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Fixers (Beautiful_Disgrace and I)

"Which means leave Luce alone," Wizard clarified. "...seriously, her bedroom is a small arsenal, she doesn't need much of a reason to use any of it." And the last thing they needed was replacing walls...
 
"Okay.." Rayna said with a defeated look on her face. Aernir looked at Wizard and gave him a grimace before escorting their guest to his room. He wasn't planning on having her in there to sleep, but...well he needed to keep an eye out on her and he was the only one who'd be able to protect her if Luce was gonna come after her again. Sadly, his room was right next to Luce's though. So he could only hope she kept quiet.

"Here we are. It's not much but...you can stay on the bed. I'll just sleep on the floor until we figure out better arrangements." He told heras he opened the door. Rayna walked in and looked around. The place was pretty neat and tidy, and there were lots of decorations on the wall, but the one that caught her eye was the sword. She looked at it, and then back towards him blankly. "You..aren't doing that spirit thing again, are you? If there is something around me I don't want to know, okay? Don't tell me, don't even bring it up. I'm going to get something to eat, please don't come out of here." He backed up and shut the door in her face, locking it so only he could get in or out. It was a little cruel but...that girl didn't seem to have any sense...
 
The entire apartment felt like a mexican stand-off, except nobody had any guns. The only thing they did hear was Luce stress sharpening her machete. She did it when she had no other way to really express her anger. At least, in a way that didn't kill the people she didn't hate as much. She was angry, furious even. Her room had become a whirlwind of her frustration, but that was all she could do. Whatever that creepy bitch did, it was out there now.

Little Doll. Just thinking about it made her want to claw her ears out, sinking against the wall near her bed with a grimace. The walls were thin and crappy, like any shitty apartment.

"...You've got some fucking nerve, thinking that you can just come in and act like you can fix everything, you know that?" Luce muttered, the sharpener's noise like an ominous backdrop to the entire conversation. "You're fucking nothing out here, princess. You're just some spoiled brat who wanted to try something 'dangerous', so...how's it feel?" she said. "How's it feel to be in a rat warren, locked up in a room because you freaked everyone out?"
 
For a moment, Luce wouldn't hear anything. Rayna was debating on whether or not she should talk to her since Aernir and Wizard told her not to. But wouldn't it be rude if she pretended like she couldn't hear her?

"I didn't think I can fix everything. I just thought I could help. I don't understand your anger. I have just seen it a lot, and I just forgot you were real...so I didn't really think the things I said through, and I'm sorry. I don't understand a lot of things but..that is why I wanted to leave my old life, so I could learn..."
 
Luce stopped sharpening a moment, brow furrowed. She was angry at a lot of things, for a lot of reasons...and by a lot of people. But she was like that, once...wasn't she? Scared, naked...afraid, wanting to embrace the world and hope that it was better than the old one. She still hadn't figured it out yet.

"...Rule one of reality, girl...nobody gives a shit if you do the right thing," Luce muttered. "If you do it, you're doing it for yourself, and nothing else." she said, starting to sharpen again. "You won't understand my anger, because you think that you can help. You can't, stop trying."
 
"I don't really care about doing the right thing though..a lot of people died tonight for my freedom. A sad but true fact. However, it couldn't be helped. It took me a long time to come to terms with it, but...if I stayed with my parents any longer I would have been married off to some stranger in the UK and..things would have gotten much worse from there. So I made my decision after saving up money from my job and...now I'm here." Rayna sighed and then leaned her head against the same wall that Luce was against.

"If you don't want me to try to help, I won't. But I like you, and I want to be your friend. Even though I'm scared of you a little."
 
"You like me." Luce stated after a moment. "I almost cut your goddamn arm off and you like me? Why?" she muttered. "I'm not going to be some pet project for you to feel good about, Princess."
 
"I made you angry. Even if I didn't mean to, it doesn't make your feelings any less valid. I like you because you're strong, and you're not afraid of saying what you want to say. Plus, you've got amazing talents, Luce. I mean it. It's not that I want to change you..I just wanted to help you, even if it was just a little bit..."
 
Luce felt miserable, and she rarely felt miserable. Someone in their genuine ignorance thought she was worth helping, Aernir thought that, Wizard thought that...ugh. Fucking shit. She wasn't cut out for this bullshit. It just made her defensive and violent. Good thing for her, she wasn't in the same room.

"...You can't help me with that, Rayna." she muttered after a long while. "Nobody can, it's just part of who I am, and that won't change, alright?"
 
"..Then I won't try anymore. If anyone changes you, it should be you. But, if you ever do want to, Luce...please let me know. I don't know much about people, or how the world really is...but I know lots of pointless things about...stuff normal people wouldn't know." Rayna moved her knees to her chest and looked at the door, wondering when Aernir would come back.
 
"...Yeah," Luce muttered, giving her blade one last sharpening. "...How's your arm? Good?" As close to what she'd get to an apology and some legitimate concern, at any rate.
 
"It still hurts badly, but Aernir has it stitched and bandaged. Umm...Luce. I..kind of have to go to the bathroom but the door is locked." She was hoping Luce would be willing to help her...she didn't sound as mad anymore.
 
"Go in the corner," Luce said dryly. "Roughing it, right?" she said, rising up to sheath her machete. Yeah yeah...she supposed she was done being mad at someone ignorant enough to think they could help. She could be mad at stupid, but it didn't fix anything.
 
For a little while, Rayna was silent. She wasn't sure if Luce was being serious but...if Aernir didn't unlock the door soon she'd be taking her advice. "I'll hold it as long as I can."
 
"I'm coming, I'm coming..." Luce grumbled, opening the door to her room and stepping out. She patently ignored the staring from Wizard when she opened the door to Aernir's room.

"Bathroom's to the right," she said. "Don't piss on the floor getting there, place smells bad enough."
 
"Thank you." Rayna told Luce with a smile as she hurried out of Aernir's room and went into the bathroom. Aernir came back to his room hearing Rayna's voice and he raised an eyebrow.

"Why did you let her out?"
 
"Because she was going to piss on your floor if I didn't," Luce muttered, turning to head back into her room. "Or do you like smelling urine, Aernir?"
 
"I...don't. But are our walls that thin she could ask you to let her go to the bathroom?" If so..no wonder she thought he was a pervert...maybe he shouldn't take girls back here ever again. Though he was more interested in why Luce decided to let her out instead of kill her.
 
"Loud enough to know what you're into, buddy," Luce said. "You're a sick fuck, you know that?" she smirked, shutting the door as Wizard glanced at Aernir almost like he was guilty of something.
 
Aernir blushed a little bit and then heard the bathroom door open. Good, change of subject time. "I'm sorry Rayna...I lost track of time. I didn't mean to leave you for so long. Are you hungry?" Rayna looked at him and nodded a bit.

"A little...I'm more thirsty than anything. Could you please get me something to drink, Aernir?" She asked him cheerfully. Huh...he was sure that she'd be pissed at him but...

"...Sure." He said before heading back to the kitchen. Anything to get away from Luce.
 
Wizard glanced at Rayna a moment, then back to Luce's bedroom. "...Luce? You hungry?"

"Yeah," she mumbled, heading back out. "Anything good?"

"Nope," Wizard said as he spun back to the computer. "...You two good?"

"...Good enough," Luce said, glancing at Rayna. "For now." He'd take that over nothing, honestly. But now he was damned curious what the hell those two talked about to get Luce so okay with it now.
 
Aernir came back with a glass of iced water. They didn't really have much, nobody wanted to really go buy groceries or anything. He gave it to her and stood over the three of them quite awkwardly. "Well...if you two are hungry I guess we can order something...maybe." Like they always did. Every single night.

"You do not cook your own food?" Rayna asked them, taking the glass of water and drinking from it. She grimaced. This water tasted strange.
 
"We're usually not around enough to bother," Wizard admitted. "And the last thing we want to do is cook."

"Meh, all shits out the same way...do whatever,"Luce said. "I'll pay for my part."
 
"What kind of food do you like, Rayna?" Aernir asked as she seemed to be deep in thought.

"I...like Italian." She said softly as she tried to swallow another gulp of water, though it was hard for her. Aernir could see that and he laughed a bit.

"Sorry, it's tap water. From a faucet. We don't have any bottled. Italian, huh? Pizza it is."
 
"Double mushroom, Alfredo sauce instead of cheese and thin crust," Luce mumbled, propping her feet up. "Whose turn is it to pay?"

"Mine," Wizard sighed. "You always get the pricey stuff, Luce." he groused.

"I have a refined taste," she smirked. "Shut up and deal with it."
 
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