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Dorothy "I'm totally bustworthy" MacBean (
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Virid; Catch-All except he's like dying tomorrow
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favourable
2020-10-04 02:20 am (UTC)
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Do you usually keep company with people like me?
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misstrust
2020-10-04 02:31 am (UTC)
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What, children or murderers?
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favourable
2020-10-04 02:35 am (UTC)
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Both.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 02:36 am (UTC)
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Both.
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favourable
2020-10-04 02:38 am (UTC)
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You need better friends, then.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 02:47 am (UTC)
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They needed better friends before I did. That's partly why I stuck around.
[ She smiles, ruefully. ]
Was that what you thought factions meant? Some form of killing competition?
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favourable
2020-10-04 02:49 am (UTC)
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Not really. I only thought about it for real when that rodent outed me.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 02:56 am (UTC)
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So Hajime wasn't a result of that?
[ Child, your murder impulses. ]
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favourable
2020-10-04 02:59 am (UTC)
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[he shrugs.]
Being removed probably means death, right? So once I was caught, I didn't have anything to lose by trying to kill all of you, anyway.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:01 am (UTC)
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Well, that was ambitious of you. I'm rather glad you weren't able to slaughter all of us, for obvious reasons.
... But still, pragmatic. That's not always such a bad thing.
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:06 am (UTC)
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Not that it means much now.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:08 am (UTC)
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No, I imagine not.
[ Dorothy studies him for a moment. ]
But I
will
miss having the opportunity to spend time with you. Though perhaps that also doesn't mean much.
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:10 am (UTC)
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You barely even know me.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:12 am (UTC)
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And? It doesn't take long for me to decide whether I like someone or not.
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:14 am (UTC)
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How can you be so sure you like someone if you don't know them?
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:17 am (UTC)
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A hunch.
Especially because not knowing someone is usually a big part of my job.
... But also because you remind me of someone. It might really just be nostalgia on my part.
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:19 am (UTC)
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[almost deadpan,]
What, are you an assassin too?
[he's been hearing Backstories.]
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:23 am (UTC)
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Spy. The assassination part was my least favorite part, when it came up.
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:28 am (UTC)
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You don't look like a spy.
But I guess that's the point.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:31 am (UTC)
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[ Dorothy laughs at that, shaking her head. ]
To be truthful, I'm not as good a spy as I ought to be! But that's a secret between us.
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:31 am (UTC)
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How are you bad at it? Do you accidentally reveal your kingdom's secrets?
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:33 am (UTC)
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Perish the thought! No, it's actually more simple than that.
[ As she holds up a finger-- ]
I care.
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:37 am (UTC)
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What does that have to do with anything?
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:40 am (UTC)
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Caring about someone can sometimes interfere with a mission. It might make you hesitate when timing is crucial, for example. And someone might be able to separate the mission and their own personal feelings about it, but that's not always the case.
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:43 am (UTC)
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... That all sounds complicated.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:44 am (UTC)
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Feelings usually are. In that regard, I would say you're far more suitable than I am.
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:47 am (UTC)
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I'm a prince, not a spy.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 03:50 am (UTC)
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You certainly have the temperament for it--
... Wait, a
prince?
[ What the hell, small child. ]
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favourable
2020-10-04 03:52 am (UTC)
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Yes. Prince of the kingdom of Viridian.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 04:02 am (UTC)
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Do princes normally get into the habit of murdering?
[ Well, she thinks, there are always ploys for the throne, but-- ]
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favourable
2020-10-04 04:05 am (UTC)
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Ones who're told they have to fight to the death do.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 04:06 am (UTC)
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... Is that your situation back home?
[ And what kind of asshole told him that, honestly-- ]
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favourable
2020-10-04 04:10 am (UTC)
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Yes.
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misstrust
2020-10-04 04:46 am (UTC)
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Aaand so you thought that still applied here?
... No, but even so, there was some other force that allowed you to move about freely in the first place...
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favourable
2020-10-04 04:50 am (UTC)
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[no, that's just why he's a very murderous person.]
I don't really know what happened there, but it was convenient for me.
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[ She smiles, ruefully. ]
Was that what you thought factions meant? Some form of killing competition?
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[ Child, your murder impulses. ]
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Being removed probably means death, right? So once I was caught, I didn't have anything to lose by trying to kill all of you, anyway.
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... But still, pragmatic. That's not always such a bad thing.
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[ Dorothy studies him for a moment. ]
But I will miss having the opportunity to spend time with you. Though perhaps that also doesn't mean much.
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Especially because not knowing someone is usually a big part of my job.
... But also because you remind me of someone. It might really just be nostalgia on my part.
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What, are you an assassin too?
[he's been hearing Backstories.]
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But I guess that's the point.
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To be truthful, I'm not as good a spy as I ought to be! But that's a secret between us.
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[ As she holds up a finger-- ]
I care.
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... Wait, a prince?
[ What the hell, small child. ]
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[ Well, she thinks, there are always ploys for the throne, but-- ]
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[ And what kind of asshole told him that, honestly-- ]
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... No, but even so, there was some other force that allowed you to move about freely in the first place...
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I don't really know what happened there, but it was convenient for me.