THE PANTS OF THE HOT

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i don't know what i'm looking at

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[fleshedout]

Oh, no. I've had worse.

[HOT PANTS NO. She does take the water with a nod, though - but at the question, her face hardens.]

...We woke up in an arena. The type where you fight each other.

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[ Frowns, but he isn't here to fight the injured. He isn't feral. ]

By the Fury... And that you were forced to participate? Pray not against each other.

[fleshedout]

...

[A huff.]

Got it in one.

[disestablishment]

[ Wow. Intense dislike. ]

That's... [ There are Too Many Words that can be used. ] What of your cognitive states? Were you all yourselves

[fleshedout]

...I don't know. At some points, it felt like...things were coming over me. Emotions, mostly. But I think we were in our right mind, for the most part. Don't know of the rest.

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... Aside forced afoul, was the arena all you and the rest needed to suffer? Or did the end of the match bring deliverance...

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...

It was teams. And then...we ended up somewhere else. One on one. I...I...

[...]

When I..."won" that match, I went out to look for the others, and I found Garou and Ryunosuke fighting each other. I also heard Marceline in the distance. I suppose it was the same for them too. When we were done, a voice mocked us, and then...we could go.

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... You are stout of heart, Mistress Hot Pants, so I have no doubt that you will overcome this experience. However, that does not mean I'm without worry. This journey may haunt you... But worry more that you may not forgive yourself.

I can only offer my company.

[ But he wishes he could do more. ]

What were the voice's words?

[fleshedout]

[She closes her eyes....and then opens them.]

Thank you, Aymeric. Whatever I did, I did. Only God can judge me, and maybe myself. But I will not ask for forgiveness. I can only move forward with what I am, and what I will do.

[A low sigh.]

Ugh. Something like..."It’s all a bit animalistic, isn’t it? The thirst for blood. Was it getting boring around here without any for you? An interesting scuffle at any rate. Guess I’ll be watching."

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[ A nod... Hot Pants is stronger than most of the boys here, so...

Then

He frowns??? ]

I give no offense, but it almost sounds fairytale villain...?

[fleshedout]

Oh, most certainly. But that's what I heard.

[aymeric it SUCKS]

So there's no way to construe this as something like "oh, the prism or whatever this was didn't know what it was doing."

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[ WHY CAN'T IT JUST STAY MYSTERIOUS. THIS IS OFFENSIVE. He sighs. ]

There is few ways to argue it now... But I presume the Residents won't see it that way.

[fleshedout]

Of course not.

[...She frowns.]

Aymeric...if our hosts were truly people, once upon a time...do you think its possible to save them? The fact that they may have become what they are now because of the Prism's influence...

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... I had considered this since we arrived and shared my thoughts to some few.

[ Closes his eyes. ]

Respectfully, I cannot in good conscience force the residents... Only those who wish to be saved can be saved, no matter our efforts. [ A pause. ] But I want them deliverance.

We can at least give them the choice to make than none at all. We will find a way.

[fleshedout]

...

[She nods at all of that. She agrees that they can't be forced...but there must be a way.]

You're a good man, Aymeric.

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... You are also of good character, Mistress Hot Pants. All I can advise for now is to have care for oneself. We cannot save anyone if we were to fall.

[ pats this pc to rest ]