outsidebones | week 1 curfew

Don't like owing people. I could've offered the trade myself.

[ THIS is logic. look. but he nods ]

... Yeah. Thanks for taking care of the rest of them, too. [ he glances over at rupert and lup and kind of looks like "hm" ]

Then next week, you will make such a trade, and it will be settled.

[hmm.]

No thanks is required.

Deal. Doing weird jobs for payment is kind of my thing anyway.

[ but he nods. he understands. being thanked is horrible unless you specifically want to be ]

[yes she understands let us go back to being goths.]

They are very weird jobs.

I can tell.

[ looks at her outfit. ]

What do they get out of this, exactly?

...I am not sure. [frowning deeply.] I'm afraid for mine, I may need to ask about your emotional well-being at some point. But for tonight, I will refrain.

Think answering "exhausted" would count for you?

[ he is just tired. sometimes you have so much trauma you kind of blink at this one, go "ok it's fake(?)" and lock it away in the trauma vault ]

It is sufficient for now, at least. I never knew what to do with any of it. It happens, and then it is over, and none of it lasts, so...it feels utterly pointless to dwell.

And yet...

[ he looks at rupert and lup and hums ]

Hard to say nothing from it lingers, yeah.

The memories do have a way of staying with you.

[a small smile.]

Sheila and I got to know one another as well as we do after one of those. It was very...bad. And I still don't really like to talk about it. But I'm glad that I...that I came to know Sheila. And Vira, and Takeru.

... Yeah. Something about facing stuff like that with people makes it hard not to... bond, I guess.

[ a pause as. again, lup and rupert, and he winces a little ]

Might not totally apply this time 'round.

...Maybe not.

[listen she can't help being insanely awkward.]

...

[ ANYWAY ]

So who was in the other group?

Dimitri, Emet-Selch, and Yoo Joonghyuk.

... Just those three?

[ aren't there usually four? [bias] ]

Those three, yes.

[...]

We never had more than four in any week.

Us either. One group of four every week, six times. But I guess... they were involved with our memories, so it makes sense.

We usually found items that had belonged to the Avatars. It helped ground them, I believe.

So we had that in common. Not items, but-- still relevant to the... [ gestures. hosts. whatever. ] I don't think this one was related to the Staff, though. It felt too similar to what we're dealing with here.

Indeed, it sounds it. Rather ominous.

Nightman sets up a ball, bring more than one weapon.

[ he is only half joking. ]

[raising an eyebrow slightly.]

Ah, you are well read.

Mm. [ he shrugs ] Lup knew, so I figured you did, too.

Yes. By now, I should hope most do, but...

Word travels fast in these things, but there's always a few people who end up with no idea somehow.

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