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disingenuous) wrote2025-06-02 09:27 pm
disingenuous) wrote2025-06-02 09:27 pm
ace catchall
still devastated by his death 10 years later
[ she's seated in congratulations. she's looking at the menu with an inscrutable expression on her face, but the fact that there is no food in front of her should say enough. ]
This is your kind of fare, isn't it?
This is your kind of fare, isn't it?
Edited 2025-06-03 12:21 (UTC)
[ meat meat meat and more meat
which is to say ace is here for the meat but he will take conversation too, sliding on over to roxana ]
Am I that obvious? [ yes, but: ] It's kind of looking like it isn't yours, though.
[ no meat? ]
which is to say ace is here for the meat but he will take conversation too, sliding on over to roxana ]
Am I that obvious? [ yes, but: ] It's kind of looking like it isn't yours, though.
[ no meat? ]
[ she smiles as if to say yes, he is that obvious. ]
Steak is a little heavy for me to eat all the time. I doubt I have your kind of energy.
Steak is a little heavy for me to eat all the time. I doubt I have your kind of energy.
Not that many people do!
[ self-aware. ]
Never heard of meat being too heavy. Huh. Well, they have some side salads too? That'd be lighter, right?
[ self-aware. ]
Never heard of meat being too heavy. Huh. Well, they have some side salads too? That'd be lighter, right?
So honest.
[ she doesn't think that's a bad thing. not yet. ]
You're right. I'm not hungry right now but maybe in a little bit. Do you eat any vegetables?
[ she doesn't think that's a bad thing. not yet. ]
You're right. I'm not hungry right now but maybe in a little bit. Do you eat any vegetables?
Sometimes.
[ jokingly ]
Sure. I'm not picky, I'll eat anything. Meat and rice is what I ate the most when I was a kid, though, but it's a lot easier to hunt down animals than it is to hunt down veggies.
[ jokingly ]
Sure. I'm not picky, I'll eat anything. Meat and rice is what I ate the most when I was a kid, though, but it's a lot easier to hunt down animals than it is to hunt down veggies.
[ she was thinking he'd be like a jock who wouldn't care for veggies. ]
Is it? This must be a difference of worlds or maybe a difference of upbringing. Meat is more expensive to bring to the table where I'm from, but I'm from a family that doesn't have to worry about expenses.
Is it? This must be a difference of worlds or maybe a difference of upbringing. Meat is more expensive to bring to the table where I'm from, but I'm from a family that doesn't have to worry about expenses.
[ he does give off that impression. sometimes on purpose ]
Difference in local wildlife, actually. Buying meat would've been more expensive, but I lived in a forest with a lot of massive animals and I was a pretty tough kid.
Difference in local wildlife, actually. Buying meat would've been more expensive, but I lived in a forest with a lot of massive animals and I was a pretty tough kid.
Hmmm... Yes and no? I was raised by bandits, but it was the kind of place where you had to work to earn your keep. You know?
[ no she probably does not know he realizes this after and he laughs at himself a bit ]
[ no she probably does not know he realizes this after and he laughs at himself a bit ]
[ she does know a little actually. ]
That's how my family was ran, in a way. If you didn't perform in lessons well enough, you were ousted.
That's how my family was ran, in a way. If you didn't perform in lessons well enough, you were ousted.
[ well they knew it was coming but still when he spots roxana out on the terrace because a boy needs his fresh air (he's like a cat desperately lounging on a catio) he nods a little solemnly at her and; ]
Sorry. [ for your team loss... ] You guys get to talk much?
Sorry. [ for your team loss... ] You guys get to talk much?
[ they all need some fresh air after being trapped for a night. it doesn't matter they were made unconscious. ]
No, not much at all. The team part doesn't matter as much as the part that this is happening, expected or not.
[ everything from her expression to her voice is placid more than anything else. ]
No, not much at all. The team part doesn't matter as much as the part that this is happening, expected or not.
[ everything from her expression to her voice is placid more than anything else. ]
Yeah. [ yeah, a little sighed out because maybe part of him was kind of hoping it would magically not happen. but it did and life sucks. ] But last time, I can't say I was ever thrilled when I'd been asleep next to someone and woke up to them dead.
[ it's different when you are in the room where they were ... or funnier the room where they died ]
[ it's different when you are in the room where they were ... or funnier the room where they died ]
I can't say I'm thrilled, but I can't say that I'm heartbroken either.
[ she'll be honest enough about that even if it doesn't make her look great. ]
I wasn't attached.
[ she'll be honest enough about that even if it doesn't make her look great. ]
I wasn't attached.
[ a quick shake of his head ]
I didn't think you were. [ because she'd already said they didn't talk, but he doesn't know how to explain himself more than that so moving on: ] You didn't hear anything at all last night, right?
I didn't think you were. [ because she'd already said they didn't talk, but he doesn't know how to explain himself more than that so moving on: ] You didn't hear anything at all last night, right?
It means you have a more caring heart. [ that he'd feel that way. [ It would make this all easier if I did hear something.
[ she shakes her head. ]
Perhaps someone else did by some miracle, but other than that location hint, I don't know anything more.
[ she shakes her head. ]
Perhaps someone else did by some miracle, but other than that location hint, I don't know anything more.
I wouldn't go that far.
[ at the caring heart thing. just. looking unsure. anyway ]
Location hint?
[ he missed it... ]
[ at the caring heart thing. just. looking unsure. anyway ]
Location hint?
[ he missed it... ]
No? I don't think you have a bleeding heart, but I think you care enough.
[ at least more than she does.
.... ]
They helpfully gave us where Essek departed from in the message. On his ticket? [ is it a real ticket? she doesn't know. ] I assume that might be where he died.
[ at least more than she does.
.... ]
They helpfully gave us where Essek departed from in the message. On his ticket? [ is it a real ticket? she doesn't know. ] I assume that might be where he died.
[ ignoring being accused of caring because he does but feels a little bad about just being glad he didn't know essek that well and it wasn't some other people on this team that died
so he's opening his phone to look at the announcement and reading like :o ]
Is that what that's supposed to be? A ticket? [ he doesn't know. how planes work. ] The hallways... At least that's something to go off of.
so he's opening his phone to look at the announcement and reading like :o ]
Is that what that's supposed to be? A ticket? [ he doesn't know. how planes work. ] The hallways... At least that's something to go off of.
[ that makes him caring... even if he is glad that it wasn't someone else. ]
Or some kind of mimic of it because we're in an airport. We have a starting point tomorrow. It's only a matter if we can get to the finishing point.
Or some kind of mimic of it because we're in an airport. We have a starting point tomorrow. It's only a matter if we can get to the finishing point.
Lucky there's not a lot of places that could be right now, then. It's kind of a small airport.
[ the hallways are a big maze but that's fine how long could one investigation take? 8 hours? ]
[ the hallways are a big maze but that's fine how long could one investigation take? 8 hours? ]
The one fortunate thing to this whole experience, hm? We don't have to search high and low for every clue.
[ imagine that's an achievement. who would make that happen to us? ]
[ imagine that's an achievement. who would make that happen to us? ]
[ the mods. the mods would ]
For now anyway. They usually unlock more places, don't they?
For now anyway. They usually unlock more places, don't they?
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