week 1; saturday ( stephanie )

[axilium]

[well, that was a ride. honestly, it's been kind of overwhelming, so belph's doing what he does best, which is emotional repression!]

... Just our luck that our target ended up being a murderer this week, huh?

[it's a little awkward.]

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[axilium]

Works for me! And you?

[vigilantics]

] she'll grab a different kind before gathering two glasses and pouring them the drinks. ]

Can you actually hold your liquor or is your tapestry being mean?

[axilium]

Which one do you think it is?

[vigilantics]

... it's probably the former but I want it to be the latter so bad:

[axilium]

... How cruel of you, Steph.

[vigilantics]

It'll be a little funny if you're a loud drunk, is all I'm saying.

[axilium]

Well, you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?

[vigilantics]

[ she knows in her bones that won't happen but

it's such a funny mental image. ]

Fine. I will match you with everything you drink.

[axilium]

Those are fighting words, Steph.

[vigilantics]

They definitely are. I challenge you, my dear Belph.

[axilium]

[...]

I'd prefer it if you didn't call me that, but challenge accepted.

[vigilantics]

Alright.

[ easily accepted and no questions asked. steph can be nosy, but this seems to be a time she decides not to be. ]

You start.

[axilium]

[thanks, steph.

he drinks his rum at a moderate pace—not too fast, so as to get his throat used to it, not too slow. it's not quite like the stuff he's used to, but eh. once he's done, he still seems fine, at least.]

[vigilantics]

[ ... this was probably a bad idea because like. steph is a college student who does college activities, and admittedly her activities when she was a younger teen were. a thing. but when a large chunk of your waking hours are dedicated to running around fighting crime, admittedly that doesn't give you too much time to go too crazy drinking.

so. hm. her technique is not as skillfully done. ]

...

[axilium]

[meanwhile to get belph's good end you have to constantly visit the bar but anyway]

... You can quit whenever you want, you know.

[vigilantics]

[ BELPH?? ]

No. I'm the opposite of a quitter.

[axilium]

Then be careful. I'd rather not have to carry you back to your room and explain this to Hikage.

[vigilantics]

He's not my boss. I am an adult and can have a drink if I want to.

[axilium]

He doesn't have to be your boss to be concerned about you.

[vigilantics]

[ every time someone mentions hikage being concerned for her, steph wonders if she is missing something obvious. ]

... I can't really change how I act that easily just for someone else.

[axilium]

[he drinks some more.]

Touchy subject?

[vigilantics]

[ she shrugs. ]

I've just been told I am very bad at listening to people and that, sometimes, it causes issues.

[axilium]

... If it's any consolation, I don't dislike that part of you.

[vigilantics]

[ she just quietly grabs her drink and takes a long sip from it at that. ]

Thanks. [ it's a little embarrassing how happy something like that made her. she's not used to hearing it. ] You haven't seen me at my most annoying yet.

[axilium]

Heh. You can't be more annoying than I am.