scawwy: pc: aventurine

[trashprince]

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[trashprince]

You've been here for weeks so I'm 'playing' catch-up.

[ caelus seeks the telltale neapolitan stripes. once found, he scoops into the largest disposable bowl option. hard work deserves a pint. ]

Any toppings?

[ everyone loves having to think deeply about what type of sundae their character likes ]

[tactic]

[ Weeks, huh... It feels so much longer than that with everything that's happened. ]
 
Whatever you think will go well with the ice cream. The Neapolitan itself was a recommendation to me by Miss Aqua.

[ He's not usually spending too much time at the ice cream section of the pharmacy, so he's happy to let Caelus take the wheel. ]

[trashprince]

[ ....... okay you said he should pick on his own so it's gonna be crushed or*os and gummy worms. pseudo mudpie. ]

Here.

[ also hands a plastic spoon ]

I have a question. It's nothing that's in your notebook. It's about the night Boothill got you. It's been bugging me for a while, though. Is now an okay time? On your mandated 'break?'

[tactic]

[ you know what at least this is edible. ]

Thank you.

[ He will avoid the gummy worms for now but the or*os and ice cream combination is not bad at all. ]

Ask me anything you'd like.

[trashprince]

[ okay, caelus. four weeks of speculation about to be thrown out the window, replaced by whatever truth aventurine will tell him. you can do it. ]

You didn't stay with us in the barn--I get it. You didn't seem that comfortable and Boothill wasn't helping.

[ their liquor fights. truly a lifetime ago. ]

But you came back there, I think? That's what it sounded like. Was it to get something of yours?

[ no use being coy ]

I've been wondering this whole time if you were trying to get help from the only Trailblazer around.

[ shoulders tight ]

I know it sounds conceited, but that was the first week, so we didn't know the ritual would make us sleep through everything.

[ exhale ]

Did I let you down?

[tactic]

[ There's a second's pause once the question is finished, and Aventurine looks mildly surprised, his eyebrows raised as he regards Caelus with some concern. ]

Don't tell me this has been eating away at you since my death.

[ He shakes his head. ]

You didn't let me down. I was at the cabin that night with Miss Robin because I was hoping to talk to her about private matters. When everyone fell asleep and I was the only one to wake up, I returned to the barn to see if anyone else was awake.

[trashprince]

So that's what it was.

[ it's caelus' job to protect everyone. the second bodies started dropping, he'd failed. in the aftermath, he merely wants to know how badly he performed. normal evaluation stuff. figured aventurine would be good at that, given his profession. ]

I don't know if I'm relieved or not, yet. I spent a lot of time thinking about it.

[ divert divert divert. ANYWAYS: ]

Did you get what you needed from Miss Robin?

[tactic]

[ Goes back to eating his mess of an ice cream. What a silly thing to worry about. Aventurine's not worth that much thought, but he doesn't voice that part out loud. ]

Unfortunately, no. Not that night. What we thought would be a private moment to ourselves ended up being eleven people stuck in that small cabin all together.

[ It was so... cramped... ]

My, that feels like ages ago now.

[trashprince]

[ aventurine is annoying and a pseudo-villain when it suits his goals, but he's worth saving. admittedly, the I'll-save-you bar is low. it's on the ground. limbo under that. ]

I should also tell you, when our memories were on full display, some people saw you when we fought. I told all of them it was fine and we were working together here when we were alive, but you should know. It wasn't on purpose.

[ at last, scooping himself something fully chocolate-y. ]