#tr!bbh

tr!bad has never sounded this frantic before. not even when tr!zam and tr!sneeg popped his one-shot protection yesterday. he is tripping over all his words, and fumbling every bit of information where he even sounded confident in things he was unsure about. tr!bad tried to jump through hoops and say he fumbled his words and was getting mixed up, but the whole reason he even felt safe with tr!water in the first place is that she understood him. and boy, does she understand that he is a liar, and a bad one, too.

tr!water has, generously, offered to play tr!bad's game of pretending she believes him. but regardless of their little game, tr!bad said what he said, and tr!water knows what she heard. this is good for tr!bad, who i assume trusts her to not tell anyone since its clear he didnt want to share with anyone.

this begs the question- is the deal broken? tr!ros told tr!bad not to tell anyone anything as a part of the deal, and tr!bad let it spill as easy as telling an old friend you found a quarter on the sidewalk. however, he tried to back track, and even if he said it, he said he misspoke. but then again... tr!water believes him 0%. so what now?

if the integrity of the deal is that tr!bad can slip around accidentally saying it by implying whatever he said was a mistake, then perhaps nothing. its over and done because he never said anything he meant and hasmt said otherwise. but...

if the integrity of the deal lies in the fact that tr!water clearly doesnt believe that tr!bad lied about what he said, then perhaps we will see the consequences of breaking one of his deals for the first time. hes so strict about it- clearly he knows what happens, right? he is so strict about not breaking his deals, it was believed that he physically couldnt. but now? whatever's holding him back from breaking his deals seems like it could be closer to fear.

regardless of whether tr!bad will see the consequences of his actions, someone knows now. someone knows that tr!ros asked to be killed. even if tr!bad is lying to himself and everyone else. and it must feel so freeing, even if frankly, frightening with impending doom about the consequences, to finally have someone know that tr!bad didnt just kill tr!ros for nothing.

she asked. he didnt want to.