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“Promise you won’t get mad at me?” Froguis batted her eyelashes, grinning.
“I am going to kick you out of the cabin permanently if you don’t.”
“Extreme! I love it.” She cackled, before finally relenting. “Name’s Froguis12. Or just Froguis, or just 12. Anything really. I like nicknames.”
“Even Frog Girl?” Chance jested.
“Don't push it.”
The moment was broken by a loud, crashing sound. The source, Shedletsky- he'd dropped his drink. “I KNEW. I KNEW YOU LOOKED FAMILIAR.” He said. He bolted up from his chair, rushing towards her.
Froguis stepped back instinctively, putting her hands up as a nervous smile creeped onto her face. “Awe, c’mon now, you-”
“I worked on your case! You, you’re terrible! I-” The avian admin let out a humorless laugh, pointing an accusing finger at her. “You defrauded people of their money, you-” you stole you-”
“Am I not part of this team then?” She cut him off, looking around, slightly bewildered. “I..-I get it. I did bad things, but have I not saved some of you? Why is it a problem that I scammed a few people back there??”
“You're untrustworthy.” Builderman , stepping forward with his arms crossed. “You're a scheming liar, and probably are going to, uh-”
“What? Steal your money?? What for?? Oh, are you scared I’ll persuade you into giving me the fullest cup at dinner, the shiniest plate?”
Froguis huffed, scanning the room for any confirmation. 007n7 was staring at her with a look like ‘I'm sorry.’
“Come on now! This is- this is dumb as fuck! Why are you all holding grudges in hell? Have I not saved some of you already? Like, like you, Noob! You know I did!”
Noob winced, refusing to look her in the eye. “Well, miss.. that..”
“Are you serious?? Or- or, Shedletsky! I distracted 1x back there!”
Shedletsky scoffed, rolling his eyes. “That was one time! Plus-”
“Isn’t that weird too? 1x seems to be fixated on you!” She stepped towards him. “I had to yell my heart out to get their attention.”
“Don't change the topic.” The avian admin hissed, jaw clenched. Even so, there was a look in his eyes. ‘Don’t keep pushing.’
“Fine! But my point stands! Does it really matter what I did before this? Look at 007n7!” Elliot scoffed in the background. “Does he really deserve to get mauled over, and over, and over again by some killers, with little to no help from his teammates??”
7n7 looked mildly uncomfortable. “Froguis, don’t.. don’t bring me into this. You really don’t have to-”
“Oh I have to! Why are we under a meritocracy here?? Why does my past matter so much you'll treat me with less respect than other people?? Don’t we have to help each other in a situation of panic like this?? Everyone has done bad things!”
The room fell into an unbearable silence, tense.
“Well, she does have a point.” Guest stepped forward. “If we start to shun people because of their actions, when will we stop?”
Builderman let out a drawn out sigh, walking towards the entrance of the diner part of the cabin. “Yeh, yeh. I know she's right. Just, let me think. Shed, Matt, c’mere and let's have a chat. The rest of you can go to sleep in your cabins, I don’t really care.”
“Cabins..?” Froguis tilted her head. “There's multiple?”
“Oh. Yeah. There's 6 individual cabins, and we share.” Elliot said, also standing up from his seat on the couch. “I think 7n7's cabin is the only free one.”
“Ah.”
“It's okay if you don’t want to share!” 007n7 rushed to say, nervous. “I.. I can sleep here if you’d like, I really don’t use the cabin that much, I-!”
“7. Shut up. We're sharing.”
“But, but I-”
“Shut up.” She held up a hand, silencing him. “I don't mind sharing, really. Plus, you've been isolated for too long, dude.”
7n7 looked like he was about to protest, but wisely kept to himself. “Let me show you the way at least."
“That's more like it.”
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ARTTT!!
THE CHAPTER ISN’T FINISHED JUST YET, I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS FUN LITTLE VISUAL!
THE CABINS ARE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWING. SOME ARE SHIPS O MINE, LIKE MAGICBOMB OR PAYCHECK OR BUILDERLETSKY, AND THE OTHER ARE LIKE.. NORMAL RELATIONSHIPS? FRIENDS OR AQUANTIANCES!!
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The night air bit into her skin despite her long sleeved shirt. Only now, Froguis took the time to admire the outside of whatever realm they were in. The moon hung high over the docs, and planks blocked off a lush forest. 6 one-floor cabins lined up neatly in a row, and 007n7 was leading her to the farthest one, the one closer to the woods.
“They cast you off to live in here?” She asked, rushing her steps to stand besides 7.
“Uhm.. Well, it was an unanimous decision, I-”
“Gods you’re such a pushover. No offense.”
She opened the door of the fairly small cabin. There was a bunk bed in one corner, a nightstand, and an oil lamp hung from the wall. The space was bare, with little to no decoration.
“This place is depressingly empty! I call dibs on the top bed.” Froguis boasted, quickly climbing onto the bedding
“As I said, I don’t use this space that much..” 007n7 rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, sitting down on the bottom bed. “I don’t think decoration is that necessary..”
“If it was up to you, I guess interacting with me is also unnecessary?"
“No, no! Totally not, I- why would you think that!?”
“I'm messing with ya sev! Take a breath, geez.” She giggled, taking her hat off. “But that can be for tomorrow. Did you know your eyebags have eyebags?”
7n7 winced, cleaning his glasses with his sleeve in a sort of nervous habit. “Yes, I know. Most of the time, I can only fall asleep before rounds start.”
“Do you need me to knock you out? I see some loose planks over there!”
007n7 blinked, distraught. “..you're not serious, are you?”
“Maybe, maybe not. I'll go take a nap and if you’re still awake by then-”
“I got it! I got it..”
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