ALWAYS SUNNY FONT: the gang goes to france

[cryptsleeper]

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[cryptsleeper]

[Alucard watches. He does so with his arms across his chest, then nods in satisfaction when Trevor's done.]

Very well. This means your work on the Hold is off the table though.

[miraclewhip]

Really? And here I thought I'd be lugging timber around one handed just fine. [ He sighs. ] I'll find some way to amuse myself. No doubt Sypha will be talking both our ears off for the next week once she's back anyway.

[ But hey, his arm's as wrapped up as it's going to be. He turns it over, experimenting some more. ]

You can tell her I fucked up and hit it with a hammer, if you like.

[cryptsleeper]

A hammer wouldn't leave a clean break. And, as you have noted in the past, I am terrible at lying.

[They're going to have to tell her the truth. The stupid, embarrassing truth.]

Unless you want to try that lie, buy us a day, then have her figure it out.

[miraclewhip]

May as well. I'll be the one she blames for it, you know. 'Belmont, were you taunting him again?'

[ He laughs. ]

Which I was, but still unfair.

[cryptsleeper]

Oh is that what you two discuss on the road?

[This is...easier. It puts off guilt, stupid back and forth like this.]

[miraclewhip]

Half of what we discuss on the road, I'm afraid, is too sordid for your delicate ears.

[ Bully the vampire. ]

But yes, the other half is her speculating about who I'm going to be starting fights with and scolding me for it preemptively.

[cryptsleeper]

And yet, in spite of scolding, you do it anyway and get yourself in deeper trouble because you were told not to do it.

[He shakes his head. Trevor Belmont you are too easy to predict.]

You really ought to listen to her on those things, just to throw her off slightly.

[New game: bully the Speaker.]

[miraclewhip]

Well if I've already been scolded for it, there's no sense in not going ahead and doing it.

[ He grins. He likes this speaker bullying game. Though it's not going to keep him from ALSO bullying the vampire. ]

Well, it's a little late for that on this occasion. We could lean into it, let her think that we really did fight. Then we let her figure it out on her own.

[cryptsleeper]

But you do it so often. So for you to actually pretend to be scolded, now that would throw her off. I thought you were a tactician.

[NO. BULLY THE SPEAKER ONLY!]

I do like this idea. Blame reconstruction on the Hold as the source, since that's...true enough.

[miraclewhip]

Are you suggesting I just spend a day behaving myself and see what she does?

[ This isn't going to inspire any future actions no not at all. ]

For a very generous definition of 'true'. You're getting better at this.