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HEARSE

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CHARACTER NAME

Ishmael

CIVILIAN NAME

Stanwix Melville

TEAM

Brimstone

HOUSING NUMBER

004

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Comments

un: redgaze (like a couple weeks after maid dress fever)

[immortalpoet]

[Ughh. Just thinking about this is a headache, but this is something he can't stop thinking about, either. Is he a hypocrite for going to Ishmael about this? Maybe. But he will....do his best to be nice. He knows how much she likes him. But he has to know.]

this seems to be a random question but. ishmael

at any point have you directed wriothesley to be antagonistic towards me

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[ the way this question sent a cold chill down her spine and not in a good way ]

Why do you ask?

[immortalpoet]

answer the question. ishmael

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I...

I may have vented to him a little back then. And maybe joked around a bit? What did he even do?

[immortalpoet]

did you now?

the "will you kiss me when i'm drunk". did that come from you?

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What???

Hold on, I'll try to remember what I said.

[ she's sure it happened in dms, so she's going to look for that in a bit......... ]

Okay so for context: I told him I wanted to see you in a more relaxed state and he jokingly suggested that I take you out for drinks. And then my stupid ass said that you'd better not ask me for a kiss while drunk, but I swear to the Wings that it's a joke and was not meant to be taken seriously and also this happened a couple months ago?????

[ PLEASE DON'T PILEDRIVE HER TO THE GROUND SHE'S BEHAVING RN OKAY ]

[immortalpoet]

hm.

before i say anything. the fault is not with you, ishmael. as rodion would say, ribbing on your boss is part and parcel of the job.

what i do not appreciate, however, is someone who i barely know using what you say behind closed doors as a way to. i don't know. make fun of me, go against me, whatever. as if im some easy target for entertainment

is he the type of man to run from his problems, ishmael?

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[ THE FAULT IS NOT WITH HER......

he has no idea how relieved she is upon hearing that. but now she has to deal with defending wrio from her own boss, wtf ]

He's not the type, no. But he is very, very good at diverting attention from himself. I don't know why he even brought that up to you, but he must've done it to throw you off.

I get it, though. He's one of the first people I met here six-ish months ago, and he used to piss me off early on because of that.

[immortalpoet]

[verg like why does he need to divert attention by crossing my boundaries man.......the last thing he reads grabs his attention, however]

really?

he pissed you off too? how?

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He asked me way too many questions. And it was getting on my nerves.

[ yeah................. ]

[immortalpoet]

[VERG: I KNEW HE WAS FUCKING NOSY]

i've noticed that too.

why does he do that?

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Like I said, it's to divert attention from himself. I have to turn the question around to make him talk about himself sometimes.

[ there's also a much deeper reason than that, but that's not her story to tell. ]

You might think I'm crazy or biased just because we have something going on now, but... he's really not what he wants you to think. At the same time, I do think he went too far with this.

[immortalpoet]

what a strange way to do such a thing, but what do i know.

[If anyone asks about him and he doesn't want to talk about himself he just bites their head off. Simple as that.]

last time we talked i asked him to respect a boundary of mine. he proceeded to waltz all over it and ran away like a coward under the excuse of leaving me alone.

tell him that i would want to get a sincere apology from him for his behavior. face to face. that's all i need. if he can't even respect that then i would seriously wonder what sort of man he really is

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[ "he's not a coward," is what she would like to retort, but she can't really defend him without a lot of context, and ishmael knows better than to intrude on vergilius any further right now.

great, now she's feeling peeved. ]

...I'll pass on the message. Although with all due respect, it's not like you're any better when it comes to opening up too, Vergilius.

[immortalpoet]

i opened up to him once and he then he makes light of it every time we talk so maybe opening up isn't all that it's cracked up to be, ishmael.

[Yeah, he is honestly more upset than anything that a Vulnerable Moment(TM) was turned into this, in his eyes.]

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[ man, wtf.

but it's fine, she won't give up. just gotta get to the bottom of this since vergilius has his own kind of stubbornness that she can't just intrude on due to their work hierarchy. this is already giving her a headache...... ]

I'll see what I can do. He probably didn't mean to, but even I can't get a good read on him sometimes.

[immortalpoet]

thank you.

[#italianonfrenchviolence]

regardless.

how are you surviving out there

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[ me like wait doesn't roland count as italian when u think about it. anyway ]

I'm dying, Vergilius.

[ a pause. ]

Thankfully it's not too bad to the point of needing Dante for it if they were here, but it's getting pretty damn close.

[immortalpoet]

dying in an emotional, physical, mental, spiritual way? or all of the above

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I almost said yes, but... Mentally and physically. They weren't kidding about this fucking heat...

[immortalpoet]

the hair doesn't help huh

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It's one of the reasons, yeah.........

[immortalpoet]

and i suppose cutting it is out of the question.

have you put it up?

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I can trim it if it's getting too long, but... Never.

[ she has to bring the sunset no matter where she goes. ]

Yeah, I did. Why, do you want to give it a shot?

[ she's mostly joking lmao ]

[immortalpoet]

eh


why not. i could