Audience: Grace Monroe

[probe]

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[alteracion]

[ phbbbbbbbts loudly but decides to give up on that. train of questions for now. ]

... You guys see everything we do here, right?

[probe]

That's correct. We can choose not to see things, but we are aware of everything.

[alteracion]

[ oh, that wasn't her question, but-- ]

Oh, good, I was wondering how much sex you guys were seeing.

[probe]

[there's a vague choking noise.]

None. Absolutely none, nor do I want to!

[alteracion]

[ yeah sorry she just. laughs? it's funny. she's laughing. ]

[probe]

[they fold their arms over their chest and tap their foot slowly but impatiently. are you done?]

[alteracion]

How did you even get roped into this with the rest of them?

[ considering how much SEX STUFF is implied here. and happens. ]

[probe]

Haven't you heard? One day we were ourselves, and the next we were Avatars. [the tone is almost mocking, but it's also the truth.]

[alteracion]

So, what, you didn't even agree to being an Avatar?

[ whatever the fuck that means ]

[probe]

That's not what I said.

[alteracion]

Sort of implied it, but alright. I'm just saying, none of you seem to have that much in common.

[probe]

Is that a requirement to work together? [they seem genuinely curious.]

[alteracion]

I guess not? [ grace has never had a job in her life ] I was more thinking about the choosing process.

[probe]

[they pause again.]

Miss Monroe, how many of the others have you spoken to?

[alteracion]

None yet. [ :T ] I meant to talk to Pride, but then the whole murder thing last Thursday happened, so.

[ she was kind of a little mad, it's fine ]

[probe]

And you had ample opportunity after the fact. [but they don't seem too bothered all the same.] I do wonder what Pride would think of you.

[alteracion]

Yeah, and I found I didn't want to yet. [ somehow after the events of this weekend she was a little upset. its fine. speaking of upset, that phrasing makes her roll her eyes ] If they're anything like you, I guess they won't like me either.

[probe]

Are you under the impression I dislike you?

[alteracion]

No, but I'm not under the impression you like me, either.

[probe]

I did pick you for my alignment for your critical thinking skills.

[alteracion]

[ there's a pause ]

Really?

[ not that she doesn't think she has those, but also, of all reasons, ]

[probe]

Were you expecting something else? I value people who know how to get what they want by any means necessary without fumbling over their own actions.

[alteracion]

I've got plenty of reasons to be valued, I just didn't know which one it was. [ it's important to establish this, even tho she is kind of uwu preening ] But is that why there's only three of us, then?

[probe]

I don't need a high number to prove those under my aspect will pull ahead and earn what they came for. [they shrug with both hands, shaking their head a bit.] The three of you were picked for three different reasons, but all of you overlap in one specific way.

[alteracion]

Besides "we're greedy"?

[ since that seems like the obvious answer, but also, she's joking. ]