Fourth Hit [Audio//English]

[soyouwannaplay]

So I know there's a fuckton of scumbags on board, right? Out of curiosity, who are you? Just trying to get an idea here of how this place works.

[There's a pause before her voice takes on a younger tone, softer and much sweeter. It's so fake.] ...because, you know, I'm only a little girl. I need to know who the bad guys are so I don't go getting

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[thenotmagician]

Th'kid? He's harmless. Best kid I've ever met. Don't appreciate you insultin' him like that.

[soyouwannaplay]

Woah, didn't want to start anything. It wasn't supposed to be an insult. I've just never met someone who's that nice to kids like that. [Besides her daddy, of course. But he's her daddy.] Most adults just treat us like we're all fucking mentally challenged, not offer back rubs and chocolate all the time. It seemed a little suspicious is all.

[thenotmagician]

S'fine, kiddo. But Herz is great. Don't worry 'bout it.

[soyouwannaplay]

Don't call me kiddo.

...please.

[tanvirus]

Pretty sure he's your garden variety nice guy. Maybe those creepy vibes are you, kiddo.

[soyouwannaplay]

There's no such thing as a garden variety nice guy. At least, not where I come from. Everyone's got a motive. [She honestly is just not used to someone being so nice without trying to get something out of it.]

[alittlegreedy]

[Well aren't you just a ray of sunshine.]

Depends on your definition of 'scumbag'.

[soyouwannaplay]

I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.

[alittlegreedy]

Don't really have one, to be honest. I'm not one to call people out on that.

[soyouwannaplay]

I am. For example, a dirty fuckface of a druglord who frames good cops and sends pregnant mothers into depressed suicides? That's just one scumbag.

[ntjstapwn]

Herz only looks creepy. *Well, the eyes are creepy, at least* He's harmless.

[soyouwannaplay]

That's what I've been hearing... huh. Is it a Kansas thing, then? Seriously, no one in New York acts like that.

*wide open to Herz, btw*

[ntjstapwn]

Might be. Most rural areas are a hell of a lot different than New York. Hell, lots of people from other cities aren't as self-centered as New Yorkers.

[soyouwannaplay]

Its not the lack of being self-centered. It's the lack of an intent to harm.

[Audio]

[havea_heart]

[Oblivious as ever...]

Mindy, I, uh--

Well, someone, uhm--they--w-well, they asked for a--a grilled cheese--

Well, more than--or one more than they'd planned to--to eat.

So, uh, I--I'm left with--or I--I thought you'd...maybe like it?

It's here if--if you want it.

[This is all very forced. What he's hoping is to meet up with the girl off the comms to give her his list of people to Outright Avoid Or At Least Be Cautious of...and being horribly transparent in his delivery.

He's no idea what hole he could possibly be digging for himself.]

[Audio]

[soyouwannaplay]

Sure. Sergei's?

[She's bringing the knives, though. The only reason she agrees is that she's sure with the knives, she can protect herself should she have to. She's still slightly wary of him. He seemed nice, but just no one is that nice. No one. That's just not how life works. Everybody has motives, especially through being nice. Mindy's been there, she knows.]

[Audio]

[havea_heart]

Uh-huh.

[Aaand Herz will be pacing the kitchen and hoping he didn't just paint a bulls-eye on his head with this.]

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[soyouwannaplay]

[Mindy doesn't take long to get to Sergei's, but by this time, she's heard the countless testimonies in Herz's favor. Still, she's got on her belt, knives at the ready. She does like to feel safe.

She pushes open the door to the kitchen, knowing that's where Herz will be.]