BEAU

[voidbreaker]

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[ it is a mystery!!! ]

Yeah. If you want.

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[ it is a mystery. also not his place to dig, and he said he wouldn't so there's that. ]

Sure.

Blue team. Power's super strength and resilence for a short amount of time.

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Grey team. I can summon a monster that scares people so bad it stuns them.

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[ he's thinking at the names pretty hard. ]

... Ehh. Apparently those titles are all films or something, but I don't know shit about any of them so I can't make a guess. If they are films or not.

[ oh right. ] White Witch. To round all that off properly.

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[ she sighs. ]

Babadook. [ i actually had to make sure i was spelling it correctly because i've been calling it the beaubadook ] They're all apparently films, yeah.

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[ when will they get to watch the babadook. beaubadook. ]

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Where'd they come up with this crap. [ is shadows a horror movie fan?? ]

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[ never she refuses ]

Shadows likes horror movies. They don't really like the ones that are only about suffering, though.

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[ guess who never talks to the npcs. ]

... Isn't that most of them? The genre title kinda gives it away.

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[ she shrugs. ]

I think they just like happy endings. [ she curls in further on herself. ]

... Hey, Ash.

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Don't blame them. Most people do.

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Yeah?

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You called me Beau, the other day. During trial. I think that's the first time you ever actually called me my name.

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[ ... huh.

he tilts his head slightly, like he's thinking back on it. ]

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Yeah, it probably was.

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[ she watches him for a moment, and then sniffs. ]

It just caught my attention. That's all.

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I didn't even realise I had.

[ ... which. maybe it sounds dismissive but? ultimately, he hadn't thought about it and he used her name anyway. give him a moment to process that one. ]

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[ her lips twitch a little. ]

I'll remember it.

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I can't tell what to forget or not.

[ well. hey. that was like... sort of the start of a smile. ] Just don't spread it around or everyone'll want me using their names for real.

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[ her expression stays like that, at least! look, not-miserable is a start. ]

I wouldn't do that to your reputation, Ash.

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[ yeah, his rep. HIS REP. but yeah not-miserable is a start. ]

Appreciated. Gotta work my way up to calling more people by their names and I don't want people to get their hopes up.

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You really know how to make a girl feel special. [ beau hums, pulling her knees to her chest again. ]

Can I ask you a favor?

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I try.

[ ... hm. ]

Sure. You can ask.

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If anything happens to me I want you to make sure of two things, okay?

[ sniff. ] Make sure Phoenix talks to someone. It doesn't have to be you. And make sure Wei Wuxian eats.

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You're sounding really ominous there, Beau. You know something I don't?

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No.

[ she stretches slightly. ]

Just - the last few times, we've voted for the biggest asshole in the room. And I think that's me, right now.

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We've done it with some kind of belief there was proof pointing to them though. [ wrong as it was ]

If anyone votes for you just because of this weekend, they're an asshole.

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You never know what people might do. If we run into a situation like how it was with Ogata and Escha - we voted for Ogata because everybody liked him less. If I just get unlucky, if I was in the wrong place at the right time, and it's like - me versus Flayn or some shit. You know I'm gone.

[ she knows her actions have consequences. ]

I just want the two of them to be taken care of. That's all.