just realized that ortus gets thrown head-first into the harrow nova au and simply… plays along?? this grown man finds himself in a new costume opposite the reverend daughter, who is now decidedly dressed as a cavalier, and just decides to roll with it?? “yes, harrow, but my father would kill me!” my guy, none of this is real and you know it.
leave it to ortus to be chucked into a strange alternate universe in harrow’s mind palace and decide “well, i’ve always wanted to do improv!!”
the man died horribly after 30-odd years of miserable bullshit, I’m so glad he got to…. be a kid again, essentially. Play dress-up, perform the world’s most epic swan song to bring his hero to life, be a part of a team with said hero, learn that his lil’ goth cousin actually did appreciate his work, MEMORIZED it actually, like god damn. I love Ortus. I hope he kissed Matthias on the mouth.