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[bloodandbrass]

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hardlydead

[bloodandbrass]

[ from here ]

not what i asked.

[ is he offended? hard to tell. ]

[hardlydead]

Just didn't want you getting your hopes up.

[bloodandbrass]

got enough of you coming out here anyway that even if i'm not, i'm still getting more action than anyone on the list.

[hardlydead]

Yeah? You know that for sure? Comparing notes with the others?

[bloodandbrass]

educated guess.

[hardlydead]

[ whatEVER ]

Lucky you.

[bloodandbrass]

[ he just knows that even with his own negative charm and decorum, he's still not as bad as 90% of everyone else here. ]

luckier than them.

if i'm not top five, can't imagine who else is up there.

[hardlydead]

I'm not gonna tell you.

[bloodandbrass]

that embarrassing, huh.

[hardlydead]

Doesn't matter. It's ammo against the others no matter what the answer is.

[bloodandbrass]

i ain't ghost face. the fuck you think i'm gonna do with it?

[ #offended ]

[hardlydead]

Probably just piss someone off when you get mad or wanna make them feel like extra shit.

[bloodandbrass]

whatever.

[ still offended, because that's ghost face bullshit. ]

i need to make someone feel like shit, i put a cleaver in their gut.

[hardlydead]

You're not above trying to get under someone's skin and we both know it.

[ at this point david would wager he knows better than most other survivors how petty evan can be that way. even if it's not........ always intentional? question mark? ]

[bloodandbrass]

that's just you and everyone on this side of things.

[hardlydead]

Whatever you say, Chuck.

[bloodandbrass]

[ he doesn't like that, because it sounds like he lost the argument. whatever argument they were having.

but he doesn't reply, either. ]

surprise

[hardlydead]

[ initially david leaves it alone — a conversation ending because evan just decided to stop replying is nothing new — but he's kind of fed up of just letting things go. this is by no means even the weirdest or most striking thing he's said that david's let slip by like it never happened, but... ]

[ some hours and a barely survived trial with hag later david decides to follow something up. ]

You know Huntress is the only person I've ever heard you call by their actual name.

[ he'll probably just say something about respect. whatever. ]

[bloodandbrass]

[ the text surprises him, even more when it comes from david. usually david's the type to understand when a conversation is over.

it's the same conversation, at least. he's not sure he likes where it's going, but it isn't a tangent. ]

one of the only ones who's earned it.

[hardlydead]

Always thought you just never bothered learning anyone's name.

[bloodandbrass]

i know everyone's name. just don't usually give a shit.

[hardlydead]

Oh.

[ why does that hit with a little discomfort? he doesn't know what the feeling is but he doesn't like it. ]

Should've guessed.

[bloodandbrass]

we've both been here this long and you think i didn't? nobody can shut up around here. i didn't have to try learning anything.

[hardlydead]

Maybe it all went in one ear and out the other, I dunno.

[bloodandbrass]

used to. did for a long time.

too many assholes made it harder to ignore.