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[prince_of_beasts]

A synthesized woman's voice picks up the call.

"Your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system. Two - Zero - Two - Nine - One - Eight - Two - One - Three - Two -- is not available now. At the tone, please record your message. When you've finished recording, you may hang up or press the # key for more options."

Dimitri hasn't figured out how to customize the thing yet.

Comments

[ossie_oswald]

Dear Dimitri,

Don't you both look lovely! I'm glad the both of you had a good time, those sorts of dances are just cracking fun, wot? I'm also glad nobody held what you know of dancing against you, or else I should have had to give them a very stern talking to!

What was the announcement, while I remember?

Ossie

He already knows, he just wants to hear it from Dimitri.

[prince_of_beasts]

Hehe.

Dear Ossie,

It was fun. Much more so than any dance I've attended at home. I'll give your regards to Dedue.


... aaand there it is.

Ah. Yes, the more serious news of the night.
Since the damage to the crew quarters, the ship has been low on power.
The Captain has informed us that, to make up the deficit, the next excursion will be fatal for anyone who attends.
That's all the information we have, and all we'll be given.

[ossie_oswald]

Dear Dimitri

Ah, well, I suppose that rather makes it straightforward, does it not? Almost gentlemanly of him to warn us in advance, if you can call it that.

If you should want to take your mind off of it while the excursion is on, our home is always open.

Ossie

Because there's no way he's actually going, yet?

[prince_of_beasts]

Haha. Oh no.

Some might call it gentlemanly. I wouldn't.
The wood burns whether or not it's told it's going on the fire.

Having said that
I appreciate the offer, but I do intend to sign up. I feel it's only fair given the damage I did to the crew quarters.

Dimitri needs a good minute to work up the nerve to hit 'Send'.

[ossie_oswald]

Ossie lays his head on the desk. For chrissakes, why does he have to care for people with incurable heroism? Who gives a hoot if Dimitri contributed to the power issues aboard? He deserves to be safe. Ossie deserves for Dimitri to be safe.


Even knowing the consequences?

It's unfair, and he knows he can't talk Dimitri out of it.


My apologies, you're capable of making your own decisions, I don't mean to talk you out of it.

Please do come see me afterwards. I'll want to make sure you're alright.

[prince_of_beasts]

Even knowing the consequences.
After all, it won't be permanent.

It will undo what Arcadia did to him, and that isn't not part of his reasoning. But Ossie doesn't need that reminder, and Dimitri doesn't want to think about it.

I will. As soon as I can get Dedue to let me go. :)

[ossie_oswald]

And you understand that I cannot come with you?

I know that you wouldn't ask it of me, and I do feel like I ought to, but I can't.

Please do extend our invitation to Dedue to weather the excursion at ours. Waiting will be an easier prospect with company, I should imagine.

[prince_of_beasts]

Of course. I never expected you would.
I think I said to you - some time ago - that if everyone went to war there'd soon be no one left.
So please don't be hard on yourself.
We need someone to come home to.

-- Oh.

'Home' is a crisis Dimitri will be deferring until later. As soon as the dead stop shouting.

Through the stabbing headache, he types,

Thank you.Ill let him know.