voice | un: vsmith

[banworthy]

Hello.

How are you all doing? [ A beat. ] Actually, you all know I don't care so let's ignore that question, hm?

So, who would like to have their fortune, romantic future, or whatever told?

I know, I know... tarot is still a [ Longer pause. ] hobby of mine, but one you get to reap the rewards of today.

Fun, right?

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[banworthy]

Someone asked a question for me to the cards... and the cards told me to try.

[levelshift]

[He isn't sure if that's depressing or pathetic.....]

And you were motivated enough to do what they said.

[banworthy]

Do you know why tarot is only a hobby of mine?

[ Vincent decides to answer. ]

Because I don't have any power. It's a hobby for the useless and powerless. However, it is something I was taught as a ritual. It'd mean something if I could do anything with it, but all I can do is vague readings that can be cast aside.

[levelshift]

It's up to the person who's getting the reading whether they want to throw it away or not, right? Even if your tarot doesn't have any magic power like it would back home, people still may want to take it seriously. Like you're doing with this support thing.

[banworthy]

[ Ew. ]

Are you trying to support me now?

[levelshift]

Fuck no! I'm only being logical.

[banworthy]

Good.

Because it almost sounded like it... and I would have been irritated. I was already supported today and I hated it.

[levelshift]

Then you get how I feel. You should give that support to someone who'll appreciate it.

[banworthy]

Which is no one if it is coming from me.

Great. I can keep doing what I've been doing forever.

[ And he does sound a little relieved. ]

[levelshift]

[It's probably for the best that Vincent doesn't try to offer support to anyone else....]

What, no one around here likes you enough for that?

[banworthy]

I know. It's shocking.

[levelshift]

My world is shaken.

[banworthy]

Anyway --

[ Now that they've gotten their ha-has out. ]

-- I have enough investment in you to ask how you are. So, consider this some concern.

[levelshift]

[...... He'd much rather joke about Vincent being friendless.]

Do you really want to know the answer to that?

[Because the answer isn't great.]

[banworthy]

Again, I have enough investment in you to even ask.

If I didn't want to know, I'd not have bothered.

[levelshift]

[There's a few moments of silence from Accelerator, as he debates whether to even respond.]

Not great. But that's to be expected.

[banworthy]

To be expected?

[levelshift]

Since I went home recently.

[banworthy]

Doing badly, is it?

[levelshift]

[That's putting it lightly.]

I'm not a fucking fan of having funerals for my students.

[banworthy]

I didn't think you cared enough about people to have students.

[levelshift]

I don't have that luxury when 80% of the population of the city I run is made up of them.

[banworthy]

That's an overwhelming number of people to like. Especially for you.

[levelshift]

It's really fucking tiring, but it's better than letting a bunch of shitty adults take over again.

[banworthy]

A city full of children, then?

I suppose even I have something of a soft-spot for such downtrodden individuals. They've not yet grown into becoming irritating people. [ Hmm, hmm, hmm. ] Do you feel like you trained them wrong?