week 6, post trial

[robitussin]

[Their numbers keep falling. Three people have died already this week, with two more on the way tomorrow. With the outburst the townspeople gave them once the results came through... If anyone were feeling downhearted, it's to be expected at this point. Things continuing at their current pace is a frightening thought, after all. Like last week, the offer to spend time together or meet in a central location doesn't come.

Hawks and Dabi wait for the morning in their cells, but the rest of the tourists are free to wander about the town as they please; free to rest, to talk with each other, and to try to gather strength wherever they can. So, where does the evening find you, Cartesio?]

Comments

[relieable]

[whoa! so Bolin is the equivalent of a sports star! from sports star to cop. that's badass]

Oh, man! That's totally cool! Were you really popular?

[tuffguy]

Our team, the Fire Ferrets, was definitely the best one. We made it to the finals in our last season together.

[relieable]

[yay! that's so good to hear, especially during this... this mess]

Whoo! The Fire Ferrets! A good name!

[tuffguy]

We called us because of Pabu, my pet fire ferret.

[relieable]

[hm? wait]

...What even is a fire ferret? [he knows what a ferret is, at least, so it must be... some sort of animal, since Bolin called it a pet]

[tuffguy]

Oh! It's a small animal about this big [ holds his hands at like ferret size ], red, and the best animal friend you could ever ask for.

[relieable]

[that's charming, actually, but it doesn't really describe what it looks like. that's fine! Osomatsu will just imagine it]

Ahaha, cute. [he shifts his posture a bit, getting more comfortable] Man, I wish I could see some probending matches in action.

[tuffguy]

Yeah, I wish I could show you! I wanna show everyone what probending's like. It's what got Mako and me off the streets, you know.

[relieable]

[OH. depressing]

Ah, yeah... Well, maybe you could show us this week. Just do, like, a little earthbending show.

[tuffguy]

I could probably do it. It'll be a little similiar for what I did for the variety show.

[relieable]

Yeah! That was a lot of fun! [a pause] I mean, what you did. Not the, uh... you know. [the dying part]

[tuffguy]

Yeah! I mean, it's more excited as I'm dodging fire blasts and earth disks and water jets, but it still shouldn't be too bad, right?

[relieable]

Hey, where I come from, no one can do the stuff you do. So, yeah, it's still pretty exciting.

[tuffguy]

I'll take that and roll with it.

[relieable]

[good. now that they've lightened the mood a bit, Osomatsu thinks about why he came out here. it was to comfort Bolin, right? he wonders if... he's done that]

In any case, whatever happens with that guy, I just... wanted to wish you good luck. But, now that I think about it, that probably sounds stupid. [he rubs the back of his head]