wtfox | [seasonality] catchall for bradley

I got six hundred years of experience.

[ Lila do not emulate this man. ]

[too late]

Okay... so we'll make them pay for what they did to us by ripping their limbs off!

Hard to go around kidnappin' from different worlds when they can't move.

[ this is the worst thing I have ever done ]

That's a good point!

[she sees absolutely nothing wrong with this]

[ I can sense the chaos I have caused and I'm deeply apologetic ]

Just need to find 'em.

[she cracks her knuckles]

Surely they can't stay hidden for too long?

They only got what? A month left? Ain't long at all.

Probably gonna show up before the end.

A month?

Oh - because of how quickly the seasons seem to be passing...?

[fall did only seem to last two weeks, after all... and now it's the second week of winter...]

Exactly. This place's seasons are goin' way faster than normal.

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Right... at this rate, "a year" will be over in no time at all.

[a beat.]

Which is good, because I'm more than ready to teach whoever's behind this a lesson.

[me just sitting here waiting for a new memory to finish uploading on google drive... fucking lmao i did a new upload and it finished before the first one. anyway! there's that. she's not one to run from a fight when someone has made her angry. run toward one, on the other hand...]

[Bradley doesn't blink fastly, but I AM.]

... Who was that guy?

[ilu mira

lila looks down, fiddling with her necklace.]

...Hawkmoth. I think I told you about him before. [...] That wasn't my finest moment. A lot of stuff led up to that but... I'm still the one who went for it, even though I'm supposed to fight those things.

That's the guy? Didn't think he'd be so...

[He does not even know how to explain what he saw there. "Like that"? "Willing to chat"?]

What lead up t' it?

That's how he does things. He... talks to you. Gets in your head. The butterflies are attracted to people who are really angry, or sad, or jealous, or... any kind of negative emotion, really, and once they've got you, he convinces you that there's no other way except to do what he wants in exchange for the power you need to deal with whatever upset you.

[she sighs.]

I was already convinced of that. Ladybug and I didn't really get along very well, even though we were supposed to work together, and that day she told me she didn't need someone like me on her team. She... [her hand curls around her necklace.] ...she took my necklace. Even though it was passed down to me from my grandmother - my family's always been the one to use it. But she's the leader of the team, so she said she gets to make the call on who can and can't use them. Normally, I would have tried to fight back myself, with it, but it's the necklace that gave me powers. So, when I saw that butterfly, I thought... this is my chance.

...she ended up freeing me from Hawkmoth and we made up. She gave it back, and she even apologized for taking it, but...

[Were children always this petty? He doesn't remember this, but he also hasn't been 14 for... something like 600 years, and the kids he knows are:

1. raised in a cult
2. a mess because of other reasons.]

I'd be fuckin' pissed if somebody took my shit.

I was so mad. It wasn't even just that it was my necklace, it was... It was left to me by my grandmother. Even if it wasn't magical, it's not the sort of thing that can just be replaced.

[she sighs!]

...and even ignoring that, it... the way she told me to leave the team just made me feel worthless. But... I still shouldn't have done it that way. Every time I remember it happened, I remember that I have to do better than I did that day.

[He plays with a ring on his left hand, a dark black stone set in silver.]

You shouldn't ignore that t' begin with. The things that people gift you are important. Feelings are wrapped up in gifts.

Y'know? Long as ya wanna change, there's always time.

They are. It was - it was that she took my grandmother's gift, and what she said, and how it made me feel, and...

[she sighs again and finally stops gripping her necklace so tightly. it settles back down against her skin.]

...I do want to change. I definitely won't let something like that get the better of me again. [...] I'm going to be worthy of the things that were left to me.

[He stops playing with the ring.

If her hair was shorter, he'd ruffle it. As it stands, he pats her head.]

There ya go. You already got yer answers. Might wanna talk to Fall's Dorm Head. He's got some regrets too.

[she looks a little startled by that! her mom isn't really around enough for her to be used to even vague gestures of parental affection. even if he doesn't mean it that way, it's still startling.]

...you think so? I know we've got that, like, phone booth now, but he's probably pretty busy...

[He pats her again, before putting his hand back in his pocket.]

Think he'd be happy t' know we're all fine. Ain't bad t' just try reachin' out some.

Then... maybe I'll say hi.

[she smiles.]

...thanks, Bradley.

[He has... played too many of his soft cards to be like "What're ya thankin' me for". And he KNOWS IT. So.]

I got good advice.

[DOES HE...]

[she giggles]

I believe that!

Good.

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