disingenuous | vax catchall

[ cries my work hours

She walks over to him and leans against the railing next to him. ]

A terrible time all around, as always, wasn't it?

[ reaches sadly for

that's a good way to put it. he huffs, quietly and doesn't seem to mind roxana coming into the space! ]

...Yeah. No kidding. [ fuckin awful ] Didn't even really figure out what happened to 9s, either.

There were names given, but it's hard for me to put a finger on a name. There are only so many people who are strong enough to move him, if the two gumballs used were the plant one from Buzen and the one to make the gun.

[ That has be something, right? ]

Mm.

[ so, the list.. ]

... His sword's pretty big. I wouldn't be surprised if he was stabbed in the back and then fell into the grave. Especially...

[ ... ]

...especially considering that list of names, too. [ kumon. kazunari. all of them, really, but those two especially. ]

[ She closes her eyes. And most of them are modern enough to know what a gun is. ]

Was he shot to make him drop his sword, so it could be used, or...?

[ That theory might be off, but today was a little tiring. ]

[ fcking mood roxanna. he reaches up and scrubs a hand over his face. ]

Got no fucking clue - I guess a normal person would've dropped from a shot in the head, so maybe whoever it wasn't didn't know 9S was like that.

[ android... ]

...The idea that the Prism might've fucked with someone's head and that Marie... [ ...

he trails off there, and then shakes his head, falling quiet again. sucks! this sucks. ]

[ She laughs a little, humorless. ]

It's a wretched combination. I want to believe the Prism released whoever went after 9S, but there's no way of knowing until next week, is there?

[ And she's just so inclined to be pessimistic. ]

[ hahahahaha yeah!!! he was! thinking that too!! ]

Doubt we'd notice until it was too late. [ ahhh. hateful. ] Worried it'll get more powerful when we fuck up, too. Especially if we can only catch - or vote, or whatever, pick one person.

[ It's tough being goth and broody, huh? ]

Do you think that's something the Residents would be able to tell? They're more attuned to the Prism than we are.

[ Because it's not a theory she can refute. It seems sound, actually. Absolutely hateful. ]

[ sometimes you are cursed with a life of being goth, broody, and attractive (no) ]

...Iunno. Maybe. [ that's not a bad idea, though. vax sighs, a big, heavy noise, and stares up at the sky for a moment. ] Feels like everything's spiraled out of control for them, too.

[ but actually what if yes...?

He looks up. She closes her eyes. ]

There's something to be said of solidarity, but I'd like us to receive a paddle to go up this creek.

[ i mean yeah have you SEEN roxana

this gets him to laugh, a soft, humorless noise. ]

Fuck, me too. Don't think we can make that out of colors.

We'll have to keep trying until we shake that machine free of every gumball.

[ Even if keeping track of gumballs in the future is going to be a headache. ]

[ this

this makes him actually laugh? help. it's the why-the-hell-are-we-stuck-in-this-ridiculous-situation kind of laugh, the kind you can't help. a sort of wryness to it, as he drops his head and then lifts it again. nine hells. ]

...You ever think you'd be stuck in a situation where you were talking so seriously about a fucking gumball? I didn't even know what that was until I got here.

[ She has to smile a little in return. Phrased that way, she can't really deny it. ]

I could repeat everything you just said. [ She rests her cheek in her palm. ] Add rainbow animals and tattoos, and it really seems like some wild hallucination you'd have after taking too many drugs.

[ But they're all sober. Probably. ]

[ maybe they're just on one of scanlan's wild suud trips. bad. ]

Man. Drank liquor once that made me feel like I could taste colors, made half my face numb, but I snapped out of it with a hell of hangover a few hours later. Been to the Feywild and it wasn't even this weird.

[ mostly. the feywild did kind of suck, actually. ] Think it'd be even more fucked up if I woke up and it was just a dream, though. You know?

I'd like to hear more about that someday.

[ When things are slightly less depressing. ]

But you're right. I don't want to think my mind was capable of thinking up what we're experiencing.

[ Even if she's sure that outside of the technicolor everything, it wouldn't be that far out of a dream she could have. ]

It'd be too ridiculous.

Way too ridiculous, and I have seen some weird shit.

[ another huff of a laugh. maybe they are all just tripping.

he's quiet for a minute, glancing out at the stars for a little longer, and then turns to actually look at roxana. ]

Might be a better story, after such a shit night. [ because what else can they do right now, but pick up the pieces and wait until ryza destroys us all sunday ] I can make a fool of myself well enough for a distraction.

[ It takes a moment, but she smiles at him when he turns to look at her. It's small but it's more genuine than any other smile she's given tonight. ]

Thank you for being so willing to be a distraction. [ ... ] I think it's much needed for me tonight.

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