week three ♡ sunday ♡ vriska serket

[jokered]

[he wanted to give her time after storming off following battler's execution—

but akira is akira. he can't let things sit for too long, and he's honestly worried about her. so he'll go looking once some time has passed—until he eventually finds her at the oasis.

...

it's hard to know what to say, so he'll just settle next to her, silent for a while before he break it with a quiet:]

Hey.

[yes, akira, that's a good way to start the conversation, sure.]

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[hypertoxic]

[ Vriska is sitting with her legs dangling into the water of the pool, slowly, gently kicking them. She will not look up when Akira approaches and sits beside her. Just keeps staring pensively into the pool. ]

Hey.

[ in that one word she sounds very tired. ]

I'm pretty much done, Akira.

[jokered]

Giving up already?

[hm. he's not sure he likes the sound of it, even if he really and truly understands the feeling of defeat...

he really doesn't want her to give up.]

[hypertoxic]

[ Vriska barks a laugh. ]

Don't misunderstand me. I don't mean I'm giving up. I just mean I'm done playing the game by their rules. I'm going to do what I should have done from the very beginning, which is break this whole game apart.

[jokered]

[well.

this sounds like his kind of plan, but akira's dubious. not because he doesn't think he should—hell, he wants to as well—but he hasn't found a good opening to do just that at all.]

How do you plan on doing that?

[hypertoxic]

I have some ideas. For some time now I've been searching for a non-murder option to end the game. Failing that, I plan to work on something Battler said at the trial. Did you happen to catch the thing he mentioned about some spirit in the volcano?

[jokered]

Yeah. I just don't know how much I believe it.

[not because he thinks battler is lying, but because he doesn't trust that it's necessarily true to begin with.]

[hypertoxic]

Haha. I've faced bigger and badder things than some sort of volcano spirit! I wouldn't be surprised if it were true, let's put it that way. But if you think that's false, then what are your options? What are you planning to do, Akira?

[jokered]

I don't know. I haven't seen any loopholes. And I don't know if it's false, I don't know if I believe it, either.

[...

honestly, when it comes to this place? he's not entirely sure what he believes anymore.]

[hypertoxic]

[ ... ]

So, what, that's it? Maybe I should be the one asking you if you're giving up already. You can't indulge in this wishy washy bullshit forever. Sooner or later you will need to make a choice!

[jokered]

[well, that'll earn her a bit of a sharp look.]

Not knowing isn't the same as giving up. [rude?] But I can't commit myself to a choice that I don't believe in, to a choice that will hurt more people than it will help.

[and right now, he doesn't have the answers he wants.]

[hypertoxic]

Then you won't make a choice. There is no such thing as choices that don't hurt people, Akira. I thought you might be the kind of person who would understand that.

[jokered]

...Did I ever say I was trying to make a choice that didn't hurt people? I said I don't want to make one that is going to hurt more people than it'll actually help.

[...he doesn't need to be lectured by a kid on this.] There's a difference, and I'm not looking for someone to question my resolve just because I don't want to run recklessly into something and hurt too many people needlessly for it.