted it.

Is...is she going to cry?

Lucas came to learn over time how hard things were for Camille and Cammie, having to bite back at needy neighbors before they could bite first. He may not always agree with their ways of handling things, but at the root of it all was a loneliness that he understood far too well. A weight that he wanted to be the one to lift, if he could help it. And now, looking at the scrapbook, it’s hitting him all at once just how much something so simple as being a friend meant to Camille.

He can’t help it. Seeing the aftermath of Camille wrapping up her heart and giving it to him causes tears to form in his own eyes. A smile lightens Lucas’s otherwise tear-streaked expression, and he sets the book down on a table beside him so that both arms are free to envelop her in a warm embrace.

❝ Don’t cry, Camille, you’re gonna make me cry, ❞ he jokes, though it’s too late to stop that from happening at this point. ❝ This’s probably the sweetest thing ya could’a done for me. I — I don’t even know what to say. I mean, b’sides just...thank you. ❞

#FUCK U AARON MY EYES ARE SWEATING #I WOULD COMMIT CRIMES FOR THESE TWO #sacchariinity #❀ ; ◜ V. audi famam illius. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

The vampire didn't know Lucas well, that's true, but she Did hear how he wasn't feeling well, and that was enough for her older sis instinct to come out. "Hey, uh, Lucas, right? You feeling alright? Do you need a hug or some hot chocolate, anything? I... heard you weren't feeling too well." (arithevxmpire)

The dash sure is wild rn, huh || @arithevxmpire

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One of the advantages of being invited to Smash was that he could just...go there when he needed to. And man, did he need to after what just happened.

He could hear the door to his room in the Mansion opening, but barely had it in him to turn and acknowledge Ari coming in. He was exhausted. Physically, mentally, psychically, emotionally — Lucas was so exhausted.

He tried to explain, but his words caught in his throat and he couldn't do much more than bury his face in his pillow and choke out a sob.

( I hate him. ) Barely able to speak around the lump in his throat, he simply projected it into Ari's mind instead. ( It's all his fault. )

#BIG SIS TO THE RESCUE!!!!! #arithevxmpire #❀ ; ◜ V. audi famam illius. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

"C'mere, c'mere..." It's a low, calm voice that finds the boy's ear, Kumatora's hand cupping Lucas's back as steps are led away from the perfectly-sealed capsule. From the monster. "If y'wanted t'feel bad, y'could'a just thrown yourself down a flight'a stairs. The stairs wouldn't a'heckled ya, for one." Far, far away from the encapsulated fiend. And even further away still. Small circles were rubbed into the back of Lucas.

"And for two, at least the stairs could'a fought back. ...Or, well, I guess they're not really fightin', but they're causin' physical damage, so I guess you could call it a fight? Hm, but it's your stumble that caused the fall, that's like sayin' you started a fight with a loose plank'a wood because y'stepped on it. Is it the wood fightin' you? Or is it you fightin' the wood? Every time y'trip and hit th' dirt, are you fightin' the entire earth?!"

Kumatora may have not been the best at emotional pep talks, but she could certainly work up a good nonsensical distraction from the situation at hand. Anything to distance the kid from his swirling thoughts, she could feel the swelling migraine trying to take root...

@musesoiree wrote a nice ask based on the Porky stuff from a bit ago, and I, bobo the fool, am just now replying

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If not for Kumatora being there, Lucas isn’t sure how long he would’ve just...stayed there, taking it as Porky harmed him the only way he could from inside the capsule. But avoiding all of it really was just that simple, wasn’t it? Just standing up and leaving.

( It brings back memories of a long time ago: being at the mercy of someone trying to assert their power, and having a loved one who’s more confident, stronger than him, step in. )

But gradually, mind and body both are directed away from the menace behind them, made to focus on more important things instead. Like, if you trip on the stairs, are you fighting the stairs?

A weak chuckle manages to break through the tears which Lucas is still trying to quell. He knows what Kumatora is trying to do, and, well, it’s worked before. It’s working now, too, if only just the slightest bit. ( No doubt there will still be nightmares later, and they’ll still hurt, but in the moment, the immediate aftermath of the attack on his mind and heart...this is okay. )

❝ S — Sounds like ya had a bone t’ pick with some stairs sometime. ❞

#me replying to this just now: *slowpoke jpg* #musesoiree #❀ ; ◜ V. and the universe said‚ ''you have played the game well.'' ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

”You know, I didn’t ask to be this big.” you'd think she'd be used to being 6'11" after almost a thousand years, but you'd be surprised how often she bumps her head into things.

I’M TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE, ASSHOLE || @cosmcther

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It’s interesting to hear that plight coming from Rosalina, especially given that Lucas didn’t ask to be this small. The grass is always greener, he supposes...if only the two of them could split the difference.

A curious thought enters Lucas’s mind.

❝ If your body’s all space magic ‘n’ stuff...can’t’cha just...change your size or anythin’ like that? ❞

#ENGAGE SMALL CHILD IMAGINATION #cosmcther #❀ ; ◜ V. audi famam illius. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

Hire a house building guy,,, dummy. Since your walls clearly aren't structurally soUND.

Grabs Ness's shoulders.

❝ Ness. My house's fine. It's a different wall. It's the one keepin' our entire existence from fallin' apart. Trust me. You’re better off not knowin’. ❞

#NESS GET BEHIND ME #onettsavior #❀ ; ◜ CRACK: lucas realized the power of pk memes alpha! ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

// 🗣️ And another one here for Lucas, with Gwen and Mimi!

Incorrect quotes ( from here ) || @thetravelershub​ || Accepting

Mimi: *Accidentally hits Lucas in the face* Mimi: *Trying to decide between saying 'I’m fucking sorry' and 'Are you okay'* Mimi: [ ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY?! ] Lucas: What’s wrong with you?!

Gwen: Don’t worry, I know exactly what I’m doing. Everything is going to be fine! Lucas: How can you still say that? Gwen: Because sometimes, when things get tough, denial is all we have.

#i had to go through a few for them to get one that *really* fit #but i landed on the perfect one for mimi LMAO #thetravelershub #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

❛  but now it’s time for the robot test!  ❜ [h ELP]

John Mulaney prompts || @recklessinventor || Accepting

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❝ The — the robot test? ❞ Lucas was here to be supportive, but as far as actually knowing what...really anything that Jeff invented was? Way over his head. He’d learned a bit more about technology since coming to the Smash mansion, but this was leagues above what he could do now.

Still, as apprehensive as robots generally made Lucas, he trusted the things that Jeff made. So he’d continue to watch with curiosity and only a dash of hesitation.

❝ So...whadd’ya gotta do for that? ❞

#lucas: ah yes. so it's like that huh. i understand everything now (doesn't get it at all) #recklessinventor #❀ ; ◜ V. audi famam illius. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

Wear this! - literally just jae's attire. bow and all.

Wardrobe change! || @oddcollection || Accepting

❝ I think it's a lil' big on me, but it's comfy! Hehe, I dunno — I think the bow actually kinda looks good on me, too. ❞

#THESE ARE GONNA BE MESSY BUT HERE YOU GO.........LUCAS JAE MARIO IFFANY #oddcollection #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ V. audi famam illius. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ MUN ART. ◞

[gentletwin]

❛ this is so much nicer than what i’m about to do. ❜ cloud pls UIEWUFHFKDSFDS-

John Mulaney prompts || @hakune || Accepting

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❝ W-Wait — ! ❞ Sure, Lucas had a propensity for noticing when the emotions of others ran hot, thanks in part to his PSI. But it didn’t really take a psychic to notice that Sephiroth’s presence at the mansion has been...let’s just say, rubbing Cloud the wrong way. He really can’t blame him, though. Lucas finds solace in the fact that Porky is inside the Absolutely Safe Capsule, never to hurt another person ever again. But if the Hands had the power to break through it and bring him to the tournament as a participant...he’s not sure what he would do. Even though he doesn’t know much of the history between Cloud and Sephiroth, he imagines it’s much the same.

❝ Please don’t do anythin’ reckless...please? ❞ That could only lead to trouble. Lucas of all people should know. ❝ I — I can barely imagine what you’re feelin’, but I... ❞

#hi autumn :) KSJDFHLASDMFGKJ #hakune #❀ ; ◜ V. audi famam illius. ◞ #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞

[gentletwin]

"I have my phone automatically send this image to people when I'm busy golfing." - Jae

Meme 👏 review 👏 || @oddcollection​ || Accepting

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❝ Wait...I mean — yeah? It’s a ball? I...I don’t get it...though I guess I can ask Jae when she gets back from golfin’... ❞ And maybe Bowser, since he’s in the picture.

#oddcollection #KHSDFKJADSKGHKDJGH #THIS IS GETTING INTO THE MEME TERRITORY THAT CONFUSES HIM #if you showed him. like. ''e'' for example #he'd just be horribly confused and a lil concerned #me tho? this took ME out #lucas reviews your memes #❀ ; ◜ INBOX: lucas looked inside the mailbox. ◞