thisavrou | 002, the afternoon of the 18th

[When Robin had first received her wanted poster in the mail, she had been mortified. When she started receiving messages about it from other people, that emotion changed into one of fear, suspicion and paranoia. The first thing she'd done in response was to head down into the prison planet, away from the Moira and the crew she no longer felt safe around.

It had been more than twenty four hours since then, though , and she's since come to terms with the fact that this isn't a permanent solution. She won't be able to stay on the prison planet forever, and even if she could she certainly didn't want to. Besides the obvious fact that it's a prison, things were starting to get strange down there.

It didn't take long to realize that this isn't the sort of problem she's going to be able to run from - not yet, at least. Even if she isn't ready to board the Moira again, she needs to get out ahead of this problem. ]

This is Nico Robin.

I know some of you got my posters in the mail. I was hoping to know, how many?

[ The first step of dealing with a problem is figuring out how much of one she's dealing with, after all. Maybe if it's just one or two people, she can bribe or threaten them into keeping their mouths shut. Maybe, if she's lucky, she can prevent her face from being associated with that name.]

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Actually, you dont understand. it doesn't matter how strong they are, because if you want it deeply enough you can beat them. If you run away from this now then its because you where too scared to try.

Edited 2016-04-24 02:28 (UTC)

That's stupid. That isn't how it works, Chara.

Most of the time that's exactly how this works.

That is, assuming you have the power.

Edited 2016-04-24 03:29 (UTC)

You talk like someone who's never faced a real threat in their life.

In the real world, there are some threats you just can't face, Chara. Not if you want to have even the slimmest chance of surviving, why is that so hard for you to understand?

[If Chara seemed composed earlier, they certainly aren't now.]

You have no idea what I have or haven't faced, Clover. The real world is a place where selfish children like you live to suffer and make other people as miserable as they possibly can. It's one where no one's actually going to care if those bounty hunters come and kill you or not.

Deal with this, or at least don't let other people see what a crybaby you really are.

[If Chara thinks their words will faze Robin, they're dead wrong. This is all things she's heard before - she's been called selfish, told she exists only to ruin the lives of others. People even say that the fact that she was born is a sin in itself.

Hearing these things from someone who might have been a friend once hurts a little, but it isn't the first time, and it's certainly nothing new. Robin wipes her eye before responding with voice as well. She sounds a lot more composed than Chara is.]

Get your things off the Tourist, Chara. I don't want to see you aboard my boat again.

Your boat?

[ Scuffling, then a low static of wind as Chara leaves the room they were in.]

You can't even fly it. Why is it yours at all?

My boat.

[She repeats it for emphasis.]

Because I'm the one who found it, and I'm the one who's going to take it from you if you try to keep it for yourself.

[She might be fucking terrified of the people hunting her down, but she's not even slightly scared of Chara - even with what she knows of the child's murderous history.]

Chara Dreemurr! Don't speak to that young lady like that! [This is definitely full on mom voice in effect.] You've been taught better than that!

Edited 2016-05-05 22:34 (UTC)

[The 'Mom Voice' shoots straight to their spine like lightning. Chara jumps, shocked for an instant into silence, and they can't believe it. After all this time they still feel like they're standing over a pie pan, dreading the thought of disappointing her.]

[All that makes it through the MID is the fact that they pause, and that their next words come out distinctly off-balance.]

D-don't call me Dreemurr. That's not my name anymore!

[Her voice is still stern. She drops Dreemurr wordlessly but still isn't happy with her child.]

Chara, I do not know what transpired between this young lady and yourself, but- you do not treat others like this.

She said I'd never faced a threat before in my life!

[That's totally not a whine. They're outraged! And angry. They hate everyone and everything. (Since when does Toriel have the right to keep scolding them like this? Why is Chara letting her?)]

That does not give you recourse to berate her when she has legitimate concerns regarding her safety.

You have seen much, just as she has. Dismissing her concerns with 'kill them' does not negate her worries or possible problems. [Her tone is still parental, chiding at the not!whine coming from Chara.] Much less can violence help in a situation like this beyond feed the fire and make it worse.

I wasn't dismissing her. You don't know what I'm trying to do, or what I want.

It's rude to join conversations where you're not wanted!

Please, tell me then what you aimed to do. I am not a mind reader, Chara. I want to know.

When you are name calling other children, I will step in. I will not tolerate you or any child being mocked. Would you like it if people mocked your brother or Frisk? Talked down to them when they are frightened or worried?

Edited (whoops) 2016-05-06 02:46 (UTC)

I wasn't mocking her. I meant everything I said. All of it! So it wasn't namecalling if it was all just the truth.

[They're lower than dirt. Scum of the earth. If they cared at all about what Toriel thought then they'd be too ashamed to show their face in the light of day.]

...it's okay, Toriel. They're right. Maybe nobody'd care if someone killed me for the bounty, and maybe I'm just alive to suffer and make people miserable.

[Chara's hardly the first person to say such things to her, after all. There's definitely at least a hint of truth to them.]

At the end of the day, though, I might not be happy but I'll still be alive. If you keep running up against people stronger than you, then eventually you won't be, Chara. The world isn't an easy place - you don't get to survive just because you want to badly enough.

[Forgive her, you two. She genuinely doesn't know.]

Edited 2016-05-06 03:27 (UTC)

You cannot let that kind of thought dictate your life. Because people care, people care for you greatly. You cannot let what others say define you.

[Toriel will always rebuke that thought if it comes up. The sternness is gone, just something gentle.]

I simply wish for you to be safe, if not happy.

['Watch out, Chara, you might die'. 'Force of will doesn't keep you going.' 'Running away and disappearing would save Robin from dying.' 'Other people's opinions don't matter.' Chara's face splits in an ear to ear smile, and they hold back a chortle--then it bursts free, and Chara's laughing. Their cheeks hurt, and they can't catch their breath. Most of the time is spent airless.]

[They don't send a recording. It wasn't funny, and it's already over anyway.]

Edited 2016-05-06 04:08 (UTC)

No. People don't. [ Care about her, she means. There used to be people that did, but they're all gone now. ] Not where I'm from. Where I'm going back after this is all over.

[ As for letting what others say define her... Well, she's trying not to let it get to her, at least. It's hard, though.]

Anyway, I'm done with Chara, so I don't care what they have to say about me - whether it's true or not.

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