pc catchall for ray (selfimmolates)

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week two, thursday.

[requiemed]

[Today, if Ray happens to be in the house they’ve been sharing, he may see an interesting sight. Zoe, wearing some unholy monstrosity, walks in the door. In her hand, she’s holding the remains of another jacket that looks slightly burned.

Before anything else, she’s looking around and praying that nobody else is here, taking the coat off as quickly as possible - and then her eyes fall on the younger boy. There’s a long, tense moment before she says a word.]

Hey.

[This is fine.]

[selfimmolates]

[okay i'm kidding ray doesn't drop the plate

... he does come close to it, though, instead slamming it down on the counter to save himself as he stares at zoe.

uhhhhhhhhhh.]

[requiemed]

[The silence draws on for a while longer, until:]

...Can we just agree not to ask any questions or talk about this at all?

[selfimmolates]

No. No, we can't.

[requiemed]

I will owe you a really big favor.

[She says, knowing it’s a lost cause. She finally gets the coat off and just kind of lets it drop on the ground with a sigh.]

[selfimmolates]

What the hell happened?

[requiemed]

I had to take my coat off while I was outside. Apparently this is what they decided to do.

[She suffers.]

[selfimmolates]

[...

okay, he has to crack a grin at that.]

Should've known better than to break the rules, Zoe.

[requiemed]

I used it to put out a fire. I feel like that should have gotten an exception.

[hm.]

[selfimmolates]

What?

[requiemed]

Sorry, which part of that was confusing?

[selfimmolates]

Why was there a fire to put out!?

[requiemed]

Because Merriment sucks and if he ever gives you something, don’t trust it.

[that’s

not an answer]

[selfimmolates]

What did you do.

[requiemed]

[Ughhhhh.]

I got this stupid book of matches after we found all those rabbits, so I went to the hole in the woods to see if I’d be able to see in there if I had a little more light. Except, when I struck the match, it didn’t light on fire, something right next to me did without me even touching it.

[selfimmolates]

[ZOE...

he just facepalms.]

You're not hurt, are you?

[requiemed]

No. Even my pride will recover if you never mention this to anyone else.

[and then she was stuck in the coat for the entire trial.]

[selfimmolates]

I'll consider it.

[rip]

[requiemed]

Then I’ll consider not telling everyone how you’ve been thinking about love all week.

[selfimmolates]

At least I have an excuse. You're the one who made a decision of questionable intelligence.

[requiemed]

Can you point out exactly what you think I did wrong here?

[selfimmolates]

Lighting a fire by a hole that—as much as it pains me to acknowledge it—could actually be haunted.

[he wishes it weren't so that he could tell senri to shut up about ghosts.]

[requiemed]

I didn’t try to light a fire, I tried to light a match that I could put out in a few seconds.

[selfimmolates]

Close enough.

[requiemed]

Those are two totally different things, you little punk.

[She means that affectionately, probably.]