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duel 5. ( anon text. )

You know what fucking sucks?
The Speakeasy
The owner is never around.
Just Who Does SHE Think She Is?!?!?!
She can't do shit right around here.
WE HAVE NEEDS!
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO STAND THIS HEAT WITHOUT MY BOOZE?!

「Hey, hey, Rey's friends... yeah, he's calling you out, come defend your friend, come show you care about her! He needs you... She needs you. Please.
The clock is ticking.

Yep, this is ruse. It WAS HARD, OK?! He feels terrible. It had to be done.」

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Don't you have anything better to do than drink and rag on people?
Rey's gone through some shit, same as us all.
Show some frickin' compassion.

「At this point he's honestly trying not to laugh at the irony. If she only knew. Maybe she will, hopefully. He's so tired, being mean to people is so draining.」

and who the hell do u think u r? her knight in shining armor or something?

Lady knight in shining armor, thanks.
Not that Rey needs one. She's the toughest fuckin' person in this cave I know.
So it says a lot, that she's not up to helping run the Speakeasy right now.

Give her some time, alright? Lay off.

「Hmm... Is he reading this right? Does she know something about her, or is it only himself reading too much into it?

He's so tired, if he's wrong, what's the worst that could happen?

Leap of faith, here we go.」

You've seen her... haven't you?

「Maybe, by some chance of destiny, they missed each other.」

Edited (same icon no waiiii) 2017-12-26 16:13 (UTC)

[ The woman's eyes narrow soon as it switches to video. While she's glad they're done hiding behind a mask of anonymity, she can't say she's happy either about how he's spoken of Rey. ]

I have, [ the blond answers, perhaps a little shortly. ]

And if you have too, you wouldn't be saying shit like this without a good reason.

「Purplish eyes widen at her answer instead, YES, FINALLY!」

I have, for a few days now. That's... why I'm doing this. 「That makes no sense at all.」 Can we talk in person?

「Please say yes... He needs to talk to someone about this, it's too much for him to handle.」

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[ It doesn't. Well. Rose is already running possible motives in her head. She's no stranger to pissing people off, but it's usually for the purposes of entertainment and not...whatever this is. ]

Sure. Just gimme a place and I'll be there.

The bar, the furthest booth from the entrance.

「She just has to look for the hair!」

Be there in ten.

[ It would have been five or less, actually, but Rose is feeling a little sluggish today. Not eating is starting to effect her again. Not quite as fast as last time, but... The way she's slowing can still be felt.

He definitely stands out like a sore thumb when she enters the building. That is some hair, yeah. Not that she has any right to talk. Hers looks a bit wild these days, longer than it's ever been and very unkempt more often than not. ]

Yo.

Hey.

「Fortunately, for her, only, he doesn't mind waiting, even if he's growing impatient, not because of her, but because of the urgency of the matter.

He motions at her to sit, he takes a good look at her, she doesn't look like she's paying much attention to herself either but, he doesn't know her that well to know if there is something wrong going on with her too, after all, she's out in the open, and not nearly catatonic like their mutual acquaintance. He takes a moment before starting. Where to even start?」

That post... hmm. Now that I read it again, I'm regretting it a little. But if it brought you here, if it calls the attention of those who truly care for Rey, then I'll accept the shame.

It's alright, dude. You were doing what you thought you had to do and there's nothing wrong with that.

[ Even if he did it in a rather... unorthodox way. It shows he cares, really, that he doesn't mind being painted as the asshole to help his friend. ]

I guess I care about her a little or whatever.

[ #sarcasm ]

Definitely worried about her.

「By the Gods, she gets it. He seems to lose some of the tension he's been holding though he makes no comment on it, and at the obvious sarcasm, there is a bit of a forced smirk.」

I think... We should team up.

「Teamwork is infallible, right? He's seen it work in so many different occasions and circumstances, why wouldn't it work now? Besides, Lance suggested it, in a way, right? What could possibly go wrong?」

[ ... Hm. He's got a point. Two of them working to get Rey back to her former self is definitely going to be better than them doing it separately. This was they can stay on the same page and not counteract each other. Maybe. It can be hard to tell with Rey sometimes the way that things will go. The unpredictability was sometimes almost admirable. Part of why she was such a good fighter, Rose is sure. ]

How do you propose we do that?

I'm not sure... How strong are you? 「Is he for real? Maybe? Look, he's desperate.」

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[ Uh. Rose blinks. That's a random question, but- ]

About as strong as like... three dudes, I think. Usually. Might be a little rusty, these days.

「What kind of dudes, dude? Look at him, he's a dude, and he's like half her size and weight...

Anyway.」

Rey, she can get... kind of difficult.

「Though, that's something that makes him wonder. Rey could have thrown him away forcefully, she could have hurt him, maybe she truly didn't have the energy to throw him away, or she didn't care, but in the end, she had the choice.」

[ ... Dudes bigger than Atem, that's for sure. The average muscular male. ]

You're telling me. Drives me crazy, sometimes.

[ Maybe that's why she can't seem to stay away though. Rose always found the bad decisions a lot more fun than the sensible ones and that rings true here too. ]

What do you wanna' do about it?

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「Okay, phew.」

... What can we do? 「He might sound a little desperate there, despite of the incredibly forced tone of, everything is fine.」 She hasn't left the floor for weeks now...

「Forcing her to take a bath or eat shouldn't be a conversation topic, but hey... 」

Can't force someone to live if they don't want to...

「:(」

Of course you can, [ she counters. Rose, as some people know, has a bit of personal experience. ] Hiruma did it to me and I'll do it to Rey.

He got my ass up and in shape when I tried to off myself in Haven. And when I tried to do it here, it was Rey who made me come to my senses. So the least I can do is return the favor. It's not gonna' be easy and she might not appreciate it, but-

I'll do what I have to to lift her back up.

「You can...? He supposes that shows the little experience he's got with this sort of thing.」

Please do it.

「He'll have to wonder later why she'd even think of death as an answer, mind you, only because it was something he had done before. He gave up his life for a supposed better future, not even knowing if it would work or not. Didn't it make him look like a hero or so? There is much more than simply sacrificing oneself altruistically, there is no such thing, he wanted to live, but not even he was devoid of monsters inside. He will never say it, even dare to think about it... How desperate he was then, how he chose death not only because it was the only option they had left, but because he didn't know how he'd go on without the people he loved. He couldn't save them, they made his choice easier.」

How can I help you?

「With Rey, of course.」

[ Rose wishes she didn't have personal, first-hand experience with wanting to die. But she does and it's proven... strangely useful. While she'll never be glad for it, she can't deny that it's come in handy recently. ]

Just be there for Rey as best as you can. That's really all any of us can do. Even if she hates it, we gotta' get her up and doing stuff and... finding a reason to go on again.

[ An idea, then. ]

Your post had a point, you know. Maybe we should remind her about the Speakeasy. Set up another dance night or something. I could help. It'd be cool.

「That's actually reassuring, for the first time in weeks he believes something can be done, enough for him to relax 」

I will.

「She can bet he will do all he can.」

You think she'd be interested in that again?

[ Rose is happy to help however she can. Genuinely. ]

I don't know, but it's worth a shot. Rey seemed to enjoy it before... everything went to hell.

We'll bring her back from there.

「He gives her little smile. Not quite there yet, but it will be.」

It will be hard but together, we can do it.

「He's just trying to reassure himself. And he slides off the booth.」

There is a lot to do, we better start, right?

[ The only way to go is up. As someone who's been at complete rock bottom, Rose should know. ]

I think so. And I'm sure it won't be only us going it either. Rey's got a lot of people lookin' out for her, whether she likes it or not.

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