week 6, sunday

[vigilantics]

[ well, at least she doesn't have to find him considering she dragged him away with her. she's not entirely sure where she's going here since she mostly just wanted to get out of there as fast as she can. ]

Sorry. There were probably people there you wanted to talk to.

[ it's said after several minutes of silence. ]

Comments

[vigilantics]

Hmm... yeah, I guess I am.

[ and with that, she leans back so that she's not pressed against him anymore. shockingly, her face is puffy from all of the crying. ]

[axilium]

[wow, amazing.]

... Tell me you didn't bust your hand.

[vigilantics]

It's cool, I didn't hit it that hard.

[ her hand is definitely bruised but

ain't the worst thing to happen! ]

[axilium]

... If you're sure. Wouldn't want to have to drag you to Rebecca, after all.

[however... her healing works...]

[vigilantics]

[ she holds the hand out. ]

This is probably a bad time to bother people.

[axilium]

[he takes a look at it.]

Then I guess you're stuck with me.

[vigilantics]

That's not anything new.

[axilium]

True. I'm amazed we haven't driven each other insane.

[vigilantics]

... I've probably driven you a little insane.

[axilium]

I've dealt with worse.

[vigilantics]

I almost threw up on you.

[axilium]

Yeah, that was a little gross.

[vigilantics]

You were just like a good, tired boyfriend.

[ ... ]

That was definitely really obvious though. My bad.

[ they went from interacting in public very casually to that. ]

[axilium]

... Not much of a point in hiding it anymore. Besides, I'm way more public and unlikable?

[if anyone's going to shank a vizier, they'll be going after him? ... for more than one reason, but one of them, he won't say out loud.]

[vigilantics]

... I think they'd probably go after me before you. It doesn't really look like I've been doing much.

[ she knows this considering no one actually suspected her of having a role. which had been their intention from the beginning, but it also means she's less valuable from a technical standpoint. ]

[axilium]

Don't underestimate how much people like you, Steph.

[vigilantics]

Would people go for someone they like or someone they think would genuinely help at this point, Belph?

[axilium]

If they were going to go after a Vizier in the first place, it would probably be because they think we're a threat. By your logic, that would still make me the most likely target.

[vigilantics]

No one is going to kill you unless they're actively trying to sabotage us, Belph.

[ and the only person here who would want that is a crafter. ]

[axilium]

And no one here is going to kill you. Glad we've got that settled.

[vigilantics]

[ she wants to argue that he doesn't actually know that. they have a lot more heroes than they actually need here, after all.

but it also reminds her of the reason why they're now locked with their villains. ]

You're such an idiot.

[axilium]

[she might die. but if she does... he doesn't think it'll be because someone chose to kill her without her consent.]

I'm the idiot?

[vigilantics]

Yes. It's you.

[ name a single dumb thing steph has done all game ]

[axilium]

Hmmmmmm...

[hmmmmmmmmm.]

[vigilantics]

Call me an idiot to my face. Don't be a coward.