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- [12:19] <Shiole_Mujica> ===== BEGIN =====
- [12:20] <Shiole_Mujica> "So? 22hat did 2 th1nk?"
- [12:20] * Shiole_Mujica nudges her companion, sylladex newly weighed down by her most recent trophy.
- [12:20] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 thought that was wonderful
- [12:20] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 am thr7lled to see you won
- [12:20] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 knew you would win
- [12:21] * Erxiqa_Karzek is captured my the look of shiole's new trophy
- [12:21] <Shiole_Mujica> "Lots of pract1ce. And a good person 2 pract1ce 221th."
- [12:21] * Erxiqa_Karzek blushes
- [12:21] <Erxiqa_Karzek> awww
- [12:21] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Thanks
- [12:22] <Shiole_Mujica> "22hat are the chances 1 can set 2 2p to jo1n 1n the next 1?"
- [12:22] <Erxiqa_Karzek> h7gh 7 hope
- [12:23] * Erxiqa_Karzek takes a deep breath
- [12:23] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Ermm, l7sten
- [12:23] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 don't th7nk 7 have been ent7rely truthful w7th you
- [12:23] <Shiole_Mujica> "... 22hat's 22rong?"
- [12:24] * Shiole_Mujica 's look of happy surprise turns to concern.
- [12:24] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 th7nk that you may be wonder7ng about my past
- [12:24] <Erxiqa_Karzek> and 7 can't help but feel the need to tell you
- [12:24] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 have on several 7nstances evaded the subject
- [12:25] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 feel you should know
- [12:25] <Shiole_Mujica> "2 don't need 2. 1 prom1se, 1 don't m1nd 1f 2 don't 22ant 2 talk abo2t 1t."
- [12:25] <Erxiqa_Karzek> No, 7 would just feel wrong
- [12:25] * Shiole_Mujica looks around. "At home, at least? 22e're st1ll 1n p2bl1c."
- [12:25] * Erxiqa_Karzek looks around
- [12:26] <Erxiqa_Karzek> yes
- [12:26] <Erxiqa_Karzek> that may be an 7dea
- [12:26] <Erxiqa_Karzek> let's go
- [12:26] * Shiole_Mujica nods. She and Erxiqa return to her hive.
- [12:26] * Shiole_Mujica sends her lusus away to make tea.
- [12:26] <Shiole_Mujica> "Alr1ght. 1'm ready 2 l1sten."
- [12:27] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Well do you remember when 7 ment7oned my ancestor?
- [12:27] <Shiole_Mujica> "Yes."
- [12:27] <Erxiqa_Karzek> You also my have not7ced my reluctancy to leave
- [12:28] <Erxiqa_Karzek> but 7 always feel compeled to be on the move
- [12:28] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 tho2ght..." Shiole shakes her head. "Go on."
- [12:28] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Well th7s may sound s7lly
- [12:28] <Erxiqa_Karzek> But 7 th7nk she 7s out to get me
- [12:29] * Shiole_Mujica doesn't respond.
- [12:29] <Erxiqa_Karzek> she 7s the reason why 7 have never had a home
- [12:29] <Erxiqa_Karzek> she 7s the reason why 7 have always been runn7ng
- [12:29] <Erxiqa_Karzek> look 7 kno 7t's s7lly
- [12:30] <Erxiqa_Karzek> B7T 7 KN7W 7T'S H7R
- [12:30] <Shiole_Mujica> "... 2're r1ght."
- [12:30] <Erxiqa_Karzek> my lusus told me that 7 should leave before anybody 7s hurt
- [12:30] <Erxiqa_Karzek> and 7 don't know what to do
- [12:30] * Erxiqa_Karzek on the verdge of cying
- [12:31] <Shiole_Mujica> "That... does so2nd pretty s1lly."
- [12:31] <Shiole_Mujica> "B2t 1 th1nk 1 bel1eve 2."
- [12:31] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Look
- [12:31] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 don't want to get you hurt
- [12:32] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 feel my eas7est opt7on 7s to keep runn7ng
- [12:32] <Shiole_Mujica> "2 22here?"
- [12:33] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 don't know
- [12:33] <Shiole_Mujica> "For ho22 long?"
- [12:33] <Erxiqa_Karzek> as long as 7t takes
- [12:33] <Erxiqa_Karzek> we may never meet aga7n
- [12:33] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Look, 7 know be7ng a cruelan she shouldn't be al7ve
- [12:34] <Erxiqa_Karzek> she should have died long ago
- [12:34] <Erxiqa_Karzek> But 7 just feel so helpless
- [12:34] <Shiole_Mujica> "... Erx1? Ho22 long do 2 th1nk 2 221ll need 2 keep r2nn1ng?"
- [12:35] * Erxiqa_Karzek doesn't respond
- [12:36] <Shiole_Mujica> "That's no 22ay 2 l1ve, Erx1."
- [12:36] <Erxiqa_Karzek> What do you want me to do
- [12:36] <Erxiqa_Karzek> F7GHT H7R?
- [12:36] <Shiole_Mujica> "No. 1... no."
- [12:37] <Shiole_Mujica> "J2st l1sten, okay?"
- [12:37] * Erxiqa_Karzek sits down
- [12:37] <Erxiqa_Karzek> okay
- [12:37] <Shiole_Mujica> "1f 2 keep on r2nn1ng a22ay from someth1ng, that 22on't make 1t stop chas1ng 2."
- [12:38] <Erxiqa_Karzek> ...
- [12:38] * Shiole_Mujica sits next to her. "2 can't let fear control 2."
- [12:38] <Erxiqa_Karzek> But what are my opt7ns?
- [12:38] * Erxiqa_Karzek producing a few tears
- [12:38] <Shiole_Mujica> "Stop be1ng afra1d."
- [12:39] * Shiole_Mujica decaptchalogues a blanket and wraps it around Erxiqa's shoulders.
- [12:39] <Shiole_Mujica> "2're safe here. Okay?"
- [12:39] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 prom1se. There's noth1ng that can beat 2s both."
- [12:39] * Erxiqa_Karzek pushes up to shiole for comfort
- [12:40] <Erxiqa_Karzek> alr7ght
- [12:40] * Erxiqa_Karzek sobbing
- [12:40] * Shiole_Mujica wraps her arms around Erxiqa, and shooshes her.
- [12:41] <Shiole_Mujica> "1'm r1ght here. 2're okay."
- [12:41] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Thank ..you
- [12:41] * Shiole_Mujica shoots Owlmother a death glare as the lusus flies in with tea, and Owlmother backs back out of the room slowly.
- [12:41] * Erxiqa_Karzek calming
- [12:42] <Erxiqa_Karzek> So..
- [12:42] <Erxiqa_Karzek> what do you want to do
- [12:42] * Shiole_Mujica thinks for a moment.
- [12:42] <Shiole_Mujica> "Noth1ng. 1 22ant 2s 2 do noth1ng."
- [12:42] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 22ant 2 2 sho22 th1s ancestor of 2rs that 2 aren't afra1d anymore."
- [12:43] <Shiole_Mujica> "And 1f they come, then 1 22ant 2 sho22 them that nobody messes 221th 2 on my 22atch."
- [12:43] <Erxiqa_Karzek> but let alone the both of us
- [12:43] <Erxiqa_Karzek> besides sitting around
- [12:43] <Erxiqa_Karzek> is that it?
- [12:44] <Shiole_Mujica> "2've seen me f1ght. And O22lmother 1s almost as good."
- [12:44] <Shiole_Mujica> "Pl2s, 22e have home f1eld advantage."
- [12:44] <Erxiqa_Karzek> you're r7ght
- [12:45] <Shiole_Mujica> "Th1s 1sn't a sparr1ng match on an open mat. Here, 22e kno22 o2r 22ay aro2nd. 22e can set th1ngs 2p 2 be ready."
- [12:45] <Erxiqa_Karzek> what d7d you have 7n m7nd?
- [12:45] * Shiole_Mujica grins. "Traps."
- [12:46] <Erxiqa_Karzek> traps...any 7deas
- [12:46] <Erxiqa_Karzek> for traps
- [12:46] <Shiole_Mujica> "1t's d1rty f1ght1ng, b2t so 1s prey1ng on some1 22ho doesn't l1ke 2 f1ght. 1 th1nk she deserves 1t."
- [12:46] <Shiole_Mujica> "1t co2ld be someth1ng as s1mple as snares. 1 th1nk 1 have some books on the top1c."
- [12:47] <Erxiqa_Karzek> but 7f th7s was to work
- [12:47] <Erxiqa_Karzek> prom7se me two th7ngs
- [12:47] <Shiole_Mujica> "Anyth1ng."
- [12:47] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 want a moment alone to talk w7th her before we do anyth7ng
- [12:47] <Erxiqa_Karzek> and 7 don't want you or owlmother to d7e for me
- [12:48] <Erxiqa_Karzek> prom7se me that
- [12:48] <Shiole_Mujica> "2've seen 2s f1ght. 22e 22on't d1e."
- [12:48] <Shiole_Mujica> "As long as 2 don't e1ther."
- [12:48] <Shiole_Mujica> "No 1 gets left beh1nd."
- [12:48] * Erxiqa_Karzek boosted with somewhat confidence
- [12:49] <Erxiqa_Karzek> let's do 7t
- [12:50] * Shiole_Mujica beams. "Deal."
- [12:50] <Shiole_Mujica> "... Can 22e j2st 22a1t a co2ple more m1n2tes f1rst, tho2gh?"
- [12:51] <Erxiqa_Karzek> sure
- [12:51] <Shiole_Mujica> "Thanks. 1 l1ke s1tt1ng l1ke th1s."
- [12:51] * Shiole_Mujica leans back against Erxiqa.
- [12:51] <Shiole_Mujica> ===== SCENE TRANSITION EFFECT =====
- [12:58] * Shiole_Mujica ceases her lunge towards Owlmother, distracted by a loud snapping sound. The bird bonks her in the face with a wooden sword in response, but Shiole waves her off.
- [12:58] <Shiole_Mujica> "T1me 2 go, 1 th1nk," Shiole tells Erxiqa.
- [12:58] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 guess th7s 7s 7t
- [12:59] * Erxiqa_Karzek shaking
- [12:59] <Shiole_Mujica> "Have 2r 22eapon?"
- [12:59] * Erxiqa_Karzek grips her scythe
- [12:59] <Erxiqa_Karzek> ...yes
- [12:59] <Shiole_Mujica> "Then here 22e go."
- [13:00] * Erxiqa_Karzek and Shiole approches what is a clocked figure held up but a snare
- [13:00] <Shiole_Mujica> "... H2h."
- [13:00] * Erxiqa_Karzek looking at the figure "Ermm....May 7 have a moment please"
- [13:00] <Shiole_Mujica> "That 22as... eas1er than expected."
- [13:01] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 guess so
- [13:01] <Shiole_Mujica> "R1ght, yes, of co2rse."
- [13:01] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Stay close
- [13:01] * Shiole_Mujica starts backing away again, then stops.
- [13:01] <Shiole_Mujica> "Stay safe."
- [13:01] * Erxiqa_Karzek hugs shiole before she can get away " I will"
- [13:02] * Shiole_Mujica hugs back before backing up again. Owlmother emerges from the hive to perch on her shoulder, and together they watch as Erxiqa unmasks the hooded troll.
- [13:05] <Shiole_Mujica> One inaudible dialogue (save for the occasional upset shout) later, Erxiqa returns, shock and distress etched across her face.
- [13:05] <Erxiqa_Karzek> She has to d7ee
- [13:06] * Erxiqa_Karzek shaking " We have to k7ll her now"
- [13:07] * Shiole_Mujica shakes her head wordlessly, instead stepping forward to embrace Erxiqa.
- [13:07] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 22as 22orr1ed someth1ng 22o2ld go 22rong," she murmurs.
- [13:07] * Erxiqa_Karzek wiping tears from her face
- [13:07] <Erxiqa_Karzek> everything 7s f7ne
- [13:08] <Shiole_Mujica> "Good. Then yes, 1f 2 th1nk that's needed."
- [13:08] <Erxiqa_Karzek> alr7ght
- [13:09] <Shiole_Mujica> ===== END =====
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