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[venturesome]

[ ＦＩＬＴＥＲＥＤ ＦＲＯＭ ＳＮＯＷ ＷＨＩＴＥ: ]

[ James looks tired. As if great burdens have caught up with him and stolen away some of his strength. He is somewhere in the Sigyn district holding something that looks like a baby blanket. White wool with purple silk ribbons; on it the name 'Emma' is evident, knitted in purple.

He looks somewhat heartbroken. ]

The Gods seem to fetch people from different times, I was told; and sometimes the past is preferable to the future. Yet it seems as if the future is catching up with us, even here.

[ he glances at the blanket and lets out a sigh. ]

I will hear your advice. If there are - unfavorable news of the future that you cannot keep from those you love -

Is it fair to wish to keep them a secret regardless? Is it compassionate?

I already know the opinion of our gracious hosts.

[ ＰＲＩＶＡＴＥ ＴＯ ＳＮＯＷ ＷＨＩＴＥ: ]

There is something I must tell you.

Comments

[video]

[whatagoodgirl]

If I could know everything, I'd want to. Regardless of how painful it was.

[Her expression is earnest, but faraway - she's obviously one of those left in the dark.]

But a lot of people disagree with me, pretty violently. So I wouldn't go by one person's opinion.

[video]

[venturesome]

I suppose I would say the same thing. If there was one here who knew of my future I would have them speak it, for it is uncertain in my realm.

[ a pause. ]

At the same time, I admit I would fear hearing it.

Re: [video]

[whatagoodgirl]

Oh... I'm sorry to hear that. My world is in danger, so I kind of know how you feel. It's hard, not knowing.

[She nods.] There's a lot I'd find it hard to hear. But that doesn't change the fact that I'd want to know.

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[holyfight]

I guess it would depend on what it was...

video

[venturesome]

News, my lady. The king that one needs to hear but will also give them great pain and not something anyone can change from this city.

[Voice]

[needsmoregreen]

It depends on what the secret was but...

I don't think it's fair to keep things from someone you love. I don't think it's fair like that!

[Video]

[venturesome]

Even if they cannot change what is told to them? Even if it will bring them great pain?

[ but e agrees with her, if to judge by his sigh and the way his hand tightens around the blanket. ]

The Gods are cruel, for giving some of us knowledge that others from our realm do not possess.

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[hatesblindjokes]

Ain't nothing wrong with wanting to not say anything...

But shit seems to catch up to people one way or another anyway.

video;

[venturesome]

By that you mean the truth will eventually come out, since it is its nature, no matter how much I try and spare her feelings?

[ and then she would be livid with him, he knows. At the same time, he doesn't know if he has it in him to tell Snow of what will happen to her and the child she doesn't even carry yet. ]

[video]

[hazukashii]

[ oh, this is a question she knows, herself. Still, she tries to smile, offering a little wave despite her friend's evident distress (and the unhappiness of the topic in her own memory.) Normally, she wouldn't use video on this sort of thing, but he seemed like such a trustworthy person back then... ]

... Hello, James.

If it has to do with the person, then... it might be good to tell them.

[video]

[venturesome]

It has everything to do with her, yes. At the same time - I know the heartache of not being able to change the course of the future, I do not wish upon her the same burden. I fear -

[ no; he shakes his hand. ]

I wished for her to be happy here. Our realm is in great peril as it is.

video;

[burping]

Are you well, James?

video;

[venturesome]

Not quite, Princess.

There is one I wish to shield here from the knowledge of the future, of the course of events in my realm.

[ of the fate of their child. ]

But I am beginning to realize it is not my right to do so.

[James]

[onebite]

Is something wrong?

[snow]

[venturesome]

I am making my way back. Where are you?

[ not quite an answer to her question but he figures it shall have to do. He doesn't want to do it, doesn't want to tell Snow of Emma and of the prophecy and of the Queen's curse. Snow isn't even pregnant yet, it need not concern her. At the same time, it is her child, it is Emma's blanket, he will not hide it from Snow. At the very least there is also good news, there is hope. ]

video;

[gymnast]

I think it depends on what the news is. [ She told Jackson he was the kanima which is definitely unfavorable, but even if he didn't believe her and even if it was because she was trying to figure out what he remembered from home, she felt he had a right to know. ]

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[venturesome]

News of the future, of what will be and cannot be changed.

[ of a prophecy and a curse and one hope that rests in a baby that his wife doesn't even carry yet. ]

But these news regard the person in question. I am not one to keep truths to myself. I find myself wondering if the pain that shall fall upon them is truly necessary.

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[neverendingoath]

I think honesty is always the best policy.

You can really hurt someone by keeping a secret from them, sometimes worse than the secret itself will hurt them.

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[venturesome]

[ have a smile, Asbel. ]

That would have been my answer, if someone were to ask me this question.

[ but it's different now; different when it's Snow and the child she doesn't even carry yet. ]

private audio;

[onlyacurse]

[The expression on the other man's face will be most heartwrentching especially as he holds a blanket with such a dampen spirits. Souko knew about the existance of Emma, his baby, and of the state of his dear wife. Why did he seem so distraught over being given such a belonging? Souko did not understand until she heard his inquiry which will leave her in deep thought. Was it fair to tell others of their future regardless of consequences? His question has hit her closer to home because she was under the very exact situation at the moment. Turning the feed to a more private one, she will decide to offer him another thought, but felt uncomfortable in revealing such details in public.]

...as others may or may have not all ready suggested, it would depend on the type of secret it was, but...it will truly depend mostly on your own intuition on the matter and morale compass. Topics such as these -- I do not believe hold neither a correct nor incorrect answer.

[A pause.]

Did you find your dear wife, James-san? [Because she has a feeling the secret has to do with his family, but mainly his wife.]

private audio;

[venturesome]

I have. The gods have gave me the dearest blessings they could have given me.

[ and at the same time, they have brought her from just after their wedding. She knows nothing of Emma, knows nothing of the curse and of the prophecy and of their child needing to be given away. ]

Yet we are from different times in our realm.

[ ᴠıᴅᴇᴏ ]

[corona]

I... actually think compassionate is the only thing it is. I mean, you're being honest, yes, and it's a weight off your shoulders, I know, but—

The only one who's going to feel better... is you. Telling someone something painful? It's the right thing, maybe, but - just because it's right doesn't mean it's good.

[ ᴠıᴅᴇᴏ ]

[venturesome]

[ she voices his doubts aloud and he nods, his features grave and conflicted. ]

You are right, this has crossed my mind not once. Yet I fear that as the Gods push me to tell the truth now by bringing an item from our realm here, one that would require an explanation, they will do so again. They seem to favor the truth over everything else.

video;

[sworntovalor]

[He wanted to see James again, to thank him. But to see him so heartbroken is hardly what he had in mind.]

I can speak as one who is behind everyone I care for. It is upsetting, not to know. And one always knows that things have happened, that something is not as it should when it concerns those you care for.

video;

[venturesome]

You think that it shall be evident. That the truth will show itself upon me even if I shall not speak it.

[ he is right, of course. It is not that James is a bad liar, he lied of his name and his heritage, his whole title is false. But not to Snow, never to Snow. And Lancelot is perhaps right; Snow would tell for she knows him best of all. ]