I always put myself in destructive situations [W5, Friday]

[hydrokinetics]

[It took time. Everything took time as it always did. It took time for them to all calm down, it took time to heal physical wounds, it took time to properly remove the evidence of obscene crimes...but in the evening they were able to gather in one place away from everyone else. It hadn't been easy coordinating everything, but it was necessary.

And so here they were. All seven of them.]

...I don't really know where to start. [His voice is tight, but determined.] But we need everybody on the same page. Who wants to go first?

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[insincerely]

... I'm not 100% sure. My guess would be that she's doing the same thing I was doing: testing people to see how much they knew.

It doesn't necessarily means she's up to anything—she could just be trying to gather info just in case. On the other hand, there's nothing that says she can't be up to something.

[robitussin]

...Yeah.

And if you had a suggestion for what we should do from here?

[insincerely]

... I could try and guilt her into admitting that she lied to me. [...] Though that poses a risk to me, since again, I'm lying too.

[robitussin]

In case we're right about her being kind of suspicious, I would suggest that you not do that.

[insincerely]

... Heh, yeah. I'm not completely confident in my ability to pull it off, so I'd rather not have to do it.

[thatsthespirit]

[gives him a look]

Why don't we keep our heads down for the time being? Jason seems to know the Madame. If we get them to confirm or deny our suspicions, we could then go from there. Right?

[insincerely]

That works, assuming the Madame—whoever they are—will listen to him.

[thatsthespirit]

Let's hope so. I haven't asked Jason about his relationship with the Madame.

[so she has no idea if they're on good terms or not GOD YUNA YUKI WHY ARE YOU DEAD]

[insincerely]

[yuna is dead and it sucks :(]

[thatsthespirit]

[fuck coyotes!!!]

[robitussin]

...We've been staying in the same room for a while now, but I'll try to act like nothing's changed. Maybe we're off track and nothing has changed.

[thatsthespirit]

Precisely. This is all conjecture and suspicion. Until we have it confirmed or denied, no one should change their behavior around her.

[. . .]

She's still, after all, Xion. And she always will be.

[hydrokinetics]

Now that she knows you're the Doctor and now that we know she lied about it, just promise you'll be more careful than usual. Especially when the time rolls around you have to dish out new items.

[robitussin]

I'm always careful.

I don't see why it should change what I pick, though, unless you mean something else.

[hydrokinetics]

I meant Xion knowing that you're doing the picking. Given what we're starting to learn, I'd make sure she doesn't try to use the items to her advantage somehow. [A pause.] Nobody hates thinking like this more than me, I promise.

[robitussin]

I mean, she could probably do that no matter what I picked if she wanted to. [A sigh.] I'm pretty sure I hate it just as much. I trust her, Percy.

[And he knows what a big deal that is now.]

[hydrokinetics]

I know. I do, too. [He knows how big trust is and that's what makes him sick.] I don't like this, but...let's have the Madame check. Just to put us all at ease and calm down.

[robitussin]

Also, I don't think it's necessarily relevant, but what I said at first was that I'd been the one picking the items. She made it a point to know the exact name of the role.

[A shrug.]

Just one more thing to keep in mind, or something.

[hydrokinetics]

...I never told her what the Doctor does.