week 1 ( wednesday )

[subordinacy]

[It's getting late, but Setz is something of a nocturnal person, so rather than head to shelter (?) for the night just yet, he's just walking down Cat Street.

Also enjoying, like, not being dead-dead, I guess.]

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[grano]

[ someone abruptly grips him by the shoulder.

oh. it's just jacopo. ]

Did you see what happened earlier? Have you lost every inkling of sense in you?

[subordinacy]

[Well.

Setz's fist will stop where it is, then. DON'T SCARE HIM LIKE THAT??]

What? What are you talking about?

[grano]

Appendages were lost for Christ's sake. [ he flicks his forehead. ] Do you want to be next? Is that what it is? Hah.

[ a sigh. ]

I've been looking all over for you, dimwit. Don't run off without telling me!

[subordinacy]

[He blinks on reflex, before stepping back, frowning.]

... How was I supposed to know you'd be looking for me?

[grano]

For the love of — why wouldn't I be!?

[subordinacy]

... Because we don't spend 24/7 together?

[grano]

Did you hear anything I said before this at all!?

[subordinacy]

[Oh, he heard, even if he doesn't care for it. He supposes he shouldn't complain that someone's actually invested in his well-being, but it does feel a bit like being coddled.]

... Is this just about me being out at this hour?

[grano]

That, alongside you being almost entirely defenseless.

[ more gravely: ]

Listen to me: everything I'm doing is to protect the two of us...alongside the other players of this game. This isn't a joke: your chance at another life is at risk here, Sekreuz.

[subordinacy]

I'm not as defenceless as I seem.

[...]

You think I don't know that? Do you really think I've just been going around without a care in the world?

[grano]

Yes, I do.

[ scathingly: ]

How could you possibly understand the gravity of this situation?

[ and then there's a beat, like he's understood what he's just said. there's a frustrated sigh, and he runs his fingers through his hair. ]

When I say I'm trying to protect the lot of you, I mean it. For your damn sake, listen to me for once.

[subordinacy]

To be frank, you haven't given me much reason to when all you've done so far is patronize me.

[grano]

You really don't understand what's going on here, do you?

[subordinacy]

Enlighten me.

[grano]

I've already said it three times. Do you have ears? That duty isn't self imposed!

[subordinacy]

I was hoping you'd elaborate, actually, since you've been annoyingly vague. Has our host decided to uniquely complicate your participation in this game or is this just about us being partners?

[grano]

I'm not being vague by choice, believe it or not. Unlike yourself.

[ a wave of the hand. ]

Complicated is one word for it, yeah, sure.

[subordinacy]

I haven't been vague about anything.

[ :/ ]

... Are you capable of saying any more than that? I can't say I especially feel like playing Twenty Questions right now.