onlythans: (💔 and you wanna steer)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-03-19 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
That's right. It had to come from somewhere — and moreover, to be exempted from the rules that stripped us of our powers, then to some degree it must've been authorized.

But we were already at Barnes's twenty-count, this week. As far as we know, we all should be eligible for those seats at the table. Why bother to do it now? If it were about winning the contest, why not wait until we were all through the doors and then compel us to fail, leaving the puppetmaster the obvious winner?

[He shakes his head.]

One almost wonders if there weren't some sort of deal struck above and beyond just the so-called game. "Make it an interesting spectacle, and be rewarded for your efforts".
onlythans: (💔 but if you insist)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-03-19 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
It always comes back to that, doesn't it? Who benefits from all this, the way it unfolds. One thing's for certain; it isn't us.

[His mouth flattens into a thin line, but then after a minute, he sighs.]

...Not quite pillow talk, though, is it?
onlythans: (💔 then aim for my heart if you feel like)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-03-19 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
I wonder if she wasn't compelled into confessing. If we were on the verge of getting too close. As you said, it made for quite the distraction.

[And the question always remains: who benefits?]
onlythans: (💔 take me by the tongue)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-03-19 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
She claimed she was always going to confess, and was waiting it out for the sake of getting answers. Why hide her involvement, if that's how it was? Everyone was receptive enough to assisting her when she did voice it. The problem was, she voiced it too late for it to be of any use.
onlythans: (💔 i stepped in the room and)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-03-19 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
...I know. Most things go by the wayside, in the face of fear.

[He ducks his chin, pressing his lips against Ryn's hair.]

Mayhap we should leave it to rest, for the night. Sooner or later we'll start going round in circles, for lack of any other guidance to serve us.