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[64th]

[ Cashmere smirks at the camera. she's clearly Up To Something, though it's not immediately clear what that is. ]

I've been thinking. I've got a lot of problems with you people.

Who wants to hear about it? [ she looks like she really wants someone take her bait. she doesn't like to cater to Rage, but she does want to win. so here they are.

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[hornrims]

lol

[She's being pretty transparent, but Richie's never been good at correcting his own impulses.]

[64th]

I knew you'd volunteer. You can't resist a fight.

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[outstandingbalance]

Do tell.

[Natasha can see where this is coming from. And where it's going. But call it a challenge, looking to see if she could keep her head or what Cashmere might have up her sleeve.

Or call it curiosity.

If this is all some kind of game, Natasha will play along.]

[hornrims]

Since when is you bitching a fight?

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[64th]

[ Natasha is tricky, because they aren't close enough for Cashmere to take some serious swipes at her and laugh it off later, but she also doesn't dislike her, so she doesn't have anything particularly mean-spirited to say.

well, she's still got to try. ]

I don't know if we should trust you.

[64th]

You know, it's funny. You complain about my bitching, and yet every time I have anything to say, there you are. Right on schedule. I know what you think I'm going to say. You think I'm going to say how attracted you are to me.

But that's not it.

You like to play the victim. You like someone who can really rub salt into the wound.

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[outstandingbalance]

Is that all? [Natasha's brows rise at that, almost as though she's disappointed.]

You probably shouldn't.

Do you have to?

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[fourthsaken]

Uh, really?

[Jade looks extremely nervous. She knows that Cashmere is more Connor's friend than hers but she never thought the woman actively disliked her. At least, not until now.]

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[64th]

[ damn it, Natasha, you're supposed to take the bait. Cashmere huffs. ]

It's a pretty small cave to not trust anyone. I don't know anything about you.

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[64th]

[ ooooh fuck. she wants to make someone mad, not shatter the ego of a teenage girl. she shakes her head and tries to not look annoyed. ]

Uh-uh. Not you.

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[solvethepuzzle]

[Well. What's the point of a game if you don't play? Near is a naturally competitive person to begin with, so this event has only amplified that quality. It is immensely obvious what's going on here, but he is confident that she isn't going to be able to inspire any anger in him.]

How cathartic. [His voice is calm and bland as he manages to keep out the faint mocking edge he might normally have. Mocking doesn't inspire tranquility, after all.]

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[64th]

No, just honesty. [ WHY IS EVERYONE MAKING THIS SO HARD ]

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[outstandingbalance]

Maybe. [Natasha is used to a lot worse than this, and the trust thing has come from a lot more dangerous places than this.]

Is there something you wanted to know?

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[solvethepuzzle]

[BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASSHOLES. INCLUDING HIM.]

Ah. Perhaps it will have such an effect regardless. [He says, as if he doesn't know what she's trying to do.]

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[thechoiceisyours]

I know, I know, you're pissed about me giving you competition for the title of best blond in the scary underground cave city.

[He's obviously joking, grinning as he says it.]

[hornrims]

Ok.

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[64th]

[ great. now she's just going to have to make shit up. ]

Even if you did tell me, how would I know that you really are who you say you are? How do I know you're not trying to sabotage plans to get out of here?

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[64th]

What? No. I don't have anything to - [ what's the present tense of cathartic??? ] I don't need to say any of this for my benefit, it's other people who need to hear it.

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[64th]

[ she rolls her eyes, but she's hiding a grin. ]

It's hardly a competition, Chris.

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[solvethepuzzle]

You seem agitated. [Gee, how did that happen? Near is kind of bad at soothing people.] Perhaps you need it more than you realize. If it will make you feel better, you can be honest with me. [Try and make him angry. He dares you.]

[64th]

You like being angry. It lets you pretend you can forget how pathetic your life has always been.

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[outstandingbalance]

[You have only yourself to blame for this.]

You wouldn't. I could just be making things up. You don't know enough about my world to know it's not true.

[A shrug. Natasha very well might make things up.]

I don't like things enough here to sabotage an escape, though.

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[64th]

I'm not agitated! [ yes she is. ]

Well, first of all, your name is stupid. [ oh wow she cut him deep ]

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[thechoiceisyours]

[He laughs a little at that.]

Well okay, true, but it's still a competition.

You on uh, Rage's team? Or Sorrow's?

[Either of those would work with the premise of this post.]

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[solvethepuzzle]

[He's so very wounded.]

It's not working yet. Please try again. [Look how polite! He said please!]