week 6, thursday w/ steph

[alchemenace]

[ varian finds steph in a location i refuse to decide on and hands her a lovely, probably very familiar, broken mirror. though it's less handing over and more holding it out. with a frown. ]

I got the mirror, but next time you tell Belph what we're doing, you should warn me before he decides to tell Akechi and the rest of the Historians.

[ he's. a bit put-off, yes. ]

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[vigilantics]

I don't think he hates you.

[ steph does sound confident about that, at least. belph is a cagey shit, but she understands him pretty well at this point. ]

But I will. I'll have to talk to him about ratting out my friends though.

[alchemenace]

Dislikes, then. It's kind of the same thing?

[ listen. varian doesn't get belph. first he insults him, then he outs him... :/ ]

You don't have to. You'll-- That makes it sound like I tattled or something.

[ which he technically did but ]

[vigilantics]

You technically did.

[ but so did she, so she doesn't sound judgmental about it. ]

Fine. I'll just hit him and I won't tell him why.

[alchemenace]

[ ... ]

I did, didn't I. [ said with a groan as he facepalms, but then he. laughs when she says she'd hit him ] No, I-- that's worse? Maybe?

[vigilantics]

Sometimes you have to keep people on their toes. This will teach him to not go behind my back.

[ somehow ]

[alchemenace]

Will it? If he doesn't know why??

[vigilantics]

He will feel it in his bones that he wronged me.

[ if he's not fucking dead i hate jan ]

[alchemenace]

Because of the pain?

[vigilantics]

... well, yes. Have you seen him? The guy could not take a punch.

[alchemenace]

Heh. I thought maybe appearances could be deceiving?

[vigilantics]

His aren't.

[ she



has hit him before ]

[alchemenace]

[ ... ]

Have you hit him before?

[vigilantics]

...

He can be very rude.

[alchemenace]

[ Varian loses it, sporfling, and he brings a hand up to try to hide his laughter a little, failing entirely ]

[vigilantics]

[ she manages to keep a straight face for about five seconds, and then she starts laughing too. ]

[alchemenace]

[ two idiots laughing about belph being a wimp goes here ]

[vigilantics]

[ it's fine he deserves it ]

[alchemenace]

[ anyway ]

... But I'm not saying one hundred percent no on the smack.

[vigilantics]

Well, if I have your very subtle blessing, he won't know what hit him.

... well, he'll know it's me, technically.

[alchemenace]

Or will he? Maybe you can hit him in the back.

[ :) ]

[vigilantics]

Hm, you have a point. His reflexes are probably so bad that I'd be gone before he turns around.

[alchemenace]

You could vanish around a corner. The perfect cover. A single wall.

[vigilantics]

I will have to pick a strategic spot to do my attack.

[alchemenace]

Wait for him in the shadows where he will least expect it.

[vigilantics]

I'm actually really good at that.

[ she is....... the night. ]

[alchemenace]

Because of the Batgirl stuff, right?

[vigilantics]

Yup! I work mostly at night, so it's great sneaking hours.

[alchemenace]

That explains the color scheme. I wondered about that.

[vigilantics]

Yup! The purple is because... I like purple.

[alchemenace]

[ ... hmm ]

Is it, it's your favorite color, right?

[vigilantics]

Yup! It's very...

[ GESTURES. what do these gestures mean. who knows. ]

Cute?

[alchemenace]

Ha. Alright. Good to know.

[ and then nothing happened from that knowledge because varian died ]

[vigilantics]

Do you have a favorite?

[alchemenace]

Oh. Um. Blue?

[ because he's color coded shut up ]

But I'm not really that picky.

[vigilantics]

Hm...

I will somehow make use of this information.

[alchemenace]

[ he just. laughs ]

Ha, yeah, okay, I see, taste of my own medicine, huh? I think I can handle that.

[vigilantics]

I can't let you be the only half of this relationship that keeps giving stuff, Varian.

[ and she never gets to ]

[alchemenace]

[ he looks surprised for a half second ]

Heh, I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with, then.

[ he nEVER DID ]

[vigilantics]

[ FINGERGUNS

i hate this ]