[TOY] Plaything

[skinstealer]

POLKA DOT: It, uh…
POLKA DOT: Everyone’s…going?
CROSSBONE: …you don’t sound super thrilled about that.
CROSSBONE: Did something happen?
POLKA DOT: Well…
POLKA DOT: I talked with Devo and Tim first.
POLKA DOT: Devo was worried Roulette wouldn’t want to go, so he had me do this whole…gambit, thing.
CROSSBONE: A gambit…?
POLKA DOT: At first, he said he wouldn’t go unless Roulette did. The two seem close as hell.
CROSSBONE: Following so far.
POLKA DOT: But then, he wasn’t sure Roulette would go, and said to tell Roulette he’s going.
CROSSBONE: …hm.
POLKA DOT: Yyyyeah.
CROSSBONE: Is…that going to cause problems, do you think?
POLKA DOT: Tim called Devo out on it when I went to go talk to Roulette, and he’s gonna apologize to it and give it an out, or something.
CROSSBONE: Well…
CROSSBONE: Worst case scenario, I guess it could be you, me and Tim.
POLKA DOT: Isn’t that, uh, dangerous?
CROSSBONE: Maybe, but…
CROSSBONE: …this is important to me, you know?
CROSSBONE: Is that selfish?
 

A little, but…I don’t wanna say that!

POLKA DOT: I-I mean-
 

Cross seems to catch on immediately, her shoulders drooping.

CROSSBONE: …I know I’m asking a lot.
CROSSBONE: I just can’t imagine living without this. Even if it’s a drastic change, or dangerous…
CROSSBONE: I’d…go on my own if I had to. That’s what I’ve been thinking about, a bit.
CROSSBONE: I don’t want to. I know that going through this kind of adventure by myself, especially in winter, would be a suicide mission.
CROSSBONE: But that’s how desperately I want this.
CROSSBONE: …to become a monster.