[1:02pm] Robodog: Okay first is a binary choice, Is Crystal still all 'fuck you Ms. Ycasiano'?

[1:04pm] Platonicsolid: Probably, yeah.

[1:05pm] Platonicsolid: I mean time will have to tone that down at least a touch, but she's still pretty prickly.

[1:09pm] Robodog: Ok Maths is the last class of the day, so you blew her off again. On your way back to Blue House solo, since you got kept back a bit in the process of blowing off Ms. Ycasiano, Crystal sees Samantha from Red House sitting by herself under a tree that's way far out of the way from the houses or main building.

[1:09pm] Robodog: Does Crystal go back to Blue House or go over to Sam

[1:10pm] Platonicsolid: She'll go say hey to Sam, in that gregarious/pricky texas way she has.

[1:15pm] Robodog: "Go away." She sniffles after a few beats.

[1:15pm] Platonicsolid: "Hey, hey," Crystal says, swinging in to sit down next to Sam against the tree. "You're gonna have to lie way better than that," she says. "I know when somethin's up."

[1:20pm] Robodog: Sam doesn't say anything, but her skin swirls around from dark blues and purples to having streaks of orange and yellow through it. You can only see this on her hands and face though, she's rugged up pretty good.

[1:22pm] Platonicsolid: Crystal grabs Sam's hand and yanks her arm out, pointing with her free hand at the swirls. "What's this?" she asks, looking straight at Sam's face.

[1:27pm] Robodog: Sam tries to yank her hand back, but Crystal is way stronger so she can't actually do much about it. "It's my stupid skin!" She protests, still trying to yank her hand back. "Stop it." Along with the orange and yellow swirls on her arm, Crystal can again see the scarring along Sam's arm.

[1:29pm] Platonicsolid: Crystal holds on, firmly enough not to let Sam's hand get away. "How'd it happen?" she asks. "If you've got some lava disease...." Crystal's eyes narrow and she presses her lips into a tight line. "Did you do this to yourself?" she asks.

[1:34pm] Robodog: Samantha doesn't say anything, but her skin changes so that it's more blue and purples streaks across mostly yellow and orange swirls. She kinda gives up trying to free her arm, her hand going limp.

[1:35pm] Platonicsolid: Silence tells Crystal she's right. Even if she's wrong, it cements the idea in her head. Crystal grabs Sam's shoulders and shakes her. "What the hell is wrong with you!?" Crystal screams at her. Crystal tries to lever Sam up to her feet.

[1:40pm] Robodog: Again, Crystal is by far stronger than Sam and easily gets her up to her feet. Sam tries to push back but can't get anywhere with it. "Like you wouldn't do it too if you could!" She shouts back at Crystal, left with no other option but to engage with it. "But you got actual powers so you can't! I don't even get powers from looking like a freak!" She tries to struggle free again.

[1:41pm] Platonicsolid: Crystal flares with anger and shoves Samantha back against the tree. "Who says I didn't!?" she shouts back, waving her arms high above her head.

[1:45pm] Robodog: Sam hits the tree moderately hard, and slumps back down to the ground. Her skin is now all orange and yellows, with streaks of red through it. "Then what's your problem!"

[1:48pm] Platonicsolid: "It's fucked up, that's what!" Crystal shouts. "Because not being sucks even more than being!" she says, feeling her not-stomach knot. "Because you'd go straight to Hell!"

[1:57pm] Robodog: Sam doesn't try to get back up. Her head is mostly zig-zagging yellows now. "My life sucks! And it only got worse! What's the point!" She shouts back. "You don't know what bad is. You have actual powers! You're fucking rich. You don't know anything!" Sam spits out, as deep red line shoot across her arms. "If God gave a shit he wouldn't have stuck me with a huge sign saying 'I'm a mutie' and nothing else to make that better."

[2:03pm] Platonicsolid: "Yeah! Yeah it does, it absolutely fucking sucks! My father's a dick and my moather's a wimp and you think /money/ fixes that!?" Crystal demans, clearly upset, clearly offended at the mere idea. "Screw you! I'd /give/ you my powers if I could! I never wanted 'em!"

[2:11pm] Robodog: "And -I- wanted -this-!?" Sam fires back, waving her exposed arm in front of Crystal. "Two of the teachers here have your fucking powers! You don't get to complain! I can't do -anything- with this or even control it! It's useless!" She gets back up to her feet, wiping her eyes with her still clothed arm. "If you really did know what it was like you'd go away and leave me alone already."

[2:18pm] Platonicsolid: "Don't be stupid!" Crystal groans. "Who wants this? Nobody wants this! It blows! We're freaks and the people who don't hate us /because/ we're freaks hate us because /they/ didn't get powers too!" She nudges Sam in the shoulder. "I do," she says, making a face. "and fuck it, if you're not gonna fight for yourself, why should I?" Crystal says. Her intervention having utterly failed, Crystal turns and tries to convince herself it's /not/ her responsibility