Forgetting is such sweet sorrow | semi-closed logs

[dontgiveabuckland]

Who: Cam Buckland (dontgiveabuckland) & Jean Valjean (almaredemptoris) & Past CR
What: Memoryshare stuff from the intro
When: April
Where: ???
Warning(s): Angst and death

Closed-ish starters below! Hit me up if you want me to write you something! I just didn't want to muck up the intro with my angst.

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[pebblestone]

[ A fair enough point. It's been too long since he's been a no one in Ylisse, and while Lady Emmeryn might have thoughtfully considered the stories of every single one of the townspeople with equal weight, Frederick is not nearly as much of a saint as she is.

Most people, in fact, are nowhere near her caliber, but surely there must have been a few who would have sided with Cam? Or at the very least heard out the both of them equally. Frederick frowns, realizing he has no idea what sort of place Cam's home was like. ]

Were you forced to leave everything behind then?

[dontgiveabuckland]

[Probably. The Bucklands were a close-knit group. A family, or the closest thing to one Cam knew. Surely Eldie would trust Cam over Keran, but Cam could barely stand to face the rest of them after it happened, not to mention that it took several months for him to discover his own innocence.

Cam shrugs, noncommittal,] I left the rest of the Bucklands, yeah. I didn't really have a home or anything, though. Just went from one traveling band of misfits to another.

[And there's a note of fondness in his voice at the last bit.] And hey, if I wouldn't have left, I wouldn't have become a big hero of Talis'val.

[Cue minimizing his own trauma.]

[pebblestone]

[ The memory fades; they're on the road again, near Olympia's city center. It's become something of a chaotic mess ever since the memories started appearing with no rhyme or reason, but the good thing about it is that no one pays them any mind.

Frederick, meanwhile, pays Cam a lot of mind, entirely unconvinced of the carefree air Cam tries to put on in the face of hardship. It must have been difficult for him to leave his loved ones, but now doesn't seem like quite the right time to pry.

Later, he'll ask about the downs of Cam's life. For now, they can stick to the ups, the parts that aren't as hard to swallow. ]

Is that so? Perhaps you could tell me how you came to be this hero of Talis'val, while we make our way back.

[ Punctuated with juuust enough doubt to try and encourage Cam into proving him wrong. ]