got s3 starters ; accepting || @tenkoseiensei
❝ we can’t all have a king’s bravery. ❞ how about 4 flansuka bad coping au tho
‘WE CAN’T ALL HAVE a king’s bravery,’ Yan Qing said to him as if that was an excuse for this world that he created – this world with such sweet aroma that it trapped you here and muddle the senses no different from poison that drifted through the breeze. Each time that Ritsuka recalled even a minor detail of her true reality, Yan Qing was always there with gentle hands upon her shoulders and soft words meant to calm and soothe: a balm upon burns to chase away the pain even if for temporary reprieve. Ozymandias loathed it with every ounce of his being, and yet, he was unsure of how to wake his Master from this world of falsehoods where there were no Holy Grails, no conflict, no fear of death or destruction. Some of the other Servants supported Yan Qing’s choice, but never would he do so. He would sooner kill Ritsuka as a ‘saving grace,’ for that felt kinder in comparison.
❝Swallow your excuses. I will hear none of it. There have been those without reputation, without status, who were brave. You of all people should recall such individuals as easily as you can your own name.❞ His head tilted back, the warm expression he wore when Ritsuka was present as he played ‘his part’ in this world long since gone as mask was torn from his features. ❝You think this is saving her, but this place is a cruelty.❞ Was it better to be trapped in an infinite loop of joy where all things were in one’s favor? Or was it better to deal with the truth head on than shying away from it and hoping it was not there? What true peace was there to gain if everything you knew was a lie? He could not understand how Yan Qing could not see this. His love for the Master was suffocating them without him being any aware of it.
