Audience: SQX

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Comments

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For sure. You have any favorites?

[shiftingwinds]

[immediately:]

Ming-xiong!

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Hah, I should've guessed that. That's cheating, huh? Isn't he the one from your home?

[shiftingwinds]

How is it cheating? If he's my favorite, he's my favorite. There are people from my home who could have come here and I wouldn't have said they're my favorite!

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I guess.

Why is he your favorite? [...] He's a Despair, right? I guess I can see the appeal.

[shiftingwinds]

We're best friends! And he's a quiet guy, and he acts really grumpy, but he's a lot nicer than he lets on.

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What does being a Despair have to do with his appeal...?

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[they are exuding wink energy.]

Can you keep a secret?

[shiftingwinds]

Of course! Your secrets are safe with me.

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That's how Despair is. Under about, uh, forty-five layers of onion. So I can see why you'd like yours.

[shiftingwinds]

Oh, I see! So is Despair your favorite of the Avatars, then?

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Absolutely not, they're the worst. [they say, cheerfully.]

My favorite varies by day.

[shiftingwinds]

[


she laughs.]

Who's your favorite today?

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Mmmm... Sloth, today. They told me my hair looks nice this morning.

[shiftingwinds]

Sloth is really sweet! I like them. And they're probably right.

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You can't take off your hood and show me your hair, can you.

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I could, but I won't!

[very cheerful.] But you're right. Sloth is a sweetheart.

[shiftingwinds]

[she pouts at them... she wants to see wrath's hair!]

I hope a lot of people have been nice to them. They seemed so surprised when I was, it kind of made me worried!

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[it is week 0, you gotta work for that hair, sqx]

They get ignored a lot, is what it is. Them and Envy both have a hard time of it, so I spend half my time defending them from Pride and Despair.

[shiftingwinds]

That's not very nice of them... I'll have to make sure to spend a lot of time with Sloth and Envy, then. ...and with you! If that's okay with you.

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Sure, sure. [they wave a hand.] You do what you want. That's the whole point of this place.

[shiftingwinds]

What you want matters too, though.

[probe]

[rocking back and forth on their heels.]

Not as much as what matters to you guys.

[shiftingwinds]

...

[she frowns]

That doesn't sound fair.

[probe]

Nothing here is really all that fair! Which is fine, I'm used to it.

[shiftingwinds]

...well. If you ever don't want to hang out with me, and I'm bothering you just because I want to - tell me so! I'll send you a message on another day.

I want to hang out with people who want to spend time with me, so really, by doing what you want to, you'll be helping me do what I want. So there!

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[they tilt their head slightly, and then laugh.]

You're cute, has anybody ever told you that?