Audience: Tartaglia Childe

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Comments

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[law is a punk-ass bitch :\]

Yes, let me just pull an entire monster out of my sleeve.

[toyska]

You're the best

[He knows this is a joke, but still. Let him dream.]

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Enjoy it while you can.

[toyska]

[He grins back, at that.]

Do I look like a thief?

[with his like 5000 stolen items tucked around the room]

[toyska]

Do you think they'll try to kill me, or keep me around for an easy vote?

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It'd be smarter to kill you, but they all have morals.

Until they can't find a killer. And then they won't.

[toyska]

Seems far more coldhearted than what I did, but I guess I should be used to their hypocrisy by now.

[This is why he only trusts people who are openly fucked up and would clearly willingly stab him. It's truly just as Pride says--they have morals, until they don't.]

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Hypocrisy is everywhere here. Not that it matters. This place was almost set up to run on that.

[toyska]

How boring.

[Pride ditch this place with him let's go do something else]

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[childe that's gay]

Did they allow you to heal any?

[toyska]

[ya]

They left me on the floor of the medical bay, so no one stopped me.

[fucking morons]

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Hm.

Well, what do you plan to do now?

[toyska]

Survive as long as I can, and keep moving forward.

[probe]

I can respect that.

Lust does too.

[toyska]

[He's pleased to hear it, even if he's still kind of annoyed with himself for liking them this much.]

If I live past tomorrow, I'll figure out a way to speak with you both.

[probe]

I'll be expecting it, if you do.

w6 tuesday

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[there's no reply text, but he'll feel a brief rush of air as she seems to zip right past his guards and appear in the jail cell next to him. she doesn't say anything right away, settling against the wall and looking at him from under her hood.

the emotional feedback is a mess? she's happy he texted her to ask her to come, but she's upset that he's here and kind of angry at the rest of the village and sort of lost on what to do next.]

Hey.

[toyska]

[In contrast, his own are pretty calm--he's not exactly delighted to be in here, but putting up a fight and making a break for it would only end poorly for him. He is tucked against the back wall as well, and greets her with the same smile and wave he usually does.]

You really do run very fast.

w6, wednesday

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[childe gets an in person visit today! pride just steps out of the shadows and folds their arms.]

They do know there's no lock, right.

[toyska]

[HEY BUDDY. Childe's sitting against the wall, leaning his head back against it--there are a couple of pillows in here now, as well as Teucer's doll in the corner, but that's about it for renovations. He greets Pride with a wave and a laugh.]

A couple of them do, but they know I'm not going anywhere. Running and hiding isn't really my style.

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No, I suppose it isn't.

[they move over to him, and sit down against the wall. there's a shiver of - familiarity? of mourning, for a brief second, and then it's gone.]

Bored?

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[valid as hell.]

Yeah. Just one of my powers, I guess. But even without that I've always been really fast.

[in her normal high school life, iris ran track.]

You seem comfortable.

[toyska]

[tears myself away from chastity cake chaos]

It's not so bad. I've spent a lot of nights outdoors on my own, back home.

[Not that he really minded those either, honestly, but it's objectively more comfortable to be in here with pillows.]

[probe]

But it was probably roomier than this.

Oh, here. [she reaches into her cloak and pulls out a sandwich? at least it's wrapped in plastic wrap for safe keeping.] I'm sure some of your guards are feeding you but just in case.

[toyska]

[He politely does not perceive that Pride has feelings, because it's Wednesday and he wants Pride to like him even more than usual.]

There are other things I'd rather be doing, but it's not so bad. A bit like ice fishing, really.