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AVRIL: i thought it was a pretty good pic but i didn't expect this good of a #response #top10 #photographerstowatchoutfor #follow4follow
IMODE: 💯
AVRIL: whats your #problem
SILAS: As I live and breathe, how do you even slap sarcasm onto a spoken emoji?
IMODE: Years of strict vocal training.
IMODE: I just 🙏 your 📈 is worth it, is all.
AVRIL: fuck yeah it'll be worth it, weren't you #listening?
AVRIL: i might even get sponsorship offers after this, not to mention photo commission work, and with the news on their way? #freeexposure
SILAS: Yeah, what are you even prattlin' on about, will it be "worth it." Worth what?
SILAS: All I'm seein's a win-win-win.
SILAS: Golden boy Thorpe here rustles up a few thousand new followers, and Tavros Crocker's social standing is down in the shitter far as my ma's concerned.
SILAS: I'll never have to pretend to talk to him at another gala just to appease her again.
SILAS: Bless his heart.
IMODE: You're just gonna throw him under the 🚌 like that?
AVRIL: aw come on, he's crocker's kid. It's not like he can go to jail. #untouchable
SILAS: He'll get the slap on the wrist he deserves, and that'll be enough to get him off my ma's list of eligible boys.
SILAS: Besides, don't you theater types love a stage? You'll get some TV time, too, don't worry your pretty lil head.
SILAS: So, like I said, win-win-win.
SILAS: No disrespect to the deceased, of course.
SILAS: May he rest in the dark bosom of the mirthful messiahs.
SILAS: Only lookin' on the bright side of things, you know.
SILAS: Anyways why do you care, he doesn't even GO here.
IMODE: Ok, well what about the other two?
AVRIL: they DEFINITELY don't go here.
Silas internally curses her tongue for speaking disrespectfully of the messiah she's supposed to care about. She'd tried to dig herself out of it, but she's not sure it's enough. She'll have to double down to make up for it.
SILAS: I've a mind to think you don't want justice.
IMODE: I'm not trying to have anything to do with clown ⚖️.
IMODE: I didn't 📸 the fucking picture, I don't even know why I'm here, so why don't you get off my 🍑 about it??
AVRIL: hey now, we're not in here to get in trouble, remember? no need to toss credit around like it's blame
AVRIL: and they didn't mean it like that. Nobody's saying they're glad gamzee's dead #inthistogether #noheresyhereisee
The three of them stare each other down. Already Imode has said more than they should have, and Avril's just given them the out. If they take it, the other two can act like they weren't blaspheming either. It's a dance they're familiar with. No Human Kingdom kid in their right mind admits to stuff like this to people they aren't close to. And a couple randos you got tossed into the principal's office with are definitely not on that tier.
And yet. Vrissy's face, determinedly smeared with purple blood, sweat, and eyeliner, flashes in Imode's brain.
IMODE: Maybe I am.
IMODE: 🗣️ that.