haymitch

[polyapathy]

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[oraculi]

Duh at me again, see where it gets you.

[But if it's not preventing exorcism-- well, it's not such a leap to go from her to Nathan at that brightening, not really.]

You can talk to the dead. Just like Nathan.

[And Nikkari, but let's be real, he has one more on the mind than the other.]

[polyapathy]

Oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it?

[But lordt if she ain't BEAMIN'.]

You're god damn right I can. Pretty slick, huh?

[oraculi]

Not bad at all.

[Which is higher praise than it looks in print, as he smiles faintly at her. Two fingers reach out, chucking beneath her chin.]

Which night you do it?

[polyapathy]

[This might just be the best she's felt since they ended up on this ship. The puzzle's starting to come together, and now she's got a stake in it. She can help. Maybe the others will take her seriously now.]

Outstanding question. Nathan just filled me in on all of this today... I haven't decided who I'll pick yet for the week. Escha, maybe.

[oraculi]

Can't hurt. Maybe Illumi, if you wanna see if you can get a read on who the other demon was.

[He doesn't want to hope too much, just in case it's not so easy-- why would it be?-- but it's worth a shot.]

[polyapathy]

[She nods, though, hm, that's dampened her attitude a little.]

I thought about Illumi.

[...]

There's no telling what sort of state he's in.

[The whole point of an exorcism is to separate the demon from the host, in theory, but what if it didn't? She's not sure she's up for going solo with one of those things again. She saw what it did to Tamamo.]

[oraculi]

It's your pick at the end of the day, Katy. You pick which one you think'll do you the most good.

Trust yourself. You got a good head on your shoulders.

[polyapathy]

[It's no secret by now that Katy essentially lives on praise, but there's a difference between the joking pandering to her ego and real belief in her. She smiles, a bit more sheepishly than usual.]

Yeah, I know. Who'd you check on this week?

[oraculi]

Ah, yeah, that's right.

[He hands her a slip of paper in his pocket.

NIKKARI has recently met with: WEI WUXIAN, EDELGARD, IZUMINOKAMI, JUNPEI, DICK, HIZAMARU, TONBOKIRI, HIGEKIRI, and KAGACHI, as well as CHUUYA (HOST).

He has slept with: JUNPEI, WEI WUXIAN, TONBOKIRI, HIGEKIRI, IZUMINOKAMI, and HIZAMARU.]

Higekari bought some lube, a gag, and an Mp3 player. Dick's not a demon. And Zero's got the role of [grimace] Sugar Mommy.

[polyapathy]

[She rolls her eyes. Why is everything about this place disgusting?]

Let's hope some of that shit's relevant this week... Hey, does Junpei know that people can get roles late in the game?

[oraculi]

He guesses. I dunno if he knows for sure.

You wanna tell him?

[Because he won't if she doesn't.]

[polyapathy]

[She huffs.]

I'm soured on this whole gang after the shitshow that was last week. Lord knows I'd like to be petty about it. But, Junpei and the others ought to know. There's no sense in me fussing over feeling helpless if I'm not gonna join the team once my number comes up.

[...]

I'll talk to him about it this week.

[oraculi]

[He gets it. He'd be tempted to keep it to himself too after all the huffing Dick did.]

All right. You let me know if you want me there.

[For moral support or whatever.]

[polyapathy]

Mm... I'll think on it. In my mind, it's best to keep everyone talking, but who's to say if Junpei's done being tetchy or not?

[She thinks he's probably figured himself out by now, but checking in with Haymitch in tow may just make things worse.]

[oraculi]

Wait, he gave you shit too?

[It isn't shocking, but still: bruh.]

Guess I shouldn't be surprised. Kid's in his twenties.

[polyapathy]

[...]

Did I not tell you about that? Oh my god, yeah, he was pissed that you told me, same as Dick. But Nathan said we're meant to be sharing info like you did. The demon doesn't give two shits about who has what role.

[She shakes her head. But, also, hey?]

I'm in my twenties.

[oraculi]

[He rolls his eyes at that first part. If he's going to give her shit a second time, yeah, Haymitch'll think a little less of him, but hopefully Katy can smooth it over.]

Yeah, I know. I said what I said.

[He was in his early twenties too once. He remembers. It is not an impressive age.

But hey, speaking of forgetting things:]

Shit. You know what? I got another to add to the list of people I slept with. Aizawa.

[polyapathy]

Oh, come on. Give me more credit than that.

[But then HEY, WHAT? She throws her hands up.]

How do you just space on having slept with someone? Jesus, I may be twenty-five but at least I can remember all the notches in my belt.

[oraculi]

Oh, I'm sorry, I was a bit preoccupied with all the other shit going on around here.

[LET HIM LIVE, KATY, GOD.]

[polyapathy]

Whatever.

[She laughs, dropping back onto the couch.]

Tell me everything.

[oraculi]

[WHATEVER YOURSELF, he huffs, but settles back as well. A moment, and he digs into his pocket, pulling out a cigarette.]

I'll split it with you if you light it.

We were sparring. It was that week with one touch making you go nuts, you know? So we sparred, and then he got me down, and then I got him down, if you know what I mean.

[HE MEANS HE TOPPED HIM B/C THAT'S HIS OTHER ROLE: DADDY DOM]

[polyapathy]

[She laughs, snatching the cigarette out of his hand as she fishes for her lighter. She has her own cigarettes, but she's a sucker for sharing.]

Where'd you get this?

[She lights it, takes a puff, and passes it back, fiddling with the lighter in her hands.]

Mm. That was a good week, fuck. I can't believe you forgot to dish on that.

[...Wait. She frowns.]

He turned out to be possessed that week, didn't he?

[oraculi]

[GRIMACES.]

Yep.

[So things he doesn't really want to think about.]

So that's two for two, huh? You and Monika, me and Aizawa.

[polyapathy]

[There's a moment where she wants to claim that her brush with a demon wasn't as close of a call as his, but, couple of things there: One, it's not like she knew that was the case when she slept with Monika, and, two, oh yeah, she knowingly slept with Monika.

So she's gonna keep her mouth shut on that one.]

Guess so. We're great at this survival thing, huh?

[Like, technically, since they're still alive...]

Did you just sleep with him because of sex cooties or were you into him beforehand?

[oraculi]

[He shrugs.]

I wasn't exactly resisting it. Can't say I was over the moon about him, but he seemed pretty sensible, and the guy cleans up good when you've got him out of that jumpsuit.

Kinda nice to fuck somebody who can fight back, y'know?