Week 4: April 22nd - April 26th

[cartesio]

Fourth Week

A second murder shook the town of Cartesio. Clarisse's ambush plan ended with Katsuki Bakugou's death. Now what?

Nothing to be done other than continuing their life and watch what happens. After two weeks, after the deaths they have seen, it's hard to think there's a way out. The only option is to wait for the right chance to turn the tables and see a weak point in the Sergeant's plans -- and hopefully not see any murders.

The townspeople's attitude towards the tourists soured even more. The destruction of the church was much worse than anything they had seen so far, and they ran out of patience. People who in the past were nice and wanted nothing more than to make the tourists happy now aren't afraid of saying to their faces what's what. Random pedestrians shout at the visitors, telling them to stop being criminals. Although there are a few who have more patience than the rest, general opinion is clear:

The tourists are nuisances, to say the least.

In the lobby of the motel there's a few more brochures, and the maps have been updated once again.

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Comments

[marmoron]

[That's victim blaming, Millium!!]

Well someone's gotta stay behind and buy you enough time to run.

[doublelammy]

[AND???]

...

[Okay, that earns a glare, alongside puffed out cheeks and her hands on her hips.]

Nuh-uh. The idea is you'd run too and save your own skin. You ain't layin' down nothin' for me.

[SHE WON'T ALLOW IT.]

[marmoron]

[It's probably not helping that Keith isn't really taking this seriously, but...]

Maybe I don't like to run from fights.

[doublelammy]

Yeah, sure. Nobody does. But sometimes, you don't get a choice.

[She folds her arms. Looks like she's entered serious mode, at least.]

And if it comes down to you running to recoup or dying 'cause you didn't wanna give up, you better run, okay? You're enough like Rean and you got enough dumb in you as it is. You don't gotta copy that stupidity from him.

[marmoron]

[He can see that Millium's serious, but that delivery just gets a look.]

I'm not stupid, alright? I know what I'm doing.

CS1 spoilers! also that is actually the canon line...

[doublelammy]

[She can give a look right back, mister!!]

Yeah, okay. Rean said that, too.

He got the snot beaten out of him by Crow when the civil war started. It was so bad that after Valley got him the heck outta there, he was out cold for a month.

He only got outta there 'cause Valley overrode him. He was still screamin' "nooo, they need meeee, let me staaay" even as he was gettin' flown off.

And I can totally see you doin' that, too. So, take it from me: It's stupid. Don't.

rean bless u

[marmoron]

Look, you don't understand. I don't have a death wish or anything, but we're not gonna find answers to anything if we just put up a white flag when things get difficult. Sometimes you have to fight for the bigger picture and you're not always going to make it inside the frame.

him... dumb.

[doublelammy]

That's not what I'm sayin'. I know what it's like to fight for somethin' bigger, even if you don't think it's gonna end well.

We coulda died there, too. But we kept fightin' to get him away, 'cause it was for the "bigger picture."

So what I'm sayin' is that you're a part of that bigger picture. So don't go throwin' yourself in harm's way. Fight if it's important, but if you gotta run so you can come back n' fight later n' win, you better freakin' run and not just stay put 'cause you have an ego.

[marmoron]

[They've meandered quite a bit away from the topic of ghosts at this point. Probbaly his fault for giving her a more serious reply before. All the same, he's just a little surprised by the sentiment. Not surprised enough that he's not slightly defensive, but... his tone is a little softer.]

Ego has nothing to do with it. Look. Petty arguments aside, if a fight's serious I don't fight because I think I'm the best and have something to prove. I fight because I have to.

[doublelammy]

[Does any conversation with Millium stay on-topic? Come now, Keet. Be realistic.]

...So long as we're clear, then.

If somethin' scary pops out, we're both finding somewhere else to be, pronto. ...And if you try n' hang back, I'm havin' Lammy grab you n' drag you out by the ear.

[marmoron]

[That's getting a laugh.]

Can't we try talking to it first. What if it has something important to say?

[doublelammy]

If it has nice things to say, then it's obviously not somethin' scary.

[Duh!]

[marmoron]

Don't you consider all ghosts scary by default?

[doublelammy]

I mean, all the ghosts I've seen have either left blood on my wall or tried to kill me. And mostly the last one.

If they weren't tryin' to do that, then maybe they're not the absolute worst.

[marmoron]

[There's a bit of a smile at that -- like maybe he's about to laugh at her, but is doing his best not to.]

So ghosts are what you're most afraid of?

[doublelammy]

[She nods vigorously.]

[marmoron]

You're being real brave then.

[And hey, he can respect that. He will actually put the sword back into dagger form and turn away from the bloodied walls.]

Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you that badly.

[doublelammy]

[Oh, Keet. You fool. You absolute fool. Are you really preening this girl's ego?

She lights right up at it, though, so it appears to have worked.]

You really think so?

[marmoron]

[He'll learn. OR HE WOULD IF YOU HADNT GONE AND DIED MILLIUM.]

Well... kind of?

[Sure he thinks being afraid of these ghosts may be a bit much, but that's not the point.]

It doesn't take bravery to stand up to something you're not afraid of. Being brave's all about pushing yourself to go forward when you're scared.

[doublelammy]

Huh.

[She looks thoughtful, as if this definition is new to her.]

I never thought of it like that. Being "brave," that's somethin' you praise people for, y'know? And I always just thought of it as doin' somethin' I had to, even if I didn't want to, which doesn't seem too praise-worthy to me.

[marmoron]

[He nods.]

I get what you mean. Doing what you have to do, even when it's hard ... that's being responsible. The other paladins and I felt that a lot. We had to fight because nobody else could pilot those lions. At the end of the day, it was our duty, y'know? Either we risk our lives and fight, or we don't and the Galra seize even more territory. Enslave more people. That's not a choice.

[There's a slight frown.]

One of the paladins though... he was always nervous. Babbled a lot about being scared all the time. Despite all that, he's always got our backs. A real firm leg we can all stand on. At first, I kind of thought he was a coward, but lately.. I've been thinking he was the bravest one.

[doublelammy]

[Millium listens to him quietly, but her expression is a bit distant. Nostalgic, almost.]

Ha... y'know, I think I at least felt more like that back with Class VII. Back then... I think a lot of 'em were a lot braver than me, more like that nervous guy. Even if it was stuff we had t'do, with them, I was just havin' fun.

[...]

And back home, even if it's your duty, that's at least a noble cause, right? Kinda wish I had that to run off of, some days.

[marmoron]

[He puts the dagger away as she talks, then stays quiet for another moment afterwards.]

You've got a noble cause here, you know. You've gotta save Rean and take him home with you, right? That's important for you and your friends back home.

[doublelammy]

...Savin' Rean, sure. Gettin' him back to our friends, yeah.

But with what I am, I gotta get him back to work, too. It's harder to feel okay about that.