week 2; tuesday ( stephanie )

[axilium]

[there's no escape, steph. literally. steph can't escape unless her leg has been magically healed between then and now.

belph is not happy.]

What.

Are you doing?

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[axilium]

I have my moments.

[...

something flickers across his face. pain? it disappears too quickly to say for certain. again, there are so many things he could say. something that might make her feel better. in the end, though, it's too personal.

so, he settles for,]

Just keep on being your cheerful idiot self, then—preferably without any more broken bones.

[vigilantics]

I, apparently, cannot make any promises there.

[ as she has proven today.

but then she holds her hand out. ]

Give me your hand.

[axilium]

... Uh, what for?

[vigilantics]

I'm going to break it.

[ she's still waiting expectantly. ]

[axilium]

Ouch!

[but sure, he'll give it.]

[vigilantics]

[ she'll take his hand and... make him gently smack her own hand. ]

There. You smacked me.

[axilium]

[a beat.]

I have no words to express how utterly unnecessary that was, but okay.

[vigilantics]

Please humor me. My leg is broken and I got stabbed with my own grappling hook.

[ whoops. ]

[axilium]

... Um?

[vigilantics]

... anyway.

[ sometimes... it happens? ]

[axilium]

... You seriously had an adventure, I see.

[vigilantics]

It was...

[ kind of terrifying. she's still holding onto belph's hand, but she's doing it more absentmindedly than on purpose. ]

Well. It's over now.

[axilium]

No, you're actually just hallucinating right now. You're still in the woods.

[vigilantics]

Don't say things like that when you know I can't chase you.

[axilium]

This is exactly when I get to make fun of you.

[vigilantics]

I'm dying and you're being mean to me.

[ she's not dying, she just feels like it. ]

[axilium]

Please, I think it'd take more than that to kill you.

[vigilantics]

[ there's a pause, and then she shrugs. ]

Yeah. I've had worse.

[axilium]

I don't know whether that's reassuring to hear or not.

[vigilantics]

[ she shrugs. ]

... I may not be in the most cheerful mood now, but I'll bounce back.

[axilium]

... You'd better. Otherwise, I might start slacking off for real.

[vigilantics]

[ that makes her laugh. ]

Not on my watch, bud. I need you in tiptop shape.

[axilium]

I'm never in tiptop shape.

[vigilantics]

Hm... you're gonna have to start working out.

[axilium]

... Nah.