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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And if you don't like the idea of me being under contract why wouldn't you think that the reverse is the same?

[purrrnicious]

I don't.

I just don't think what you're saying would work.

[She gets up and heads over to the bed –– but, apparently still wigged out by the hoverbed, she just pulls the pillows off it to make a little pile on the floor and curl up there, her back to Intensity.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He's silent for a few moments before he speaks up again]

So is that your next step then? Try to get in her good graces until you can figure out a way to get a clean break.

[purrrnicious]

[She curls up a little tighter, barking a bitter laugh.]

Trying to get in her good graces like an idiot is what got me into this mess in the first place.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He gets up and moves to sit beside her again. Or at least so she's not talking to her back.]

And you can't change a decision you've already made, poor or not.

But you can determine if it's the right thing to do going forward.

[purrrnicious]

I don't know, okay? It just. . . looks like I'm stuck.

It's not like I have anything to go back to, anyway.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Your home isn't the only option on the table.

You could go to Sabre's world. Or the world of anyone else's provided you just decide on one beforehand.

That's what Silence and Wildfire did. They both went to Shine's world.

[purrrnicious]

Even if I'm dead?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Reaches over to pat her shoulder.]

Even if you're dead.

Silence was dead, too, you know.

[purrrnicious]

. . .

What if Sabre's dead, too? Can I still go to her world?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I don't know. I haven't heard of that precedent before. You'd probably have to inquire with whatever Liar emissary they send you to see if you can make it happen.

And if it's FluffFluff, he's a sucker for happy endings and romance. So play that to your advantage.

. . .

Song - Silence's timeshare and also dead - was sent to some other world she had never lived before. So as long as you figure out beforehand what your main and contingency plans are, it should be doable.

[purrrnicious]

Whatever.

Nothing like that's an option right now, anyway.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Don't lose sight of what you want for your endgame.

We're going to find a way to release you from that contract.

[purrrnicious]

I just. . . don't see how.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And at the moment, I don't see an obvious path forward. But that doesn't mean there isn't one.

You've only had this in your possession for a day.

Let's not give up before we've even taken a step from the starting line.

[purrrnicious]

I don't usually go against this kind of stuff.

I just, I don't know, work with it. Around it. I know that better.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Thinks on that for a moment]

You bypassed Shadow Weaver in rank once to rise to Hordak's second in command once before.

You think she would fall for something similar a second time?

[purrrnicious]

It wasn't like that. I mean, sure, I took the Black Garnet from her –– but she got herself thrown into the prison over it. Hordak only promoted me later after I got us through the Whispering Woods.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And why exactly did Hordak throw her in prison?

[purrrnicious]

Because she freaked out about it, when he ordered that Entrapta got to have access to the runestone. Shattered all of the viewscreens he was using to talk to us, paralyzed Entrapta and Scorpia, and then came after me.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I wonder...

Could we similarly turn Lady Death against Shadow Weaver?

Can you think of anything that would make her balk in a similar fashion?

[purrrnicious]

I told you, she wants power. It was cutting her off from her precious rune stone that made her freak out. I don't know what they've given her in order to plan to take it away, never mind how.





[or like. something with Adora but she's definitely not volunteering that.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Yes... And Adora's never going to hear about the contract because Adora would immediately volunteer to take Catra's place. ... Paladins.]

Power and autonomy. Or at least a taste of it.

Which would mean something similar would be you making a deal with Lady Death directly that she finds more appealing than this current contract.

[purrrnicious]

I mean, that's exactly what I did. So yeah.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I know I don't have to say this to you of all people, but---

Don't kill yourself for that.