Do you think Molly ever moped whenever Yasha went off to chase the storms? Like when Yasha isn't around for him to hang out with, he just sits and huffs a little like a bored kitty?
aHHH I love the thought of this, Molly's tail lashing as he wanders around and tries not to think about how much he misses Love ;; Molly curling up by himself and staring off into storms, just waiting for her to come home. I feel like as time goes by he either gets better at hiding it, or he realizes that Yasha cares about him so much she'll always come back, and in the meantime he's happy to wait for her for as long as she needs.
But I do think Molly gets more anxious whenever Yasha isn't there and something from his past comes back. Nightmares about the Eyes, fleeting memories from another life. That time when Cree ran up and called him Lucien, how she wrapped her arms around him and Molly immediately started spiraling, having a panic attack. How he laughs nervously and keeps looking for an escape, desperate to just make it all go away--and the immediate relief when Yasha shows up, how Molly just clings to her and lingers at her side--"I'm so glad to see you."
So whenever Molly's having another moment like that, where he just needs to run and hide and all the demons from Lucien's past come back...I think those are the times when he gets very anxious and withdrawn if Yasha isn't there. If he doesn't have his anchor to hold onto whenever he's feeling that ache of Emptiness again.
I also wonder about the very first time Yasha leaves, because we know Molly didn't think she'd actually come back. It takes him completely by surprise when Yasha comes running to his rescue--even though Molly did the exact same thing for her at the Platinum Dragon temple. He just...didn't believe anyone would ever do the same for him. It's so sad, that Mollymauk didn't think his life was worth that...even though all of choir practice is just him drawing his own blood to protect others--
But yeah. I do wonder if, that first time she left, Molly tried not to let the disappointment show. And maybe he didn't really believe she'd actually stay, but he had hoped--
Those first few days when Yasha is away…when she leaves the circus grounds, she’s still looking at all the joy and color in the world, still holding onto a little four-leaf-clover. And then there’s Molly back at the carnival. Was he trying to keep himself busy and not think about how lonely he still feels? Did he watch her walk away until she disappeared beyond the horizon?
Molly openly admitting that he's lonely to Yasha when she saves him, Molly who kept throwing his life on the line after losing Lestera, who still ached for her and ran off to fight these battles alone every night. The absolute recklessness of it all, how he keeps throwing himself into danger for others--like he himself has nothing left to lose.
The way Yasha was so concerned for Molly's safety when he himself never even questioned it--"You stuck your neck out like that, completely alone...to help people you don't even know?" Yasha promising Molly he won't have to be alone anymore--she's going to protect him, and she's not giving him any choice about it, "We fix it. You're not doing this alone anymore. Got it?"
"Got it. Suppose I could use the company. I am recently out of a relationship the hard way..." Molly says that with a wink and a cheeky grin, tries to just brush it off. But it's this moment where he's really letting himself be vulnerable and admits more than he ever did to the rest of the Nein. He tells Yasha he had a partner once, but she's gone now. He tells her she lost them recently, that he's still grieving--that he's lonely. "Suppose I could use the company." It's his way of saying he's so grateful that Yasha will stay, that Molly doesn't want to be alone. Can't be.
Just...the way Yasha and Molly were both there for each other when they were both mourning someone they lost. The way Molly can tell just by looking at Yasha that she feels lonely and Empty too. The way it hurts a bit whenever Yasha goes away, but also how Mollymauk trusts wholeheartedly that she'll come back.
Molly always waiting for Yasha to return, always so patient and understanding. And then it's Yasha left behind and feeling so alone; and then, after months and months of grieving and waiting and daring to hope--"You open your eyes for the first time...in the longest time..." Molly's reborn soul finally coming home to Yasha like she always came back to him--
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For the sanity of anyone else in the b&b, Kaveh and Haitham are not sharing a room.
Unfortunately, Cyno and Haitham decided to share and they've now been underneath Kaveh and I, trying to sleep for two hours, why myself and Kaveh feel absolutely no exhaustion because 1) minimal energy was used during the day and 2) we're still showing each other the cool stuff we found on the river & town walk.
It's midnight, we are both fully aware that we should not be awake, but we physically cannot sleep.
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PSA: Know how Mizora sticks around your Act 3 camp and refuses to leave? Know how Mizora tries to get Wyll's dad blown to bits by spiders if you refuse Wyll's contract extension? Know how she's ruined Wyll's life for 7 years and been a pain for Karlach and for everyone else too?
Flesh to Stone. Sticks even through teleport, and if she fails all three CON saves, it is PERMANENT unless you use Basilisk Oil on her.
This way she can never hurt anyone else again (at least for a while) NOR can ruin the next few months for my fiancé Wyll and I.
Enjoy being a permanent fixture of the Elfsong Tavern, arsehole. Can't KILL her, but technically this doesn't qualify as harm. :)
(edit 2: Love that this is my most popular thing. Still works as of Hotfix 19. Please NEVER remove this Larian)
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