dicey | ☣ 009 | audio | standard/hackable lock to Juliet Montague

It was just him. And I don't know, he seems pretty much the same now; I saw a post he did. It was pretty pathetic.

Oh? Which one did he make? I may have missed it, and I would see your gentleman. He cannot be as pathetic as Count Paris - the man Father would have me wed. Never have I met a more frivolous man in my life, nor one so self-absorbed.

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Don't tell him I told you about anything. Or just. Don't tell him I mentioned him. At all. Ever!

[She looks over it carefully.]

Hanna and Sango are speaking with him. This is a good thing - they are both people whom I would consider wise, and they are like family to me.

I will not say a word, Vriska, I promise. But, I will speak with him, if you like. Without mentioning your involvement in my doing so.

It appears that your Tavros wishes to be confident and kind both, which is a very noble goal. He has not yet realized that it is possible to do both, I take it.

He's pretty dumb like that! Like I said, nothing like he's supposed to be. Trolls aren't usually supposed to be nice, either.

... And actually, you probably shouldn't talk to him at all! Because of that dumbness. He's waaaaaaaay too dumb for someone like you, and he'd probably just end up telling you lies!

And yet you are nice, Vriska. One can be confident and capable and tough, and yet still be nice in general. Perhaps not all the time, for no one is capable of being nice all the time. Look to my cousin Tybalt - he is a good and fine gentleman, and still a proud fighter, full of confidence in his abilities.

[And can be a bit of a jerk sometimes, but not to her, so she settles for chastising him when he does act like one.]

If you think it wise.

[She was going to protest, but the part about lying gets to her. She doesn't like being lied to at all.]

With luck, Sango and Hanna may help him, and teach him how to be strong and kind. Both are perfect examples of such qualities existing in a single person, albeit in different ways.

But I'm not nice! That's the point. I'm a troll! I'm ruthless and fearsome and shit.

But not towards you. You're pretty cool.

I have no doubt in your abilities, Vriska. But why can a troll not be nice to her friends as well as be ruthless and fearsome to her enemies?

[She curtsies.]

That is most kind of you to say. I find you 'cool' as well. You are a good friend.

[That's the second time you've gotten her to use slang, Vriska.]

We don't really have friends like that! In ancient Alternian "friend" and "enemy" are the same word.

You humans have the weirdest ways of doing stuff.

Truly? How did one tell those one liked and trusted from the ones one did not? And what do you call those whom you do like and trust?

I am sure many of our customs seem strange to those who do not grow up learning them. Some seem strange to me, and I know them well. And different humans have different customs, depending on when and where they are from. It can be most confusing.

You trust the people in your quadrants, with some things. Most people it's not a good idea to trust at all.

Is there no one you may trust without reservations?

I fear I would make a very poor troll. I prefer to place my trust in people, and like to think their natures good, unless I have proof that they are not.

Why the fuck would I want to do that? That's just asking to be culled.

Not in this place, Vriska. There is no culling here. The rules of Adstringendum are different to the rules in any of our homes.

Well, okay, but if I got all soft here then where would I be when I got home? In shit city!

It - it is said that when we return home, we remember nothing of our time here. While I would hope that is not entirely true, for I do not wish to forget everyone and everything that has happened, if it is so, then you will not have to worry about trouble when you return.

Still not a good reason to become a weakling!

... Heeeeeeeey, do you still want to attack the animus?

I would no more suggest you become a weakling than I would suggest my cousin stop practicing with his knife. Being strong is part of who you are, and what makes you Vriska. I would not be so arrogant as to say you should be less than who you are. But I do not see trusting another as a weakness. To know that there is someone who will keep your secrets, who will look out for you in times of need - that allows you to be strong.

[The question is unexpected, and she takes a moment to think on it.]

There is a small part of me which does, if I am honest with myself. I have thought much over my actions of the event, and I find that they stem from thoughts I have had, but to which I had not given voice. I think, should such an attack be planned well and stand a good chance of success, it would be foolish to let the opportunity slip past. I am not a violent person by nature, but I do not trust them - not after they have taken so many for whom I care deeply from me. But I fear to attack now would only lead to the temporary death this place brings, and to the loss of something which may be invaluable to us.

So we wait and plan! I guess I can do that.

[usually Vriska is more of a rush-in-and-fight-wildly type of person, but her doesn't have her weapons here-- and that's making her a bit more cautious]

We can't just sit around thinking forever, thought! We have to work towards doing something.

[She smiles at the sentiment.]

That sounds very like something Tybalt would say. He dislikes doing nothing as well. You should speak with him when he is not addled by the Animus. I think you will like him, and he, you.

Which one's Tybalt?

My cousin. He has long brown hair, and darker skin than mine own. It was he who announced that Bubbles had left. You spoke with him briefly, but he was not himself at all. In truth, his temper is usually far more like mine was in that week. He is the warrior in our family, the one who always protects us from enemies.

Oh, him. I gueeeeeeeess I could take some time out of my busy schedule to talk to him.

[She smiles at that.]

You are welcome for dinner whenever is convenient for you, and the three of us may speak at leisure. I will be careful to call you by your title, should you decide to accept the invitation, so worry not on that count.

When do humans have dinner?

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