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[flameguard]

the placing of these next to each other is exquisite

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[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?

[allomantic]

[she nods.]

It's called a... gumiho? I don't know what that is.

[flameguard]

[ foxy vin... cute ]

Well... no better place than to look it up here, right?

[ he gestures a wide movement at the library!!! surely they can find info here. ] I have a bestiary, too, in my things back at the cabin. I ended up asking for one the first week...

Thank you for sharing, Vin. Your secret is safe with me.

[allomantic]

I wouldn't really know where to start... This seems more like your kind of place than mine.

[she does glance around as he gestures, though.]

[flameguard]

Heh, do you think so? I grew up around books, but I've only ever been to the continent's largest library once.

[ which was such a wild experience. he grins, though, clearly relieved at the partner thing and also fine with the change of subject. ] C'mon, they should have a catalogue or something somewhere... Or, we can at least find a section on monsterology.

[allomantic]

It's still a bit surprising to hear about places where you were all allowed to learn freely.

[she nods, though, following him. time to do nerd shit before we talk about murder later.]

[flameguard]

I don't know if I'd say it was necessarily free, but I know what you mean...

[ off we go! he saw vin's fucked up world it's fine. ]

I was really lucky - I grew up pretty privileged, but lots of kids don't get that chance. It's only recently that the Queen of Edoras is trying to change things. She's a lot kinder than her predecessor ever was.

It's nice that we have the chance to take advantage of it, here. Heh, I've been kind of hoping.