Pizza Party

[ruffboi]

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[survivaltricks]

Mmm.

[that's all he has ever wanted]

I know why you couldn't, though. My role isn't the same as yours, but I haven't been able to tell a soul.

Not Lili, not Ash, not Chuuya. . . no one.

[fishingforcompliments]

I kept trying to say something. I thought maybe if I said it out of the blue, whatever was stopping me would not be able to catch up until it was too late...

I could not even tell Dimitri or Yin Yu or Lili...

[it's been KILLING her]

[disreguarded]

I've been trying to tell Phoenix since the start and I couldn't do it either.

[ sigh. ] I wish I could. I want him to know there's hope, somehow.

[fishingforcompliments]

...I want him to know that, too. He does so much to try and help everyone.

[disreguarded]

[ she shifts. she just looks... worried, for now. she could talk about how concerned she is about phoenix all day but they're having a pizza party so she doesn't want to derail things further. ]

Yeah.

[survivaltricks]

. . . I want Lili to know that, too. Just earlier today she took Natalie and I aside to spitball ideas for creating a new super team.

And she went out of her way to give me hope this morning.

[daifukus]

I told her this weekend that I would look into information for seeing how to help her goals.

.... This certainly was not what I imagined.

[survivaltricks]

Iiiiiit definitely wasn't what I imagined, either.

[disreguarded]

All of them deserve hope. It's hard to not get beaten down.

I was - I almost asked -- [ she frowns. she looks like she's having a hard time here, and then: ] I asked what would happen if Wei Wuxian played darts with me. It was getting bad.

But finding everybody here made it easier. And I want everybody to have that same foothold.

[fishingforcompliments]

...

[oh. something about that makes flayn's expression flicker, and she reaches out to put a hand on her arm. (but, like, gently. and she's trying to find somewhere that isn't too roughed up.)]

Beau... I am glad we were able to support you.

[disreguarded]

[ it's okay, there's not a lot of parts of her that aren't too roughed up, but she doesn't seem to mind. she rests a hand on top of flayn's and smiles a bit. ]

Yeah, me too. It's been a relief.

[givethemhell]

[GHOST WERE HAVING A TIME YALL. He also shoots Beau a complicated look, but smiles.]

...That hope is crucial here, I think. Especially at this point.

[disreguarded]

[ THEY REALLY WERE but she nods a little. ]

... Hey, um. Sorry I almost asked you to do that. By the way.

[givethemhell]

[Beau. :c]

You don't need to apologize for it. [HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TIME!!] I'm just glad things never came to that.

[chaoticlootral]

Yeah, it was, uh, gettin’ kinda dark in here [tapping his head.] So I figured, fuck it. I’ll just try and some write some fanfic and cast Wish on it level of crazy shit and apparently it’s working this time, so . . . ?

[daifukus]

[ it certainly went better this time around ]

[disreguarded]

I mean, yeah, you fucking went for it and it worked, I guess.

Anybody tell you you're a smart fucking cookie, Taako?

[givethemhell]

Always room to keep trying until the very end, hm?

[survivaltricks]

I know you got punished for it, but I'm not going to lie-- what you did was pretty damn good.

[IT GOT THEM ALL TOGETHER, SOOOO. . .]

So thanks for taking one for the team.

[ruffboi]

[Laughing a little.]

Isn't that the title of your memoir?

[Taako. He was pretty pissed, but now he's just fond.]

For the record, Akira, none of us had any fucking clue he was gonna do that. I was shitting myself.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . Beau. . .]

[. . .]

I protected you, the week after Nie-san died.

[he admits, voice quiet]

Because I knew that all you needed was. . . some time. I knew you'd come back stronger again.

I'm glad you're here with us now.

[disreguarded]

[ well, okay, so. she can't just hear that and not hug him, so. c'mere. she's hugging akira. ]

[ruffboi]

[I was asleep, but putting a hand on her shoulder.]

I get that. I don't think I could've done any of this if I was alone. [He had Flayn with him, and that was a big motivation to say alive.] But knowing I couldn't even talk to anybody about it -

Well. I'm really happy we found you guys.

[survivaltricks]

[HE UNDERSTANDS. boy does he understand?? and he's sure everyone here does]

It's stupid, isn't it?

[fishingforcompliments]

Very much so. I quite dislike it!