KARA

[voidbreaker]

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[voidbreaker]

[ hm. ]

Alright. Might as well get ourselves on the same page.

[ there’s a pause, and he points: ]

I’m not sharing powers though. Useful as it is to know, if the side effects fuck me over I’m gonna be pissed about it.

[unfriendliest]

Evidently, we can share everything as long as we space it out, and don't spread the information freely among everyone.

[ . . . ]

But I don't blame you. Lili and I share as much as we can, but not any details that will put someone at risk.

[voidbreaker]

It’s not just a cumulative “well 20 people know your deal so you’re screwed”?

[ terrible, either way ]

Sharing with one person’s probably slap on the wrist territory. Sharing with half the people here probably bridges on “break both your legs in revenge” territory.

[unfriendliest]

...In the end, it probably is. Winter insists that if we tell everyone, we're at risk. Even if we pace it out like Lili says, that would mean that eventually everyone would know. So it's best to keep that information to the few you trust the most, if it's shared with anyone.

Otherwise... [ he shrugs. ] One or two shouldn't make a difference. Lili already knows my affiliation, and so did Tsuru. But since he's been broken, he probably won't count against me anymore. So if you want to know, I don't mind saying.

[voidbreaker]

And provided you don't all kick the bucket someone can confirm it.

[ he shrugs right back. ] That's your choice. Right now, I'm not gonna be sharing in return. But I won't go spreading it around either if you do.

[unfriendliest]

Then I won't, either.

[ and with tsuru gone, there's no one else for him to tell.

but anyway - ] It seems like the voice from yesterday is the one enforcing their rules. The question is how.

[voidbreaker]

[ one day maybe they'll share secrets, ray. one day. ]

Oh, the new one? [ the goddamn terrible one. ]

Think that voice is why they spend half their time panicking and talking us in circles?

[unfriendliest]

It's part of it, at least. Winter is afraid of what will happen if they push the boundaries too far - that they'll get hurt, or someone else will. Purple might be more willing to try, but I'm sure they'll have their limits, too. And Shadow never said enough to be useful in the first place, so I doubt they'll push it, either.

[voidbreaker]

Purple seems constantly exasperated when he's not publicly flirting. [ or maybe that's just the ash effect. ]

I'm not saying they don't have their own issues. But I'm not into the whole "feeding us info as vaguely as possible" and then getting pissy when shit goes wrong trick they pulled over the weekend. Or telling us there will be "consequences" and then doing nothing to elaborate one either.

[unfriendliest]

If what Winter said was true, then even elaborating on the consequences poses a risk.

[ and kara's pretty fucking annoyed by that, clearly. ]

None of it makes sense, especially if this place was really supposed to be the sort of benevolent camp that they claim it was. It feels like this was planned from the beginning, and those three were always meant to be pawns.

[voidbreaker]

D'ya think they just really stupidly thought everything was gonna be fine and maybe there was gonna be sunshine and roses along the way?

[unfriendliest]

I think they were probably being manipulated the same way Evan was.

[voidbreaker]

And now they're panicking about it? Or doubling down, or are just plain scared?

[ so many options ]

[unfriendliest]

Winter is scared.

[ he sounds pretty confident of this. ]

Purple Heart, I think, is at least trying to fight it.

[voidbreaker]

They sounded pretty terrified at the weekend. [and then there was-- y'know. The Rock Incident. ]

And Shadows is just... what. Doing whatever they do?

[unfriendliest]

I haven't spoken to Shadows much - but I think they'd be the one doubling down, out of the three. They don't seem like the type to bend the rules.

[voidbreaker]

I haven't spoken to Shadows at all, so I'll just have to go with what you say.

[ hm. ]

Your never ever question though. For something that's not "born human", you sure look it. [ ... ] You a homunculus or something?

[unfriendliest]

I don't know what that is...?

[voidbreaker]

[ neither does he, entirely. ] Like a fake human, I think? Made in a workshop, not the usual way.

[unfriendliest]

[ kara considers that for a moment. ]

Similar, I guess. I'm a tsukumogami - the spirit of the sword used by Date Masamune. My new master is the one who gave me this body, so that I can wield my own sword in battle.

[voidbreaker]

[ i wish ash knew who masamune was so kara could properly stan ]

...

... so when we sparred the other day you were fighting me with yourself?

[unfriendliest]

[ he just nods. the sword in question is, as always, at his side. ]

[voidbreaker]

[ ... that’s a Bit Wild m’dude. ]

That why you looked scandalised about my weapon?

[unfriendliest]

...It looks uncomfortable.

[voidbreaker]

It’s just a weapon. There’s no secret soul hiding in it — just metal.