[...they go quiet with that. right. hm. they can't help but wonder if maybe their words don't mean nearly as much now that she's aware they're not who she thought they were.
"Pull it together, Ṧ̵̳̬̦̺̬o̴͉̦̓́̿̈́́̇͒̒̈́̕͝r̷̢͎̱͉͉̖̥̼̒͊̀͋̓́̒͗͗̔͜a̴̟͇͉͎̜͉̮̥͊̊̀̋̕͘."
they straighten up again, gesturing for her to follow. spring dorm awaits.]
A few. Rupert likes to try and ask too many prying questions, though Hope and I seem to have a mutual understanding.
but lup doesn't know about any of that, and so she just sighs, rubbing at her arm.]
Rupert's a good kid. He probably means well. [...] And Hope's smart. You'd think Rupert would know better than to ask prying questions, though! Considering.
I'm sure he does. He just doesn't seem to understand there are certain things we cannot be involved in, and certain things we cannot say. [. . .] And Hope is very bright.
I'm sure in time, perhaps...things will change. Rupert seems to be willfully ignorant of some requests I've made, but I've accepted it. Hope knows a bit better, or at least his approach is somewhat different.
It's, uh. It's harder to get that when you haven't experienced it.
[she says, nodding.] Being staff, I mean. There's always restrictions. [...] That's why I always ask if I'm going to get you guys in trouble. I'm usually not uh, not concerned about breaking rules, but if I did something to fuck you guys over I'd be upset.
...yeah, I figured. I can't be too hard on him for trying.
[...anyway. outside! toward spring dorm.]
There are restrictions with every job, as I'm sure you are aware of. I don't know if there's anything we're doing that would be considered "troublesome", but we do our best to avoid speaking of ourselves too much. It isn't professional.
[she shoves her hands in her pockets, and stares out the window.]
We gave the UWU power enough to bring them to the station. We led them along for weeks. The endgoal, I think, was all of them needed to die. It wasn't exactly easy to talk to, so, like... we figured if we got all these people to indulge, and then eventually die, the essence they left behind would be enough for the UWU to finally give us our end of the deal.
But it started to get big. And the sinners noticed, but - when it came out with what we were doing, most of them? Most of them... didn't just let us stay fed to the thing instead.
Molly, and Harrow, and Zixi, Yuri, Sheila, all of them. They were angry, but... they gave us hope when we didn't have any.
[they knew this, reasonably, from all of the files but it's still different to hear it out loud.]
...a lot of people are inherently good. Even if there are several instances where people can and will be selfish. It all depends on what will be their breaking point. It seems to me that your sinners trusted all of you enough to believe the risk was worth taking.
Because...a lot of people are inherently good. People want to help others, especially when they know that there are other things at stake for them. Trust is a thing that can be broken, but...it's also an incredibly strong bond.
[. . .]
Our own priority is ensuring you fulfill your contracts. We are staff, and will be staff regardless.
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she opens her mouth at that, and then abruptly closes it, ear flicking.]
Sure. But they made it out.
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...just remember that you did as well, Lup.
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Have you talked to a lot of people from the school?
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"Pull it together, Ṧ̵̳̬̦̺̬o̴͉̦̓́̿̈́́̇͒̒̈́̕͝r̷̢͎̱͉͉̖̥̼̒͊̀͋̓́̒͗͗̔͜a̴̟͇͉͎̜͉̮̥͊̊̀̋̕͘."
they straighten up again, gesturing for her to follow. spring dorm awaits.]
A few. Rupert likes to try and ask too many prying questions, though Hope and I seem to have a mutual understanding.
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but lup doesn't know about any of that, and so she just sighs, rubbing at her arm.]
Rupert's a good kid. He probably means well. [...] And Hope's smart. You'd think Rupert would know better than to ask prying questions, though! Considering.
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I'm sure in time, perhaps...things will change. Rupert seems to be willfully ignorant of some requests I've made, but I've accepted it. Hope knows a bit better, or at least his approach is somewhat different.
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[she says, nodding.] Being staff, I mean. There's always restrictions. [...] That's why I always ask if I'm going to get you guys in trouble. I'm usually not uh, not concerned about breaking rules, but if I did something to fuck you guys over I'd be upset.
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[...anyway. outside! toward spring dorm.]
There are restrictions with every job, as I'm sure you are aware of. I don't know if there's anything we're doing that would be considered "troublesome", but we do our best to avoid speaking of ourselves too much. It isn't professional.
[and perhaps it is better.]
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That just sounds like NPC speak for "The Nightman would fire me and by fire me, I mean I'd die" or something. [she grumbles.]
... You're going to learn pretty fast that it doesn't really matter how much you do your job, people are still going to fight for you.
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...tell me more about your sinners and how they changed things for you.
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We gave the UWU power enough to bring them to the station. We led them along for weeks. The endgoal, I think, was all of them needed to die. It wasn't exactly easy to talk to, so, like... we figured if we got all these people to indulge, and then eventually die, the essence they left behind would be enough for the UWU to finally give us our end of the deal.
But it started to get big. And the sinners noticed, but - when it came out with what we were doing, most of them? Most of them... didn't just let us stay fed to the thing instead.
Molly, and Harrow, and Zixi, Yuri, Sheila, all of them. They were angry, but... they gave us hope when we didn't have any.
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...a lot of people are inherently good. Even if there are several instances where people can and will be selfish. It all depends on what will be their breaking point. It seems to me that your sinners trusted all of you enough to believe the risk was worth taking.
And I'm glad they did.
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I don't know why they did, but I'm glad. I'm standing here because of them.
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[. . .]
Our own priority is ensuring you fulfill your contracts. We are staff, and will be staff regardless.
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What if you don't want to be staff anymore?
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It's my job, Lup. And it will be a job for as long as I can manage it.
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I don't like that answer.
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I do. [but she's unhappy about it. she won't argue, for now.]
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I'm sorry to disappoint you.
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[she says, ear flicking violently.] I worry. But it's not getting me anywhere at the moment, so I'm not going to bother you with it.
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[UGGGGGGGH.]
...you get what I'm trying to say.
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[she folds her arms.]
You're restricted. I get it. It's not you failing at something, though. Do you understand?
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Of course I understand that. [huff.]
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