BRILITH

[voidbreaker]

Comments

[infire]

[ ...? ]

Of course I do. It may not be easy, but I'd rather spend my time doing something meaningful and protecting my people than focusing too much on how it hurts.

[ not that. she's very good at it. lmao. ]

[voidbreaker]

[ HEY. HEY RAY. GUESS WHO GOT TIMELINES MIXED UP AND FORGOT THEY WEREN'T RPING WITH SALTY AS HECK BRILITH. i got this. ]

... Nah, like. How much of you have you given away to people? You could do something for you, hang what other people want.

[infire]

[ I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE ]

...I've done a few things for myself. [ she sounds defensive, voice small. ] But I can't just do what I want all the time. A priestess has to prioritize the people and gods she serves.

[voidbreaker]

[ CRIES. ]

...

[ he just raises an eyebrow. ] A few. Most people live to the extremes if they know they're running out of time.

[infire]

My job is too important for me to spend time on things like that, Ash. And it's... unbecoming of a priestess, anyway.

[voidbreaker]

All work and no play.

[ makes brilith get no joy until she drops dead. ]

[infire]

[ well, that just makes it sound like a slave's life. ]

...It's not that bad, really.

[voidbreaker]

I don't think someone's gonna crucify you if you took a day off to just enjoy the weather, or something.

[infire]

I-I've been on dates and things like that, if that's what you mean... It just... never ends well...

[voidbreaker]

[ Because Brilith's facebook profile is constantly set to "it's complicated", got it. ]

I mean. That's one thing you can do. But literally just not being a damn workaholic for a day counts.

[infire]

[ that, too, is agni's fault. ]

I haven't been working that much since they brought us here!

[ that's not better?? ]

[voidbreaker]

Bril, it shouldn't take literal kidnap and murder to get you to take a break!

[ C'MON. ]

[infire]

[ SWEATS ]

It's just that my job is very important... Everyone's safety matters more than my own entertainment.

[voidbreaker]

And then you burn out, and no one's able to protect anyone's safety.

[infire]

I've been doing fine since I was eleven years old. I can last for however long I have left.

[voidbreaker]

Bril. [ Serious. ] Just because you do something for that long doesn't mean you should.

[infire]

[ she's quiet for a long moment, before - ]

I wouldn't even know what else to do... Read?

[voidbreaker]

Yeah.

[ Said IMMEDIATELY. ]

If it's what you enjoy doing, and it's not working yourself to the bone? Then yeah.

[infire]

|It's the only thing I ever really have the chance to do. The temple mostly has books on history and magic, but I could stand to get better at my calculations...

[voidbreaker]

[ ... he flicks Brilith on the forehead. ]

No work. Only leisure. Studying is work.

[infire]

Ow!

[ what the heck! ]

But I like studying!

[voidbreaker]

That counts as work, y'know.

[ brilith... wtf no one likes studying. ]

[infire]

[ some people are nerds, ash. ]

It isn't work if I like doing it!

[voidbreaker]

It's working your brain. You ever played a card game? Just gone for a walk? Read a book for fun and not study?

[infire]

I've never really done card games, no... Walks are fine, but I have to stay in the temple or close by most of the time. And yes, of course I've read for fun - it's just that I haven't had a lot of time for it at home, with so much happening.