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week seven, friday

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[well, this is hateful.

here they are in the lobby of the motel. jiuqing looks a little shell-shocked - she was expecting something to happen, but uh. not quite that!]

...I knew Dreamer was bad news.

[ugh! she hates being right!!]

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[It's not even late enough in the day for the signs of refraction to be starting yet, Kashuu's ABSOLUTELY INSANE LEVELS OF FURY RIGHT NOW are 100% his own. God bless. He's also just sort of standing in this lobby, not even paying attention to their surroundings over-much, because uhhh the horrific sight of their residents turning into corrupted hellbeasts in front of their eyes is going to haunt him instead.

Anyway, simply:]

Well, we'll just have to find a way to kill him.

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Yes.

[she's not at all opposed to that?

dimly, she's aware that she probably should be, but - this isn't like in daxing. there isn't anyone here who will feel sorry for dreamer if they die an untimely death, she thinks. she'd allowed qian and waner to live in order to torment them; dreamer needs to die so the torment they're all facing will stop.

it's simple self-defense.]

As quickly as possible, and if it's painful - so much the better.

[slashay]

[imagine if the answer to this is to Not Kill Dreamer because killing dreamer is what started this whole mess. kashuu will be even more furious

But right now, at least, the idea of being able to soundly deliver a threat to the grave is enough to help keep him centered.]

I'm sure we can find a way. We've been able to figure out a lot of things while we've been here, after all - not just that guy.

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[she nods]

He's not the only one who's learned to - to do things, here. We can... we will... stop him, and bring the others back to us.

[slashay]

[Mood! Though he's quiet for a second, at that.]

...Are you ready to stand against 'em if we can't?

[It was only a gumball and Clarte's now defunct ability that had made any difference before, after all.]

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[she closes her eyes]

...they're counting on us. One way or another, we have to free them from - this.

[...]

Of course, I'd want them to come back to us alive. But I know... they'd never forgive themselves if they managed to kill us, either. So, I'd fight back, if it came down to it.

This is... the time for strategy, not sentiment.

[slashay]

[At least they're on the same wavelength here. A surprising number of people are, considering everything - but. Well. Most of them weren't strangers to fighting and war and battles of all sorts even before coming here, and they're sure as hell familiar now.

He's quiet for a second, his head dipped.]

...Yeah. It really is war now.

[DREAMER BROKE THEIR DOOR DOWN AND DECLARED WAR ON ALL OF THEM.]

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Dreamer made their choice.

It's time for them to live with it - or die with it, if we have our way.

[anti-dreamer club...]

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[Just a little nod. Anti-dreamer club...]

Every action has a consequence. And if we bring those consequences a little faster... [A little shrug! So be it.]

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[she shrugs. so be it, indeed.]

If they don't like that, perhaps they ought to have considered that before subjecting us to all of this.

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[Yeah! She's right!! His lip curls, his expression disgusted.]

There's nothing I hate more than arrogant guys who think they're the center of the world. Like - a throne, are you kidding my ass?

[He hates literally everything Dreamer did, but like, most of it is super obvious. Who isn't going to hate a dude who appeared out of nowhere to force their beloved friends into refracted creatures...]

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The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

...we'll topple them from that throne no matter what.

[i was honestly starting to feel bad oocly for being so anti dreamer but like. well. not so much now.]

[slashay]

[HELP THIS IS KILLING ME]

Yep. At least we're good for stubbornness, if nothing else.

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...seems like that's a common trait with us metallics.

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Not a bad thing, in our case.

[(metallic voice) our bad traits are actually just good traits?]

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Not in the slightest.

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