[there is no text response back, but the next time harrowhark is in the kitchen, there is a hooded figure with the crown symbol etched into the side of the hood. they look up from where they're delicately trying to pick up an apple with their claw hands.]
Depends. [they say. pride, you can't just continue a text conversation like this.]
Depends. [they say. pride, you can't just continue a text conversation like this.]
[when harrow comes across lust, she'll find them in the kitchen peering at the vending machines and hitting a few buttons.]
Good morning! Are you hungry? Let's have breakfast together.
Good morning! Are you hungry? Let's have breakfast together.
[the next time harrow enters the ??? room, it feels like this might be a different area of the void. the crystal formation is a little different. despair is waiting here, hovering as they were earlier, turning to face her when she enters.]
I take it you wished to speak less openly, in a more readily available space.
I take it you wished to speak less openly, in a more readily available space.
[ a text reply: ]
sure, boo, where you at?
sure, boo, where you at?
[a text back.]
We may. Would you prefer to meet face to face?
We may. Would you prefer to meet face to face?
[despair doesn't care much for the new rooms, evidently. they wait in the planetarium, and when she arrives, they gesture for her to have a seat.]
What was it you wished to discuss?
What was it you wished to discuss?
sure sure
music room okay?
[and if it is... they'll be waiting in the music room! they wave, when they see harrow, putting down the violin in their hands.]
music room okay?
[and if it is... they'll be waiting in the music room! they wave, when they see harrow, putting down the violin in their hands.]
[a text!]
and i'm always excited to see you! where do you want to meet today?
and i'm always excited to see you! where do you want to meet today?
[envy is hanging out in the rec room, as promised! they're curled up on the couch, busily knitting. it's not clear what they're making, but it's small and made of black yarn.]
Hey, um-- just make yourself comfortable!
Hey, um-- just make yourself comfortable!
[hello. one wall of the med bay splits open with a swirling, black liquid vortex. gluttony steps out of it as if they are walking right through a regular doorway. their tail curls around with a flick just as the portal closes behind them.]
Good evening.
[they offer harrow a polite bow at the shoulders.]
Good evening.
[they offer harrow a polite bow at the shoulders.]
[a text:]
nope, not busy at all. wanna meet up somewhere?
nope, not busy at all. wanna meet up somewhere?
Of course.
Where would you like to meet?
Where would you like to meet?
[they just really like the garden, okay. FLOWERS! so they are there, hovering over the flowers in the middle platform. it seems like they may have gotten over the gate by floating, as expected.
they have two red flowers in hand.
but when they spot harrow, they gives a very surprise ACK! and nearly spring over backward.]
Wow! You really scared the bones right out of me! I thought you were a skeleton that had managed to crawl out of some place!
they have two red flowers in hand.
but when they spot harrow, they gives a very surprise ACK! and nearly spring over backward.]
Wow! You really scared the bones right out of me! I thought you were a skeleton that had managed to crawl out of some place!
[despair is waiting for her in the ??? room, not hovering this time, at least-- they're simply vibing while they wait for her to arrive, and give her a nod when she enters.]
Harrowhark.
[hello, do you have their shit.]
Harrowhark.
[hello, do you have their shit.]
for sure for sure, where are we meeting? kitchen ok?
[because that's where they'll be! they are making... cookies.]
[because that's where they'll be! they are making... cookies.]
[wherever harrowhark is, pride is also now there, inverting out of the shadows.
they just look at her? yes. let's continue our conversation.]
they just look at her? yes. let's continue our conversation.]
I've heard.
[is...is that all there is to that, greed?]
[is...is that all there is to that, greed?]
Of course.
Where would you like to meet?
Where would you like to meet?
[despair is waiting in the planetarium! he has his hood off, now that she's seen his face before, and his wings are spread enough to expose more of the underside than the last time she got a look at them. the colored crystal fragments studded into the black crystal look like constellations themselves, glimmering faintly in the light of the matching stars above.]
Harrowhark. Have you something on your mind, or did you merely wish to speak?
Harrowhark. Have you something on your mind, or did you merely wish to speak?
i think i'm doing ok
i missed you last week!
wanna hang out and catch up?
i missed you last week!
wanna hang out and catch up?
[as usual, they come up right behind harrow. dryly:]
I noticed. The screaming was worse than usual.
I noticed. The screaming was worse than usual.
sure, boo
where?
where?
I am.
If you would like, I can be in the library shortly.
If you would like, I can be in the library shortly.
it probably doesn't matter? not in that sense, anyway, I think nothing changes for me just because they're all gone.
except for, you know, the fact they all were taken out
except for, you know, the fact they all were taken out
[wherever harrow is, pride is now here. he has his hood up but he's here.]
If it's about Trafalgar Law, no. Otherwise, I don't mind.
If it's about Trafalgar Law, no. Otherwise, I don't mind.


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