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07-01-2023, 04:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2023, 04:58 PM by skinstealer.)
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Bern: So, you’re a fiend too?
Charon: Aye.
Bern: ‘Wasn’t for those spooky eyes, you wouldn’t know. Esperanto’s taught me little things here and there about them, Fiend kids usually blend in pretty well with people.
Bern: You don’t got the normal fiend eyes right now though…
Charon: Aye.
Bern: Scary. You still got the glow but they’re so… dark.
Mercury interrupts.
Mercury: Where’ve you been this whole time by the way?
Mercury: You just been wandering the city?
Bern: A little?
Bern: Esp paid for a hotel nearby before we all met up for the job but they kept me there a bit longer until “I was needed”
Bern: Love them but god they still treat me like a kid sometimes, you know?
Mercury: I’ve worked with them enough to know they usually got a reason for it.
Bern: Yeah…. I know.
Mercury: So be real with me, what’s with the cruelty act?
Bern: Mm?
Mercury: Charon.
Bern: Ah. I mean…. I don’t know if I should talk on that but…
Bern: I promise they’re not usually like that.
Bern: When Geezer was being looked into for the job on recommendation, we went to visit his family home. The knight living there, I think Erica was it? Had a lot of confidence in him. Got told he was visiting Plaza which just seemed perfect timing-wise…
Bern: Charon came up too. Erica had a lot of concerns since he just got licensed as a knight. Said he worked really hard for that but I guess Esperanto took that as like…
Bern: I dunno.
Charon: A challenge?
Bern: Yeah, probably.
You pause in thought for a moment, picking your next few words wisely.
Charon: That why Geezer and I got recruited together?
Bern: Yeah, two in one.
Opera: That’s… not correct?
Bern: What do you mean?
Opera: I was just told that Geezer would be here. Was surprised to see Charon too.
Bern: Nah, Erica said they both were going to be here for Darkest Night together.
Bern: Made it easy to just scoop up things-
Charon: Why was I asked about in the first place?
Bern goes dead silent.
Charon: The list of people here, Rosario aside, are primarily those from the pocket incident.
Charon: Merc, how’d you meet Esperanto?
Mercury: Through a recommendation from Erica, never met her in person since back then but Esp came to me while over here looking for some muscle for a job.
Charon: She kept tabs on you?
Mercury: Guess so, weird really..
Charon: That sounds like her…
Bern: Maybe you were a last minute addition? We only got news of you and Geezer’s plaza trip recently.
Charon: Erica is the reason I wasn’t on the list.
Bern’s eyes widen up, shadows in the room starting to stir with many gazes.
Charon: She picked the roster.
Charon: She knows a lot of people but she picked those that’d have personal stake in this.
Charon: Except for me.
Charon: And despite that, Esperanto chose to withhold details in order to recruit me as well.
Charon: The only reason to do something like that is if there was a personal motive.
Charon: They claim to be a family friend but they’re obviously way more than that at this point.
You look Bern right in the eye.
Bern: Back the fuck off dude.
Charon: Why all the hiding-
You’re cut off as someone enters the room.
Esperanto: To spare your feelings, but it’s too late for that it seems.
Esperanto: Erica did tell me not to recruit you. I did ask her specifically for the roster because she knew people who’d put everything into this job.
Esperanto: I did keep you a secret so we could hire you without her knowing.
Esperanto: And you’re not going to say a thing of it to her until this job is done.
Charon:... Why didn’t she pick me?
Esperanto: Inexperience, volatile performance in the past, fear of you becoming too emotionally difficult to work.
Esperanto: Nothing I can’t sort out with the right training.
Charon: And why are you so personally invested in me?
Esperanto: You’re smart, you tell me.
Charon: Why couldn’t you just be honest then?
Esperanto: Say it first.
Esperanto: If you’re afraid to guess wrong, you have no business being here.
Charon:....
Esperanto: Swallow your pride, say it.
Charon: You’re Bucket Judgment.
Esperanto: That’s good. Keep it under wraps.
Charon: …
Esperanto: You knew this for awhile now, why go quiet?
Charon:... Grandma Erica really did blacklist me
Esperanto: Doesn’t matter, you’re here.
Esperanto: I’m going to train you up.
Esperanto: Do for you what she never did.
Esperanto:... Are you not excited?
Charon:....
Esperanto: Charon?
You feel Opera slip a hand into yours.
Opera: Hey, I’m here…
Charon: Can we go find Geezer?
Charon: I want to talk about something, just the three of us…
Opera: Yeah… think he’s just napping.
She holds your hand tight.
Opera: Mercury.
Mercury: Yeah, I got a few words to say right now. You two scoot out.
Opera: Thank you….
Charon: Aye.
Bern: ‘Wasn’t for those spooky eyes, you wouldn’t know. Esperanto’s taught me little things here and there about them, Fiend kids usually blend in pretty well with people.
Bern: You don’t got the normal fiend eyes right now though…
Charon: Aye.
Bern: Scary. You still got the glow but they’re so… dark.
Mercury interrupts.
Mercury: Where’ve you been this whole time by the way?
Mercury: You just been wandering the city?
Bern: A little?
Bern: Esp paid for a hotel nearby before we all met up for the job but they kept me there a bit longer until “I was needed”
Bern: Love them but god they still treat me like a kid sometimes, you know?
Mercury: I’ve worked with them enough to know they usually got a reason for it.
Bern: Yeah…. I know.
Mercury: So be real with me, what’s with the cruelty act?
Bern: Mm?
Mercury: Charon.
Bern: Ah. I mean…. I don’t know if I should talk on that but…
Bern: I promise they’re not usually like that.
Bern: When Geezer was being looked into for the job on recommendation, we went to visit his family home. The knight living there, I think Erica was it? Had a lot of confidence in him. Got told he was visiting Plaza which just seemed perfect timing-wise…
Bern: Charon came up too. Erica had a lot of concerns since he just got licensed as a knight. Said he worked really hard for that but I guess Esperanto took that as like…
Bern: I dunno.
Charon: A challenge?
Bern: Yeah, probably.
You pause in thought for a moment, picking your next few words wisely.
Charon: That why Geezer and I got recruited together?
Bern: Yeah, two in one.
Opera: That’s… not correct?
Bern: What do you mean?
Opera: I was just told that Geezer would be here. Was surprised to see Charon too.
Bern: Nah, Erica said they both were going to be here for Darkest Night together.
Bern: Made it easy to just scoop up things-
Charon: Why was I asked about in the first place?
Bern goes dead silent.
Charon: The list of people here, Rosario aside, are primarily those from the pocket incident.
Charon: Merc, how’d you meet Esperanto?
Mercury: Through a recommendation from Erica, never met her in person since back then but Esp came to me while over here looking for some muscle for a job.
Charon: She kept tabs on you?
Mercury: Guess so, weird really..
Charon: That sounds like her…
Bern: Maybe you were a last minute addition? We only got news of you and Geezer’s plaza trip recently.
Charon: Erica is the reason I wasn’t on the list.
Bern’s eyes widen up, shadows in the room starting to stir with many gazes.
Charon: She picked the roster.
Charon: She knows a lot of people but she picked those that’d have personal stake in this.
Charon: Except for me.
Charon: And despite that, Esperanto chose to withhold details in order to recruit me as well.
Charon: The only reason to do something like that is if there was a personal motive.
Charon: They claim to be a family friend but they’re obviously way more than that at this point.
You look Bern right in the eye.
Bern: Back the fuck off dude.
Charon: Why all the hiding-
You’re cut off as someone enters the room.
Esperanto: To spare your feelings, but it’s too late for that it seems.
Esperanto: Erica did tell me not to recruit you. I did ask her specifically for the roster because she knew people who’d put everything into this job.
Esperanto: I did keep you a secret so we could hire you without her knowing.
Esperanto: And you’re not going to say a thing of it to her until this job is done.
Charon:... Why didn’t she pick me?
Esperanto: Inexperience, volatile performance in the past, fear of you becoming too emotionally difficult to work.
Esperanto: Nothing I can’t sort out with the right training.
Charon: And why are you so personally invested in me?
Esperanto: You’re smart, you tell me.
Charon: Why couldn’t you just be honest then?
Esperanto: Say it first.
Esperanto: If you’re afraid to guess wrong, you have no business being here.
Charon:....
Esperanto: Swallow your pride, say it.
Charon: You’re Bucket Judgment.
Esperanto: That’s good. Keep it under wraps.
Charon: …
Esperanto: You knew this for awhile now, why go quiet?
Charon:... Grandma Erica really did blacklist me
Esperanto: Doesn’t matter, you’re here.
Esperanto: I’m going to train you up.
Esperanto: Do for you what she never did.
Esperanto:... Are you not excited?
Charon:....
Esperanto: Charon?
You feel Opera slip a hand into yours.
Opera: Hey, I’m here…
Charon: Can we go find Geezer?
Charon: I want to talk about something, just the three of us…
Opera: Yeah… think he’s just napping.
She holds your hand tight.
Opera: Mercury.
Mercury: Yeah, I got a few words to say right now. You two scoot out.
Opera: Thank you….
