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[terraria]

WHO: Lily and Rose (and possible rubbernecking)
WHERE: Pasture -> Rose Barn
WHEN: Day 32 in some kinda timeline idk

( sup y'all are you ready for

political drama

and sadboi roses. )

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[wants_the_phd]

[Shadow Fiend told them to look nice so she brushed all the normal leaves and twigs out of her hair and put on some clean clothes.]

[Welcome Lilies (and box?)]



[God, where on Earth is that stench of cigarettes coming from...?]

[endsjustified]

[he does actually nod to her before he moves to the table, icy mien lightening for a moment to just 'stern']

Thank you for your frank communications before this. They played a large part in deciding our approach to the situation.

[wants_the_phd]

In a positive way, I hope.

This whole situation is just ssooooo............

[insert adjective of your choice]

[endsjustified]

Positive, yes.

It's not wonderful. But we'd both much rather avoid the alternative, I think.

[glances in Thistle and Clover's direction]

So that is something.

[wants_the_phd]

...To be perfectly honest, I'm really surprised it didn't go that way.

I certainly would have understood if it had.

[she would have just died on the spot and she knows it. SO SHE'S GLAD IT DIDN'T COME TO THAT but still, very surprised. And maybe, in her heart, a little part of her expects it still.]

[endsjustified]

[shakes his head]

Too many elements on both our teams are likely to take a combat as a life-or-death situation rather than a cathartic resolution. It would ruin the pasture's equilibrium further, instead of helping to restore it.

[wants_the_phd]

Haha. Very true.

[Mmmmmm that feeling when you're so accustomed to violent retribution for any sort of slight whatsoever that, even when objectively you agree with the logic and practicality of this course of action, you still have a hard time believing it when you see it happening right before your eyes. The pasture is a strange place. Culture shock is real. It is possible to be both relieved and confused at the same time.]

[but you know what, these are great thoughts to put in a box and put under the bed for now, maybe to be unpacked later. In this moment, it is alright to appreciate that everyone is able to use their words like adults, and everyone is onboard for trying to work this out, and there are absolutely no feelings of bloodlust floating in their direction on a plume of cigarette smoke.]

You guys look great, by the way. If you wanted some outfits as part of your equitable recompense, I think you'd really rock them.