strohl catchall

[disingenuous]

how many metaphors can i fit in here

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week 1, saturday

[disingenuous]

[ where else would they be but outside after trial? yes, it's the flight deck again. ]

What are you going to do about Rosamund, Strohl?

[halians]

...You always get straight to the point, Roxana.

[ he says, after a moment - it comes with a laugh, a soft huff. they ARE on the flight deck. better yet, it's not just them! it's also strohl jr, sitting his lap, yawning like he just had the best nap ever. ]

They said that they're no longer afflicted. [ ... ] If that proves to be true, then it proves to be true. I think... I need to speak with her, before I think of anything.

[ now that the first layers of immediate, aching grief are gone - he's able to be logical again. unclouded by anger and abject misery, his thoughts are clear.

a beat. ] -- Though, I'm going to pass on blowing the place up with Wis'adel. [ dryly ]

[disingenuous]

[ sorry, that makes her laugh. it's more of a chuckle than anything. ]

Things said before knowing any better... I still don't think you'll lack for any options to help you burn this place down.

[ there are many other fire-coded people here. ]

I do want what the hosts said to be true. [ that no affliction will linger after the trial is done. ] Even if doesn't make relationships simpler.

[halians]

[ aw... he looks a little happy he made her laugh...... ]

...That's what it's about, in the end - that we've all, more or less, have the same thing in mind for what to do when it's done.

[ burning this place down. it's about the big picture - hard as that is to hold onto sometimes. ]

You and I both. I think... I don't think I'll ever be alright with it, but I'm not...she's not the enemy, here. If I've learned one thing across these, across the tournament and my experiences within, it's that its almost never black and white.

[disingenuous]

Most things are usually shades of some kind of gray, but no one says you have to forgive her. You don't have to try to treat her the same way as before.

[ rosamund and anyone else who is affected... they may not be the enemy, but she wouldn't forgive anyone who took someone she cared about away even if it's not all their fault. ]

[halians]

I never forgave Nathalie. [ a pause. ] The woman who did it before.

[ the same circumstances. same deja vu. but his heart is big and empathetic, and he sets his hand against it. ]

...I voted for her. Her highness. Even though I managed to corner Wis'adel - in the end, I couldn't let myself ignore what was done. So. Suppose I'm not as big of a person as I'd like to be.

[disingenuous]

[ she shakes her head. ]

Is that the kind of person you want to be? An all-forgiving one? I prefer people who are more grounded. You feel with everything you have, don't you? The anger—that makes you more of a person.

Your voting for Rosamund makes you more genuine to me.

[halians]

[ uuuu.... surprised? he's surprised, and blinks at her, though the expression softens. ]

...thank you, Roxana. [ he says, after a moment - surprised, and touches his heart. ] Means a lot to me, to hear it. Genuinely.

It gets me in to trouble often. [ his temper, that is. ] But... for better or worse, it is mine.

[disingenuous]

I can see the trouble you could cause. I don't want you to fly off the handle, but isn't it showing how you care?

[ at least, that's where she thinks his anger stems from. ]

Just don't let it get too out of hand.

[halians]

[ noooo. he laughs a little, ducking his head. ]

Yes, ma'am. [ there's a little bit of teasing to the ma'am, something more lighthearted. ]

...I've gone and ruined my phone, so it's already a bit late for that. [ sweats ] But... you and the others helped quite a bit, yesterday. Helped me come down, enough at least I could see today with clarity.

[disingenuous]

[ she remembers alex asking about getting his phone fixed. now he can't see people bullying him about being het on main for his noble obligation. ]

No respect for technology with screens, hm?

[ she understands. they are so fragile and easily breakable. ]

As long as you come back down sooner rather than later, I suppose I can't ask for much more.

[halians]

[ ITS SO TRUE. also pfft. ]

No respect for sarcastic messages, more like. [ that spam text that showed up just after the announcements was the exact reason he spiked his phone like a football. ] I was so angry that I could barely see straight, and that just felt like a mockery when it came through.

I try not to disappoint. [ with a bit of a smile. ] I'll do the same for you.

[disingenuous]

[ he is so easily provoked. Could he survive a passass as per my last email?

She waves, a gesture that says by all means. ]

We have six weeks left to see what disappointments may or may not happen and other strange messages that may or may not test you.

[halians]

[ yeah as long as it wasn't after the murder of his bestie and his justice idol bc he'd just be passive aggressive back.............. karen mode......

anyway, ]

Sounds like earning your faith's a tall measure. [ teasing. ] I don't mind a challenge, though.

[disingenuous]

[ karen strohl..... ]

You may have a few obstacles.