KARA and LILI

[voidbreaker]

i have a feeling we'll need this

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[voidbreaker]

Hopefully we won't need to find out. But ... we had something like it in the mansion? It just took a blow if you if used it. It didn't have to be fatal.

[coastal]

[ . . . . she nods at that, thoughtful.]

Whoever it is that has it - make sure you check it each Friday.

[just to make sure it wasn't used]

[unfriendliest]

We'll have to try to find out if there's another one like it to cover everything. I'll let you both know if I find them, but...

[ kara shrugs. ]

People aren't as open with me as they are with you, Lili.

[voidbreaker]

I can just ask the one I already know and find out weekly if I have to.

Finding the other item and who has the pairs for that one and Chatterbox's is probably the bigger thing now.

[coastal]

[she nods in response to ash

but

blinks in confusion

at kara]

Yeah, I don't really get it either. Maybe they're tricking me?

[SHE HAS NO IDEA WHY PEOPLE WOULD JUST

TRUST HER]

[unfriendliest]

[ for fuck's sake ]

I told you before. They like you.

[voidbreaker]

[ for fuck's sake ]

Yeah, that's more like it.

[coastal]

That doesn't sound right.

[NO ONE'S SAID ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO HER (she is so socially maladjusted)]

Anyway, is that all? We'll reconvene next week on whose powers we have.

[unfriendliest]

I keep telling you that, Lili, and nothing's changed.

[ why is lili such an idiot, god ]

...That's it, yeah.

[voidbreaker]

[ neither of you get to run from this ]

We're ignoring the elephant in the room and hoping no one remembers it was ever there, huh?

[coastal]

No, I was just making sure we got the actual business out of the way.

[WHICH SHE SOUNDS

SINCERE ABOUT

not to mention talking about plot has at least distracted her from the bad mood she was in earlier]

I'm pretty sure Kara and I know where we stand between the two of us, but...

[she. looks at ash.]

[unfriendliest]

[ he also just looks at ash. what's up, buddy. ]

[voidbreaker]

[ yikes. ]

I'm not here to force myself into anywhere. And I'm not a intentional homewreckin' kinda guy. [ here he is, the rogue element. ]

[coastal]

[she tilts her head and echoes distantly - ]

Homewrecking...?

[but at least she's fine with communicating, shaking her head]

No, I don't want anything to get wrecked either. And I don't think I'd allow anything to be forced. [just. plainly.]

I just... want to ensure that no one's holding onto anything that they'd - rather not let go of?

[is that the way she wants to phrase it? it's a bit odd, when no one has. actually said anything about how they feel.]

[unfriendliest]

We don't have a home to wreck.

[ hello?

lili's said enough to cover the rest, kara thinks? he's bad at feelings. ]

[voidbreaker]

It's not a literal homewreck, Chatterbox.

[ ... hm. ]

Dunno. We all kinda got curveballed there, really. As well-intentioned as you-know-who was tryin' to be.

[coastal]

Mm. I know. She meant well, but...

[what. what the fuck even happened with the three of them.]

... but people should only really be courting people they have genuine feelings for. I don't know if it works differently for [she hates this word] modern people...?

[lili doesn't know shit about hook up culture. could you imagine.]

[unfriendliest]

It's not like I would know that, either.

[ either way. kara crosses his arms over his chest. ]

But starting a courtship out of a curse seems like a bad idea, to me. I'd rather know it's real.

[voidbreaker]

You make this shit sound so formal. Sometimes people just hang out if they like each other more that usual and see how it goes.

[ "courtship". lili would fit in with erebonian nobility, but like. the decent kind. the kurt vanders, not the duke cayennes. ]

It's not really my shit to say yes or not to. [ he points at them both. ] You're the ones with the solid deal here.

[coastal]

[eh - ] All I know is formal... Are you talking about dates?

[SHE BARELY UNDERSTANDS DATES!!!! she technically went on one with ash? it was actually pretty decent as far as dates go?]

I - don't mind if you want to go on more dates? [she looks to kara for confirmation] If you want to date?

We don't exactly have a relationship where we have to only be with each other... Sometimes the heart just feels what it does, right?

[that's. always how she's looked at romance? she's the one who's been saying that it's entirely possible to have more room in your heart for more than just one person....

she looks to ash]

Do you feel that way toward Kara?

[her leaving herself out of the conversation is probably less surprising after she literally just said she doesn't think anyone likes her, but.]

[unfriendliest]

More dates? You two already went on one, after the tasks?

[ without telling him? :c

...but of course lili leaves herself out of the equation somehow, so kara adds, with a pointed look at her: ]

Or Lili.

[voidbreaker]

-- Do you not have dates where you're from? [ how do you function. ] Even Erebonian nobles go on dates before they get strong armed into whatever marriages I guess they have to go with.

[ i'm exhausted. ]

...

[ he shrugs. ] I still owe you a lesson in wheelies, now you're shoulder's less fucked. And I owe you--[ he nods his head at kara ]-- a fight.

[coastal]

[she shakes her head]

Courtship meetings? I skip all of mine.

[by force.]

....

Is that how you flirt with people, Ash...

[this is half a serious question, half lili being a shit.]

.... I don't mind then - if that's how you want to proceed. If you'd rather not label it anything formal...?

[though there's still something confused in her eyes. does that mean ash isn't opposed to dating them? how long has that been the case? did she miss something important here?

she looks over at kara? hello?]

Even though I think we can all acknowledge we were just cursed yesterday, so...

[things are gonna be. a little. weird.]

[unfriendliest]

That's not an answer. You can do both of those things without liking either of us, and they don't have to be dates.

I don't know if I'd want a... casual courtship. [ is that??? what ash means??? ] Especially not after being cursed. I want to know for sure.

[ because going with it because of the curse is like allowing the choice to just be taken away and not fighting it. ]

[voidbreaker]

Don't know if I have one for you then. Dates aren't... such a big thing back home. You can do it casually to figure things out and it doesn't have to have a huge weight attached to it.

[ he just shrugs again. ]

I don't think there's a way to easily answer this shit or we wouldn't have having this long a conversation about it. [ like what even is a casual courtship. why do they keep calling it a courtship. cultural differences?? ]

But going all in sounds too extreme. So maybe we just leave it.