Awakening Supports/Severa Gerome

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C Support

Severa:
Hey, you there! Gerome! Stop!

Gerome:
Yes?

Severa:
I want to know why you wear that stupid mask everywhere.

Gerome:
My mask is not stupid. Nor is it your concern.

Severa:
Says you! But I'm the one who has to look at it all the time! It makes you look like a mime or a burglar or an acrobat or something. It's totally weird, and everyone thinks you should take it off.

Gerome:
I doubt you speak for everyone.

Severa:
Whatever! Are you going to take off your dumb bandit mask or not?

Gerome:
You should spend less of your time worrying about others. The mask stays.

Severa:
Hey, where do you think you're going? I'm not finished with you! Oooooh! Who does that dumb acrobat think he is, walking out on me like that?!

B Support

Severa:
Gerome!

Gerome:
You again?

Severa:
I want to talk to you, mister!

Gerome:
I am not taking off the mask.

Severa:
THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOUR STUPID MASK! ...... Okay, it is. Why do you keep wearing it? Are you disfigured? Or just vain? Or are you trying to keep your distance from the people of the past? Personally, I just think you're a big attention hog and you can't admit it.

Gerome:
I will answer this question once, but only in the hope it makes you go away. Listen well. You'll not get another chance... In battle, the mask helps to conceal my emotions and feelings from a foe. It gives me a valuable edge in the midst of any crucial struggle.

Severa:
Doesn't it narrow your field of vision? Like horse blinders or whatever?

Gerome:
Of course. That is why I have trained myself to razor sharpness. My battle senses are so keen, I can fight—and win—blindfolded.

Severa:
You must be great at parties.

Gerome:
You've heard your answer. Now leave me be.

Severa:
Pfft! That's not the whole story and you know it! What're you hiding?!

Gerome:
Leave me be, I say!

Severa:
Yeah, sure, the mask hides your emotions from bad guys and blah blah blah. But there's totally another reason, even if you don't know it! And I'm going to figure it out so you take the stupid thing off! I mean, come on! It has to smell terrible by now.

Gerome:
I've had enough of this nonsense.

Severa:
Gerome! Wait! Get back here!

A Support

Severa:
Gerome?

Gerome:
I don't want to hear about the mask. Don't talk about it. Don't point. Don't even look at it. Just...stand there.

Severa:
All right, all right! Sheesh. ...... Okay, look. You said why you wear the mask, and I agree it makes sense. But I'm positive there's another reason. ...A secret reason.

Gerome:
If my weapon breaks, I can hurl the mask at a foe. ...Satisfied?

Severa:
Oh hardy har har. You're not gonna distract me that easily, mister! I know you have a secret reason, and I'm going to find it no matter what! You can hide your face, but you can't hide your true feelings and stuff!

Gerome:
...If I tell you the truth—the real truth—do you swear to let me be?

Severa:
I swear!

Gerome:
You must also swear to never speak of it to anyone, under pain of death.

Severa:
My lips are sealed.

Gerome:
...When I was but a child, I often dreamed of being a warrior. And in my dreams, I always wore a mask, because... Because I thought it looked cool.

Severa:
LAAAAAAME!

Gerome:
I'm not finished! ...I began to wear masks all the time, just for the thrill. But it's as you know, I don't like to reveal my inner life if it can be helped. And soon, a child's plaything became a tool for keeping people at bay.

Severa:
Ah... I knew it must be something like that!

Gerome:
Then you were right.

Severa:
So, wait. You limit your peripheral vision just to keep people away from you? Come on, Gerome. Even you have to admit that's pretty dumb.

Gerome:
I kept my end of the bargain. See that you keep yours.

Severa:
Hoooo! He looked maaaaaad at me. Well, at least I got him talking... That's good enough for one day's work, I'd say!

S Support

Gerome:
......

Severa:
EEEEEEK! Help! Intruder! Sound the alarm!

Gerome:
Severa, it's me! Gerome! I was just washing my face.

Severa:
Liar! Gerome would never be caught without his mask!

Gerome:
It is me, I tell you! Here, I'll prove it. See?

Severa:
Gerome! I-I had no idea... It's been so long... Wait! I just realized something.

Gerome:
What?

Severa:
I know why I was so obsessed about removing that silly mask. It's because I wanted to see your totally handsome face!

Gerome:
Oh, er... Truly?

Severa:
Yes! Sheesh, I'd completely forgotten what you looked like! And man! You've always been easy on the eyes, but now? Oh me, oh my!

Gerome:
But when you saw me before, you shrieked as if I was a ghoul.

Severa:
I was just surprised is all. Don't be so sensitive!

Gerome:
If I am, it's only because of your incredible IN-sensitivity! ...You have no idea how your words can pierce my heart.

Severa:
How would I?! You're the one who insists on hiding all his emotions behind a stupid bandit mask! You can't do that and then act all whiny if someone hurts your feelings by mistake!

Gerome:
But...don't you see how much I adore you?

Severa:
Wha—?

Gerome:
You torture me with your presence! You throw my heart into turmoil! I've no idea who I am around you! I must wear the mask—especially around you. Otherwise I simply couldn't function!

Severa:
Oh, wow. That's...kind of amazing.

Gerome:
What is?

Severa:
You! The stuff you said! Everything! Because the truth is, I...I like you, too...

Gerome:
You don't know anything about me.

Severa:
That's why I've been trying so hard to talk to you. Isn't it obvious?

Gerome:
...Are you sure about this?

Severa:
If there's one thing I'm sure about, it's this... So from now on, you take off that idiotic mask around me. Got it?

Gerome:
Er, well, I suppose I could. ...On certain occasions. ...Perhaps.

Severa:
Hey, are you actually blushing? Your nose has gone all pink!

Gerome:
W-what?! No! I am not blushing! ...... (Perhaps it's time to find a bigger mask...)