week 1, Friday

[vipmix]

[what did yona do to deserve this

which is to say, wherever yona is ... currently having a mental breakdown i guesss, joshua happens to come upon her and. uh. well, this is awkward.]

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It is not!

[Yona huffs. It totally is, but she hasn't quite learned the subtle art of bluffing yet. Give her time...]

...good. I don't want to see anything happen to anyone else.

[and then yato gets executed, r.i.p.]

[vipmix]

[well josh doesn't do pulling punches, so:]

You can't stop what'll happen on Sunday. You know that, right?

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...we can try to stop it.

[keyword: try

most often followed by "fail"]

[vipmix]

If you don't vote, you die. They've been rather clear about that. As long as this game is played, you have to abide by the rules, as unfair as they may be.

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...I know that... but...

[There has to be some way. Games have rules, but they have loopholes too, don't they?]

...It's not like I'm going to just... not vote. I don't want my partner to get in trouble. [...] But if we can find another way, you'd better believe we're going to take it.

[vipmix]

[well, isn't that interesting. he smiles]

Like I said, it's only so long as the game is being played. I'd like to see the other ways you can come up with, though.

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Look forward to it!

[watch her up and die before that can happen, that'd be disappointing]

[vipmix]

Oh, I will. I'm always looking forward to change.

[it'd be worth at least one :/]

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[...change, huh?

That actually gives Yona pause, and she considers him for a moment or two.]

...you'll be seeing a lot of that, I think. Most of us aren't used to this kind of thing so... I think we'll all be changing a lot.

[vipmix]

I don't know about that. Fundamental change, the kind that happens at the core... It doesn't happen often in a person, even in "this kind of thing".

[there's an edge of certitude as he says it]

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...

Are you speaking from experience?

[vipmix]

Are you worried about your own capacity? Half the work of change is wanting it.

[--and right back to taunting]

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I'm not worried about anything! I can do anything I put my mind to!

[of course she falls for it hook, line, and sinker]

[vipmix]

There we go. Determination's a much better look on you.

[...sort of]

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[yeah, this is the most attractive face she could ever make]

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[...huh]

...you're a lot nicer than you act, you know that?

[vipmix]

[what.]

... Excuse me?

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...I was really down in the dumps before you came over and riled me up. [She gives him a lightly uncertain look. It may or may not have been intentional, but the end result was the same.] So... thanks.

[vipmix]

[take that back immediately what the fuck]

It was absolutely unintentional, I assure you.

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[nope]

It still happened, though.

[vipmix]

So do earthquakes and tsunamis.

[..... yes he is comparing himself to a force of nature]