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[leaberator]

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WEEK 1, SATURDAY

[leaberator]

[ Well, today's trial might be over, but that's not the only trial they've got. Four people will be partnerless tomorrow, but only two will come out of it alive.

And he's got a pretty good idea where one of those four is, so he heads straight to the volcano. ]

Yo, Vally.

[ he's not sure what to say other than that, so far. ]

[omegathree]

Hello, lad.

[Still not willing to use anybody's name just yet. Death is coming for two out of four and there's incredibly little he can do about it.

At least his features soften into a smile.]

Good work today.

[leaberator]

You really not gonna say my name the whole time we're here, huh?

[ rude? rude. he stretches out a bit, looking up. ]

It coulda been a lot worse, yeah. At least we got one of 'em.

[omegathree]

[Correct! He's weirdly fussy about actually using people's names. Especially to their faces.]

Maybe if I live through Sunday.

[haha. not happening.]

There's still one left, but this is a better outcome than most.

[leaberator]

[ i cannot fucking WAIT for val to live. ]

Well now I'm gonna hold you to that, y'know.

[ he has a long memory!! ]

Yeah. But the fact that there were three total this week isn't ... great.

[omegathree]

[NOOOO]

I did say maybe.

[He pauses because it's a weird thing to say.]

We're lucky one of the corrupted was killed by someone else. [He's "lucky" his partner was killed.]

[leaberator]

I guess? Feels messed up to say.

[ speaking of his partner... ]

Did you know him much? Your partner.

[omegathree]

[He won't disagree! It's a weird thing to say.]

No. We didn't speak as much as I would've liked. He seems to have made better relationships with other people.

[Can't fault him for that. Not all people are meant to get along.]

[leaberator]

Fair enough. Not all partners have to be best friends.

[ for example: hisoka. ]

[omegathree]

How have you been doing with your own?

[Since Lea has not been sleeping in his own house these days.]

[leaberator]

[ he looks up, up and away ]

Hisoka's Hisoka.

[ that's it. that's all he's got. ]

[omegathree]

[Bluntly:]

Seems like a difficult partnership.

[leaberator]

Aim more for impossible, and you got it right.

[ he sighs ]

... But better me than some of the others around here.

[omegathree]

You're taking on quite the burden so others don't have to suffer him so closely.

[Also there are so many teenagers here? It's worrying.

... Is this what writing out a will feels like? He'd rather not have a repeat.]

Do your best to take care of the others.

[leaberator]

I mean, I don't exactly got a choice?

[ he's not a martyr most of the time, okay. but for the last part... ]

Yeah. I'll try.

[ oh no. is he gonna have to read medical books. fuck. ]

[omegathree]

I'm sure people appreciate it, even so.

[Val appreciates not being tethered to the weird clown so much, actually.]

Good. It may be difficult, but try to learn about everyone else. It'll likely help in the future.

[hell yea, med books. learn about some poisons.]

[leaberator]

Don't wanna keep it to a more manageable task? I'm still just one guy here.

[ like. he'll try but. damn val don't put your eggs all in the axel basket it's a bad one ]

[omegathree]

Do your best. I'll help you if I survive tomorrow.

[Or is it the perfect basket?? Hm??]

The teenagers might need more help than the adults though.

[leaberator]

Gee, thanks?

[ it's a terrible basket don't IF HIM ON THAT

also he sighs, rubbing the back of his neck ]

No kidding. They're kinda going through a lot.

[ also they are dropping... like flies... ]

[omegathree]

[He can't promise he's going to survive, Lea! He'd like to but it's not in his hands!]

I can't imagine it's going to get any easier as the weeks run on.

[leaberator]

Me either, but that doesn't mean you gotta jinx it by saying it out loud.

[ put that bad juju back in before the universe sees it ]

[omegathree]

[Val @ the universe: come at me.]

It'll happen one way or another. Just because you say something doesn't make it more or less likely to come true.

[leaberator]

I'm guessing demons don't have a lot of superstitions, huh?

[ lea is fake superstitious for humor. mostly. sometimes. ]

[omegathree]

We're the reason there are superstitions, so we don't have many.

[There's a little pause and then he perks up.]

Oh, but I know this human one. A sardine head in some cultures is used to ward off evil.

[OF COURSE it's about sardines.]

[leaberator]

[ of course it is. lea blinks. ]

... Does that actually work?