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“  yeah, get it done quick and easy — i’d rather shoot myself in the face than suffer. ” isabel admits, a small nod of her head as she barely needs to think about it. “ but it’s good she kicks his ass in the end anyways, like, they do it in a way that you’re rooting for her instead the whole ‘ no. don’t do that ! ’ thing, like, she’s not dumb. ” she confirms, which is part of the reason she liked it so much. “ but next time.. you ARE watching with me and then we’ll just cuddle together and we’ll be fine… i’ll choose something easy. ”

“legacy perks, maybe?” although she knew that was not the case, but whichever way anyone looks at it, it was unusual. mags just saw it as motivation to do even better, to repay the kindness the school had given her when it came to letting her leave for a bit. lena’s comment stops her in the middle of the sentence, and she was willing to admit that it really wasn’t the year she expected to have. “ s’okay i guess. i mean, i like some of the blackthorne people. and having the georgetown kids kind of help with training? ‘cause you have to be sneaky and stuff.” mags looks up at her again for a second. “say when and I will. but in the summer, obviously. i don’t think big sutt would love it if i ask to leave again. she’ll probably think i stole the sword and was trying to take it home or somethin’.”

“i never thought of it that way, but i think you’re right,” elliot didn’t like thinking about people being able to influence her decisions, but what lena said made sense. “yeah, let’s definitely try to not die. i don’t trust anyone to watch my dog. and i don’t feel like getting my stomach pumped” she laughed. ” “thank god. it’ll be a real bummer if we get hired by government agencies and they expect us to be, like, law abiding citizens.” maybe that would be a benefit of working for the feds - being above the law. 

"i’m inclined to believe that i am.” lena likes hearing that she’s right, though she isn’t someone with an obsessive need to be correct all the time. only with certain people, elliot not being one of them. “i also don’t want to die, but i’m just saying, mags would be a great dog sitter. she knows tons about animals.” and then elliot’s dog could keep lena’s bed warm for her. while she’s in the hospital and not just truly dead, hopefully, in this hypothetical situation. “if you ask me, any decent spy or government official has bent if not completely broken the rules more than once.”

isabel laughs at lena’s confession, her guilt fading as quickly as it arrived and was replaced by pure jealously that she couldn’t sleep so easily herself. “ i’m glad i didn’t keep you up at least. ” she offered a smile before sighing at the thought of a murderer in any case. “ well, her neighbour gets murdered literally against her front door but she has no idea ‘cause she can’t hear it. so.. in reality i bet you’d die pretty quick and probably unknowingly, you know ? but yeah, she ends up killing him in the end. it’s SO good, though ! but, i promise no more horrors for a couple weeks. ”

         “ why do you say that ?   you certainly look like you have your shit together from my eyes. “   his eyes are taking all of her in, since she’s still talking to him and hasn’t stormed away yet.  caden offers her another smile.   “ LENA.  nice to meet you.  i’m caden, “  he offers, holding his hand out.   “ you’re friends with elliot, you said ?   i hope she didn’t sully my name too much. “

she tilts her head up, one hand already covering part of her journal ( a small blurb that just says ‘stop scaring dr wright w/ outbursts’ ) and she smiled up at lena. “too short, if you ask me. i was there for less than a week. it must be how celebrities feel like when they jetset all over the place and all that.” mags grinned as she continued to write down her to-do list for the week. “her name’s sisa. and i’m more than happy to take you. my lola keeps asking me if i really have friends and bringing one is more than enough evidence.” 

           oh, oops.   “ i know who elliot is, “   his eyes roll, because there’s literally nobody else that he’s slept with in the past few weeks for it to be anyone but the girl from the sakura event.  even if she hadn’t said her name, caden would’ve remembered it to be elliot… EVENTUALLY.  “ that wasn’t an age comment, damn. “   he walks over and takes a seat next to her on the couch, mostly because he has nothing better to do than bother her.   “ what’s your name ? “ 

“ i gave up around four and just meditated for a bit but i just couldn’t settle. ” is explains, feeling slightly apologetic for her roommate noticing. “ i might have to take you up on that next time. but no, not buffy ! ” she laughs,  shaking her head. “ it’s a horror film. this guy hunts a deaf girl in her own home, it’s freaky stuff. ”

“technically it wasn’t a dare. a guy i did karate with said he could eat one and i couldn’t, so obviously i had to prove him wrong.” it was a little embarrassing just how easy it was to goad elliot into doing stupid things. “what kind of help?” lena’s suggestion made her grin - doing something because it was gross was a surefire way into her heart. “i don’t know what you did, but it must have been something really bad,” elliot quipped, a devilish smirk on her face. “want to steal ingredients from the kitchen? amazon doesn’t deliver tequila. trust me, i checked.”

"ohhh, okay, it was reverse psychology.” is that how it works? say someone can’t or shouldn’t do something so they do it? “just recipes with actual measurements because i can see myself putting way too much alcohol and i wanna have a good time not a last time because i died from alcohol poisoning.” it still feels weird to make any reference to death on campus, but, well! “then it double sucks that i can’t seem to remember! yes, elliot, i will always say yes to thievery.” especially since this was a victimless crime...probably.

OPEN STARTER  :  SAKAMOTO COMMONS | MORNING

“ i watched hush last night and i just could not sleep afterwards.  ” isabel exhales deeply, feeling she had to explain after her extremely long yawn cause a couple stares from people nearby. “ i thought since i’d seen it before i’d be okay but ugh that guy in the mask just freaks me out. ”

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        “ you’re friends with kat too ? “   jesus christ, he needs to start staying away from her friends.  his eyebrows raise at her question – ALL of them.   “ um, cuz you’re a gallagher girl ?   and you don’t look like a first year, which means you’ve been here longer than me.  why are you so DEFENSIVE ? “   caden wants to add that he highly doubts they’re both studying seduction and flirtation, because there’s nothing particularly CHARMING about her, but he keeps it to himself.

She had to admit, she sort of love Lena’s outright brazenness, something she hoped one day to have. “That checks out,” Ruby nodded, giving her a good-natured laugh. “I guess I should just hope it falls in that sweet spot of fun and reckless, but not totally life-destroying, huh?”

            CADEN FROWNS ;   he doesn’t like being ignored.  and while she’s answering him, it’s clear she has no interest in indulging him.   “ it’s not me hitting on you, “   he says, a little offended.  but… maybe he HAD been hitting on her, at least a little.   “ — are we in a class together ? “   he only remembers her from the sakura event.

             “ SO I KEEP HEARING ABOUT THIS SECRET PASSAGEWAY. “   he leans in closer to her as he speaks, arms folded over the top of the couch that she sits on, so his face is close to her ear.  his excuse ?  the witness protection kids could be anywhere.   “ apparently it’s used for… ALONE TIME. “   a small pause.   “ do you know where it is ? “   //   @magdalenaojeda

“whatever you say. honestly, i might be brave, but i would argue that eating that was stupid more than anything else.” it was hard to feel proud of herself for eating a ghost pepper when it was immediately followed by half a gallon of milk. “i didn’t even think of the internet but that’s a good idea. i can’t actually think of any flavor other than lime.” elliot grabbed her phone, hoping for some inspiration. “okay, so there’s hot cheeto and lime tequila shots, hot cheeto bloody mary’s, and hot cheeto infused tequila.” she shrugged, slightly disappointed there wasn’t more variety and yet relieved that there weren’t enough options to give them alcohol poisoning. “maybe we could do one or two of those, plus hot cheeto margaritas? i wouldn’t want to disappoint you.”

"was it a dare or what?” maybe a self dare, if anything. in perfect honesty, lena would do the same thing. how many chances does a person get to try a ghost pepper? “please, elliot, i’m not a bartender...yet. we’re gonna need a little help.” when it comes to drinks, she’d rather just drink liquor straight. it’s more effective. but she’s looking forward to this excuse to try something new and probably make a mess in the process. she perks up, looking over elliot’s shoulder to watch her scroll past drink recipes. “the bloody mary sounds gross, let’s make that one first,” she says with a grin. “aw! what did i do to deserve such a thoughtful friend?”

“it  was  not  -  you  just  changed  your  answer  to  make  mine  seem  WRONG,”  it’s  the  only  logical  theory,  really,  and  she’s  smart  enough  to  do  that.  atty  doesn’t  know  much  about  dogs  beyond  the  basic  care  taking  rules,  but  they’re  still  cute  fuckers.  “oh  please  —  the  weekends  are  MADE  for  sleeping  in.  why  do  you  think  most  jobs  don’t  have  them  go  in?  it’s  like,  practically  what  they’re  made  for  anyways.”  sounds  logic  for  him,  really,  and  mostly  coherent.  a  big  win.  “are  you  calling  me  extremely  adequate?  what  a  compliment,  y’know.”