duel 5. ( anon text. )

[puzzlingly]

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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[puzzlingly]

and yet here u r

u that bored?

[restinglichface]

the only thing boring me is this convo
natch

[puzzlingly]

are you gonna abandon me now?
how cruel
should have known

[restinglichface]

hard to stick around when i dont even know who im chattin at
wanna lay down a name stranger?

[puzzlingly]

what u crazy?
guess
you have 1 try
fail and i will make sure youre known as the biggest disgrace after that chick rey

[restinglichface]

[Lup really should have known better. It was obvious right there in their first conversation together!]

uh how about that asshole harlan?
kinda seems like something hed bitch about

[puzzlingly]

NOPE
so what u gonna do now when i tell everyone what kind of person you really are

[restinglichface]

yeah right
like theres anything i have to keep hidden

[puzzlingly]

is that so?
what emotion do you need to sustain yourself then?

[restinglichface]

[...]

what r u talking about??

[puzzlingly]

for how long were you going to keep your friends in the dark about the true nature of a lich?

[restinglichface]

ok so
who the fuck is this???

video. private

[puzzlingly]

Hi, Lup.

「Surprise, surprise.」

private FOREVER ATEM U LIL

[restinglichface]

You! [should have known it was her trolliest little friend, huh]

What the hell was that all about, nerd?

i think you meant ILU

[puzzlingly]

Which part?

「She will have to excuse him, he's mentally exhausted, and his little Eye friend (not really) likes to push the worst in him. Not that he notices really, or maybe, just a little bit.」

U CAUGHT ME DANG

[restinglichface]

What part do you think? [Lup's clearly irritated, but some of her anger at having a stranger come at her is lessened when she knows it just Atem instead.]

I mean, attacking Rey too, I guess, but coming for me is a little cold, my man.

[puzzlingly]

Is it? Are you telling me it is not true then?

「Give him some good news for a change.」

[restinglichface]

[Her mouth twists into a thin line, which doesn't bode well for anyone.]

Gimme some context. What did you even hear? And where!? Was it Kravitz? Cause I'll kick his undead ass...

[puzzlingly]

「That's not a no...」

Where are you?

[restinglichface]

You can't skip over my question! [But the elf huffs. Ugh, he wants to do this in person. End her.]

Just soaking up some sun outside my place.

[puzzlingly]

You skipped mine.

「Well, duh!」

Why do you even need a place?

「Look at that, he's on the move.」

[restinglichface]

[well played, atem. well played.]

What? Just cause I'm undead, I'm not entitled to a home? Your prejudice is showing, Atem.

[puzzlingly]

What can I say, I thought I knew you.

「Ouch.」

It's not all you though, I've been making that mistake over and over.

[restinglichface]

[For Lup, all of this is coming out of nowhere. They'd just had a nice moment not too long ago, sharing the sun and enjoying each other's company, so what the fuck was all of this??]

Excuse you? What crawled up your ass and died? I didn't do shit.

[puzzlingly]

「Hmm, is he wrong? Is that Lydia girl wrong too? He stops in his way to see her, just to ask again.」

Do liches feed on emotions or not?