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week 0; sunday

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[after the npc reveal, laudna can be found sitting out near the pyre on her own, with pâté fluttering nearby. she has her long hair hanging down over her face and she's clearly talking to herself out loud.]

...Still nothing from you? How long are you going to give me the silent treatment? You're useless!

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[just

stops to stare at her like 🧍‍♀️]

... What...

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[looking at her like she didn't know she was there.]

...This is a private conversation.

[halved]

[hm.]

But you were just... [she trails off, and then shakes her head for a second.] Actually, never mind. But if you don't want people overhearing, you should find somewhere more private.

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I suppose that's fair enough. [she bristles a little, but can't argue with the logic.] The other participant wasn't contributing much, anyway.

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It sounded more like they weren't here at all.

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...She's not.

[but she looks slightly irritated at being made to say it.]

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... Sorry.

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[oh.]

...It's alright. I'm not angry at you.

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No, I— [... she shakes her head.] It's fine. It just sounds rough, that's all.

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[yeah.]

...I don't like not being able to get answers. Or feeling abandoned. It makes me very angry.

[halved]

[...

going by the look on her face, ain't that a mood.]

I don't like it either. I don't like that we're being told to sit and wait for more information, too.

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No. I don't find waiting to give one's enemies time to regroup to be advantageous much of the time.

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[she nods.]

Right. [...] But... I don't know what else we can do right now.

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I suppose... attempt to gather power in whatever avenues were made available to us.

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... You mean, finding your match. Are you going to go through with it?

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I don't know. I don't want to be tethered to someone I won't see eye to eye with, but the rewards seem worth the risk.

[halved]

That's what worries you the most? Not getting along with them?

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A disagreement might not merely not be getting along. It might be tying myself to a person who has different priorities, and who has the ability to risk me and my life for those priorities.

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Oh... Like they'd do something reckless to get what they want, and wind up killing both of you.

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Quite.

[like. not to name names but imagine your partner being karma.]

It's a risk.

[halved]

[the idea of being partners with karma puts the fear of goat god into her.]

I guess no matter how you look at it, finding your partner is a bad idea.

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Hmm. I'm not so sure. I wouldn't approach it recklessly. But if you come to find your partner is someone trustworthy...that's another matter.

[halved]

Well... The problem is, you wouldn't really know until you know, right? And by then, it'll be too late to take it back.

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I suppose not. But you could get a sense, talking to someone, and stop short of telling anyone you're uncertain of.