pc catchall for ray (selfimmolates)

[requiemed]

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[selfimmolates]

No.

[requiemed]

Okay, like...

[Ughhh.]

I know you're going to start as soon as I say it, so before I say anything, I want you to know that I now know that it was a bad idea.

[selfimmolates]

Please don't tell me you Strung Red yourself.

[requiemed]

Okay, wow, I didn't even say it and you already started.

[selfimmolates]

[he sighs.]

All right. Explain yourself.

[requiemed]

Can I just say that I regret it a lot and leave it at that?

[selfimmolates]

No. This has been bugging me ever since Love confirmed that Lightning never used her ability, and Nonon convinced me that it really wasn't her, despite being the obvious suspect—and Sieg can't lie, so it wasn't likely to be him.

Which left the question of, "Why the hell did Zoe lie about having Hopelessly Devoted, and why did she Strung Red herself?"

[requiemed]

Okay, first off... I didn't lie about that. I did have it. I just found it we could switch the power we picked if we didn't like our first choice.

[She runs a hand through her hair.]

...I don't think the answer is going to make sense to you.

[selfimmolates]

Probably not, which is why suspecting you came after suspecting Nonon—I couldn't make sense of why you'd do it.

So, explain.

[requiemed]

[A beat.]

You know what he's like, right? The whole... I don't have any feelings, I'm a machine, on and on.

[selfimmolates]

Mm-hmm.

[requiemed]

I just thought, like... We're only going to be here a few more weeks and then he's going to go back to his place with his stupid bosses who keep telling him that's true, and he's going to keep believing it or whatever.

[There's a pause, and a sigh.]

So I just thought... If that does happen, he should know what it feels like to be happy at least once.

[selfimmolates]

[this was not at all what ray's pragmatic mind conjured up and he would have never ever guessed this reasoning, thus proving how different he and zoe are.]

... You've really gotten fond of him, haven't you?

[requiemed]

[She nods.]

I don't know if he'd agree for obvious reasons, but... He's one of my best friends here.

[selfimmolates]

I mean, I was starting to get that impression lately, but... huh.

[requiemed]

Is it really that surprising?

[selfimmolates]

A little.

[requiemed]

Why?

[selfimmolates]

I dunno. Guess he just never seemed like the kind of guy people easily bond with.

[requiemed]

Well... I could say that about one of my other favorite people here, you know.

[Wonder who that is!!]

[selfimmolates]

I have no idea who you could mean.

[requiemed]

You are such a punk. I’m trying to give you a compliment.

[selfimmolates]

[he just shrugs, smirking!!]

[requiemed]

[A heavy sigh, but then:]

...Thanks for not being angry.

[selfimmolates]

Lying is to be expected in this competition.