week 5, post trial.

[robitussin]

[Another week draws to a close, but as more culprits are led away, something is different all the same. After this particular trial, perhaps it's not a surprise that there's no note or offer to meet in a specific place tonight. Can any of them say they have any energy or desire to do something like that at a time like this? The place they regrouped last Saturday evening stands there, burned nearly beyond recognition, and the townspeople look at them with the distrust that's been steadily building. Not to mention... Those are the least of the losses they've faced in the last few days.

Of course, even as so much changes day by day, the town remains, with plenty of places for people to go if they don't want to stay inside the motel. Where can you be found tonight?]

Comments

[robitussin]

[After a moment:]

So if I said I already had plans for that with someone, you wouldn't try to stop me?

[amburere]

[ Deadpan. ]

Did you forget who you're talking to?

[robitussin]

I can't tell what you're going to do half of the time, okay, I'm just making sure.

[amburere]

[ That actually gets him to laugh, albeit shallowly. ]

You're not insane like most of the Vanguard. Long as you're not stupid, don't see why I'd need to.

[robitussin]

[A shrug.]

I won't be stupid. I'm not the only one who's going to be there, I can't be.

[amburere]

[ Dabi would ask who, but he figures she might not tell and tbh the details matter less than his actual point. ]

Then as long as they're not stupid.

[robitussin]

He isn’t.

[She says that much, even if she doesn’t specify.]

Why, you worried or something?

[amburere]

[ At least she's not taking Sakura, lecture averted. He looks at her, blinking once. ]

Nah. Just got a low tolerance for stupidity.

[robitussin]

Well, it's good you're talking to me, then.

[She means to come off flippant, but it falls flat somehow.]

[amburere]

[ Noted, but he opts not to press right now. ]

Lemme know if you need fire.

[robitussin]

...Nah. We're not at the burning everything down stage quite yet.

[Quite yet, she says.]

[amburere]

[ Yeah, he's going there. ]

Yet. The diner was just a signal fire.

[robitussin]

[A pause, before:]

Right. Next time you feel the arson urge or whatever, can you at least not do it at his beck and call?

[amburere]

Sure, right after you convince the kid not to set off an uncontrolled fire cause she's impatient. [ Mm. He might be just the tiniest bit salty still. ]

[robitussin]

[Still looking at him, she plants her cheek in her palm, frowning.]

Yeah, she's an idiot, but that doesn't mean you have to contribute to her idiocy.

[amburere]

Who's the one with a fire based quirk again? [ Maybe it was stupid but. Fire is his thing. ]

[robitussin]

[That earns an immediate eye roll, crossing her arms.]

Just because you have something doesn't mean you have to use it, you know.

[amburere]

Somethin' I remind myself every day here. [ It's been weeks since he's taken out the trash. Surely that has to count for something. ]

[robitussin]

What, other than the day that you helped burn down a building?

[Her voice is very flat.]

[amburere]

Maybe I just wanted to make sure I didn't forget how. [ His is very snarky in contrast. ]