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[This kid has the social skills of a brick wall and it did not occur to him to introduce himself first.
... Of course, even if it did occur to him there's a good chance he still wouldn't have bothered....]
Because from what Leo has said about you you aren't a piece of shit villain, so as far as I can see there's no reason for you to wallow in the mud with the rest of us.
... Of course, even if it did occur to him there's a good chance he still wouldn't have bothered....]
Because from what Leo has said about you you aren't a piece of shit villain, so as far as I can see there's no reason for you to wallow in the mud with the rest of us.
[It's quiet - as quiet as an apartment in the city ever gets, at least. Leo says nothing, lets Huvrye hug him, lets him breathe until his breath is back under control and the shaking subsides.]
[Leo shouldn't have to deal with his breakdowns. Leo shouldn't have to worry about him like this. Leo has enough to deal with - throwing Huvrye's problems onto his plate is unfair to him at best.]
[So Huvrye pulls himself together, squeezes Leo gently, and lets go. He's fine. He has to be, because he knows just how heavy the burden of his problems is, and he refuses to put any more of it on Leo. He's done too much already.]
I'm okay.
[He should be saying thank you, but-]
Sorry for waking you.
[Leo shouldn't have to deal with his breakdowns. Leo shouldn't have to worry about him like this. Leo has enough to deal with - throwing Huvrye's problems onto his plate is unfair to him at best.]
[So Huvrye pulls himself together, squeezes Leo gently, and lets go. He's fine. He has to be, because he knows just how heavy the burden of his problems is, and he refuses to put any more of it on Leo. He's done too much already.]
I'm okay.
[He should be saying thank you, but-]
Sorry for waking you.
Edited 2023-07-08 05:16 (UTC)
[Glad to hear Accelerator's opinion of him is on the rise, at least?]
I needed a guild and the Society is less toxic right now. If the Alliance ever clears the rot out, I'll probably go back.
Why are you in the Society?
[Bad manners doesn't make you a villain, Accelerator. What gives?]
I needed a guild and the Society is less toxic right now. If the Alliance ever clears the rot out, I'll probably go back.
Why are you in the Society?
[Bad manners doesn't make you a villain, Accelerator. What gives?]
[It is absolutely insane that between the two guilds the Society is the less toxic one.]
That should be obvious. I'm a piece of shit villain and a minor, so I can't exactly go out and get a job. It was either join the Society or be homeless.
What's stopping you from going out and finding work on your own?
That should be obvious. I'm a piece of shit villain and a minor, so I can't exactly go out and get a job. It was either join the Society or be homeless.
What's stopping you from going out and finding work on your own?
[It does not inspire confidence.]
Yeah, I find it hard to believe you're that much of a villain that young. Leo's a better judge of character than that.
[Huvrye honestly doesn't know if Leo is - after all, Leo likes Huvrye well enough, and Huvrye is a living weapon and a monster. What he does know is that Leo is both stubborn and driven when it comes to taking care of people he cares about, and Leo definitely cares about Accelerator. It counts for something, at least.]
This dimension is pretty different from mine. I'd still rather have the intel network than navigate everything on my own.
[Also, he's feeding two teenagers, one of whom is still trying to stay under the radar, but he's not going to bring that up.]
Yeah, I find it hard to believe you're that much of a villain that young. Leo's a better judge of character than that.
[Huvrye honestly doesn't know if Leo is - after all, Leo likes Huvrye well enough, and Huvrye is a living weapon and a monster. What he does know is that Leo is both stubborn and driven when it comes to taking care of people he cares about, and Leo definitely cares about Accelerator. It counts for something, at least.]
This dimension is pretty different from mine. I'd still rather have the intel network than navigate everything on my own.
[Also, he's feeding two teenagers, one of whom is still trying to stay under the radar, but he's not going to bring that up.]
Hamato is a fucking terrible judge of character, an idiot, and way too nice for his own good. They both are.
[He should not be dragging the only two people he talks to on a regular basis, but he also can't be letting anyone think he's anything close to a good person.]
The tradeoff can't be worth it. The Society is garbage.
[He should not be dragging the only two people he talks to on a regular basis, but he also can't be letting anyone think he's anything close to a good person.]
The tradeoff can't be worth it. The Society is garbage.
He called you to help save his brother and you came. He's at least that good. And they're both your friends.
[Sorry, kid, that seal of approval means something. He still refuses to believe Accelerator is that much of a villain. (His basis of comparison is also very, very different from the turtles'.)]
Worse than Fantastic and his guards?
[Sorry, kid, that seal of approval means something. He still refuses to believe Accelerator is that much of a villain. (His basis of comparison is also very, very different from the turtles'.)]
Worse than Fantastic and his guards?
The Society was sending people out to both sites, so I would've been at one regardless. And we're not friends.
[He will absolutely not admit they are friends. That is never happening.
No, but they're still shit.
[He will absolutely not admit they are friends. That is never happening.
No, but they're still shit.
...sure.
[You slept on his floor after a nightmare gauntlet of a heist because Leo and Donnie brought you to their apartment where it was safe. You're friends with them whether you like it or not, kid.]
Still an easy choice to make with Fantastic in the picture.
[You slept on his floor after a nightmare gauntlet of a heist because Leo and Donnie brought you to their apartment where it was safe. You're friends with them whether you like it or not, kid.]
Still an easy choice to make with Fantastic in the picture.
[They insisted and he was too tired to argue!! God, he's probably going to regret that for the rest of his life.]
Chances are there are villain members who are a hundred times worse than that prick, they just haven't had the chance to make themselves as known as him.
[After all, Chaos Gate had told him this isn't actually any of Fantastic's MO.]
Chances are there are villain members who are a hundred times worse than that prick, they just haven't had the chance to make themselves as known as him.
[After all, Chaos Gate had told him this isn't actually any of Fantastic's MO.]
Edited (Realized I can work some NPC info in!!!) 2023-07-08 15:27 (UTC)
We'll handle them if they ever come out of the woodwork. It doesn't matter what guild I'm in - I'm not letting anything like that slide.
...I went after Fantastic while I was still in the Alliance, actually. That's probably why he set his guards on me earlier.
...I went after Fantastic while I was still in the Alliance, actually. That's probably why he set his guards on me earlier.
[He feels very skeptical about that. From his experience, most people - adults and kids - aren't very good at handling villains.]
'Went after' as in 'attacked'?
'Went after' as in 'attacked'?
[Is he okay? Leo watches Huvrye with open worry as he pulls away, not sure how much he believes that.
At the apology, he shrugs.]
Not like I haven’t done the same to you. …A lot.
[More than just once.]
You wanna talk about it?
[The question comes to him easily, because it’s obvious to him now, isn’t it? You talk about it, and that makes it better.
If it can work for him it can work for Huvrye, right?]
At the apology, he shrugs.]
Not like I haven’t done the same to you. …A lot.
[More than just once.]
You wanna talk about it?
[The question comes to him easily, because it’s obvious to him now, isn’t it? You talk about it, and that makes it better.
If it can work for him it can work for Huvrye, right?]
'Went after' as in 'argued with him in public' after his stupid 'everyone's a soldier' speech. He doesn't know anything about military organization, and he didn't like me pointing that out.
[Huvrye is a liar, out of necessity. They both know he's not okay, but that's not going to stop him from trying to sell it in order to keep the burden of his problems off Leo's shoulders.]
[He doesn't say anything to Leo's reassurance - there's little he could say without running into the argument lying in wait there, and he's not sure it's one he could win, so no-selling it from the start is the way to go. But the question-]
[There's a right answer here, and it's probably not the one Leo's looking for. Talking about it just puts his problems on Leo, accomplishing exactly what Huvrye is trying to avoid. Just saying no probably leads to another unwinnable argument.]
[(He can't win anything, can he. Not tonight, not ever - not when Kyriena and Effiom are involved, and they have their fingers in everything.)]
[But if he gives Leo something else to work with...]
[He sighs and steadies himself.]
No. Just- If you ever see anything from my world here-
[That is not specific enough, and Kyriena looks inviting if you've never seen the poison in her smile-]
If you ever see a woman with red hair and rainbow wings, run. Don't talk to her, don't let her see you, just- run.
[Maybe, if the worst comes to pass and his past follows him here, he can at least prevent his nightmares from playing out in the waking world. He can at least keep his family alive.]
[He doesn't say anything to Leo's reassurance - there's little he could say without running into the argument lying in wait there, and he's not sure it's one he could win, so no-selling it from the start is the way to go. But the question-]
[There's a right answer here, and it's probably not the one Leo's looking for. Talking about it just puts his problems on Leo, accomplishing exactly what Huvrye is trying to avoid. Just saying no probably leads to another unwinnable argument.]
[(He can't win anything, can he. Not tonight, not ever - not when Kyriena and Effiom are involved, and they have their fingers in everything.)]
[But if he gives Leo something else to work with...]
[He sighs and steadies himself.]
No. Just- If you ever see anything from my world here-
[That is not specific enough, and Kyriena looks inviting if you've never seen the poison in her smile-]
If you ever see a woman with red hair and rainbow wings, run. Don't talk to her, don't let her see you, just- run.
[Maybe, if the worst comes to pass and his past follows him here, he can at least prevent his nightmares from playing out in the waking world. He can at least keep his family alive.]
...Okay.
[Leo can agree to that easily enough. He'd want Huvrye to do the same if the Krang ever showed up here, after all.
Though that makes him wonder if this woman with red hair and rainbow wings is really like the Krang - cruel, heartless, and powerful. From the way Huvrye is warning him about her, it sounds like she is, and that makes a chill run down Leo's shell.]
Is she who you're having nightmares about?
[What did she do to hurt Huvrye that badly?]
[Leo can agree to that easily enough. He'd want Huvrye to do the same if the Krang ever showed up here, after all.
Though that makes him wonder if this woman with red hair and rainbow wings is really like the Krang - cruel, heartless, and powerful. From the way Huvrye is warning him about her, it sounds like she is, and that makes a chill run down Leo's shell.]
Is she who you're having nightmares about?
[What did she do to hurt Huvrye that badly?]
[He's a little surprised that the redirect had worked - well enough to keep Leo from pursuing getting Huvrye to talk about it. It's the smallest of successes, but he'll take it.]
[Sure, admitting that his nightmares are about Kyriena is still talking about it, but not to the depth that the initial question had entailed. Good enough.]
Yeah. If I never see her again, it'll be too soon.
[Sure, admitting that his nightmares are about Kyriena is still talking about it, but not to the depth that the initial question had entailed. Good enough.]
Yeah. If I never see her again, it'll be too soon.
[............ They have two very different definitions of 'went after.']
So you yelled at him? What the hell were you hoping to accomplish?
So you yelled at him? What the hell were you hoping to accomplish?
[To be fair, it's a versatile phrase.]
If he was going to talk like a commanding officer, I wanted to make sure he could actually act like one. Turns out he can't, so it came with the added bonus of pissing him off in public.
If he was going to talk like a commanding officer, I wanted to make sure he could actually act like one. Turns out he can't, so it came with the added bonus of pissing him off in public.
Yeah, no. He's just some celebrity influencer. The prick couldn't command his way out of a paper bag. Any military speak isn't actually coming from him, it's from the cult propping him up.
Edited 2023-07-27 22:50 (UTC)
[Leo debates that answer, shifting a bit on the spot. How much is he supposed to ask? Huvrye said he doesn't want to talk about it, and Leo gets that, but at the same time...
He's still worried about it.]
Did she hurt you?
[He'll start with that question - it feels easy enough to answer, to Leo.
(Though, with the way Huvrye was checking his shell, maybe she hurt someone else.)
(Or both. Both is always a possibility.)]
He's still worried about it.]
Did she hurt you?
[He'll start with that question - it feels easy enough to answer, to Leo.
(Though, with the way Huvrye was checking his shell, maybe she hurt someone else.)
(Or both. Both is always a possibility.)]
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