pc catchall for shess and axel (nonbelligerent, leaberator)

[foodbin]

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[leaberator]

[ he shakes his head, silent. he's not looking at either of them. he uh. kind of opened his mouth to make decisions enough already probably! ]

[nonbelligerent]

You two are the ones with the role and the bracelets. It's not my decision.

[foodbin]

...Okay. If you don't have a preference, I'm going to partner the two of you. Lea, you can choose the other two we save.

[Though she's guessing she knows who that'll be.]

[leaberator]

[ he makes a kind of aborted hysterical noise ]

Oh, yeah, 'cause I've got great judgment calls.

[nonbelligerent]

Drop it, Axel. If you hadn't outed her, I would've, regardless.

[foodbin]

[After a long moment:]

If you aren’t going to choose, just give me the bracelets so I can do it.

[leaberator]

[ there's a long pause as he takes a breath after shess's comment before he shakes his head ]

... I'll pick.

[nonbelligerent]

[well, there you go.]

[foodbin]

Okay.

[...]

Can I ask who you're going to choose?

[leaberator]

[ ... he shrugs ]

Outside of Xion, I don't know yet.

[ proooobably not an answer either of them expect ]

[nonbelligerent]

[...]

[foodbin]

[...]

I know it's your choice, and I'm not going to force you either way, but... If you want help choosing, both of us are here. Just an offer.

[leaberator]

[ he shrugs ]

If I give him the option, he's not gonna want it.

[ it's. Probably very clear which he he's talking about, all things considered ]

[nonbelligerent]

He has made that clear before, when his life was on the line.

[foodbin]

...I don't think Kaoru cares that much about it, either, if we're being honest.

[leaberator]

They kind of have to accept this [ he raises the arm with the friendship bracelets that i forgot to mention all trial let's not go into this ] if it's gonna work.

[nonbelligerent]

Right. We'll get nowhere if everyone decides to be self-sacrificial or suicidal.

[foodbin]

...I think if they knew it was the only way to save Xion, one of them would take it.

[leaberator]

... Before or after they try to argue that the other one should have it?

[ this is preemptively exhausting ]

[nonbelligerent]

[yeah.]

[foodbin]

Okay, so sit them both down and tell them if they don't stop being stupid, a teenage girl is going to get killed because of their self sacrificial bullshit.

[leaberator]

... That's gonna be a fun conversation.

[nonbelligerent]

Necessary conversations often are.

[foodbin]

...Good luck.

[She'd offer to help again, but she's fairly sure he's gotten the point.]

[leaberator]

...

[ he sighs ]

I'll try Isa first. We'll see what happens from there.