Audience: Vira Lillie

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[it is a mystery]

tea room works for me, see you there

[and they come to the tea room around fifteen minutes later, like a punk.]

[chevaleros]

[ it takes her a great deal of self control not to chide them on their tardiness. be strong, vira. ]

Hello, Wrath. I trust you've been well?

[ she's set out a pretty nice little tea spread for them, with the usual sandwiches and a few other finger foods. instead of tea there is a sort of amber liquor i in a nice bottle. ]

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I've been pretty good, for sure.

[oh, nice. they're into this. they wander over to the picnic and settle to take a sandwich.]

Better than you guys, I think.

[chevaleros]

...Ah, yes. I do not think many took what happened to Beau lightly.

[ it was unpleasant, to say the least. though it's true they seem much more affected than most of the avatars. ]

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I'll be honest, it didn't sit well with me.

[they glance away.] But death isn't new to me, either, so.

[chevaleros]

[ after life at a military academy, she just nods. some people are just more accustomed to these things. ]

I see... so you've had your fair share of loss as well.

[probe]

Sure have. Over and over again.

[they shrug.] You get used to it.

[chevaleros]

...Do you?

[ she smiles, but she lets herself sound a little tired. ]

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[they pause.]

... Well, you get used to it enough to not lose your shit every time it happens.

[chevaleros]

Ah. I don't believe I've reached that point yet.

[ she doesn't know if the embodiment of wrath really has, either. ]

It's certainly not an enviable position. I assume you speak of some life you held before this strange race.

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I do, yeah. I've died about, uh, a hundred or so times myself? Maybe more, depending on how you count.

Don't do that. It desensitizes you real fast.

[chevaleros]

...I'm fairly sure I can't do that, even if I wanted to.

[ just. yeah. ]

Was it some sort of curse? Undeath?

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Undeath, technically, for sure.

[chevaleros]

[ she's going to pour them a drink now because it's probably deserved ]

I'm sure that would drive some to madness.

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[they appreciate that.]

Yeah, maybe. I think I was already a bit, uh, you know. [they twirl their finger in a circle next to their head.] To start with.

[chevaleros]

[ vira's also crazy, it's fine ]

You ought to be kinder to yourself.

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Haha, this is me being kind to myself, honestly.

[chevaleros]

Well, in that case you're certainly among like-minded company.

[ so many people here are off the chain, seriously ]

Though it seems you have eyes for Despair specifically?

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[well, you see, wrath is not expecting that. which is why they splutter slightly, indignantly.]

No. No, I don't know why you'd say that.

[chevaleros]

[ yeah very convincing reaction... ]

Don't you, though?

[ she laughs a little, good-natured. ]

I'm not one to spread rumors. But might I ask what you like about them?

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[there is smoke coming out from under their hood.]

Nothing. They're insufferable and rude and pretentious. [...

a pause.]

And unexpectedly kind. Sometimes.