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@Fionraella Misha held her hands in front of her in an attempt at a calming gesture. She narrowed her eyes and peered inside the tent. "Ok, ok, ok..." she mumbled, trying to stall before he reached full panic mode - though she assumed he was already pretty much there. She cleared her throat and straightened her spine. Gotta look like I have a handle on this. Gotta seem like I know what I'm talking about. "First of all, we need to figure out what happened." She looked around, a bit frantic. "So, uh.. What do you think happened?"

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@Fionraella Misha's brilliant iceberg eyes glinted in faint abandon, reflecting off of the dying light of the fall... season. Her eyebrows jiggled. She ran delicate fingers through the matted hair, glimmering from grease and sweat and stuff. The wind punched her in the neck, metaphorically speaking.
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She kept her distance, narrowing her eyes at his look of horror. "What is it?"

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@Fionraella Misha laughed and scurried after him. "Oh, yes. We can go into town, sneak into some rich guy's home... and snag him." She made a grabbing motion. "Maybe if he fears for his life, he'll have better work ethic than me."

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@Fionraella Misha gave a look of exaggerated sympathy. "Maybe you should build a robot to help you. Maybe you could.. um.. kidnap a doctor." She shrugged. "I'm running out of ideas."

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@Fionraella Misha shrugged. "Not sure. I don't have much to do, other than pester somebody to help me do manual labor." She yawned, leaning her palms on her knees. "That and curl up and take a nap."

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Destin blinks at that. "My family was okay. But when my sister died, her boyfriend decided I was to blame. So he's been after me. Hasn't managed to catch me, but there is that fear." He hugs Misha again. "I'm sorry. But I think I love you, at least as well as I can with barely knowing you. I think I love most Broms. Even Fabine. I might be sad if he died."

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Misha smiled crookedly, patting his shoulder. "That's sweet. You really are still human." She considered his words and clenched her fists. "You know, if that guy ever finds you, I'll kick his ass. I'll straight up take him down. I'll protect you."

[she's like 5'2" and maybe 110 pounds rip misha too much rage for your tiny body]

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Destin sighs sadly. "Something can be said for teenagers who spend most of their days trying to figure out the next best way to kill each other.." he shakes his head. "It's hard to imagine being....normal I guess..." he looks at her sadly. "Did we lose our humanity when we figured out we weren't alone in this world? When we found more like us, did we become...animalistic? Are we all just killers under the surface?"

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[THIS IS... UPSETTING..... CONTENT BELOW......]

Misha shrugged, sighing. "I don't know, I mean.. for me, it doesn't feel to different than 'home.' " She raised her fingers in theatrical air quotes. "It was.. pretty bad. Pretty violent. Got pretty nasty." She shrugged dismissively. "I booked it outta there and somehow ended up here. Here kids die but at least they don't pretend to love you before they hurt you.." She shrugged. "Still sucks, though."

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@Fionraella Misha snapped her head back and laughed. "Love?" She grimaced. "What's that?" The woods around her were familiar, sure, she noted, but his words held truth: she didn't know how much she really cared for or 'loved' many of the same people she lived and worked with every day. "It's 'cuz we're all bad guys. Real monsters."

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@Fionraella Misha smacked her hands together. "Maybe we should do a public service announcement. 'Heya, kids! If you don't take care of yourself, you're disappointing everyone you know and love.' Would that work?" Not for those edgelords who think they got nothing to lose.

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@Fionraella She gasped in slightly mock horror and hurries after him. "You don't think I'm going to kick the bucket, do you? I've been doing this for years!" She rubbed her arms. "Way before I came here, for sure."

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