𝙍𝙄𝙋𝙅𝘼𝙒𝙕

" .. Glad to be of assistance. "

( .... Long sigh )

" Sorry I got your book wet. "

" .... There's no way that ruined your whole day"

" ... It'll dry off, probably. "

She shrugs.
Half hanging on the side of the pool to stay up.

" Hey, you're in a pool. You're already wet. "

" ... Eh...
I guess it's not like I can drown. "

She shrugs, and lets herself fall into it.

Jawz might just stay on the shore

She's still recovering from being used as a Leviathan's chew toy.

( ... Thinking about going swimming )

( Or at least, to go hang out by the water )

( laying face down in bed )

//

Marina is not a Falz fan it seems

Ashley's new condescending attitude, is because the Falz are all besties with us now.

That's why it seems to be a completely negative influence.
Because they're good now.

.. Alright.
I guess that explains it then.

( ... Leaning back in her chair.
Crossing her good leg over her lap. )

Alright.
.. So the reason you and Ashley are both exhibiting more explicitly negative traits, like violence, and whatever->

have a good reason for actually trusting these people.

... But I gotta ask,
How much is the risk here and what's telling you they *aren't* just going to try again now that you're willingly letting them fuse with your bodies.

So he didn't like, apologize, or actually redeem himself. He just accepted he's dead and chilled out, because he's dead.

But he could still be just as shitty as he was when he was working with the Primordial--

( .... Deep breath )

Alright.
I'm sure Raz, and you, ->

.. So Elder, the guy you fused with, was being used by some interdimensional cosmic horror to destroy your universe.

And you just.. Trust him enough to let him fuse with your body?

Is that why you're more violent lately? Because you're fused with a fucking world ending psycho? All of you are?

.. Normally this would be where the 'But' is.
However;

" .. I don't have anything else to say. "

it would just be thrown away, too. "

Leaning back against her pillow.
No longer staring at Alastor. Just the ceiling.

" Look. I know you're gonna say I'm an idiot for putting that much value into everyone else's opinion.

And you're right. I know that. You don't need to tell me twice. "

->

I looked up to the Z-Team for taking that fucker down, because that was what gave ME hope.

.. Seeing the big win over Shroud be discredited like that ruined that hope for me. Because, if I accomlished something like that on the clock, assuming Robert ever trusted me enough to send me for it,->

...

" I couldn't wait for a high stakes call.
Everyone around here is so fucking convinced that we only do these things because we have to. Because it's this, or jail.

.... Even Shroud was just brushed off as the Z-Team being forced to take him out to keep their asses out of prison.

->

" 𝙄 𝘼𝙈 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝙈.

It's not like I've just been pushing people out of the fucking dispatches when I'm sent with them. This whole Kaiju thing was off the books. Everyone else was fucking asleep.

And if I called YOU, you would have fucking vaporized the thing. "

->

( ... Taking a seat.
She was fine with leaning.. )

.. Yeah, sure..

( She doesn't mind long explanations.
... She's still pissed that Ashley, if it was even 'Ashley', treated her like she was too simple to understand any of this. )

.. You 'Fused' with someone?

( She pulls out a large fish she was keeping in there.
.. It was taking up a little too much space..

She leans against the fridge door after it's closed, and takes a bite out of her meal. )

The fuck's a Falz?

An 'Elder' thing? An elder of what?

( She didn't pick up on 'Elder' being the guy's name.. )

( Once they're in the kitchen, Marina hops out of Alastor's hand.
She's just gonna grab a fish out of the fridge. )

( Once she's seated, she just rests herself in Alastor's hand.
Remaining quiet for msot of the walk.

Until- )

.. Why'd this transformation make your hands so big?

( .... Marina was silent.
Was it regret? Anger?
Hard to tell. Her expression didn't give it away. )

Fine.

( .. At least she let it happen? )

Yeah. I don't want that either.

Alastor, I do not want help right now.

Pretty sure I am?

.. I walked yesterday.

( With the loosest definition of walking you could possibly come up with )

... Nah.
It's fine. I got this.