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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 13, 2019 21:29:14 GMT -5
"For anything, really- though I imagine it will make a rather strong impression if I tell the rest of this lot off to their faces-"
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Post by Teja on May 13, 2019 21:32:39 GMT -5
"I can't get a read on you. It seems like you're less interested in winning a campaign, let alone actually being a mayor, than you are in this sophomoric drive to mock and insult everyone you've come in contact with."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 13, 2019 21:34:05 GMT -5
"Of course I want to be in charge," Ashton scoffed. "But such things require the love of the people, wouldn't you agree?"
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Post by Teja on May 13, 2019 21:38:39 GMT -5
"What a lot to unpack that is," she said, not bothering to play nice with him for the same reason she hadn't bothered with Veidt: she was never going to see either of them again, and anyone looking to sit on top of the pyramid for the sake of his own ego deserved the kick in the ass. "An explicitly hierarchical view of the world, with love thrown in - love that's bottom-up, and decidedly not reciprocal. Do you love the people? Do you deserve the love of the people?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 13, 2019 21:40:55 GMT -5
"Of course I do," he protested, visibly wounded by the accusation. "But these are not the people. Maybe some of them were once, but now look at them-"
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Post by Teja on May 13, 2019 21:43:11 GMT -5
"Even Veidt has programs for the people, if we're on that. What about you? Because all I've heard you do all night long is brag about how much you hate the rich. That's not the same thing as caring about the poor."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 13, 2019 21:46:57 GMT -5
"I'm only starting out," he said. "I am merely the vessel of a greater purpose, you might say-"
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Post by Teja on May 13, 2019 21:49:03 GMT -5
"Right now," she said softly, "this vessel seems a bit hollow."
If she'd been taller, she'd have been able to put an arm around his shoulders and whisper into his ear. She liked the idea of it. But the top of her head came up to his collarbone, so she had to lean in and look at him from beneath her eyelashes instead.
"Just hot air. Empty words."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 13, 2019 22:09:28 GMT -5
"I look forward to proving otherwise," he said, with the barest shadow of a smirk.
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Post by Teja on May 13, 2019 22:10:59 GMT -5
"Can you?" she asked. The words were out of her before she could question them, let alone take them back.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 13, 2019 22:20:27 GMT -5
"It's like I said- this place is a mess. Personally, I would like to put my hand in making it less of one."
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Post by Teja on May 13, 2019 22:23:07 GMT -5
"Place is a mess. Not the vocabulary of a man in love with the world he wants to save."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 13, 2019 22:30:48 GMT -5
"To tell you the truth," he admitted, "I'm still getting used to it all."
He grinned sheepishly.
"I've been here a few times before, but really, I've only made a home here for the last year or so. I'm certain that will come out during the campaign, of course-"
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Post by Teja on May 13, 2019 22:34:57 GMT -5
"It already has. Will you tell me something, Mr. Ashton?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 13, 2019 22:36:58 GMT -5
“Yes?” he asked.
They had slowed into a sort of gentle rock against one another by now, and his smile was all raised brows and wide, lopsided mouth.
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