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[So. In a word, this whole confrontation could very well be described as a travesty. Between finding out a good deal about Cyrus, which could be described as their objective, and finding out everything about Dawn, it's been generally bad. This day is honestly about as canceled as Sunyshore City itself, and considering the state of the city...well, that's pretty damn canceled.

The beach is probably the last place anyone really wants to go, considering the weather, but it's there and at the very least, it's quiet. It's not much of a party, all considered, but at least they're not all cramped in the lighthouse. For whatever it's worth.

May as well rest before they go in another direction tomorrow; everyone's liable to be weary after today.]

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Not like we had a goal before this, either, or we might not have gone on Saturn's little road trip.

[It's whatever, though, he doesn't think Saturn did that intentionally.]

Wouldn't mind going back to see Riley, learn some magic stuff as long as we aren't busy. But I don't know that we need to head directly to where Cynthia is right now.

...I suppose you do have a point. I sincerely doubt Saturn could have known the circumstances.

[That's. Probably the nicest thing she'll ever say about the guy, holy shit. Dealing with Cyrus put some shit into perspective, if nothing else.]

I think where she lies is the last place any of us want to go. Most of us are quite emotionally raw after such an ordeal; the last thing we need to see is her chipper face after all of that.

[ugggggggh you're right and he hates it]

Can we kidnap Riley? Is that something we can do? We know he doesn't like her anyway.

Come now, we could simply ask him if he could stop by, if worst should come to worst. Perhaps see if he's able to come to that gods forsaken device that Cynthia was able to reach us on.

[not that she. knows how to use it. but it's the principle, she guesses???]

But that would still leave him with Cynthia. And I bet kidnapping is pretty fun!

[He's probably not being entirely serious?]

[...]

You know very well that our best bet to try to bring him anywhere is those Drifblims. I like to think that will at least get her attention, if he's up there and flailing from the air.

[She honestly sounds amused as fuck???]

[Michael nods thoughtfully.]

What we need is a night raid. We'll send in a crack team of commandos.

Hmm. Who are you thinking we could send out? We need those who are most likely well versed in being quiet, so they can move about unseen...

I bet Bucky's good at the whole bag'n'grab. And Ignis is good at everything. What about you - ever been on any stealth missions?

[your combat thing doesn't seem all that subtle, but]

[...Yeah, Camilla shakes her head at that.]

I'm afraid that would be more to Beruka's expertise, if any of us. We...tend to be quite brazen, truth be told.

Yeah, no, I got that.

[You kinda went on about it a little bit just now.

.....]

You know nothing Cyrus says matters, right? I mean, he seems to approve of me. Objectively the most blood-soaked person here.

[...That gets a bit of laughter from Camilla.]

I'm aware. I wouldn't want that craven man's approval anyway; what we feel of each other is exactly how it should be, as far as I'm concerned.

[...]

You needn't worry for me, you know; that's my job, for the others.

You don't need to respect someone for them to get under your skin.

[Trust him, he knows.]

What is it, with all of you? I swear none of you people have any sense of self-preservation at all.

[...Michael, one of these days she's gonna tell you not to @ her, goddammit. Camilla bristles a bit at that, turning away. He's totally not under her skin, she's not bothered, she's fine--]

Is such a lacking really so wide-spread among us? [Camilla actually looks back at that, kind of. Deflecting the question a bit.] Genuine question.

Have you met Ignis? Very nice man, dear friend of mine.

[Completely deadpan:]

Yes, he's one of my dearest friends as well. That hardly counts for all of us, all things considered.

He's the only one I've really talked to about it. But it's not like I haven't seen Jake and Bucky leaping in front of people every time we run into something terrible.

[Michael you do that too you fucking hypocrite]

And I'm sure no one thinks that Emmeryn's put herself first even once in her life.

[...oh, congratulations Michael.]

Alright, Emmeryn I'm far from disagreeing with you on. But you've done the exact same thing as you claim Jake and Bucky to have done, so I don't think you've much room to talk.

[@!!!]

Okay, so that's 20% of us. Still hardly an apt comparison, but I suppose I'll acquiesce.

[camilla i'm pretty sure he still asked why??? oh my god]

Edited (...you know what, let's change this around) 2018-10-18 03:08 (UTC)

It's more than that, and you know it. I just can't talk Zelda down from the destiny ledge...

[He's just gonna fucking ignore you calling him on his shit, the same way you're ignoring his original comment right now HEY WAIT A MINUTE]

My point is that you all need to worry about yourselves more. Sure, there's enough overlap with all you self-sacrificing idiots fussing over each other right now, but you can't rely on just that.

[hypocrisy once again, and also that sorta came out sounding much worse than he intended]

[Uuuuugh, Camilla just. Kind of rubs her temples at that.]

I'm not relying on anyone else to worry about me, Michael. I can concede that you have a point, but I can assure you that I'm fine with everything that's taken place. It really is as simple as that; nothing that man has said can nor will effect me so terribly.

[She's. Definitely a little indignant at that.]

Perhaps we could work on the self sacrificing angle, but it's hard to fix what's a habit with the others.

It's not about Cyrus. Not really. I just don't like seeing all of you run yourselves down so much! There's no reason for it, there are a lot of us here!

[...

Camilla just. Kind of sighs. Really, she wants to keep fighting this, but it honestly does ring true on some level. And she kind of hates it? She hates it a lot, good lord.]

Accepting help has never been easy, you know.

[It's a bit of a weaker argument than what she was offering, though.]

No, I do understand that...

[He gives her a wry little smile.]

I had to hit rock-bottom before I ever did. Long trip, for a demon.

[...She's not really surprised to hear that, honestly.]

I wager so, yes. Where on earth did you even start...?

[is camilla asking for advice from a demon? yes, yes she is]

Start asking for help...? Well, I was being blackmailed and probably a month or so away from a public execution, so I wouldn't advise doing that.

Otherwise, hm. Guess I just had to really swallow my pride.

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