on upcoming shenanigans @ gargleblasted

[lionsandsnow]

 What a piece of work you are. You might at least keep from giving me the more creeping details. It's not as if I'll "have time to prepare" or whatever it is you're using as justification to keep rattling off your schemes to me.

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[ineuphony]

Is this about the bugs or something else?

[lionsandsnow]

The bugs.

[ineuphony]

Oh. That whole thing.

( eye rolling. )

-- My mun is still deciding whether or not I should join in on that.

[lionsandsnow]

You know where my vote is.

[ineuphony]

Don't worry. I think she's leaning more towards me fighting than getting effected.

[lionsandsnow]

Any chance you could be nearby in the time of the infection?

[ineuphony]

( a smirk. )

C'mon, Edmund - you've gotta give me more credit than that. I'm quick on my feet and as long as I use my soul perception, they won't stand a chance against me.

[lionsandsnow]

You plan on stomping on them?

[ineuphony]

Of course not. I have a sword. I'll slice them to pieces.

[lionsandsnow]

You've taken classes, yeah?

[ineuphony]

I've took a class on swordsmanship, if that's what you mean.

[lionsandsnow]

...do try not to slice your own head off.

[ineuphony]

Come off it. It's not that different from a Death Scythe. ... There's just no teamwork involved.

[lionsandsnow]

What you mean is there's no one to do half the work for you.

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[ineuphony]

( and what edmund doesn't know, that his comment definitely hit a sensitive nerve. she uncomfortably shifts her bottom lip as she keeps oddly quiet.

"The truth is, I know all about it. That you've only gotten this far is because of Soul."

maka clenches her fists. that damn girl's words still haunt her even now.

"You can't even fight properly without Soul giving you instructions. Pathetic. You're just a cunning, cowardly woman who depends on men. You're hopeless." )

[ineuphony]

( shoving the voice in the back of her mind, maka finally relaxes her tense muscles. )

-- Try not to go too crazy with this bug thing.

[lionsandsnow]

Would you sketch one out for me?

[ineuphony]

...?? Huh?

( sorry, she's still a little distracted by her insecurity. )

[lionsandsnow]

[LOL] A bug.

[ineuphony]

... Oh! Yeah, uh, s-sure...! I'm not too good with drawing, but... o-okay.

( forces a fake smile. )

[lionsandsnow]

Maka?

[ineuphony]

Hmm? What is it?

[practicality]

What is it this time, Ed?

[lionsandsnow]

She's a beast. [The mun, that is. Of course. But that's stating the obvious, isn't it?]

[practicality]

What does she want you to do?

[lionsandsnow]

There are these bugs, see, and they feed on bad memories or what-have-you. They're coming up soon, I suppose. Munny already signed me up for infection.

[practicality]

The sounds completely unsafe, Ed. And unhygienic.

[lionsandsnow]

I wonder if it'll be a festering scab sort of thing.

[practicality]

...please don't make it sound any more worrisome than it already is.

[lionsandsnow]

--or how the bugs will attach themselves. I figure they'd be like leaches. [What if they crawled in his ear, and that's how they got a hold of... what it is they will. Let him have his fun, Susan.]

[practicality]

Perhaps they'll suck your memories through your nose, then. [ trying hard not to frown here, because jhlkjllhjgd the mental image ]

[lionsandsnow]

And who wouldn't be in a foul mood with cockroaches up their nose? Though... well, it's not exactly the memories they feed off of, it's more the [insert vague hand gestures here] weight of them.

[practicality]

Weight of them. [ paaaaaaause. ] You mean their value to you?

[lionsandsnow]

[That's one way to put it, yes.] The bugs feed on negative emotion, or so Munny says. They exploit it, I suppose is the word. [Waiting for sister to transform into mother in 3...

ohwait. It already happened.]

[practicality]

[ you bet it already did ]

I don't suppose you've been feeling a lot of negative emotions lately, have you?

[lionsandsnow]

[was that a trick question, susan?]

Have I got a sort of gauge on me?

[practicality]

[ maybe, idk ]

I don't know. I was hoping there must be something wherever you are that might cause you some happiness.

[lionsandsnow]

[There were... friends. Sure. And he hadn't fallen in a pond of lava yet, so that had to be good.]

...the space-ship's got crisps in any flavour you could possibly imagine.