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[bloodandblunder]

"H... hello? Um, this is me-- ah, Noire! I'm Noire, and I'm very sorry for missing you somehow... I promise I'm not avoiding you, unless you're scary or you're Mo-- trying to curse me. U-um, so when I can figure out how to-- ( beeps ensue, followed by a shriek of fright ) O-oh, no! What did I push, how do I-- make it-- oh gods, did I break it?! W-why can't we just talk in person?!"

[ BEEP. ]

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[bloodandblunder]

[ She'll look them over later, make sure she doesn't need to sharpen the tips. They can get a bit blunt, with enough practice. For now, she merely blinks at him. ]

I could still... um, offer advice? I don't consider it being bugged at all.

[ Noire, don't take him seriously. ]

[memlost]

Good to hear. Because I'd probably be bugging you for them anyway!

[ Hohoho. And now with all the arrows removed, he hauls the dummy over his shoulder and turns to Noire. ]

All right, so who are we killing?

[bloodandblunder]

... Honestly, I was thinking of Kite, but I'm not sure I could get to him without being... er... shot multiple times again.

[memlost]

... Shot...? Multiple times? Again??

[ Noire ]

[bloodandblunder]

... Oh, right, you weren't here then. A lot of us went to that store to try and make it through, but our group was the only one who did. Except that when we got out on the other side, there was a very big, spiraling city, and soldiers who weren't all that happy to see us.

[ So she'd died. After a few seconds, she adds-- ]

That might have been where they took you. We only got through because Beast Boy managed to impersonate Kite.

[memlost]

A spiraling city...? I wish I could see it. [ And just through the other side of the store. It's a little mind-boggling... ]

I see... If there's much of anything I've been learning lately, it's that there's not much we can do against those guns.

[bloodandblunder]

Not unless you can take out the wielder from a safe distance, but...

[ yeah, that hadn't worked with Sasha. ]

[memlost]

What I'd really like is for us to get our hands on a couple of guns of our own. Something small like Joel's... but I doubt we'll find things like that just lying around.

[bloodandblunder]

And I wouldn't want the wrong people finding them, anyway.

[memlost]

Yeah. But it really would be handy in a pinch...

[ He sighs a little and rubs his neck absently. And maybe it's this dying heart dragging him down, but optimism is a bit hard at the moment. Guns... ]

When Masaomi came to take me, all he had to do was point a gun at me and I knew I couldn't win. I could survive an arrow or work past a sword, but how do you begin to fight something that can kill you in a second?

[bloodandblunder]

Hit them before they can hit you?

[ And maybe it's just that Noire wasn't captured, or that Noire was the kind of person to ignore things like sense when she got angry, but optimism isn't letting go of her this time. ] I think if we take the time, you could probably find a strategy that would work...

... But I probably would have tackled him.

[ Brilliant strategist, right here. Honestly, after seeing Grima up close in her timeline, and watching Lucina actually wound him... she would face a gun any day. ]

[memlost]

[ That's a happy mental image, at least, so it gets a smile out of him. ]

Ha ha ha. I would've liked to see that. You'd give me a heart attack, but at least you'd give him a sound thrashing!

[bloodandblunder]

[ There, that's better. He looks better when he smiles. ]

You give me a heart attack most of the time as it is, so it's only fair. And he'd deserve it.

[memlost]

[ It only took thoughts of violence... ]

Do I? I thought Morgan would have conditioned you past that by now... but I guess I am a little more reckless than she is.

[ Or he just suffers the consequences of his recklessness more often. One or the other. ]

[bloodandblunder]

It's not that... you're both very reckless, and I may be used to it from being Morgan's best friend... but if I care about someone, I'm going to panic more when something happens. I think that's just natural.

[memlost]

[ Aww. Fuzzy feelings. ]

In that case, we're probably not the best people for your heart... whoops.

[ just... whoops ]

[bloodandblunder]

... You're really not.

[ ah, sincerity. ]

[memlost]

I mean, one of us is probably bad enough, but two... get out of here!

[ self-awareness whoo ]

[bloodandblunder]

I get the feeling you're insulting yourself, but it's a little too cheerful for that.

[memlost]

Well, it isn't exactly a good thing, but I don't feel regretful about it either. I can probably speak as a voice of Morgan when I say we enjoy you too much to let a couple cardiac arrests get in the way.

[bloodandblunder]

... Thank you, I think. I really like being around the both of you, too.

[memlost]

[ He smiles at her for a moment before tilting his head. ]

So if we're not killing anyone for now, can I convince you to get a little rest?

[bloodandblunder]

... Eh? [ no, really, she looks surprised. ] Do I really look that bad?

[memlost]

Like you've been trying and failing to sleep on a bed of sharp rocks for the past week or so, maybe.

[ sorry it's true ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ ... Ah. ]

Thank you for your honesty...