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True enough.

[same? same. Or, more just. pulling on the jewelry from his horns, since he's got those in the way.]

All part of the picture, I suppose.

[she huffs.]

I'm going to tear this stupid picture to shreds.

[He

actually laughs at that.]

Probably the right attitude to have.

[molly just sliiiiides down the wall a bit. why not.]

Just fucking sick of losing people.

[she watches him do that, a little concerned, but:]

I knew this offer was suspicious when I took it, but I didn’t think it would be like this, either. If this was going to be the set up, they could have just let us fight it out at the start instead of dragging it out like this.

I think the time is part of the strategy if you ask me to try and ... analyze the fucked mind that came up with it. The longer it goes, the more desperate some might get.

I thought it'd be alright, because I came here alone. I could handle what it threw at me. Couldn't be worse than just going back to my cold grave.

[after a drawn out moment:]

...This is really getting to you, isn't it?

[she's not very good at showing worry, but there's more than normal of it in her voice.]

I guess it's been a long few weeks for most people.

[bonking his head against the wall.]

Guess I'm being a bit melodramatic, aren't I?

No, I don't think so...

[She pauses, shifting a little.]

I'm much older than most of you, right? So this has seemed like a much shorter span of time to me than it does for you, probably. And this isn't really any worse than what I'm used to, either, so... It's probably harder for most people to deal with.

Certainly older than me.

[two years.]

Been here longer than I've been anywhere in my life, actually.

Right, you mentioned traveling...

[she exhales, a little heavy.]

Well, hopefully after this you can beat the record in someplace nicer.

If anything it's cured me of any desire to stick around places longer. Sticking around certain people longer, sure, but places? I'm not about it so much. Too much to see and do.

Besides, you stay in one place and you just start kissing the same folks over and over. Muddies the waters a bit.

...Mm, I think I get that much, at least. I'm not used to staying on one floor this long! Even the last one was only two weeks or so.

[snorts.]

Ah, how awful. Having to kiss someone more than once.

See? Drives you a bit stir-crazy doesn't it? Place isn't that big, after a while.

[Nodding? It is terrible?]

It is awful.

Even the floors on the tower are bigger than this! This place is way more claustrophobic. Not to mention half the rooms are bad taste...

[tacky! but she sighs, a little amused.]

Awful or not, I might almost miss it when all this is over and I go home.

... I had a conversation with Despair about that recently.

Going to a home you don't really want to go back to.

[she pauses for a moment, surprised, and she sounds a little - uncomfortable, maybe, when she speaks.]

Why do you assume I don’t want to go back?

[Oh-- he pauses? Looking over. I mean, is it a wild assumption? anyone who says they might not miss the murder sex clown dungeon probably isn't super looking forward to heading home.]

Ah. You're right. I shouldn't have assumed. Just from the way you said that ... I don't know. Maybe you should just know. The option could exist.

—Stop that, you’re fine.

[it isn’t a wild assumption at all, honestly - she’s just at a weird place with that thought specifically.]

There are nicer places, from what I’ve heard, but - you know. Family. [...] Besides, if I make it to the end of all this and get what I’m wishing for, it might be less...

[she trails off.]

You might leave it a little better than you found it?

[he's making

the face.]

—Shut up!

[not the face!!]

It’s not for me, anyways. I’m not soft enough that I need it to be kinder.

[endorsi you do realize how saying your wish isn't for yourself makes this Worse in terms of Mollymauk's smug judgment?

anyway he knows he got thrown on his ass for this last time but he still gets up to sling an arm around her shoulder, snorting a bit of a laugh]

I won't say anything.

[she doesn’t shove him away this time (at least not yet), but she does make this exact face.]

I’m not hiding it or anything! You’re just making it seem like a bigger deal than it is...

[just vibing there]

What is it, then?

Edited 2021-03-20 14:13 (UTC)

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You’re going to make fun of me if you hear the explanation...

[holding up a hand]

Swear on my own grave, I will not utter a word, make a face or visibly react in any way to your obviously very selfless deepest desire.

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