[week one - monday]

[hypertoxic]

[ It is godawful o'clock when Vriska goes looking for Raven. We're talking like 3, 4 AM. What's sleep? For the weak, that's what.

Besides, chances for a truly private conversation are best when absolutely no one else will be around, and Vriska is very aware that humans are diurnal. Being nocturnal has some benefits, even on an obnoxiously sunny tropical island.

Anyway, hey. Looks like we're going to chill out by the campfire and chat, because when Vriska finds Raven there staring into the flames, she'll settle down in a chair beside the other girl. ]

Hey you.

[ Stretches her arms up over her head, leaning back in her chair to stare up at the oh so starry sky. ]

So what do you think about all this? Like, personally, without any other idiots around to bug us.

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[hydrazine]

Overabundance of ego, remember? I think I can manage that.

[She nods, letting out a noise that in any other circumstances might sound half amused.]

Well, you're already making it sound a lot kinder than just "murder a bunch of people", so I'd say you're on the right track already.

[hypertoxic]

Kinder. Haha! That's pretty funny.

[ Hunches up in her chair, a tightly curled up ball of misery. ]

Don't get the wrong idea. I am not a nice person. I am a monster. And if I have to be a monster to save these people, fine.

[hydrazine]

Kinder than letting them all get killed by molten lava, probably.

[She's pretty firm in that belief.]

I might not know what kind of shit you've been up to back home, but doing what you have to do here doesn't make you a monster.

[hypertoxic]

Haha. Yeah, probably.

[ Vriska will try and tame her mass of hair, but with mixed success. She ends up getting a hand tangled in it and hisses a curse. ]

Fuck, whatever.

[ Stops trying and just. leaves it. ]

... it doesn't matter. In fact, forget I brought it up! Man, that was dumb and melodramatic of me. Maybe I need to learn to shut my fucking seed flap! Bluh.

[ ... ]

As perverse as this sounds, I am glad I'm not alone in doing this.

[hydrazine]

[There's a pause that's lengthy for Raven, who normally thinks quickly and speaks immediately.]

I'm not going to force you to talk about it, but you don't have to stop yourself from talking about it, either.

[Just so she's aware.]

[hypertoxic]

[ Vriska answers with her own long pause. She sounds tired when she responds. ]

It is kind of you to offer, but I'd rather not. We have a job we need to focus on doing. That seems like a more worthwhile use of my energy than bitching and moaning about things in my past that I can't change.

[hydrazine]

Fair enough.

[She won't push any further.]

You think it's going to be as easy for the other two as it will be for us?

[Fie and Serph, she means, because she's already counting Battler out.]

[hypertoxic]

I don't know. They're pretty quiet! And sort of tough to read. I don't think they're happy about the situation. I guess we'll see when it comes time for somebody to die.

[ Shrugs a little and tilts her head to watch the other girl. ]

I am most concerned about Battler. He's going to have an extremely hard time swallowing all this.

[hydrazine]

...Even people who think they couldn't do something like take a life can adapt to their circumstances. I've seen it before, when the stakes are high enough. I wouldn't be surprised if he comes around to our side over time.

[But she can't be certain about that, either.]

[hypertoxic]

That's what I'm hoping for. Which I know is fucked up! I know it is. But I think he has valuable experience that could help us, and this will all go a lot more smoothly if he contributes.

[ ... huff. ]

There's no telling right now. We will see how he feels when we have to pick our first real kill.