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[stillsea]

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[stillsea]

That won't be a problem if those spells they're working on can actually protect us from more of those mind attacks.

[culet]

I hope it doesn't come to that in the first place. [ ... ] Well. I didn't hope, until this morning.

[stillsea]

Maybe it wouldn't be on the table if they weren't treating real people like playthings.

[ emotions vibrate with anger, like a string pulled so taut it's close to snapping. ]

We'll see what they manage. Right now, it doesn't seem like there's anything we can do but wait.

[culet]

[ usually he'd be trying to soothe but that out the window the second they took homa. ]

I'm usually patient. But I'm on fire now.

[stillsea]

Do I need to cool you off?

[ bad joke? ]

[culet]

Haha. I don't think even you could extinguish this, Leng Feng.

[stillsea]

Didn't think so.

So what are you planning to do, then?

[culet]

As much as I can. I can't defend if it comes to a fight, but I can act. Play a part. That's familiar enough.

[stillsea]

Then make sure you stay safe and out of a fight to begin with. The rest of us can handle that.

...The scenarios should at least be a little easier to deal with now, anyway.

[culet]

Hopefully. Everyone worked hard. I want to do my part too. Earn what I want.

I'll leave the fighting to you guys.

[stillsea]

You will, as long as everyone gets through this.

I'd just like to know what upset them again in the first place. They're already seeing everything as it is, no edits.

[culet]

[ ... ]

Maybe so many of us shouldn't have kissed at the party...

[stillsea]

[ THIS IS SUCH A THING TO SAY. he makes a face. ]

If that's the reason, then you all brought it on yourselves.

[ you all. not him. just you. ]

[culet]

I think everyone was caught up in the mood. Not thinking about work while partying, forgetting it was able to be seen.

[ whoops ]

Wonder who set them off specifically.

[stillsea]

Speak for yourself.

[ sighs. ]

Maybe we'll find out tomorrow.

[culet]

Your passions went to fireworks.

[ heh. ]

I'm sure we will. They're not exactly keeping their secrets here.

[stillsea]

That was for Mikoto.

...They do love to brag, don't they? About how powerful they supposedly are, and how close they are to us... They could stand to be taken down a peg.

[culet]

Hmm. That's not his name, you know.

[ his head lolls back, eyes narrowing. ugh. ]

Yes, I agree. It might be a job to employ some of the most powerful of us after. A warning for the future that they're not going to get what they want every time.

[stillsea]

He wouldn't give me one.

...I don't know how well that'll work given how these people think, but I get the feeling they'll try.

[culet]

He won't accept one yet, but he's not Mikoto.

[ a plethora of nicknames. ]

They definitely will. If they're determined enough to do it once, there's no reason for them to not try again if they succeed. I assume security will be tightened after this, but there's precedent now.

[stillsea]

[ shrugs like what do you want him to do here ]

Exactly, but I don't know that a change in the laws would make a difference to people like this, anyway.

[culet]

[ nothing really he's just adamant about this. ]

Didn't stop them this time. [ hums. ] It's odd, feeling this way. It's been a long time.

[stillsea]

[ ...? ]

A long time since what?

[culet]

Since I've felt motivated to win something.

[stillsea]

[ tilts head. ]

Then hold onto that feeling. We just have to make it through one more day, anyway.