[WEEK 1, WEDNESDAY SOMETIME: Akira]

[spinatalltale]

[hey Magilou is doing cartwheels on the beach!! why?]

[BECAUSE SHE CAN, THAT'S WHY]

[she's also wearing this now because eventually people have to see how bad her fashion senses are]

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OKAY DONE

[spinatalltale]

[-- and then she's smiling again, clapping her hands together and doing one of her trademark twirls, balancing forward on the tips of her toes with her arms extended to her sides]

Oh my, where do I begin! Should I begin with my birth, which occurred at the very bottom of the ocean? I popped right out of one of those ocean vents like a butterfly in a cocoon, you know! It took me two days to reach the surface-- which, by the way, is the world record for the longest time anyone has managed to hold their breath underwater.

After that, I began my rampage across the world! Terrorizing villages and stealing small candy from children. ☆

[jokered]

[he's kind of just giving her a flat look. obviously, his sharp eyes didn't miss a single one of those expressions.

honestly...

he kind of gets it.]

You could just try to refuse outright if you're going to make up stories.

[called out.]

[spinatalltale]

Whaaaat? Are you saying you don't believe me?

[no reaction this time around]

Oh oh, maybe I'll give you my volcano birth story! That's the one I told Lewin-Lief. I was sort of going for a theme here, though.

Fire versus water!

[jokered]

[. . .]

Too evasive. Kind of try-hardy.

[geez! even he's not this evasive about his life.]

[spinatalltale]

[her eyes gleam]

But it gets the point across, doesn't it? Haven't you noticed?

I don't do subtle!

[jokered]

You don't do subtle, but you do evasive pretty well.

[spinatalltale]

You know, that makes two of us.

[:)]

[jokered]

Maybe.

[hm.]

But you haven't really asked me anything, either.

[spinatalltale]

Oho, is that all it would have taken? Then spill to me everything, oh Newt McGecko! Tell me your hopes, your dreams, your wishes for the future! I am but a captive audience, bewitched by your guile!

[she's being overdramatic again]

[jokered]

It might be easier if you asked something I could actually answer.

[does he mean because he's unwilling or because he really doesn't have an answer? we just don't know.]

And maybe if you didn't deflect that off of yourself immediately, too.

[spinatalltale]

[she's taking it to mean the former, honestly]

Deflect? Why, Mr. McGecko, I have no idea what you mean.

[PLAYIN' DUMB]

[jokered]

[whatever. she can try asking better questions then, honestly.]

Are you going to tell me about your hopes and dreams for the future, Maggie-lou?

[spinatalltale]

[maybe she wasn't trying to ask good questions!!! LOOK SHE DOESN'T WANNA TALK ABOUT HERSELF AND IF HE TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF SHE MIGHT HAVE TO RECIPROCATE SO NO THANKS!! emotional intimacy is gross!!!]






Oh.

I was just overtaken with this horribly sudden urge to turn you into maggot stew.

[jokered]

[geez, magilou. this isn't even emotional intimacy, it's basic trustbuilding so they can maybe try to get out of this alive.]

...Yeah? I guess you could try, but I don't think you'd be able to catch me.

[spinatalltale]

[it counts as emotional intimacy okay, she builds trust by getting herself into dangerous life or death situations with people before she stands casually by while they ask all her old contacts about her past that she still refuses to talk about during the entire journey]

Yeah, probably not, if we're comparing physical abilities. Witches aren't exactly known for their particularly high DEX stats.

[jokered]

[well.

okay, akira mostly does that too so he can't even judge, but he's definitely more emotionally available than she is.]

An unfortunate loss for you then on your maggot stew.

[spinatalltale]

[yeah. but like. literally everyone is more emotionally available than she is]

I know! How tragic.

Though you could just offer yourself up to the mercy of my kitchen knife if you're feeling particularly generous.

[jokered]

[the struggle.]

I'm not big on running myself into sharp object, so I'll pass. [and he's pretty sure magilou doesn't even have a kitchn knife, anyway.

this conversation is getting them nowhere, it seems.]

[spinatalltale]

It tends to be a little on the painful side, so no one can blame you.

[MAGILOU. . .??? HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT??]

But! For your persistence, I will reward you with a tiny nugget of insight into the life of Magilou.

[not everything about her life was a secret, after all. such as:]

I am a ferocious and dangerous escaped convict! Hardened to the bone from years of eating nothing but iron nails in a damp cell!

[jokered]

[magilou...............]

...

[her statement gives akira pause, though. his head tilts; he's clearly not afraid or even troubled by this revelation, though. instead, it's skeptical and curious.

she's full of bullshit a lot, but he gets the sense that she's not really being entirely dishonest here.]

You're really an escaped convict? [she did give the impression she understood a prison cell before, but he wants to be sure of this.

because honestly... it interests him in a pretty sincere way.]

1/3

[spinatalltale]

[part of dealing with her is knowing how to separate the bullshit from sincerity. she does tend to mix the two a lot]

That's ri~ight.

[she sounds way too happy for an escaped felon]

I know what you're thinking, too: "Magilou, how could a girl as cute as funny as you find yourself thrown in the slammer?" Which, by the by, is an excellent question.

To which the answer is--

[spinatalltale]

M U R D E R.

[spinatalltale]

And by murder, I actually mean, unlicensed practice of witchcraft.

[THOSE]

[ARE NOT AT ALL]

[THE SAME????]

1/2

[jokered]

...

[ok.]

That sounds like something you'd be arrested for.

[does he mean the murder, or the witchcraft? he'll never tell.]

[jokered]

[though, thoughtfully:]

I never considered that unlicensed witchcraft would be an imprisonable crime. [it makes sense, though.] How did you break out?

[he has a million more questions, like "was it legitimate" and "how long was her sentence" but.

you know, one thing at time.]