monster bingo 2020;

[softlyfalling]

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[purrrnicious]

[well

okay



uncharacteristically hesitant but she'll do it]

[softlyfalling]

[ shrike bends to actually also scoop her up with her other arm

in a princess carry, ]

I think there's some chairs over by the pool that'd be comfortable...

[purrrnicious]

[She just sighs, because the whole princess carry thing happens a lot.]

Why the chairs by the pool?

[softlyfalling]

[ ok time to change direction— ]

All right, not by the pool, got it.

[ perhaps... a bench. or something. ]

[purrrnicious]

Was that a trick? You were going to dump me in the water, weren't you.

[softlyfalling]

Kohime.

What have I ever done that would give you the idea I'd do that.

...there's just lounge chairs over there I thought would be more comfortable for your legs as they are now. That's all.

[purrrnicious]

So? Just because you've never thrown me into the pool before doesn't mean you won't do it now.

[softlyfalling]

...I know there's a difference between knowing something academically and actually knowing something, but honestly, Kohime.

[ and plunks her down on a bench, sitting up. ]

[purrrnicious]

What?

[softlyfalling]

Just, well—

...no one on avante's going to hurt you, you know. Gold's prank cooking aside.

[purrrnicious]

I. . . I know that.

[softlyfalling]

...even Cardinal. Cardinal has a lot of strongly-held principles, but they know they can't impose them on the rest of the unit.

[purrrnicious]

[She frowns a little, confused.]

Uh, I don't think they have a strongly-held principal about where I sit.

[softlyfalling]

They seem to think you find them worrying.

[purrrnicious]

Okay, what are you talking about? Where is this even coming from?

[softlyfalling]

[ she takes a seat beside. ]

Cardinal's worried that you think they're going to, I don't know, sacrifice you or something.

"Worried" probably isn't the right word, but close enough.

[purrrnicious]

Uh, "worried" is definitely the wrong word. Other than the day I got here they haven't bothered with me –– other than to approve of the time I sliced open my arm to upset a Taisho.

Actually, I haven't seen anything that suggests they care about any of Avante.

[softlyfalling]

...mm. Yeah. They're really not good at showing it, but—if they didn't care at all, they'd probably still be trying to lead avante. I thought I was making progress with them, but...

Everyone else is fine, though, right...?

[purrrnicious]

. . .

Are you asking me if I think the rest of Avante cares about Avante?

[softlyfalling]

...more like if you're getting along with them all right?

[purrrnicious]

. . .Why is this suddenly an issue?

[NERVOUSLY. Like. What's the deal, did a demon swing by and talk about erasing her from existence again or what.]

[softlyfalling]

Oh, I mean, it's not, I just—get anxious about... how everything's going, with the unit...

...since everything's been kind of. Awful recently.

[purrrnicious]

Has it? Honestly, I think I'm used to it.

[softlyfalling]

I feel like there's definitely been something weird every other day for a month and a half.

[purrrnicious]

Avante does okay –– if you can all keep it together, anyway.