Just a Passing Assassin...

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 Spiral: I ran away from home to avoid my parents taking me to the dentist. Terrified of having my mouth poked at like that… The noise all the stuff makes especially.

Spiral: Got an affinity for little plush or rubber ducks when writing my thesis, I got self-conscious that all my friends got tired of hearing me talk about it, so I got a duck from the dollar store the bounce ideas off of.

Spiral: I took dance classes as a kid! It was either that or sword fighting, and my ma was *not too keen* on me picking up a sword at the ripe ol age of 8.

Steady: These all feel pretty specific….

Steady: Uh.. okay. Mind if I guess first?



Cabinetta: You may proceed!

Steady:  So uh.. lets see…

Steady: I’ll be real Cabby, I can kind of see you in all of these situations? I’m going to guess the movie thing though. Feel like you’d be too shy on camera.



Cabinetta: You really have so little faith?

Steady: Don’t say it like that…..

Cabinetta: Joking!

Steady: You made me scared…

Cabinetta: Hehe…

Steady: Anyway Spiral uh… Dancing. I can see the duck thing and running away over a dentist? A little silly but mundane enough that it sounds real. Honestly none of it’s that hard to believe though.

Spiral: Interesting…

Spiral: Mind if I guess next this time?

Cabinetta: Mm, still thinking myself…

Cabinetta: Go for it!

Spiral: So Cabinetta uh…

Spiral: Honestly? Vampire thing seems to you not to be true. Magazine and the Movie thing… I can see you having fun with acting honestly? Magazine.. I can see you getting an invite easy but I don’t know if you’d actually go through with it. So I’ll go with the the photoshoot, seems like a half truth but not really.

Spiral: As for Steady…



Spiral: Yeah I don’t think the prison thing is true, you’re too nice!

Spiral: And I think I can imagine the other two easier. Going around taking all sorts of odd jobs, falling for a god in the middle of a job.

Steady: Oh my god, stop!

Spiral: I mean it’s cute.

Cabinetta: It's not wrong.

Steady: I mean...

Cabinetta: Hehe...

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Cabinetta: May I take my turn now also?

Steady: Go ahead.

Cabinetta: Hmm.

Cabinetta: Steady… the god thing perhaps? Feel like you’re somewhat of a wild card.. I don’t really know if I can see it though, seems too strict a lifestyle…

Cabinetta: As for Spiral? The Dentist thing. It seems intentionally too mundane and specific. Purposefully so, nobody would suspect it.

Steady: Final answers?

Cabinetta: Mmhmm!



Steady: Well you both got mine wrong.

Spiral: Was it the restaurant?

Steady: I mean yeah, you think I have that kind of money?



Cabinetta: You played professional baseball…

Steady: The regional currency exchange rate didn’t translate well…

Steady: Also I felt bad keeping that much money so most of it went to helping other folks.. Wouldn’t know what to do with uh… I think it was like 7 digits for that season?

Steady: I kept some of the merch though, I had to. They did so good with it….

Spiral: So you went to prison? I mean no judging, we’ve all been there. Would’ve gone myself if my parents didn’t have connections.



Steady: Yeeeeah. Is what it is, bad place at a bad time. Like I didn't do anything THAT bad but have fun convincing the feds...

Spiral: You want to talk about it? No biggie if you don't.

Steady: Maybe? Might sour the mood right now though so..

Steady: Not just yet if that’s alright.

Spiral: Of course.



Steady: Thank you.

Cabinetta: So the god thing?

Steady: It was pretty brief but also um….



Steady: I got a thing for cute eldritch types you know? So many eyes to kiss…

Steady: In the end I couldn’t really commit to the whole demonhood thing I was offered.

Cabinetta: Immortality not to your interest?

Steady: Nah, just like... I dunno. It was nice but didn't feel special enough that it'd feel right to say yes, you know? They took it well and we're on good terms..

Steady: Anyway… Spiral?

Spiral: Cabby got it, the dentist thing.

Steady: Yeah. I mean I kind of knew about the duck thing.

Spiral: You saw a bit. Like I said, picked up one from the dollar store. Named it Tango. Still have it with me actually, we've been through a lot together…

Steady: Awww…

Steady: So that means you did dancing then? Would’ve ever figured.

Spiral: Yep! Kinda wonder what it’d be like if I got to do swordfighting instead though… wonder how my ma is doing in general… but you know.

Steady: You gotta show me sometime, hopefully you can still do your old moves fine.



Cabinetta: Mmhmm, I’d love to join you…



Steady looks at you.



She's got your back. Oh no.

Spiral: So… Cabinetta? Your turn?

Cabinetta: The photoshoot… I had a offer or two in the past but I declined. Too shy I suppose..

Cabinetta: The acting thing isn’t quite as big as it sounds, mainly local productions. They like my noblewoman’s laugh…



Steady: OOOOHOHOHO!

Cabinetta: Mmhmm! Exactly! I have to build up to it though..

Spiral: How were the movies themselves?

Cabinetta: Struggling… but we had fun in the process…



Cabinetta: On a side tangent, my sweet tooth is getting to me right now. I feel like dessert.

Cabinetta: It’d be rude not to offer your friend. Could one of you go out to the library two halls down to invite them over while the other stays to assist me?

She pauses the game.

Cabinetta: If I cannot get my blood fix, I’ll make due with the alternatives...


Steady: Sure!… Spiral, you call who does what. I’m good either way.