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[dicey]

[see Vriska sitting on a clinic bed, covered in burns and bandages and looking at the PCD with a grin that is probably a bit too self-satisfied for someone in her position]

Miss me, Adstringendum? Wait, don't bother saying anything; of course you did!

I guess I can give this place a hand. These clinic things really aren't that bad! If you get hurt on Alternia you're pretty much on your own, and it's not like I couldn't have handled this by myself, but maybe "medicine" and "doctors" aren't a completely pointless invention. But now that I can move, I'm leaving! I don't want anyone stealing my hive.

If anyone's tried while I've been gone, you'd better be prepared to be kicked out.

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[capuletnomore]

A knife is metal - it will only draw the lightning to you, unless you are able to throw it.

If you wish to have another fight, you shall have to plan carefully. What sorts of things can lightning not harm?

[Not that she wants Vriska to fight more, but given how similar her ideas are to Tybalt's, Juliet considers it inevitable.]

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

Wood, I guess. But who fights with wood?

[capuletnomore]

[She thinks a moment, then shakes her head.]

Lightning can split trees in half. I have seen it. One of the trees in the courtyard at home was hit by lightning during a storm. Wood is not invulnerable.

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

Ughhhhhhhh, I hate my shitty luck. She's just going to think I'm a boring weakling!

[capuletnomore]

You are not a boring weakling, Vriska. If you wish to fight her again, you shall do so with wits and prove how clever and strong you are. That she did not kill you proves you are strong. Trust me. I feared for your life when I saw you the other day.

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

She kind of reminds me of an adult troll.

[capuletnomore]

In what ways?

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

Strong, ruthless, a great fighter. That's what all trolls are supposed to be like.

[capuletnomore]

[She smiles slightly.]

Then perhaps you do not have to fight her at all. Not in truth. She has bested you once, but you are not dead. Could she not mentor you? Adult trolls teach the younger trolls in the ways of fighting, do they not? She could be your teacher, and help you to become even stronger than you are now.

[Assuming, of course, this woman wasn't insane and wouldn't just attack Vriska again on sight.]

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, noooooooope. Barely any adult trolls actually lived on Alternia! They were all fighting off-planet. And anyway, the ones who did stick around didn't help kids. They culled them.

[capuletnomore]

[Culling again. She frowns.]

But this woman - L-larxene, you called her before? - she would not know of such things. If she is a noble warrior, she could still teach you much. And such would give you an advantage over those who wish you harm.

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

I don't want to ask her for help! I'd sound stupid!

[capuletnomore]

You would not sound stupid, not to a human. If she is human, she will take it as a compliment that you find her to be strong and wise and wish her to help you become as she is.

[She is making an awful lot of assumptions about a woman she's never met and isn't sure she likes, given the woman nearly killed her friend.]

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

She said she's not a human, she's a Nobody. And it would definitely sound stupid, trust me! She'd think I was completely lame.

[capuletnomore]

A Nobody? What is a Nobody?

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

She said it means she doesn't have a heart.

[capuletnomore]

[And now she is thoroughly confused.]

How can one lack a heart and still live?

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

No idea.

[capuletnomore]

....

Mayhaps she is some sort of doll? A living doll? No, that makes little sense.

Did she say anything else regarding herself, Vriska?

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

Yeah! She's part of an organization that this other guy I know his in, too.

[capuletnomore]

An organization? And, there is another from this organization here as well? Who is he, and what sort of group is it?

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

Axel. I let him use my nail polish once. I don't know anything about the organization, though.

[capuletnomore]

[Something about the situation triggers her memory. She didn't speak with many people that week, but she had seen across the network.]

He knows Riku.

[eightshoutpoles.livejournal.com]

Yup! He was in his body.

[capuletnomore]

If Riku knows Axel, it is possible he also knows Laxrene. We may learn more of her from him.