The Truth/No More Heroes

[aesopunbroken]

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1)[POST MISSION][Mad was near catatonic when she was brought back to the Chalice. Whatever wounds she had were relatively minor - the fact that she managed to get away from

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2/2 AW SHIT SON

[gamenojikan]

[Yui mimes a gun with her hands, pointing it at her temple.]

There's a flaw with my brain.

[She mimes shooting it, then puts her hand back down.]

...I have a severely stunted sense of empathy. So when civilians start dying by the hundreds, I'm honestly more concerned about getting blood on my clothes than their lives. It's not anything too malicious, it's simply how I am.

Yet because of how I was born, it's considered socially acceptable to lock me in a prison or a mental institution for the rest of my life. There was another sociopath on this ship, once-they locked her in the brig until another one of her personalities assumed control.

I'm telling you this now because every single moment of every day I have to lie through my teeth if I want to have even the slimmest chance of getting along in human society. I have to think of what a normal person would say and say it, instead of what I actually feel.

This also means that every single person who's ever claimed to love me is a liar; they only have feelings for the facade I wear to avoid harm. And don't get me started on my family...

[Yui fiddles around in her back pocket, then tosses something to Mad-a switchblade.]

I figure you may want to kill me right now, so here's something to make it easier.

Actually, let me just make it even easier for you.

[And Yui takes off her shirt, revealing her chest...and the scars that dot it. Burn marks, healed over cuts...it's not a very pretty sight.]

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[noliesnohero]

[Mad was holding the switchblade, letting the edge flick out before testing the point - then looking at the multitude of past injuries on Yui's person. It's hard to tell what Mad's expression is at this angle... all that was there was that she was holding the knife and possibly pondering murder.]

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[noliesnohero]

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[Mad stabs the knife... into the Chair waaay off from Yui, moves forwards and pulls the other girl close. Another hug. Yui? You recall when you were almost crushing the life out of Mad with that desperate hug of yours ages ago? Find yourself on the other end of it.]

I don't care. I honestly don't fucking care anymore. You've given me more goddamn honesty than anyone else... you could burn the fucking world for all I care...

[That hug gets just a little tighter as Mad nuzzles Yui's neck desperately - shivering as if she was left out in the cold half naked.]

I'm done... playing the hero... I'm done caring what's right or not... just promise me that you'll never lie to me again and I'll be with you to the end.

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[gamenojikan]

[Yui just sits there, completely stunned. Sure, she didn't expect Mad to kill her, but...]

I...

I...

I...

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[gamenojikan]

[That desperate, needy hug is now returned.]

...I promise. I won't ever lie to you again.

[And Yui goes and reveals everything to Mad-her life at home with her mother, her missing father, how she murdered Dimitri in cold blood, how she almost had sex with the drunk Mad, her sadism-everything. If there was a secret Yui had before, Mad knows it now.]

[noliesnohero]

[And despite the many horrific truths spoken... it was pretty clear here...Mad really meant it when she said she didn't care one bit. Not even getting date-raped by a self-admitted actual sociopath dampened her affections. No more lies... at least between the two of them... that much helped Mad from that suicidal emotional crash she experienced.]

Yui... thank you...

[Mad whispered the name softly... and lovingly. The first time Mad has ever spoken in that tone of voice in her life.]