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[wwistful]

[This entry might seem a little uncharacteristically chipper coming from Murdoc of all people. Why? Because it's all pretty much fake. He's engaged to Sybille simply to prevent her from being deported and this entry has been made in the interest of seeming genuine.]

Good evening, Hogwarts. It is my great pleasure to announce that after nearly twenty years of being madly in love, both myself and the lovely Miss Matteris have gotten ourselves engaged to be married.

As of yet we haven't set a date for the wedding but we were simply too excited to hold off on announcing this to our dear friends. I'm certain you will all be invited.


[Individually filtered to Eridan, Bro and Constance]
We need to talk.

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[wwistful]

I let my fear of losing someone dictate my actions, and for that I apologise.

This isn't a marriage of romance, Constance. The feelin' isn't remotely mutual. I'm just a fuckin' idiot who makes stupid choices.

filtered;

[quasistellar]

I don't want to hear any more apologies. The damage is done, and some wounds don't heal.

It might not be a marriage out of love on Sybille's end, but it is on yours, and you wouldn't be able to look me in the eye and say otherwise, Murdoc. Maybe that's why you didn't want to talk this over with me in person. I don't know.

What I do know is that this hurts, and I'm not going to let you or anyone else hurt me like this again.

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[wwistful]

You can believe whatever you want to believe. I'm done tryin' to justify myself when I risked so much for absolutely no benefit to myself.

I'm scared, alright? I'm utterly terrified of this and I need people to understand that this isn't for me. This isn't what I want in the slightest, Constance.

filtered;

[quasistellar]

Yes, yes, you risked everything for Sybille and Vriska without even thinking of who else you might hurt. You've made that brilliantly clear.

You also made it clear over the summer that you weren't going to jump into anything, with me or anyone else, because you said your priorities were with your son and our daughters. And that turned out to be a lie.

[and there go the tears.]

filtered;

[wwistful]

This is an entirely different situation. You can't hold that against me at a time like this.

[Seething quietly.]

filtered;

[quasistellar]

This sure does seem like jumping into things. The exact thing you said you didn't want to do. And yes. I can hold it against you.

filtered;

[wwistful]

Given the circumstances, it was a move I deemed necessary.

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[quasistellar]

...you don't deem any move necessary without brooding over it for weeks or months or years beforehand.

filtered;

[wwistful]

I didn't have a week or a month of a year, otherwise it would have been less abrupt.