🔥 laudna

[ablazement]

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[undread]

[yes, that's okay. she's like. a little less completely smiling and weirdly cheerful like she was the night before? though she still smiles and does a little wave, but it's just a bit more hesitant.]

Hello, Karlach. Am I interrupting?

[ablazement]

Oh - hey, spooky.

[she sniffs, rubs at her face, and offers a little smile in return.]

Nah. I think I'm brooding, which is terrible.

[undread]

[oh. she actually looks a little relieved at that reaction. she gives a very awkward smile.]

Oh. It's quite alright. I don't mind a bit of brooding. I know plenty of very broody people. By all means.

[karlach isn't broody at all!!!!]

[ablazement]

Hah. [she clears her throat, looking away.]

This morning feels like ages ago. I could conk out right here.

[undread]

It was a long day. A lot of emotions running high.

[which she doesn't really know how to deal with.]

It makes me nervous, to be around that sort of intensity. You seem more at home with it, so please forgive me if I don't know how to do it correctly.

[ablazement]

[ah - that gets her to look back over at laudna, actually.]

I've just been around a lot of people my whole life. [she says, finally.] I think you did fine. Maybe a little awkward, but who isn't, right?

[undread]

[the fact that she's awkward is not news to her.]

You don't need to say that. I simply didn't want you to think I intended any disdain toward your feelings. [when she was doing her whole insisting she wouldn't be voted for thing.]

[ablazement]

Nah. I didn't think you did. Really.

[genuine!]

You were right, it was stupid to say it, and I shouldn't have. Just made a load of people upset in a situation where we didn't need more of it.

Honestly, I don't want to die. Not at all.

[undread]

I don't think dying is so bad. If you really wanted to sacrifice yourself for someone else, I could respect that. Though you're correct that it would make people very upset.

[pours one out for fcg you little shit.]

I don't begrudge you the impulse - nor the impulse to be skeptical of sussing out monsters. But the truth is, in that situation, people will find a monster to blame rather than sacrifice something they care about. It's only a matter of who they'll choose to turn on.

[ablazement]

[it really depends on who it is, she thinks. if it has a purpose. she's going to die anyway. might as well make it count.

she doesn't say that, though. just sighs.]

... You're right about that too. It's going to be - well, right now, s'going to be Karma. That kid is trying to get himself in trouble.

[undread]

Mmm. He's a difficult one. He came here so determined to make enemies, and then at each turn has taken the anger and suspicion he's received from his actions as proof that he was right to distrust you.

["you" here both because she ain't touching this one, and doesn't consider her opinion to fall within the opinion of the group.]

I think he's just a naughty little boy, really, but that sort of person can become dangerous. He didn't kill anyone, though.

[ablazement]

Yeah. He's determined to make people hate him thinking it's going to hurt less if they do it of their own choice.

[she can see the kind of kid he is. there's something to her that wants to help, but she might have her hands full as is.]

Overseers said Death was just the greater cult, so. Yeah. I guess he didn't.

[undread]

Yes. They told me that as well. A bit awkward, that we spent all day running around blaming one of our own on their say so...

[oh well! she's just being mildly sassy, not mad.]

Well, he'll learn his lesson one way or another. There's nothing wrong with being a bit mistrustful, but in a place like this, it's important to try to put others at ease.