[ well, that's something new and different. and now she's lowkey annoyed at illya for making it seem like prompto was upset about the whole thing. ]
just because prompto's somehow fine with getting his face punched doesn't mean somebody else will be. i went over there to tell him off. i wouldn't have had to knock him out if he hadn't tried to kill me.
Tell him off with your fists for a fight Prompto got a kick out of. I think it's fairly clear why he wouldn't be receptive.
His power feeds off damage. It's why you don't have any obvious wounds.
[ from his understanding, it isn't lethal. she wasn't to know that, but a lot of assumptions have been made here that can't be left unaddressed. this needs to be put to bed now, not later. ]
i went to tell him off with my words, thanks. he hit me in the face, i wasn't just going to smile and say thank you.
[ it's an oversimplification. she'd gone to argue with him, he'd wanted to fight instead, she'd acquiesced by whacking him once with a good elbow connect. intended to be a one and done, a warning. instead, it had quickly escalated, but once he'd hit her in the face, daisy had lost all self-control. she'd wanted to hurt him, and by then, he'd earned it. ]
his power is the evil stepsister of my mom's, stephen. hers nearly killed me. i wasn't going to take that chance.
You went in there under the assumption that he was violent to tell him off with your words. That's either plain stupidity, complete thoughtlessness or you were raring for a fight. And then you threw the first hit.
[ or so what she told him in person implies.
though—hm. hers nearly killed me.
it's a question to ask later. this needs handling. ]
I'm not saying you should have. I'm saying you should have known better than to be there in the first place.
[ if she had to confront a violent man, why in the safehouse of all places? nothing's private in the damned safehouse. they can't afford this kind of a slip up. ]
when people are coming to me concerned because prompto got himself beat up by the guy i brought into the safehouse, i should just let him do it without getting any flak because he might be violent?
[ she takes responsibility for his being there at all. maybe she shouldn't, and it's a misunderstanding of their roles as rescuers during the drop-off process, but that's how daisy interprets it. like leading the caterpillars all over again, each name she adds to the roster gets her stamp of approval.
now, he's a loose cannon, hurting someone she (and a bunch of other people!) cares about. she can't just sit there and do nothing. ]
i'm not just going to let him do whatever he wants because he thinks he can get away with it.
They resolved the fight themselves. Prompto posted selfies. Do you think he would've done that if he was worried Kovacs posed a threat to the rest of us? Is that the kind of person Prompto is, sweep it under the rug and leave it there?
No one of us is the law here and you're not Kovacs' keeper. If there's an issue, share it. Don't create a bigger problem.
so that we can have tribal council and decide to vote somebody off the island? we can't even agree on whether there's a we or not.
[ because literally everyone is a loose cannon, whether daisy realizes it or not. they're all emotional disasters just trying to scrape by. the well-adjusted are not welcome in new amsterdam. ]
No. So we can talk to each other and figure out if there's a problem before somebody gets killed.
[ Illya would've gone after Kovacs after seeing the state Daisy was in. Damian would've joined him. something would've happened that couldn't be taken back. ]
You're right. We can't agree on anything. We're held together by threads. If this had gone any further, I don't know if we could've pulled it back.
[ he's trying desperately hard just to spin the various plates needed to help keep this thing afloat. something like this could've smashed more of them than he could replace. ]
i'm not a complete psychopath, stephen, i wasn't going to kill the guy.
[ she's defensive and thus missing the point. yes, illya absolutely would have tried to murder a man who hurt her, and if she was more rational she might admit that's a dangerous consideration. but daisy would hurt people too, as it turns out, if they hurt the ones she cared about. ]
[ yes, it's done. he and Damian have cleared up the scene the fight left behind to minimise questions, Stephen's made contact with Kovacs and settled the waters, Daisy's safe at home with Illya as a silent if apparently diligent nursemaid.
it could have been a lot worse. it's been contained. ]
You might want to talk to Prompto when you're feeling up to it. I gather he's frustrated.
[ okay, she'll concede that point. it frustrates her — because she doesn't need him to fight her battles, because she handled it just fine — but she's not stupid enough to dig her heels in and cover her metaphorical ears. ]
he's just protective. i wouldn't have let him do something stupid.
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[ everything's fine. everyone's mad at her. ]
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in that case, he'll just get right down to it. ]
Just Illya?
[ has anyone filled you in on The Situation yet ]
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[ no ]
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sending over a link to Prompto's cooltalk, highlighting two images in particular: bloodied prompto, bloodied kovacs. cute little captions on each. ]
You didn't do your research.
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just because prompto's somehow fine with getting his face punched doesn't mean somebody else will be. i went over there to tell him off.
i wouldn't have had to knock him out if he hadn't tried to kill me.
[ "maybe i was wrong but he's still an asshole" ]
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His power feeds off damage. It's why you don't have any obvious wounds.
[ from his understanding, it isn't lethal. she wasn't to know that, but a lot of assumptions have been made here that can't be left unaddressed. this needs to be put to bed now, not later. ]
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[ it's an oversimplification. she'd gone to argue with him, he'd wanted to fight instead, she'd acquiesced by whacking him once with a good elbow connect. intended to be a one and done, a warning. instead, it had quickly escalated, but once he'd hit her in the face, daisy had lost all self-control. she'd wanted to hurt him, and by then, he'd earned it. ]
his power is the evil stepsister of my mom's, stephen. hers nearly killed me. i wasn't going to take that chance.
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[ or so what she told him in person implies.
though—hm. hers nearly killed me.
it's a question to ask later. this needs handling. ]
I'm not saying you should have. I'm saying you should have known better than to be there in the first place.
[ if she had to confront a violent man, why in the safehouse of all places? nothing's private in the damned safehouse. they can't afford this kind of a slip up. ]
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[ she takes responsibility for his being there at all. maybe she shouldn't, and it's a misunderstanding of their roles as rescuers during the drop-off process, but that's how daisy interprets it. like leading the caterpillars all over again, each name she adds to the roster gets her stamp of approval.
now, he's a loose cannon, hurting someone she (and a bunch of other people!) cares about. she can't just sit there and do nothing. ]
i'm not just going to let him do whatever he wants because he thinks he can get away with it.
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No one of us is the law here and you're not Kovacs' keeper. If there's an issue, share it. Don't create a bigger problem.
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we can't even agree on whether there's a we or not.
[ because literally everyone is a loose cannon, whether daisy realizes it or not. they're all emotional disasters just trying to scrape by. the well-adjusted are not welcome in new amsterdam. ]
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[ Illya would've gone after Kovacs after seeing the state Daisy was in. Damian would've joined him. something would've happened that couldn't be taken back. ]
You're right. We can't agree on anything. We're held together by threads. If this had gone any further, I don't know if we could've pulled it back.
[ he's trying desperately hard just to spin the various plates needed to help keep this thing afloat. something like this could've smashed more of them than he could replace. ]
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[ she's defensive and thus missing the point. yes, illya absolutely would have tried to murder a man who hurt her, and if she was more rational she might admit that's a dangerous consideration. but daisy would hurt people too, as it turns out, if they hurt the ones she cared about. ]
it's not going anywhere. it's done.
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[ yes, it's done. he and Damian have cleared up the scene the fight left behind to minimise questions, Stephen's made contact with Kovacs and settled the waters, Daisy's safe at home with Illya as a silent if apparently diligent nursemaid.
it could have been a lot worse. it's been contained. ]
You might want to talk to Prompto when you're feeling up to it. I gather he's frustrated.
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he's just protective. i wouldn't have let him do something stupid.
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would you like me to vote myself off the island in absolution? because i think we're a little low on confessional booths in the safehouse.
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You're beloved by too many hot-heads to be the centre of a murder scandal.
[ he's joking. mostly. but not at all about about her value in her circle. ]
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[ sorry but she was lowkey raised by nuns ]
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Please never speak to me again
[ he can take this whole situation but put that away or you're disowned ]
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[ just this once. ]
i'll talk to prompto.
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[ no longer a suggestion but the price of That Line ]