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[flameguard]

the placing of these next to each other is exquisite

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[flameguard]

...Is she going to join us? Or...

[allomantic]

[frowning]

I hadn't planned on that. Rondo, I know how you feel about it, but it's a bad idea.

[flameguard]

...I know. I thought I'd ask.

[ he can't say he's surprised. ]

Pesti told me that they plan on talking with her about it - the overseers. There's just... even if we don't do it, there's nothing that will stop anyone else from doing the same. I think someone talking with her about it beyond us is likely to be unavoidable, is all.

[ there's a pause. ]

... What if we could trick it? The monster.

[allomantic]

Then whoever does it is stupid, and puts the rest of us at risk.

[gazes in alpha week but also]

How do you mean?

[flameguard]

[ he looks a little uneasy, but. ]

... If we could force her to speak only in falsitudes with... a curse, do you think that might be a way to get around it? If she told us that she really wanted one thing, but that was a lie, and she wanted the opposite.

[allomantic]

...I still don't like it. But it's smarter than going in with no plan.

[flameguard]

[ a nod. ]

It's... something that would be available, if we felt it was a good idea. Maybe something we can talk about with the others, whomever you've chosen.

[allomantic]

Maybe.

[after a moment:]

By the way - there's something else I wanted to ask you.

[flameguard]

Anything.

[ :O ]

[allomantic]

What is your monster?

[flameguard]

Oh.

[ ... ]

I've been avoiding telling anyone, I... don't want to end up matching with someone on accident...

[allomantic]

Well... If we match, I won't tell you. Then we'll both be safe.

[tilts her head]

But don't you want a wish?

[flameguard]

[ he's quiet for a long moment. ]

...There are so few ways I can protect others, here. There are things I'd like to change, of course, things that I likely couldn't change without a supposed wish.

[ he can think of a giant, sazantos shaped thing he'd really like to have changed, actually. a chance to restart, a chance to know what was wrong and help him from the beginning, a chance to save sazantos and save orsterra all at once.

quietly: ]

...But I can't do it at the potential cost of someone else's life. Gods forbid that this thing takes me over - that I could harm someone else, and harm another person because I wanted to change things at home. And even without that, I could still - I can defend myself, but you never know when you might be attacked.

If this is the only thing I can do, then so be it. Whether I want something or not, it is a risk that I'm unwilling to take.

[allomantic]

[i'm sorry to respond to this very serious tag like this but she just

reaches up

puts her hands on either side of his face and squishes a little]

[flameguard]

[ the way i have an icon for this ]

Whuh?!

[allomantic]

Rondo. Tell me.

[I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR HE DOES NOT HAVE TO EVEN IF IT'S ALPHA WEEK]

[flameguard]

[ still muffled ]

OkaybutyouhavetoletmenotlookatyousoIdon'taccidentallyrevealitifwematch!!!

[allomantic]

[lets go of his face and waits]

[flameguard]

[ shakes

okay. he will do that. rondo turns around so he is no longer facing vin. he takes a big, deep breath. ]

It's... um, it's a sphinx.

[ and then he covers his mouth lest he accidentally says something if they match and shuts his eyes like he's waiting to get hit or something ]

[allomantic]

[walks around him

grabs his face again]

Open your eyes. We don't match.

[flameguard]

[



exhales like this is the most relieving thing in the entire world

mumbles: ] Thankth...

[allomantic]

[squishes for another moment before she lets go]

I was really hoping...

[flameguard]

[ he reaches up and rubs his cheeks... ]

Hoping we'd match...?

[allomantic]

Yes.

[sighs!!]

[flameguard]

[ why is this so funny. rondo like i can't find my partner what if they die and vin like shut up bottom if were partners we're living forever ]

I see... [ okay, well, listen, he's relieved. ] ... Can... I know what yours is?