inevitable muse was inevitable

[covered]

Okay, so you finally finished watching. What do you want me to do about it? Pat you on the back?


--and don't even think about throwing me in any of those stupid memes, okay? You never know who could turn up there, and I'm not a big fan of surprises.

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[master_of_the_game]

And here I thought I trained you to handle surprise attacks.

[covered]

[ oh great. speaking of unwanted surprises... ]

Didn't say I couldn't handle them, dad. Only that I'd prefer not to.

[master_of_the_game]

I don't think I like that tone, Artemis. Still such a brat, just like your sister.

[covered]

[ her expression hardens, just as her hands ball into fists at her sides. ]

That's the thing about being my enemy now, dad. I don't have to care what you think about me.

[master_of_the_game]

It really is unfortunate how things went down with your mother. If she had kept her mobility, she never would've left the life, and you wouldn't have such a problem with it.

[suburbanspoiler]

Surprises pretty much come with the territory.

[bodilesswarrior]

Oh, they love surprises.

[covered]

--Don't talk about mom like that. [ she heard your conversation. paula had taken the fall. and how did you thank her?

oh, yeah. you didn't. ]

[covered]

In that case, where's the exit? I don't think I want any part of what my mun is hoping to cook up.

[covered]

Fantastic. [ can you just hear the sarcasm dripping from her words? ] I'd ask how else it could get worse, but the universe has been having too much fun creating irony with my words.

[master_of_the_game]

It's only a statement of fact. Let's face it, Artemis. She didn't turn over a new leaf just on a matter of principle, but because she had no other option.

Your mother was just as much of a killer as I was. As much as your sister is. As much as you could have been.

[foreveraclone]

At least your mun didn't find the need to pair you off with a monkey the minute after she watched it.

[covered]

As much as I'll never be.

[covered]

Monkeys, I can handle. It's certain people that I--



[ wait. ]

...paired off. As in paired off?

[master_of_the_game]

So you say. We'll see if you can maintain that attitude, in the face of what's to come.

[foreveraclone]

[whoops, that might have gone over his head a little.] Yeah, she thought it'd be funny to give me a monkey to fight with in the game she put me in.

[acloneforever]

At least any meme is gonna be more predictable than my game.

[acloneforever]

Don't know if that's better or worse than the purple gorillas that run around my game.

[asterbatics]

Aw, c'mon Arty. If you're feeling the aster I'm sure the memes will be fine.

[foreveraclone]

[he cocks his head to the side.] Purple gorillas? The monkey she gave me was purple.

[redheadedspeedster]

Unfortunately they don't seem to really care about what we want.

...But good luck on avoiding any unwanted surprises.

[scarstoproveit]

Hey, you never know how those memes can turn out. And some of them? Are actually pretty cool. [ If you have his tastes maybe. ]

[acloneforever]

... Think it's supposed to mean something?

[foreveraclone]

Wouldn't be surprised if it did. Almost all these games are the same.

[acloneforever]

A little variety wouldn't hurt when making them.