Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20160421214950/@comment-24141785-20160424212217

(A tune to go along with this post.)

''It... can't be!''

Gabriel looked in shock as his former lover came around from her amnesia, stumbling backwards into the wall. Everything that had been done to give them a new chance, the sacrifices he made for her, had all been shattered. As he stood there, watching in despair as the pain they had both tried escaping inevitably crawled back into their lives, the sudden realization came into his head...

''I.... I have the power to change this.''

The thought itself was terrifying enough. He had the power to let her live a life worth living, to let her live a life without suffering - a life he unintentionally stole from her all those years ago. He could let her live a life of peace - a life where he never involved himself.

"The difference between the good and the bad man...is that at the end of the day, the good man will always make the sacrifices..."

Gabriel knew what had to be done. There was no world in which there is a happy ending for them, no hope to make it work without the constant and viscious cycle of suffering that had plagued them the moment they met. Yet, he always ran away from it. Always hid from the issue, always feared the end...

''And now...? N-Now I have to do this. I fucking have to do this...''

The Breton exhaled heavily, finally glancing up to Siri. She didn't have to look hard to notice that he was on the verge of crying...

"I... I-I want you to promise me something." He uttered quietly, the words barely escaping his mouth as he gazed at the Khajiit. "And no m-matter what happens... Y-You have to do it, alright? For... For her..."