Audience: Grace Monroe

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

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[ there's a pause ]

Really?

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

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Besides "we're greedy"?

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

[probe]

Do you think of yourself as a greedy person?

[they seem interested in an answer.]

[alteracion]

Not anymore than the average person.

[ if she had to assign herself a sin it'd be pride, but also, wow she's not a sinner ]

[probe]

Then wouldn't it stand to reason that perhaps that's not why you were picked at all?

[alteracion]

[ oh my god ]

I was kidding, Greed. So what is it we have in common that made you pick us, then?

[probe]

[there's a faint, fanged smile from beneath their hood.]

Self-preservation, and persistence.

[alteracion]

[ huh.

grace grins back ]

So have we got that in common with you, too?

[probe]

[they stand a little taller, head up just a bit.]

I suppose you do to different extents.

[alteracion]

Good to know. [ how tall is greed compared to grace. give me this ] So what do you like to do for fun?

[probe]

[greed's a couple of inches taller than she is.]

Surely nothing of interest to you, Miss Monroe. My hobbies tend to be more quiet.

[...is that a joke? possibly.]

[alteracion]

So? Simon's hobbies are quiet, and I only judge him a little.

[ because his writing his shit. ]

[probe]

[that's completely understandable.]

You did ruin one of them with copious amounts of soda.

[alteracion]

I already apologized for that. [ did she, truly. ] And I like music. I had violin lessons for a little bit as a kid.

[ and then she walked into a train and never touched it again but you know ]

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[they tap their foot as if to say "did you?"]

Piano. And the flute, on occasion. It's been some time since I've played either, but I've enjoyed it in the past.

[alteracion]

[ :) ignores that ]

Why did you stop playing? Too busy?

[probe]

Yes. Other things happened and my attention was needed elsewhere for something else I cared about.

[alteracion]

That's fair. I was a lot better at dancing than violin, and that was also a lot easier to keep up with once I got on the train, so.

[probe]

Your train rarely supplied you with all that you needed so easily, did it?

[alteracion]

Nope. [ she pops the p ] The train doesn't really supply us so much as happen to maybe have stuff that might be useful in some cars. But that makes it kind of fun.

[probe]

And then once you find it you take it for yourself in order to survive. Yes, I understand that.

[but.] What do you propose to do after you get what you came for and leave this place?