catchall for emma

[leaberator]

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WEEK 1, FRIDAY

[leaberator]

[ he's heading to the flower gardens for something completely different, but it's not like he looks upset to see Emma there. Again. ]

We have got to stop meeting here.

[ it's light, though not too much-- there are three bodies after all. and not a single one of them hisoka. the world is unfair. ]

[foodbin]

Where would you prefer to meet?

[It's sarcastic as ever, but something about this specific brand of joking seems tense, frayed at the edges. She wasn't close to any of them - but that doesn't make this less horrible.]

[leaberator]

You got me there. This place does have a pretty good view with none of the effort of climbing anywhere.

[ he gestures for her to sit down on a bench with him ]

[foodbin]

What happened to all that stubbornness? I thought you didn’t mind a little extra effort.

[She does take a seat, though, glancing towards the ground.]

[leaberator]

You kiddin'? I hate effort. Just because I can and will do it doesn't mean I ever really wanna. I'm keeping all my energy for the stuff that matters.

[ he nudges her knee with his so she looks up at him ]

The big one right now is trying to cheer up a friend who's in a pretty sucky situation.

[foodbin]

[After a few moments:]

I think we’re all in a rotten situation. I didn’t really know any of them well.

[leaberator]

Me either, but it doesn't really make it easier, does it?

[ no one here's exactly happy about what's happening. ]

[foodbin]

...No. Not really.

[She sighs.]

I don’t get why it would be the kids.

[Again.]

[leaberator]

[ again. ]

Believe me, I wish I had an answer for you. Other than "I don't think the darkness really cares about morals".

[ and that, from experience, it's usually kids. ]

[foodbin]

...I think it cares about morals in as much as it knows it can mess with us by using those against us.

[Or maybe that’s just what she’s used to. Who knows.]

[leaberator]

Considering the stuff it said last week? That sounds pretty accurate.

[ it seemed pretty self-aware, for a pile of evil locked in a child. ]

I'd tell you a whole speech about how we can't falter now, but... I think we're all allowed a break to be mad about it.

[ or sad. whichever. ]

[foodbin]

I don't think I'd mind the speech someday.

[But not just right now.]

As long as we do our best tomorrow, I think we've earned it.

[leaberator]

'Course. Not like we've got much of a choice, anyway.

[ things are already bad enough without them fucking up. ]

[foodbin]

[She pauses, and then, in a tone more worried than she usually lets on:]

There's the partner thing, too.