KARA and LILI

[voidbreaker]

i have a feeling we'll need this

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[coastal]

[ash would get to smooch if kara didn't say no :( ]

... more meetings, is it...

[she sighs.]

I'll talk to Akira. If people want to hear from me less, I'd understand.

[unfriendliest]

[ i'm ignoring both of you. ]

More meetings, once we figure out what they're demanding.

[ he looks at lili, though, concerned. ]

If they're angry that I survived, they should be taking it out on me. Not you.

[voidbreaker]

[ ray... brutally abandoning me... ]

Wild idea -- they could take it out on no one and get this whole situation over and done with in half the time.

[ he's exhausted by this. ] Factions was the kind of shit I was hoping to avoid.

[coastal]

[she's shaking her head]

No one's been rude to me so far, you don't need to be mad. [lowkey that was kind of what started it - but she can't say she doesn't love his loyalty.] But as much as I agree with Ash...

[ . . . . ]

I have no interest in factions. Even when I was the one upset last night, I agreed to work together with everyone. They owe me the same, considering who they all still voted for.

[unfriendliest]

[ the sigh he gives is heavy with frustration. ]

I'm not saying there should be factions. There shouldn't. But you've been doing more work here than most, and they shouldn't start ignoring that because they think the wrong person walked away.

[ he turns his eyes away, irritated. ]

I don't care what they think of me, as long as we get this done.

[voidbreaker]

That's what I'm saying. Factions just end up with this mess going on the outskirts, and nothing gets solved.

...

The wrong person would've walked away anyway. That's the point. Both of you were someone's "wrong person" - they just got hit with a double blow because no one's walked away after being voted for. There was probably some kind of ... I dunno, complacency to it. Even if they didn't mean to think like that.

[coastal]

[ . . . . . lordy. she sighs.]

Mm. People... are going to feel what they feel. We probably shouldn't make it any worse today.

[a gentle squeeze of kara's hand, she interlaces their fingers.]

Everyone's grieving but... we need to work all the harder, to make sure Dick comes back now, so they aren't separated too long.

[unfriendliest]

[ well, it isn't like kara disagrees with any of this. so all he does is lean back with a soft sigh. ]

Then what's next? Figuring out the next task, and bringing Winter into the larger team? Is there more?

[ still so focused on the mission, even if the state he's in. ]

[voidbreaker]

Seems like it. The team thing should probably happen first, and then... dunno. Knock out as many tasks as we can straight out the gate, and then cut the head off a snake.

Simple enough.

[coastal]

Oh....

Thank the gods for something simple.

[unfriendliest]

Don't call it simple when we don't even know the task yet. Knowing them, it could be to kill someone.

[voidbreaker]

Where'd the fun be in that? We'd all be dead and there'd be no one around to suffer for their entertainment.