week four, saturday

[jettisons]

[Bellamy, of course, beelines for Vriska right after everyone disperses.]

We need to talk.

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[hypertoxic]

No kidding.

[ Flat as FUCK. She'll jerk her head out the door and lead the way. ]

Congrats on surviving, by the way.

[jettisons]

[He shoots her a look as they head out, then just shakes his head. He definitely does not want congratulations.]

I have an idea. About how to end this.

[hypertoxic]

Thank fuck! I will take anything at this point. What are you thinking?

[jettisons]

I know who the Wickie is, and I know who has the partner swapping role. I don't want all of you slaughtering each other. The Wickie is willing to meet with you, try to figure this out.

[hypertoxic]

[ throws her arms in the air in exasperation?? ]

Why does everyone think I am just going to start stabbing them in the face! Of course I just want to talk to the Wickie! And the partner swapping role can come too. Why not! We will have a regular old anti-murder party!

[jettisons]

[He snorts.]

They think they're on their own. This hasn't been easy for anyone, Vriska.

[hypertoxic]

No, I know, I know. [ rubs her eyes. ] It's just, it's not like I'm some mass murder machine? Bluh. The only person I have to blame for anyone thinking like that about me is myself, you don't need to tell me.

I am more than willing to agree to this, Bellamy. Just set it up and I'll be there.

[jettisons]

We'll try for after the execution. Deal?

[hypertoxic]

Deal.

[ ... ]

Will you be alright?

[ considering ... everything. ]

[jettisons]

[Bellamy shrugs, looking away.]

That kid was an idiot.

[It's all he can really bring himself to say.]

[hypertoxic]

I honestly could not believe that shit, and I witnessed it with my own two eyes! I knew Neku was a misanthrope, but enough to murder somebody in cold blood in a fit of vigilante justice? Holy shit. He pretty much deserved that whole thing literally blowing up on him.

[ A HUGE SIGH. ]

On the other hand, you'll get to stay alive, so that's a bonus.

[jettisons]

A bonus.

[That's a hell of a way to put it, and Bellamy laughs, quiet and humorless. This whole thing is a fucking joke, and he's so sick of it.]

None of us are going to last long if this doesn't work tomorrow.

[hypertoxic]

Yeah, well, it is. [ With a wry smile as he laughs, which will dim once again as he continues. ]

I know. We will make it work, Bellamy. Whatever it takes.