( open ) you doing anything to keep her by your side

[disagree]

Who ❄️ Eula and you!
What ❄️ July catchall. Substories, mingle things, Eula getting white-girl wasted again.
When ❄️ July duh
Where ❄️ Around town
Content Warnings ❄️ Copious amounts of alcohol. The rest is TBA.


substories | ic mingle
pm me if you want a personalized starter!

Comments

[identitycrisiscore]

[ If Eula is expecting Cloud to scoff at her story, it never comes. He sips on his drink there for a long moment as she talks. Her story is a simple one, but it's one that's full of pain. She didn't ask to be an heir - especially not to an aristocracy that had seemingly, rightly, gotten what they deserved. Now that he thinks about it, she did have a noble bearing about her. ]

I see. Well, I should have known I'd have to pay, sooner or later. [ the drink is making him more than a little glib. ] Do what you must, Eula. [ He does, however, refrain from using her last name. It's clear she doesn't like it much. ]

For a noble, it sure sounds like you got the short end of the stick - all the expectations to avenge some bloodied nose you might not even care about... and no one on your side because of your heritage in the first place.

[ He stares and swirls at his drink for a moment, before looking back up. ] Seems like a pretty raw deal, to me.

[disagree]

[ eula stares him down, as if expecting him to say anything contrary. it didn't come, which leaves her... quite floored? and relieved, in fact. she did have an inkling that her surname doesn't really matter in this realm, but even so, it's in her official files. she can never hide it for long.

she breaks her long, cold stare from him, and shakes her head. ]

I don't count myself as part of the aristocracy anymore. Not after my family had disowned me after I joined the Knights of Favonius, which was established after said aristocracy was overthrown.

[ she takes a sip of her drink. she's feeling the buzz a little bit now, but she can keep going. ]

It's been easier since I'd become a knight, but back then it was rougher. Usually I'd be kicked out of bars by now, just because of my bloodline. [ and that was just the tip of the iceberg. ] Being chained down by both parties must've been why I had those chains. It's a little dramatic, the more you think about it.

[ she can't help but laugh a little, now that they're no longer in immediate danger. still, it's a little eerie how that nightmare session summed up her problems as a whole... as much as she'd appreciated the fact that it was just cloud at the time, she'd never want to inflict something like that to people she'd just met. ]

[identitycrisiscore]

[ He's taking a sip in response, nodding along as she talks. He can feel the pleasant buzz take over him, too. And it makes his shoulders slip a bit in relaxation, even as Eula breaks her death stare. ]

It makes sense. Between everyone's expectations or notions of who you are, you felt trapped. Doubt I wouldn't feel the same in your shoes.

Still, that you didn't let it break you down says a lot. You're tough, and you paved your own way, at that. If nothing else, that's something to be proud of.

[ Maybe he's taking another drink to hide the embarrassment creeping to his face at the compliment. At least, he likes to think it's a compliment. ]

[disagree]

I...

[ it's what the traveler and paimon would say, and back then she wouldn't have believed it. but having cloud here with her, sharing his own brand of struggles and vice versa -- it almost makes up for the fun she'd missed back home. ]

There's someone back home who said... that winds always change their course. I don't know when I'll ever change their minds about me, but. [ there's a slight flush on her cheeks as she looks up at cloud with a small smile. ] Just hearing that from you makes me believe that it'll definitely happen one day. Thank you.

[ she's. definitely not used to being sappy, though. it's really not her thing, so she's going to take a looooong sip from her drink until it's thoroughly drained. ]

[identitycrisiscore]

[ Oh, that smile gets him right in the heart. She has such a pretty smile, he thinks, addled by the alcohol and lingering for just a moment longer than it would have taken to discard if he was entirely sober. ]

...No problem. And— even if the people back home don't change their minds about you, that just means they're all the more fools for not seeing the person you really are.

There are people who would treat me like trash just because I'm ex-SOLDIER. They might have their reasons, but if that's all they see... well. Then their opinion doesn't matter much anyway, right?

[ He's gesturing with one hand, the faint flush of intoxication finally starting to show on his end. ]

[disagree]

[ it really is easier said than done. she's heard that before -- amber, sara, the traveler and paimon. and from the bottom of her heart, she wants to believe it so bad.

but after hearing it from cloud, someone who wasn't even from mondstadt, there's no reason why she wouldn't take his word for it. ]

...You're right. You're absolutely right, Cloud. But you shouldn't be getting hate for fighting valiantly out there as an ex-soldier, either.

[ that's... that's what he meant, right? but seriously. nothing else matters now, except the opinions of her peers. god, the fact that she has peers now... she'll never get over it. ]

Let's raise a toast to it. Just to make it official. [ she may or may not be getting drunk too, with how she's becoming less reserved with that proposition as she raises her glass. ] Cheers?

[identitycrisiscore]

[ He scoffs for a minute. He'll explain exactly what he meant by 'SOLDIER' another time, maybe. And how it had some similarities to Eula's own situation — a group with no one's best wishes at heart, least of all the people who were meant to fight for them. But that's a talk for another time — they're both a bit too deep in their cups for it to come out eloquently. ]

Yeah.

Cheers. [ He raises his glass, and clinks it with Eula's. ] To knowing whose opinions matter, and whose don't.