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unfriendliest) wrote2020-07-06 12:47 pm
unfriendliest) wrote2020-07-06 12:47 pm
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not again » natalie
[ i was trying to be funny but lbr they're both the blue ]
[ i was trying to be funny but lbr they're both the blue ]
[ it's so nice to be uncursed. it means kara can go about his day as normal - though, uh, tracking down natalie is new, maybe. wherever she is, he's walking up, and doesn't offer any greeting besides: ]
I need to talk to you.
I need to talk to you.
[She's not too far from the cabins, since she's still getting used to the crutches, but she pauses when he comes to talk to her. There's surprise on her face for a moment as she turns his way.]
...Okay. Well, here I am.
...Okay. Well, here I am.
[ well he's just going to get right to it, no hesitation. ]
The power that made you sick. That's mine. I tried to keep it out of the way so no one would find it, just not well enough. But I won't let it happen again.
The power that made you sick. That's mine. I tried to keep it out of the way so no one would find it, just not well enough. But I won't let it happen again.
[Ah.
She looks incredibly angry for a second, about to say something - but whatever it is, she bites it back. After another moment passes:]
Did you know exactly what it was going to do before you used it?
She looks incredibly angry for a second, about to say something - but whatever it is, she bites it back. After another moment passes:]
Did you know exactly what it was going to do before you used it?
[ well at least he seems prepared to accept her anger. ]
...Only some of it. Mostly just the hallucinations. I didn't know it would be as bad as it was, or that the effects would last so long.
...Only some of it. Mostly just the hallucinations. I didn't know it would be as bad as it was, or that the effects would last so long.
[Well, given that - the next part is definitely snapped out.]
If you felt like you had to use it, you should have used it on someone you actually asked.
If you felt like you had to use it, you should have used it on someone you actually asked.
[ sighs. ]
I had no intention of using it on anyone. And I know I should have disposed of it better. Like I said, I'm going to be more careful if I have to use it again.
I had no intention of using it on anyone. And I know I should have disposed of it better. Like I said, I'm going to be more careful if I have to use it again.
Are you actually going to tell me you accidentally used it?
No. I used my power intentionally. The accident was you finding it - and I am aware that that's still my fault.
[A pause, before:]
I don't get what you mean. Do you not have to pick a specific target before you use it?
I don't get what you mean. Do you not have to pick a specific target before you use it?
I don't, no. And if I did, it wouldn't have been you that I chose. My power is to make poisons, so all I have to do to use it is alter a food or liquid. Any living targets come after.
[She sighs.]
You couldn't have just made it and then kept it somewhere that nobody else would have found it?
You couldn't have just made it and then kept it somewhere that nobody else would have found it?
[ he just looks tired. ]
That was the plan, but something else came up. I didn't have a chance to dispose of it entirely.
That was the plan, but something else came up. I didn't have a chance to dispose of it entirely.
...You're an idiot.
[But it's less outright angry than it was a few moments ago, and more exasperated and tired.]
Do I get to know what exactly happened?
[But it's less outright angry than it was a few moments ago, and more exasperated and tired.]
Do I get to know what exactly happened?
That was the week Zenitsu was cursed, you know.
No, I completely forgot because I’m an idiot. [She sighs.] Of course I remember. It just doesn’t seem like the kind of thing you’d want to get involved with.
It isn't. But he's part of dragon cabin, so it's not like I had a choice.
...Okay, I'm confused again. Were you in your cabin when you made it? How did it get to the kitchen, in that case?
I was in the kitchen. Zenitsu made a fuss about Asch, and I was dragged into trying to deal with it since he's my cabin mate.
[ he's so tired, natalie. ]
[ he's so tired, natalie. ]
...You let yourself get dragged into solving messy interpersonal drama instead of getting rid of poison you'd just made? Actually, why did you make it in the kitchen in the first place?
I wasn't given a choice in the matter.
...And that's because my power works on food. Where else would I go?
...And that's because my power works on food. Where else would I go?
Grab a few crackers from the pantry and take them into the forest so you could bury them as soon as they were poisoned?
[ yeah, no, he is stupid and didn't think of that. ]
[Once she realizes he isn't going to answer:]
...Wow. Really?
...Wow. Really?
I... don't really snack. I didn't think of it.
[ hm
embarrassing ]
[ hm
embarrassing ]
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