Flayn is staring glumly at the bonfire, her head in her hands. It's frustrating that this is playing out just the way they'd all half-expected (or fully expected) it to - but it isn't as if they can change the past.
She catches sight of Natalie out of the corner of her eye and lifts her head.]
Oh... Natalie. [A beat.] ...this is not a surprise to any of us, is it?
[But from her expression and voice, it seems like it doesn't make it any less infuriating for her. She's staring at the fire too, but her arms are crossed over her torso instead as she glares into the flames.]
But it's still... [Oh, she already knows this word.] Bullshit.
It's hard to know just yet. All I'm saying is that they might not be as trustworthy and innocent as they want us to think. You shouldn't take everything they say at face value.
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fishingforcompliments) wrote2020-06-07 02:03 pm
w0, friday
Flayn is staring glumly at the bonfire, her head in her hands. It's frustrating that this is playing out just the way they'd all half-expected (or fully expected) it to - but it isn't as if they can change the past.
She catches sight of Natalie out of the corner of her eye and lifts her head.]
Oh... Natalie. [A beat.] ...this is not a surprise to any of us, is it?
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[But from her expression and voice, it seems like it doesn't make it any less infuriating for her. She's staring at the fire too, but her arms are crossed over her torso instead as she glares into the flames.]
But it's still... [Oh, she already knows this word.] Bullshit.
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[she's! so! mad! why did someone have to murder!!]
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[she sighs heavily. the anger doesn't really seem to drain out of her, but it does settle.]
...there is a possibility whoever did it may have been compelled, but...
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[That would bring a whole different host of problems with it, and she realizes this.]
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[She sighs.]
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[so her only experience so far has been that hosts don't lie ... though she barely has experience with hosts]
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[She just has 0 faith in NPCs.]
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They may be... but to what end?
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[She'd like to be able to trust them, but honestly, she's really not sure if they can. Especially not now that someone is dead.]
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We can talk about something different.
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[Turning away from something that's potentially the truth won't do them any good.]
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Right... It's probably going to get even more uncomfortable from here on out, anyways, so.
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