But Amber arrives just as promised, hair put up in a messy bun cause she couldn't muster the effort to wash and comb it. Sorry Havoc. But she has enough mind to put on a clean shirt and drag herself out of bed. So there's that. She raises a palm when she catches sight of her ally. ]
[Amber looked a mess. Havoc waved back automatically, but- that's what she was thinking. The problem here was that Havoc didn't know how to deal with... This. With comforting a Contractor who felt things. Should she point it out? Ignore it? Act like everything was fine?
She opted to ignore it. Waited until Amber was close enough to speak.]
I hope you don't regret letting me pick the movie.
[ Amber knows it too, but finds herself without the energy to care. She remembers looking, and feeling, much better than thin back when they were stranded in the middle of the Amazon. But a lack of will is more detrimental than a lack of tools and resources. Either way she's glad that Havoc's making no mention of it. ]
I regretted letting myself pick the movie.
[ A wink may have been useful here, but it doesn't happen. ]
[Havoc in contrast looks quite put together if not rather rural in a long dun skirt and cream blouse. Never mind the multiple knives hidden on her person- just in case. She'll ignore Amber's lack of personal care (more like, she ignores the implication that she's so affected by Hei's death as that), and offer her the distraction she apparently needed.]
Butter or no?
[Which she assumes is the important follow up question.]
[ Indulging in sweets to drown her sorrows, why not? She wanders away from Havoc without as much as a gesture and heads toward one of the food counters, picking out a tub of butter-loaded popcorn for her company and a sweet one for herself. ]
It's like they're bribing us to be... [ Happy? ] content.
[Havoc repeated to confirm her own choice, though she followed along behind Amber easily enough- she had a strict nutritional guideline she was following for herself, but. A tub of popcorn wouldn't do anything adverse.]
[ Amber buys herself time from having to reply to Havoc by stuffing her mouth with popcorn. A little rude, perhaps, but things like manners and other social constructs are only useful around humans who expect them. Without a word, she saunters toward one of the viewing rooms, walking slowly so Havoc can follow.
Later, long after it seems she has let the topic drop: ]
I meant to say-- it's like they're bribing us to forget.
[ While Amber has always been of the mind that humans are more complex than they are. Logic is straightforward. There's always one outcome that's most beneficial to one's survival, but emotions throw all that out of whack. She stands as the very evidence of that, all broken up and dazed in the wake of it.
She follows Havoc quietly, still munching on her popcorn. ]
[People react illogically. They sometimes lunch to attack when they have no chance of winning. Sometimes act against their own interests based on an insult or a goad. Sometimes do nothing when doing nothing was counter productive.
But their motivations... those were simple seeming to Havoc.
(Not that she could say her own motivations were not simple- stay alive.)
As Amber munches, Havoc's thin fingers move over the selection without any recent pop culture exposure to help her.]
[ There's always a way to justify an action using reason. Words are pliant that way. She should know. But her own doings recently are difficult to explain when considering her nature, she knows this too, and hopes it at least alarms Havoc and November and perhaps even April. Enough that they may reconsider.
The fact that Havoc reached out to her a movie, too. ]
[Disquieted. Havoc was not comfortable with Amber's... emotional compromise. Her obvious attachment. She was the first of them, was she not? She had been a Contractor longer than anyone, was that not what it meant?
And if she-
Pushed aside the uncomfortable for now, to select a movie. Female-led, apparently a comedy... perhaps appropriate.
[ Amber peers over to check out the title, not that she really cares if the movie is bad. In a way she's only here because Havoc asked her and because she enjoys her company and because the thoughts that occupy her mind when she's alone aren't pleasant these days. Her fussing about the movie is only for filling in the silence.
Popcorn in one hand and without a word of warning, she reaches over to grab her friend's arm so they could walk arm in arm into the theater. ]
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d. 83
Spa day?
[this is her distracting you]
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FROM: amber@cdc.org
Easy way to get assassinated.
[ Going to the spa, that is. It's her way of saying I don't feel like it without sounding unlike a Contractor. ]
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FROM: havoc@cdc.org
Only if we bring certain others with us.
[though April seemed like she'd want to go if you really wanna go that route]
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Then we won't.
FROM: amber@cdc.org
Have you ever been to the movies?
[ Like normal people. Like how a first date might go. ]
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FROM: havoc@cdc.org
Not at a theater.
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It's nice.
FROM: amber@cdc.org
In the dark, no one can see if you're smiling or crying.
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That also seems like an easy way to get assassinated.
FROM: havoc@cdc.org
But I'll go if you want to.
[... since she figures there's no reason to randomly bring that up otherwise]
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Live a little, Carmine!
FROM: amber@cdc.org
Pick a funny one. I'll meet you there.
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Sure.
[... haha. She's dead.]
FROM: havoc@cdc.org
I'll try.
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But Amber arrives just as promised, hair put up in a messy bun cause she couldn't muster the effort to wash and comb it. Sorry Havoc. But she has enough mind to put on a clean shirt and drag herself out of bed. So there's that. She raises a palm when she catches sight of her ally. ]
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She opted to ignore it. Waited until Amber was close enough to speak.]
I hope you don't regret letting me pick the movie.
[Look at this face, she knows comedy.]
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I regretted letting myself pick the movie.
[ A wink may have been useful here, but it doesn't happen. ]
Do they have popcorn?
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Butter or no?
[Which she assumes is the important follow up question.]
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[ Indulging in sweets to drown her sorrows, why not? She wanders away from Havoc without as much as a gesture and heads toward one of the food counters, picking out a tub of butter-loaded popcorn for her company and a sweet one for herself. ]
It's like they're bribing us to be... [ Happy? ] content.
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[Havoc repeated to confirm her own choice, though she followed along behind Amber easily enough- she had a strict nutritional guideline she was following for herself, but. A tub of popcorn wouldn't do anything adverse.]
Isn't that exactly what this is?
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Later, long after it seems she has let the topic drop: ]
I meant to say-- it's like they're bribing us to forget.
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Once they enter the room, Havoc is going for the selection. It's her choice after all.]
People are simple- always have been. Bread and circuses, all that.
[And by "people" she means "not Contractors"... or. Not like most Contractors.]
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She follows Havoc quietly, still munching on her popcorn. ]
What if this movie fails to make me laugh?
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But their motivations... those were simple seeming to Havoc.
(Not that she could say her own motivations were not simple- stay alive.)
As Amber munches, Havoc's thin fingers move over the selection without any recent pop culture exposure to help her.]
We try a different one.
[oh my god some of these titles what are they]
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The fact that Havoc reached out to her a movie, too. ]
Deal.
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And if she-
Pushed aside the uncomfortable for now, to select a movie. Female-led, apparently a comedy... perhaps appropriate.
"Mean Girls".]
I'll pick this one.
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Popcorn in one hand and without a word of warning, she reaches over to grab her friend's arm so they could walk arm in arm into the theater. ]