hadriel | Video 3 - Margaery's Apartment

[The video opens not in the Sewing Shop but in Margaery's apartment where she's sitting in the middle of her bed, a pillow clasped in her arms. she's looking down from the camera and she's in a bathrobe and nightgown, both wrinkled. her hair is disheveled and her eyes are heavily rimmed with red, as though she's spent a long time crying. which she has been. a whole day and night and a new day of crying.

she tries to look up at the camera, clear her throat and speak, but the words don't come. fresh tears well in her eyes and she looks down again, biting her lower lip.

a long moment passes with nothing but Margaery fighting back tears and silent. finally, she looks back up at the camera and speaks]

I--I thought people may want to know that Matt Murdock is no longer among us. His. His help was invaluable in the time before the Null invasion and [her voice breaks] he will be missed greatly.

[she brushes a tear off of her cheek, looking down again. she forces herself to look back up and continues]

I need to apologize to those I promised garments to. I. It will be at least another month before they're finished. I'm--I'm sorry.

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「Go to Matt's world... He meets her words with a little surprise, never had he thought that people would want to go anyone else's world from here. All he wanted was to go back to his after all. But what if the land he's been promised ever since he could remember wasn't for him? What if there was only darkness for him? He still cannot get over the fact that maybe he was never going to be allowed into the Field of Reeds, that Hadriel was the place he was sent instead. Would he take that opportunity too if it was given to him? He doesn't know...

But again, this is not about him, so he offers Margaery the kindest smile he can pull off, taking her hand from over his shoulder between his.」

I'm sure you will.

「If she got there anyway. Some friendships, some loves transcended dimensions and time. He knew it. Maybe they were destined to it.」

[Margaery can't go back to her own world. only death awaits her there. she can't even have the comfort of an afterlife since when she died, she didn't go to the Seven Heavens. she was just plunged into nothingness. perhaps it was a punishment for her sinful life? perhaps all of the gods were lies? either way, she doesn't want to risk it. all she wants is to go to Matt's world. it will be strange and overwhelming at first, she knows, but she feels that as long as she's at his side, she'll be able to overcome any obstacle.

she tries to smile back. it's uneven and watery and completely unlike her usual sparkling smiles, but she tries]

I hope so. I just--can't imagine what I'll do if they don't let me go.

[she's determined to see this through. she doesn't care which god she has to beg to make it happen]

「He wouldn't know either...」

Then don't... there is no point to it.

「It might be childish, but what other option they have?」

Would you... want help with the garments?

「Big spoilers, he can't sew shit, but he's willing to learn if that helps her as a distraction.」

[Margaery will now be spending her life with one eye on the exit]

It's hard to not think about it. I know that the so-called gods are not our friends. They have no reason to do what I want.

[worry. that's the other option]

You know how to sew?

They have every reason to do what we want. It's their fault we are here, even if they say they don't control the Door, it's their Door. They've caused everyone too much suffering not to try to start mending it.

「Worry is ... all they do, it cool.」

I know how to sew buttons. 「And it's not like he knows, he's just seen how!」

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I would like to believe that. But I fear that they have little reason to be kind to us. We're their captives, we're their food. They have no real interest in us, aside from keeping us alive.

[she's always going to be bearing the wounds from this and she's never going to stop hating the gods for it]

That's a start? I'm more used to lacing myself into my clothes than buttons, though.

They owe us that much...

「At least he'd like to think so.」

Hmm, that sounds easier.

They do. I'm just afraid that they don't see things that way.

[Margaery has been cynical about gods ever since her ordeal with the Faith of the Seven back in her world. this place has only made her more cynical and even disbelieving]

It can be, when the laces aren't behind you.

Then you get someone to do it for you.

「That's how things used to be for him!」

[that earns a short burst of laughter]

Yes, I can imagine that. One Queen of the Seven Kingdoms expecting another to serve as handmaiden.

[Matt never minded. he especially never minded unlacing her gowns]

「He smiles briefly, seeing her laugh is a good thing. She'll be fine.」

Meanwhile, I can help you if you want.

[she will be, but it will take months. and the single-minded determination that when she leaves, she's not going back to her world to die. she's going to Matt's to live]

That is most kind of you, Atem. I would appreciate your help.

Anything for a friend.

If--if I can ever repay you for your kindness, please don't hesitate to ask?

I ... will try to remember that.

「He often, if never, does that, he'd rather give than receive.」

Is there anything else I can do?

[she sees the merits of both]

Just. Keep me company? This place seems very large and empty today.

Of course.

「He actually could use the company himself, it feels large and empty for him all the time, ever since he arrived, no matter how many people he's met. Nothing seems to fill the whole in his heart, not that he will ever say it, it'd be terribly rude. But it does help to help, to do what his partner would. And he, he would smile and agree to stay for as long as he's needed, which is why Atem gives her a gentle smile.」

Thank you.

[and now she has a gaping hole in her heart that she fears will never be whole again. not unless she succeeds at her plan to go to Matt's world, find him, and live happily ever after. she has to admit that it's a longshot, though, and that frightens her. she's never been good at dealing with uncertainty, even though she's the type to plan for every possible option. but now, his company is deeply appreciated and she tries to smile back]

Video 3 - Margaery's Apartment

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damn im sorry i lost this notif, you may ignore!

It's okay! <3

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