DAY ???

[cascadingfailure]

[ Once upon a time, two heroes were having a very fun time in the city.

Okay, maybe it wasn't particularly fun. Maybe it was a normal time. Just two guys hanging out, doing whatever an ancient timeloop bound phantom thief and an ancient reincarnating demigod do in their spare time, you know?

But this day was unlike any other, because on this day said demigod finds himself consumed, and by consumed I mean there's a sudden swirl of wind around Eclipse, kicking up dust like a very small tornado. A very small starts to slowly peel away at his colour, pulling them away like yarn that dissolves into thin air. And at the same time, he begins to fade…

Mars, on the other hand, is completely fine! So that's nice. ]

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[foolmetwice]

[what]

[. . . immediately bristles at the implications here, gaze darting from Eclipse and back again]

He's Eclipse of Heart Soldier Senshi. The fanbase can't take that from him.

You can't take that from him.

[nevermind that both can, but, u know]

[cascadingfailure]

Please direct all complaints to...

...

Actually, this program isn't sure what department handles complaints about the world being unfair. It would lodge a complaint about its own programming if it did.

[inspiteful]

[ Welp, in that sense that's...nothing new... ]

Uncofrtunately, I don't think I can really wait for the fans to put a spotlight on me.

[foolmetwice]

[. . .]

[shuts the door in the fairy's face again, pressing his back against it as he inhales sharply, raking his fingers through his hair]

[. . .]

You understand what I'm saying, right Eclipse? That no matter what some stupid fans think of your or what this stupid fairy is saying-- you are an important member of Heart, right?

[inspiteful]

I mean, I get what you're saying, it's just...

Even when you say that, it doesn't exactly change the fact that the fans are the ones my whole existence depends on right now.

[foolmetwice]

[his hands curl into fists, and he opens his mouth as though to argue against that-- but. . .]

[. . .]







[in the end he just drags Eclipse into a very tight hug]

[inspiteful]

[ He hugs Mars back just as tight. ]

...Even if I go back, I don't think it'd be as someone on Heart Soldier Senshi.

[foolmetwice]

[clings a little more tightly]

Stupid.

You're always gonna be a member of Heart. Always.

[inspiteful]

Haha, I think only a few of you might feel that way.

[foolmetwice]

[no!!! . . . he thinks to himself, but all he does is draw back, hands resting against Eclipse's shoulders]

You are. That's not an opinion. It's a fact.

I don't care what color you're wearing. Nothing can change that.

[inspiteful]

Ask King or Hurricane or Hiryuu when you get back, then.

...But thank you.

[foolmetwice]

They'd say the same thing. I know they would.

[gives Eclipse's shoulders a very tight squeeze, but he looks a little less outwardly angry and more tiredly resigned. fuck this placeeeeee]

. . . what are you gonna do?

[inspiteful]

I don't want to be taken away or, uh, become one of the Damned. What she said seems to mean that I still have a chance of a comeback, just not as someone on Heart Soldier Senshi.

[ He walks over to the mannequin with the Alcheme uniform. ]

...But this might work.

[foolmetwice]

[. . .]

[there's nothing but frustrated silence on Mars's end as Eclipse walks over to the AlcheME! outfit]

[. . .]

[he doesn't verbalize it because FUCK FEELINGS, but—]

[I don't want to lose you]

[at least it is written all over his face???]

[inspiteful]

I mean, unless you have another idea, either I move a floor up or I get whisked away to another program or worse.

[ It's not an ideal situation, Eclipse knows, but... ]

[foolmetwice]

[nnnngh. . .]

. . . you'd think since I took a transfer trip and came back I'd have a better idea how it works.

[a helpless shrug]

[aka he has got nothing]

[inspiteful]

Did we ever figure out how the hell you got back?

...You're still important to me, no matter what.

[foolmetwice]

I like to tell people I just sneaked back on my own, but--

[that is. . . obviously not what happened]

. . . and yeah. I know that.

[inspiteful]

...If I make it back, I'll see you guys.

[ He goes to put on the Alcheme uniform. ]

[foolmetwice]

[tilts his chin up, determined and almost defiant]

I'm not leaving until you do make it back.

[inspiteful]

[ With the clothes on, he takes one more look at Mars before he opens the door. ]

Hey, so. What if I was a member of another unit instead?