Audience: White

[probe]

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[enfangs]

... Yeah.

[which he actually sounds more somber than usual about. mineo is quite honestly one of his favourite people here—not that he will ever, ever admit to this—and none of this bodes well for him.]

Being soft-hearted has a way of getting people killed.

[probe]

...[they sort of scuff the heel of their foot against the ground.]

I didn't mean to be a drag, but it's true. I'm sort of worried about some of the nicer people here, even if I haven't talked to everyone yet. But there isn't really anything we can do about that either.

[enfangs]

Ugh...

[he stuffs the rest of his cookie into his mouth to hold it in place as he flops into a sitting position on the floor.]

D'nt rry shign ub to— [okay no he's going to bite this cookie now, munch, and swallow—] —didn't really sign up to deal with everyone's feelings and shit. This is a pain in the ass.

[having a vaguely functioning sense of empathy sucks!! damb, how do normal people live like this.]

[probe]

[...lust will order another batch of cookies from the machine before settling down on the floor too. this is fine.]

No, but nobody's forcing you to care about people either. So if you really didn't want to, you wouldn't have to.

[helpfully pointing that out! hope white wasn't banking on having a tough reputation because lust is already out here thinking white is a nice person under a rough exterior.]

[enfangs]

[CHOKES AND SPLUTTERS]

[probe]

[oh my god.]

Um, White...? [you good my dude???]

[enfangs]

Ergh... I-I'm fine.

[he coughs, lightly punching his throat a few times.]

That, uh, just went down the wrong way.

[probe]

Uh huh. [they even sound like they're smirking.] Don't worry, I won't tell anybody you might actually care about them.

[instead they'll just tease him mercilessly, that's fine, too.]

[enfangs]

[SPLUTTERS AGAIN]

I-I never said that!

[probe]

[sadly, they just start cracking up? like straight-up giggling, white doesn't deserve this.]

[enfangs]

W-What!?

[probe]

Nothing! It's just kind of cute you get flustered about it. [is that what it is.] It's okay, Pride's like that, too.

[enfangs]

C-Cute? Ugh, you're making fun of me, aren't you...!?

[probe]

Not totally... [:3] I mean it though. Your secret's safe with me even if it's sort of silly.

[enfangs]

There is no secret.

[:T]

[probe]

[every time you use this icon i have to make sure it's not dave strider somehow. anyway.]

Right. No secret. [...they offer another cookie as atonement for their sins.] So what were we talking about again?

[there. white can save himself.]

[enfangs]

[i'm crying

he takes the cookie.]

Shit sucks. I'm guessing you can't tell me when this entire thing is suppose to end either?

[probe]

Sooner than later. [so it's not a definite answer, but.] There wouldn't really be a sense of winning if you could take all the time in the world, right? So, it'll end when there's enough indulgence to go around for what people want to accomplish. That's why you guys have to do it when you can.

[enfangs]

That's still vague as hell... Like, who's measuring this shit?

[probe]

Well...technically you guys are. It all depends on the stuff you want to accomplish. Some things require more indulgence than others in order to get you the power you need.

[enfangs]

[a scoff]

Well, shit. What's the scale we're looking at here, huh?

[where does trying to survive against a god causing the apocalypse fall on it...

fuck lucifer]

[probe]

On a scale of minuscule to astronomical? Prettttty huge. At least ten or maybe twenty times more than what you guys have already done this week.

[enfangs]

Shit. I know power never comes free and all that, but still, all this work sucks!

[probe]

Whiiiite. [are they whining a little? yeah.] Come on! You had to have known it'd take a little effort to get what you want out of this. No complaining!

[enfangs]

Look, I'll still do it, but I'm allowed to complain!