[he's in for a surprise with this story, honestly, but... he's totally unaware of that from the description alone. even if it is... vaguely familiar. but roxas is taking a seat next to her.]
What happens in it? [he's interested. tell him more.]
It happens when a merchant goes on a journey and asks his children what they'd like for gifts. While his sons want weapons, his daughters all want pretty dresses and jewelry-- but his youngest daughter, Beauty, who isn't as selfish, just asks for a rose.
[ Mary straightens up a bit, her voice falling into the ease of one who has a story loved and memorized. ]
... Because he met with misfortune, though, the merchant couldn't afford to buy his children anything and had to seek shelter when a bad storm happened on his way home. He came across a castle and begged for shelter... where he found no one there, but a meal and a warm bed had been made ready for him, and he stayed the night there.
In the morning, when he was leaving, he came across a rose garden and found the most beautiful rose to take for his daughter. When he plucked it, though... a terrifying, hideous beast appeared and threatened to kill him for taking advantage of his hospitality by stealing.
The merchant begged for mercy and explained the situation-- and the Beast allowed him to return home, even giving him gifts for his other children, on the condition that the merchant would then come back.
Unhappy, but agreeing, the merchant returned home and gave his children their gifts... but Beauty realized something was wrong and got him to admit the truth. Upon learning, she told her father that this was her responsibility, and went to the castle in his place to stay with the Beast.
[the whole time she's telling this, he listens pretty intently. it's clear to him that the story must really be a favorite of hers, because mary knows it so well that she seems to recite it back to him so flawlessly.
he'd think she was reading it directly from a book if he couldn't see that she's obviously doing it from memory. he's intrigued by the story though, so when she pauses, he's pretty quick to want more.]
[ So he is interested... pleased with this, Mary takes a deep breath to continue. ]
The Beast actually treated Beauty very well, keeping her sheltered, well-fed, and cared for. Even though she was afraid of him at first, because of how scary he looked, she grew to care for him after speaking with him every day.
Every night, though, he'd always ask her to marry him, and she always refused him. But then she'd have dreams about a handsome prince asking her why she wouldn't marry the Beast, and she would tell him that she only saw him as a friend.
As time went on and the two of them grew closer, she started to miss her family, and asked the Beast if she could visit them. He allowed this, on the condition that she return to him in one week, and gave her a magic mirror and a ring. The ring would allow her to return to the castle instantly, and the mirror would let her see the Beast.
... Her family welcomed her back, but her sisters were jealous when they heard about how well she'd been treated-- so they pretended to be really sad and lonely to get her to stay an extra day, breaking her promise with the Beast. They thought if that happened, he'd turn on Beauty and kill her for her betrayal.
Beauty became very guilty about breaking her promise, though, and when she checked on the Beast in the mirror, it was to see him near death in the rose garden. His broken heart was too much for him to bear.
[okay, so he can't remember ever seeing a rose garden in beast's castle, but there are some familiar things about this story. still, there are differences, like the rose gsrden. and the girl's name wasn't beauty, it was belle (roxas, that's the same thing). but no mention of the talking furniture... or how they were all human once.
he doesn't know much about belle, or the depth of the situation there, but roxas knows that they loved each other. that was what he got from it, at least. really, it was beast's castle where he first started to think about love, so this all rings oddly true. as she tells the story, roxas can picture these events happening similarly with the ones he'd seen in that castle.
but there has to be more to it, right? beast had other things he was trying to protect aside from belle, and he never heard anything about him being near death. belle never left, right? roxas' brows furrow, and he looks to mary, waiting for the rest of the story.]
[ It's a curious thing he's mumbling about, like he's trying to confirm something... maybe it's awakened a memory?
Better not to ask right now, though, or ask anything else until the story's finished, so Mary continues. ]
Beauty hurried back to the Beast's side, fearing it was too late... because only now did she realize that she had finally fallen in love with him, even if he was a monster. So she told him, as she cried over him, "I love you."
When her tears touched him, the Beast vanished and was replaced by the handsome prince that she'd seen in her dreams. He told her that he'd been changed into a hideous monster by a fairy in disguise, after he'd refused to let her in out of the rain... and that the only way to break the curse was to find true love... to be loved by someone who could see past his ugliness.
And after that, he and Beauty were married, and lived happily ever after.
[just like what he had heard about in beast's castle. but roxas doesn't have an immediate way of responding to that story. it's... confusing, in a way. so many things match what he's seen, but so many other things don't.
and the last time he checked, beast was definitely still a beast. so maybe it's not the same after all?
[ Was it something from his forgotten past? Honestly, she's still wondering why it seems to be only him who can't remember what it was like when he had a heart, from what he'd told her about 'the others'.
Then again, losing your heart was probably a traumatizing experience in the first place... ]
[he's not really sure how to explain this without being incredibly vague. but it's mary—he trusts mary, so it has to be okay to tell her some of these things, right? especially when she knows so much now, and knows that this isn't stuff he can just talk about with anyway.]
For work... I went to a place that sounds like that. But it's not exactly like the story, either... so I'm not sure what that means.
You... do you mean you went to a castle that had people like that?
[ Because that's what she's getting from this-- but she also knows better than to fling questions at Roxas when he's already told her that most things needed to stay confidential. Still... had he met the Beast? Beauty? Her eyes are brightening with curiosity as she stares at him. ]
Everyone called it Beast's Castle. But the girl there wasn't named Beauty... and there wasn't a rose garden, just one rose. They told me he used to be human, but... there were others that that weren't human anymore either. [he's a little more confident in telling her this stuff now, honestly.
the more time he spends here, the more he realizes that xemnas (or... xehanort?? whoever that guy is) doesn't seem to have any influence here. he's sure they'd have found him by now if that was the case. and honestly? screw them. he'll just have to beat them if they come for him anyway.
what they did wasn't right so... it doesn't have to be totally secret. he can't stay loyal to the organization.] That... was where I first heard about love, though.
[ She's not sure what she's more surprised by: that Roxas is telling her more about the things in his past or that... it really does sound a lot like the story she'd just told him. ]
The things I read about ... um, the kind of monster I am... that wasn't completely true, either. Maybe all of the stories didn't happen exactly like that.
But that means they could have been the real thing! That's incredible, Roxas!
[ Because Roxas had called himself a Nobody. He'd said nobody had known who he was, and she doesn't like that he could even possibly resign himself to that fate. Someone like him... didn't deserve that. ]
I'd have to talk about ice cream a lot in your story, though.
[he can't help that. it's not like he doesn't want to exist as his own person... he does, badly. badly enough that he still can't even accept sora, even though he knows the truth. because if he's sora then... he's not himself, right?
he doesn't want that.]
I don't know what else there'd be to talk about anyway.
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What happens in it? [he's interested. tell him more.]
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[ Mary straightens up a bit, her voice falling into the ease of one who has a story loved and memorized. ]
... Because he met with misfortune, though, the merchant couldn't afford to buy his children anything and had to seek shelter when a bad storm happened on his way home. He came across a castle and begged for shelter... where he found no one there, but a meal and a warm bed had been made ready for him, and he stayed the night there.
In the morning, when he was leaving, he came across a rose garden and found the most beautiful rose to take for his daughter. When he plucked it, though... a terrifying, hideous beast appeared and threatened to kill him for taking advantage of his hospitality by stealing.
The merchant begged for mercy and explained the situation-- and the Beast allowed him to return home, even giving him gifts for his other children, on the condition that the merchant would then come back.
Unhappy, but agreeing, the merchant returned home and gave his children their gifts... but Beauty realized something was wrong and got him to admit the truth. Upon learning, she told her father that this was her responsibility, and went to the castle in his place to stay with the Beast.
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he'd think she was reading it directly from a book if he couldn't see that she's obviously doing it from memory. he's intrigued by the story though, so when she pauses, he's pretty quick to want more.]
...What happened after that?
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The Beast actually treated Beauty very well, keeping her sheltered, well-fed, and cared for. Even though she was afraid of him at first, because of how scary he looked, she grew to care for him after speaking with him every day.
Every night, though, he'd always ask her to marry him, and she always refused him. But then she'd have dreams about a handsome prince asking her why she wouldn't marry the Beast, and she would tell him that she only saw him as a friend.
As time went on and the two of them grew closer, she started to miss her family, and asked the Beast if she could visit them. He allowed this, on the condition that she return to him in one week, and gave her a magic mirror and a ring. The ring would allow her to return to the castle instantly, and the mirror would let her see the Beast.
... Her family welcomed her back, but her sisters were jealous when they heard about how well she'd been treated-- so they pretended to be really sad and lonely to get her to stay an extra day, breaking her promise with the Beast. They thought if that happened, he'd turn on Beauty and kill her for her betrayal.
Beauty became very guilty about breaking her promise, though, and when she checked on the Beast in the mirror, it was to see him near death in the rose garden. His broken heart was too much for him to bear.
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[okay, so he can't remember ever seeing a rose garden in beast's castle, but there are some familiar things about this story. still, there are differences, like the rose gsrden. and the girl's name wasn't beauty, it was belle (roxas, that's the same thing). but no mention of the talking furniture... or how they were all human once.
he doesn't know much about belle, or the depth of the situation there, but roxas knows that they loved each other. that was what he got from it, at least. really, it was beast's castle where he first started to think about love, so this all rings oddly true. as she tells the story, roxas can picture these events happening similarly with the ones he'd seen in that castle.
but there has to be more to it, right? beast had other things he was trying to protect aside from belle, and he never heard anything about him being near death. belle never left, right? roxas' brows furrow, and he looks to mary, waiting for the rest of the story.]
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Better not to ask right now, though, or ask anything else until the story's finished, so Mary continues. ]
Beauty hurried back to the Beast's side, fearing it was too late... because only now did she realize that she had finally fallen in love with him, even if he was a monster. So she told him, as she cried over him, "I love you."
When her tears touched him, the Beast vanished and was replaced by the handsome prince that she'd seen in her dreams. He told her that he'd been changed into a hideous monster by a fairy in disguise, after he'd refused to let her in out of the rain... and that the only way to break the curse was to find true love... to be loved by someone who could see past his ugliness.
And after that, he and Beauty were married, and lived happily ever after.
[ A decisive nod. ]
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[just like what he had heard about in beast's castle. but roxas doesn't have an immediate way of responding to that story. it's... confusing, in a way. so many things match what he's seen, but so many other things don't.
and the last time he checked, beast was definitely still a beast. so maybe it's not the same after all?
he's so puzzled right now!!!]
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Did I... tell it weirdly?
[ He looks a little baffled. ]
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[he pauses, trying to figure out how to explain it.]
It's familiar but... not, at the same time.
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[ Was it something from his forgotten past? Honestly, she's still wondering why it seems to be only him who can't remember what it was like when he had a heart, from what he'd told her about 'the others'.
Then again, losing your heart was probably a traumatizing experience in the first place... ]
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[he's not really sure how to explain this without being incredibly vague. but it's mary—he trusts mary, so it has to be okay to tell her some of these things, right? especially when she knows so much now, and knows that this isn't stuff he can just talk about with anyway.]
For work... I went to a place that sounds like that. But it's not exactly like the story, either... so I'm not sure what that means.
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[ Because that's what she's getting from this-- but she also knows better than to fling questions at Roxas when he's already told her that most things needed to stay confidential. Still... had he met the Beast? Beauty? Her eyes are brightening with curiosity as she stares at him. ]
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Everyone called it Beast's Castle. But the girl there wasn't named Beauty... and there wasn't a rose garden, just one rose. They told me he used to be human, but... there were others that that weren't human anymore either. [he's a little more confident in telling her this stuff now, honestly.
the more time he spends here, the more he realizes that xemnas (or... xehanort?? whoever that guy is) doesn't seem to have any influence here. he's sure they'd have found him by now if that was the case. and honestly? screw them. he'll just have to beat them if they come for him anyway.
what they did wasn't right so... it doesn't have to be totally secret. he can't stay loyal to the organization.] That... was where I first heard about love, though.
[so it's etched pretty strongly in his memory.]
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The things I read about ... um, the kind of monster I am... that wasn't completely true, either. Maybe all of the stories didn't happen exactly like that.
But that means they could have been the real thing! That's incredible, Roxas!
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[does that mean he's been to a world that's just a fairy tale? what kind of worlds are out there even...]
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[ MEETING MORE FAIRY TALES... ]
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It does kind of sound like it... It's kind of weird though, too.
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... You know, I wonder if someone will write a story about you one day, Roxas!
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[ An entire story, though... ]
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[not that she has to or should. but he would read it!]
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[ Because Roxas had called himself a Nobody. He'd said nobody had known who he was, and she doesn't like that he could even possibly resign himself to that fate. Someone like him... didn't deserve that. ]
I'd have to talk about ice cream a lot in your story, though.
[ She's probably not kidding. ]
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he doesn't want that.]
I don't know what else there'd be to talk about anyway.
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