[ch. 5] wednesday, w/ magnus

[asswipe]

[She waits until the initial panic and hubbub winds down because, honestly, crowding around the injured seems like it'll do more harm than good. Once everyone is presumably taken care of, she approaches her partner... wherever he is after that mess.]

Hey— Um, hey. How are you feeling?

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[wearys]

[ honestly a fair idea. magnus is... wherever there isn't any commotion. or water. he's had enough water. ]

I'm fine. Like, I don't want to go near the sea again ever, but I got off lucky compared to the others?

[ his arm is probably in some kind of makeshift sling by now, or at least we can hope it is. ]

[asswipe]

Yeah, that's... That's understandable. I don't think I'd ever want to go to beach, either, if I got mauled by Shamu and friends.

[It better be in a sling by now or else Veronica is going to have some Words with the resident adults.]

But— I'm glad you're alright. And we have a good track record of keeping people alive after they get mauled by magic doors, so...

[wearys]

Too bad when I get home I'll probably be on a boat again.

[ as if any of the resident adults really count as adults ]

There's that at least. Maybe make it worth it, I don't feel like dying again yet. Such a hassle.

[asswipe]

I thought you lived in a hotel?

[Said lightly, like she's trying to joke, but. Hm. They sure are running out of adults now that we're in the land of backtags!!]

By the way, um... I'm sorry to ask right after you went through that, but you didn't get anything after you finished— Whatever it is they made you do? I found something when I went through one of those stupid doors. So I'm curious if you guys, did, too.

[wearys]

Yeah, but right now I'm sailing for Scandinavia to stop the end of the world, it's a whole stupid thing.

[ they Sure Are. save the children. ]

Sousei and I didn't, that's for sure. Maybe Cardia and Sanji did, but we were busy almost dying. I think we... didn't do what we were supposed to, or messed it up.

[asswipe]

... Jesus. Remind me to never complain about my own teen angst bullshit ever again.

[Save the children!! She sighs, though, running a hand through her hair.]

Shit. That sucks, man. I thought you'd at least get something for getting dragged through hell, what the fuck.

[wearys]

You can complain if you want?

[ magnus copies the motion without thinking. his hair is probably reaching it's longer lengths by now without his crush back home to cut it. ]

It's probably our fault for ignoring things like paintings with moving eyes and crying treasure chests.

[asswipe]

I'm not on a cruise to save the world?

[He has bigger fish to fry!!]

Uh, no. I'm pretty sure I would have passed on both of those things, too. Holy shit, where did you guys even wind up?

[wearys]

I wish it was a cruise. It's a big yellow Viking boat my dad gave me. It turns into a napkin?

[ he does but he'd listen to her normal life complaints. ]

The ocean. Bottom of, on a pirate ship.

[asswipe]

It turns into a— [...] Nevermind. I don't think my suspension of disbelief is ready for that.

[What happened to normal Earth, lord.]

... Yeah, you definitely made a good decision passing up on the obvious pirate ship traps. God. What the fuck. Why couldn't everyone meet a nice yeti?

[wearys]

Honestly, at this point, I think I like telling people these things just to see their reactions.

[ it's stupid but it's becoming a little funny, okay. ]

I would have definitely traded pirate ship for a nice yeti. That sounds so much better?

[asswipe]

... You know what, I can't even be mad at you for that.

[it's. one source of entertainment in murder castle hell, at least.]

I know, right? How come everyone else gets stuck on this shitty adventures and all I had to do was smile and nod politely? That's so not fair.