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"No, not that one, I've heard about that one more than enough, I got my own from around the same time doin' the same shit." Alistair spoke rather bluntly, not with any animosity mind you, his focus was elsewhere.

He just glared back, his gaze not shifting at all, just waiting for her to realize where it was actually focused, and then, bingo, she had it.

"I mean, she wasn't that bad, but... anyway."

She hesitated, her eyes wandering around the room... Roxie knew Alistair well enough at this point, for sure. She wouldn't have even acknowledged his pointing it out otherwise.

Just because she was comfortable with him knowing didn't mean she was comfortable talking about it.

Eventually, she did speak up. "...So... there was this one time, while we were touring for the first album. Her and I were ridin' back from the venue in our rental, right, and... things were pretty bad between us by this point. We weren't talking to each other, so it's not like there was some huge argument that built up to it, she just..."

this is so sad, giratina, play despacito.

"No it's my home now, leave me."

"...Well, I ain't a landlord, so I guess I'm not gonna be the asshole and evict ya."

She stifled another yawn as Roxie posed her question - which immediately prompted a smirk from the princess.

"You do remember I can fight too, yes? ...Hehe, I'm kidding, I'm not offering myself up for a battle; Gligar would have to win to evolve, after all." There was no arrogance or conceit to her voice. It was just a fact: she was simply too powerful. "Hmm... Ah, how about you, Noëlle? Seems you have energy to spare."

The chattery Carbink let out a surprised chirp as Rose suddenly wrapped her arms around her, fully intending to carry her subject - but she certainly wouldn't complain about it.

"...Christ, don't scare me like that."

Granted, she knew Rose was being facetious, but Roxie could only imagine how a showdown between her and Gligar would turn out. Poor guy would probably end up embedded inside a crystal for the rest of his days.

Fortunately, there was another... willing?... participant waiting in the wings - the same chatty Carbink that Roxie had found so amusing just a bit ago.

The Carbink quintet floated out of Rose's chamber, though not all quietly - one of the Carbink was absolutely jabbering away, and another one looked like they wanted to be anywhere else than beside the talkative one right now. But, unfortunately, they all lacked the telepathic capabilities of their princess, so the conversation would have to remain untranslated - at least, until Rose emerged, human and dressed.

"There, now I'm a bit more presentable for the company at hand! ...Anton, is there some reason you look exceptionally displeased?"

"Carbi, ink-ca."

"Oh. Noëlle, I know you're excited, but we've talked about this before."

"Biii, bin-carcarb! Binn, arb-"

It wasn't long until Rose returned, and, uh... man, it had kinda slipped Roxie's mind just how gorgeous her human form was.

"Uh, y-yeah, that's the plan... I told you, didn't I?" She... she had, hadn't she? She definitely remembered them making plans for this... maybe she was just full of shit.

...Actually, that aside, there was another matter that Roxie wasn't too sure about.

❛   what  are  you  doing?   ❜

❛   what ,  you’re  going  to  kill  me?  ❜

❛   fuck !  put  the  gun  down !  please , come on !  it’s  me ,  alright ?  ❜

❛   what  are  you  doing  with  that ?   ❜

❛   please ..  don’t  do  this  anymore !   ❜

❛   let  her/them/him  go  or  i’ll  blow  you  away !  ❜

❛   wait ! okay …  okay !  okay , i’ll  tell  you ,  whatever  you  want  to  know  ..   ❜

❛   you  point  that  thing  at  me  you  better  pull  the  trigger .  ❜

❛   alright , alright , alright  ..  i’ll talk !   ❜

❛   please ,  just  let  me  go ,  i  won’t  tell  anyone …  i  promise  .  ❜

❛   let  me  out  of  here !   let  me  go !   ❜

❛   you’re  not  getting  away  this  time  …  ❜

❛   actually ,  i  think  i  better  get  going  …   it’s  late  and  …   ❜

❛   come  on !  fight  back !  fight  back !  fight  back  you  coward !   ❜

❛   come  on ,  hit  me !   ❜

❛   do  it !  pull  the  trigger !  do  it  ,  do  it  ,  do  it !   ❜

❛   come  and  find  me  …  polo !  ❜

❛   i  don’t  want  to  hide  anymore ,  i  don’t  want  to  be  afraid  anymore  …   ❜

❛   you   keep   saying   you’re   going   to   stop   but   you   don’t !  ❜

❛   how   many   more   people   need   to   die   before   you’re   satisfied ?  ❜

❛   why   are   you   doing   this ?   ❜

❛   don’t   come   any   closer  ,   that’s   far   enough  .   ❜

❛   if   you  don’t   pull   the   trigger   i’ll   pull   it   for   you  !   ❜

❛   i  thought  that  you  were  in  danger  …   ❜

❛   you’re  dangerous  …  i ,   i  just  don’t  want  to  end  up  dead ..   ❜

❛   i  promise  i  won’t  hurt  you  …    ❜

❛   can  you  please  stop  screwing  with  my  mind ,  god  !   ❜

❛   i  don’t  want  to  be  here  anymore ,  please ,  can  we  go  back ?   ❜

❛   um  ….  i’m  not  sure  i  want  to  go ,   thanks   anyway  ..   ❜

❛   that  sounds  dangerous  ….   i’m  in .   ❜

❛   i  don’t  know ,  it  sounds  awfully  dangerous  …  ❜

❛   stay  back  or  i  will  rip  your  head  off  !  ❜

❛   i  think  …   this   is   wrong ,  no .  i  can’t  just  stand  by   and   watch   it  .   ❜

❛   do  you  think  you  would  ever  hurt  me  like  that ?   ❜

❛   i  can’t  be  with  someone  who  could  hurt  me  like  that  …  ❜

❛   this  is  not  love  !   it   is   obsession  !   a   sick  one  at   that  !  ❜

❛   are  you  following  me  ?   what  …   what  do  you  want  ?   money  ?   ❜

❛   please  …  i  have  money ,   just  let  me  go  .  ❜

❛   i  don’t  think  you  realize  how  the  dangerous  this  game  is  ..   ❜

❛   it’s  not  just  a  game  !   ❜

❛   if  you’re  in  some  kind  of  trouble ,  you  can  tell  me  .   ❜

❛   come  on  ,   it’s  just  a  game ,  what  could  go  so  wrong  ?   ❜

❛   are  you  the  one  that’s  been  watching  me  ?   stalking  me  ?  ❜

❛   actually ,  do  you  mind  if  we  just  stop/pull  over  here  ?   ❜

❛   what  are  you  doing ?   you  missed  the  stop  back  there ?   ❜

❛   hello ?   is   someone  there  ?   ❜

❛   you’re  scaring  me  …   ❜