"And I have no investment in this war at all. Who runs the show has made
very little difference in the day-to-day business of my life," Trouble
concludes. "Etheria simply isn't somewhere I'll be getting homesick for."
Shoot- more droids incoming, buying trouble a chance to think. They're close enough to the woods that he throws a line at a tree and leaps into a swing, crashing into one feet first.
Trouble watches this with interest, then takes advantage of the trees in
their own way, lightly slithering up onto a low branch and ascending from
there.
They were, after all, perfectly capable of emulating Catra to the extent
that her former best friend couldn't tell the difference. 'Light on their
feet' is an understatement.
Miles swings back, and stays close in a tight back and forth of webwork, crashing into and downing several of the little things. They spin and skitter into the forest floor, and he lands on a treebrach- scrabbles, and then sticks.
"Really. And how do you think that's going to work out for us? That at
first I'll be cynical, suspicious, but eventually won over by the sheer
power of your good will and generosity?"
"I don't know yet. I haven't read your file. It might be that or another thing- like just how weird and stressful this place is. But what I do know is me trying to try to force you into something won't work, and trying to trick you into something would be so, so sad."
Like, ending pathetically for him, that kind of sad.
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Date: 2020-04-23 07:13 pm (UTC)"Maybe," Trouble says, with a vague hand gesture. "I'm afraid I was dropped from the cast before I could watch the final scene, darling."
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Date: 2020-04-23 09:00 pm (UTC)Miles wonders, in that case.
"You must have had something you were going for?"
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Date: 2020-04-23 09:18 pm (UTC)"Not particularly," they say lightly. "I was working for the Alliance when it seemed like they had the edge, but it's all a little academic now."
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Date: 2020-04-23 10:13 pm (UTC)He points out, looking up at them curiously.
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Date: 2020-04-23 10:17 pm (UTC)Trouble sets one hand on their hip.
"Until I graduate and go somewhere. I'm not in love with the idea of going back to a probable war zone. Would you be?"
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Date: 2020-04-24 05:41 pm (UTC)Says Miles, thinking it through.
"But if I wasn't fighting it, yeah, I'd probably go somewhere else."
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Date: 2020-04-24 05:54 pm (UTC)"And I have no investment in this war at all. Who runs the show has made very little difference in the day-to-day business of my life," Trouble concludes. "Etheria simply isn't somewhere I'll be getting homesick for."
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Date: 2020-04-25 11:54 am (UTC)Shoot- more droids incoming, buying trouble a chance to think. They're close enough to the woods that he throws a line at a tree and leaps into a swing, crashing into one feet first.
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Date: 2020-04-25 12:44 pm (UTC)Trouble watches this with interest, then takes advantage of the trees in their own way, lightly slithering up onto a low branch and ascending from there.
They were, after all, perfectly capable of emulating Catra to the extent that her former best friend couldn't tell the difference. 'Light on their feet' is an understatement.
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Date: 2020-04-25 05:46 pm (UTC)"Okay!"
They're getting there.
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Date: 2020-04-25 06:10 pm (UTC)"Does okay mean we can stop?" Trouble wonders, sounding infinitely more tired by all this than they actually are.
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Date: 2020-04-25 06:19 pm (UTC)Says Miles, brightly, landing deftly on the moss next to them and striding onwards.
"There's a thing at the end- probably in the heart of the woods, if this place makes any sense."
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Date: 2020-04-25 06:46 pm (UTC)"A thing. That's exactly what was missing from my week, new warden. A thing."
They're tagging along regardless.
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Date: 2020-04-25 06:58 pm (UTC)Says Miles, tartly. Thanks DT.
"Is there stuff from home you miss?"
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Date: 2020-04-25 07:11 pm (UTC)"...No," they say, after too long a pause. "No, I've learned better than to get attached."
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Date: 2020-04-26 07:52 pm (UTC)Points out Miles, and offers;
"If there's anything that you want I'm happy to ask for it."
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Date: 2020-04-26 08:53 pm (UTC)"Maybe a cabin upgrade, if you're feeling generous," they concede. "The current decor isn't really to my tastes."
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Date: 2020-04-26 11:13 pm (UTC)He's happy to ask for whatever.
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Date: 2020-04-27 12:03 am (UTC)"Hm. Let me get back to you on that. What will I owe you?"
They can live with the pastels and the oversize cuddly toys, if this comes with a price tag.
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Date: 2020-04-27 06:18 pm (UTC)Says Miles, with a surprised glance up at them.
"Of course. It doesn't cost me anything."
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Date: 2020-04-27 06:23 pm (UTC)"That's not an 'of course'," they point out, chin tilted up. "That's leverage which you're choosing not to use."
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Date: 2020-04-27 09:58 pm (UTC)Says Miles, of course.
"I'm just here to make stuff easier."
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Date: 2020-04-27 10:05 pm (UTC)"Really. And how do you think that's going to work out for us? That at first I'll be cynical, suspicious, but eventually won over by the sheer power of your good will and generosity?"
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Date: 2020-04-27 10:08 pm (UTC)Like, ending pathetically for him, that kind of sad.
"So why not just give you a cooler room?"
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Date: 2020-04-27 10:15 pm (UTC)"...Hm."
The sincerity. It burns.
"Never mind my room. If you really want to do me a favor, darling, lose my file."
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