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[cactusy]

[If I don't have an active post up, feel free to use this post to have your character call, videochat, text, or knock on Shaw's door.]

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[chaos_drifter]

If she follows me again, I might talk to her Warden.

[cactusy]

I thought you said you already talked to her warden.

Re: february 16

[themostfun]

No wonder you thought it was weird.

[ Being like a mannequin, lifeless while alive... that sounds awful for someone to have to watch. ]

I'm going to graduate, Sameen. I'm not letting Samaritan win. You won't be losing me any time soon.

Re: february 16

[cactusy]

[Shaw doesn't answer immediately, instead using the time to finish off the last of her pancakes, suck her fingers clean of butter and syrup, and wipe them dry on her pants. Then she pulls off her hoodie and tosses it on the floor, scooting up close to Root in only her bra. It's skin-to-skin time.]

All that's dependent on luck, and I don't count on luck.

[Which almost certainly sounds harsher than she intends it to, so she adds:]

Nothing lasts forever, especially for people like me. You already died once. As far as I'm concerned, everything that happens after that... it's a bonus. And I'm grateful for whatever time we get.

Re: february 16

[themostfun]

[ Root also finishes her pancakes, a smaller portion anyway. She is more than happy to be skin to skin right now.

There's no refuting Shaw's statement. For all the skills they both possess, and for all that Root has the Machine guiding her, there is always a bit of uncertainty. Luck adds thrill to the job, but with the way things have escalated back home, depending on luck would be akin to opening their arms to death. So where someone else might take Shaw's statement as cold and uncaring, Root sees it as grounded and positive. When you're just a blip on the grand scale of time, appreciating what you have is the best, fullest way to live. ]

So am I. [ She drapes her arms around Shaw shoulders. ] I'm gonna make it last as long as I can, because eating this extra time feels... rude.

Re: february 16

[cactusy]

I do believe you can graduate.

[But that's not the same thing as being sure that she will ; that she'll be given the time to. ]

[chaos_drifter]

I called him, but he never answered.

[abrightboy]

So, um. What are we going to do now that Kiryu is gone?

[cactusy]

I don't know. Find somebody else?

[abrightboy]

Any ideas?

[cactusy]

Not a single one. I guess... we can just work through it on our own.

[abrightboy]

I wish Neal was here.

[cactusy]

I wouldn't say yes to it being Neal, anyway.

[abrightboy]

Why not? He understands both of us.

[cactusy]

I don't wanna talk about it, Malcolm.

[abrightboy]

A good start to working through things on our own. That exciting new technique of working through things by not discussing them at all. But okay.

[cactusy]

Would Kiryu be happy about you resorting to this literally the second that he left.

[abrightboy]

I said okay.

And I never suggested that I can do this on my own.

But I guess you have nothing to worry about. Kiryu was always happy with your conduct.

[cactusy]

I'm holding up my end of the deal by telling you point-blank when I don't want to talk about something. You need to hold up yours by accepting that without being a dick about it. It's like that thing he said, something about how you aren't owed any part of myself I don't want to give. Except... worded better, and in a Japanese accent.

[abrightboy]

I said okay. I haven't asked the questions again. And you know what? I'm happy to not talk about your things when you don't want to and I've given those questions up easily, every time, but he kind of gave you carte blanche to never talk about anything that matters to me, ever, too. And what do I have?

[cactusy]

You've carte blanche to tell me to buzz off if I want to talk with you about things I want to talk about, but you don't.

[abrightboy]

When have I ever not wanted to talk about something?

[cactusy]

Okay, but that's not the point, Malcolm. You still have to respect people's boundaries, even if you don't like them and even if you don't have too many of your own. "But I don't have any boundaries" isn't a reason to try to push on other people's. I gave you a clear no to Neal mediating. This isn't even the first time I've given you a clear no to Neal mediating. If you don't care that I don't want it, that's not something you can change. But you can adjust how you act and stop asking.

[abrightboy]

I could probably accept it more easily if we could talk about why, but you won't even entertain it. Which is your prerogative, I guess, but it's not very much in the spirit of working things out together of you. 'Working things out together' has gotten exactly as far as never talk about anything at all unless it's... I don't know, is flavours of bubblegum too personal and provocative? Is sports too competitive and aggressive a topic?

[cactusy]

[A pause.]

Do you know Trevor Belmont?

[... Another pause.]

I'm not changing the subject; this is related. How I say it depends on whether or not you know the guy, that's all.