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[lingeringfear]

Well, that's just- [Fear heaves out a giant sigh, pursing his lips at the end of it and glancing over his phone again, skimming through Hope's post.] -that's just cheating.

[But pouting never solved anything, so Fear makes a snap decision and quickly comes up with an alternative.]

Here, I'll tell you what: you come get things for me instead of that idiot. Find things that make you afraid, scare your friends with them, I don't care. Then, you put them on my altar, and I'll give someone my blessing.

It's much better than Hope's. Just so you know.

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[whichend]

[ well, who's this asshole? ]

What does your blessing do?

[lingeringhope]

Excuse me? This was my idea.

[lingeringfear]

It lets you have power over other people's fear. You can use it against them, make them see what they're afraid of.

[He smiles, not entirely pleasantly.]

Doesn't that sound better than whatever Hope is offering?

[lingeringfear]

It was a lazy idea. You can hardly be given credit for it at all.

[Pointedly.]

So I took it.

[lingeringhope]

That's entirely unfair. At least it's better than your last idea.

[vdova]

[ Tsk. ] And you are?

[lingeringfear]

My idea was perfectly fine. It didn't require any participation from the humans at all. I doubt you'll get much help from them, you know.

[lingeringfear]

Fear.

[They really need a welcome booklet, don't they.]

The other god. As Hope tells it, I'm the one responsible for your presence here.

[vdova]

So I've heard. You still haven't given me any reason to help you.

[lingeringhope]

Ugh. They keep saying they want to go home, but do they cooperate when given a chance to help? No. This is all your fault.

[lingeringfear]

I'll get power one way or another. Helping me would be the easier way for you.

[He shrugs.]

Harder for me, but that's just the sacrifice I'm willing to make for cooperation. [Nevermind that he forced everyone to see their worst fears a few months ago and he's only doing this because Hope did it first and he wants to be better than him at everything.]

[whichend]

I do not know much about what hope is offering. I am talking to you first because you cut deeper than swords.

[ She keeps her gaze hard and steady. ]

Can I use this against anyone? Including people who are not here?

[ She has a whole list of people she'd like to scare. ]

[lingeringfear]

You can't blame their inability to cooperate on me. They're barely sentient. They have difficulty with this sort of logic.

[Can't be helped, really.]

[vdova]

[ She 'tsks' again. ] I don't cooperate with people who make threats.

[lingeringfear]

People back in your world, you mean?

[He shakes his head, but hey- that's a compliment he can get behind.]

No. But you can cut people with it here. Anyone you want, anything that tries to hurt you.

[lingeringfear]

See, now you're just being stubborn. Why choose the harder path?

[whichend]

Can you bring specific people here so I might hurt them?

[vdova]

What can I say? I'm Russian. It's a way of life to be obstinate.

[lingeringfear]

I have no control over that. But it seems like many of you were brought here from similar worlds, so... it's not unrealistic to think that someone you want to hurt might come through the Door next time it fluctuates.

[lingeringfear]

So be it. If you won't willingly give your fear, I'll just have to find other ways to take it from you.

[vdova]

[ Smirk. ] You're welcome to try.

[whichend]

How long will your blessing last, then?

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[closerift]

[ squint ]

This is absolutely the picture of an awful idea.

[ Yeah, she. Hasn't exactly forgiven him for his little event in the last month. ]

Whoever would make an offering to you?

[lingeringhope]

I hate agreeing with you.

[lingeringfear]

A few months. Long enough to see more people arrive.