012-[action]- Trying not to think about it....

[tuna_surprise]

[Seychelles hasn't been paying a whole lot of attention to what people are warning about on the phones, so instead of hiding in her room, she's out and about in town. Currently she's window shopping. Looking around at various clothing stores. Mostly stuff she can't afford anyway. Normally she'd be enjoying the activity, but her heart isn't really

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[child_abuser]

[Happens upon Seychelles as she's out walking around. Noticing she's still upset, he sighs in frustration and walks up to her.]

"Yo."

Do you see the crazy on this thread? The Captain ruins everything ever.

[tuna_surprise]

[I'll just say this happens before the Captain/England debaucle. She'll be a wreck when that's over.]

Hi, Coach.

[She puts on a pretty convincing smile.]

Yup, I saw - Jecht is gonna help! In his own way! Maybe!

[child_abuser]

[Unfortunately, he saw her depressed face before he walked up, so he's got a vague idea that she's still upset and trying to hide it.]

"...Still not over it, huh?"

[For sake of this thread, I'm going to assume their previous conversation went how I said it would before, with him suggesting that she just stop thinking about it.]

He can help by punching the Captain in his stupid face~ ^___^

[tuna_surprise]

[Her smile falters.]

....not really.

[That's fine.]

[child_abuser]

[Grunts.]

"All right. Follow me."

[And without even waiting, he'll walk off into an alleyway behind some of the buildings.]

[tuna_surprise]

[Follows. Curiously.]

Coach? Where are we going?

[child_abuser]

"Over here where no stupid drones can call Grady on us."

[Walks into the very back of the alley and then turns around. He thumps a fist off his chest and looks right at Seychelles.]

"Hit me."

Wow, that's hilarious.

[tuna_surprise]

C-Coach! What are you-?

[She tries to protest, but suddenly her fist is hitting him square in the chest. Afterwards, she stares at her hand. wondering what the hell.]

[child_abuser]

[Jecht takes the punch like a champ, tightening his muscles in just the right places to blunt the impact. He's pretty used to this sort of thing from fighting fiends, and Seychelles isn't really a trained fighter, so he's able to take a single punch with fairly little effort. There's an audible grunting noise as the air is forced from his lungs, though, and he grins and gives an appreciative nod after she's done.]

"Good. Now do it again, and don't stop until you've worked out all your frustration. Cry if you feel like it, even. Don't hold back, either. Hell, kick me too if you want. I can take it."

[Closes his eyes and waits.]

Hilariously, this will help. If the Captain didn't ruin everything ever, that is...

[tuna_surprise]

[She'd been about to apologize for hitting him, but then he tells her to keep going. So she does. Surprised at first, after a few hits, she actually is working out her frustrations. Two and a half centuries worth of unrequited love, confused feelings, jealousy, anger, etc. And she does cry. Boy does she cry. About France being gone, about not getting to confess her feelings, and she even goes back past all that. Because deep down, she knows. It didn't matter how much she loved France, when England showed up with his bushy eyebrows and stupid pirate hat, France didn't fight for her. He handed her over and left. Didn't even look back. Eventually, it all tapers away, and instead of hitting him, she's just crying and clinging to him.]

Why? Why was I so easy to leave behind? He- He didn't even try. That jerk came and took me away and he didn't even try to get me back...

[child_abuser]

[Jecht isn't good with words, but at least he can manage a hug. He wraps one arm around Seychelles, lightly stroking her hair with the other. It's pretty awkward at first, but eventually he sort of eases into it. And he just stands there with her like that, letting her cry and talk for as long as she needs to.]

[tuna_surprise]

[It takes a while, but finally her sobs taper off, and she pulls away, embarrassed.]

.....Sorry. I didn't mean to break down like that.

And....Thank you.