[WEEK 2, WEDNESDAY SOMETIME: Battler]

[spinatalltale]

[a paper airplane nyooms through the air]

[nyoooooom]

[nyooooooooooooom]

[until it crumbles against Battler's head]

Oho! Direct hit!

[hey, Battler. got a moment?]

Comments

[spinatalltale]

[she accepts his clarification with a nod]

Uho, you've really been thinking about this. . . maybe you're not as clueless as you seem.

[itsalluseless]

I feel like I shouldn't thank you for that half-compliment...

[spinatalltale]

Of course you should thank me! It was a benevolent statement, and such things only tumble from my mouth once every million years.

[MAGILOU. . .]

[itsalluseless]

It wasn't very benevolent, actually. More like an insult.

[spinatalltale]

Tsk tsk. Aren't you a picky one.

[itsalluseless]

And now we're back to insults. Tch, and you call me rude.

[spinatalltale]

Being cruel and rude is a witch's way! What's your excuse?

[itsalluseless]

I wonder. Could it be that I'm too sick of witches and their bullshit to care about manners?

[spinatalltale]

Uho! A rebel fighting back with the power of a sharp tongue and a defiant, headstrong personality! You would make a good protagonist after all.

[itsalluseless]

What's with that conditional? I am a protagonist, at least in the story I actually belong in.

[spinatalltale]

[leans forward, totally invading his personal space, hand pressed above her brows]

Are you going to bring some of that protagonist spirit to this game?

[itsalluseless]

[Doesn't flinch back, though he does turn his head away a little]

Well, we'll have to see. To be totally honest, I've been having some trouble working up the same kind of enthusiasm I had for Beato's game.

[spinatalltale]

[Beato. . .]

Too boring, huh? Well. . .

I doubt it's the game itself that'll be interesting.

[itsalluseless]

I wouldn't say it's boring, exactly. After all, people are dying. It's more that... the objective is a little less clear, I guess.

[battler shut up you know your objectives here much more clearly than in canon]

[spinatalltale]

[. . .]

For most of us, the objective is "don't die." What do you think yours is?

[itsalluseless]

I'd like to save as many people as I can. I just don't have any idea how yet.

[spinatalltale]

. . . sheesh. The number of you who want to do that could form your very own club with matching hats and all.

[itsalluseless]

I wouldn't mind being in a club like that. Maybe we could turn it into an organised effort.