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[ladybirdcrap]

You finally set off from the Bed & Breakfast with full tummies and high spirits. It's well into the mid afternoon, and you have a lot of ground to cover before the next landmark. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be possible for you sorry sons of bitches to make it there before sundown. On your way down the beaten path, you come across a dairy farmer's caravan of cheesy goods. They seem nice and homely enough, maybe they'll be willing to help you stragglers along the way.

[Mission: Hitch a ride from the dairy farmer]

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[fairyvagina]

[that's cute. please humor her more often]

I can't imagine what you'd need savin' from.

[thisbites]

[ eyebrows screw up a little bit.
kate's smile. kate's laugh. kate's tongue. ]

[a sword slamming through the belly of a begging man, struggling and strung up in the trees. ]

I don't have eyes in the back of my head. We need each other more than we think.

[fairyvagina]

[stop feeding the infomod]

[cuts herself off deliberatly this time. honing in on someone else. the cheese king. he's having nice thoughts, some bar shanty about milk maidens]

...Got it.

[thisbites]

[ you're just going to have to deal with gruesome PTSD imagery if you hang out with him, sookie. ]

[ watches her work to shift focus. guesses she just got wind of most of that. ]

You never ask.

[fairyvagina]

[looks back at him]

It doesn't seem like stuff proper for small talk. But you don't seem too bothered me seein' it.

[sorry, but that's not normal]

[thisbites]

What bothers me is that it happened. It's not like hiding it means it'll go away, be erased.

[ lack of witnesses doesn't mean the crime didn't occur. ]

Is there any reason I should I fight you? Shut you out?

[fairyvagina]

No....it's just I've dealt with this my whole life and frankly it's more of a burden than a blessin'. Seein' so much day in and day out, there's only so much I can handle before it gets to be too much.

[thats why vampires are kind of nice because they're dead so she has a little mystery with them]

[thisbites]

[ maybe you should just hang out with some well-adjusted people, instead. ]

I'm not going to say I'm sorry you see what you see, but I'll make an effort to go easy on you. If you want.

[fairyvagina]

[its impossible to find truly well adjusted, the world is a dark place inside people's minds]

I'm not lookin' for you to be sorry and don't stress on it on my behalf either. It's not your fault, I know when to back off.

[thisbites]

[ rolls eyes up to look at her from under his brow. ]

Obviously you don't.

[ because you're still here. ]

[fairyvagina]

I'm not gonna let it stop me from bein' around you.

[thisbites]

[ picks at the rind on the wheel of cheese closest to him. ]

What next, you gonna tell me you trust me or something?

[fairyvagina]

Should I not?

[don't give me that speech. its so cliche]

[thisbites]

[ doesn't have a speech. ]

Never gave you a reason not to.

[ looks up from his convenient distraction, out into the treeline.

Just not used to anyone giving me the benefit of the doubt.

[fairyvagina]

My gran taught me to always look for the good in people. Never seen you try different. It doesn't matter what you are or what people think about that. You're a good person.

[thisbites]

...Situationally.

[ i'm more interested in being "good Alpha," which doesn't always coincide with "good person." ]

I've been arrested a few times in the last year. Changes your perspective on trust a little.

[fairyvagina]

Still.

[you're not like hook. we wont even go there, that kid is rotten bananas]

[thisbites]

[ snorts. ]

So what you're saying is, essentially, "you've got a good score, don't screw it up now" ?

[fairyvagina]

Basically, and believe me you'd have to really have to try to screw that up.

[thisbites]

[ or go berserk on the full moon and eat one of you. ]

[ blows on his hands to warm them before sticking them into his pockets. ]

Not to change the subject away from my track record, but are we seriously going north? In winter?

[fairyvagina]

[well i thought that was a cliche]

[she's been a scrunched stance for like the past ten minutes. cold as fuck]

Well, we're not goin' there for a vacation. I figured we sorta have to.

[thisbites]

[ it is a cliche. i'm better than that. ]

We could detour. For a month or so. Spring's not that far off.

[ if you start shivering like a chihuahua i am coming over to that side of the cart. ]

[fairyvagina]

[she's from the south. bitter dry winter isn't something she's used to so yeah. it's gonna start soon, ready the countdown]

[meanwhile keeps her hands pinned in between her legs to keep them warm]

Ever notice it kinda depends on where we are. The weather here is pretty bipolar enough as it is, it probably doesn't even matter what month let alone where we're goin'.

[thisbites]

I wish I understood the geography a little better. There has to be some kind of predictability.

[ i mean we still have a moon, looks like the normal moon. same thing for the sun. ]

[fairyvagina]

[stiffens up at the slightest gust of wind]

Yeah...but hasn't this place already proven not to be? Apart from wantin' to screw us over...