tfln #4 return of the terrible choices

[muskeg]

you know the drill. have at it, swampians.

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[hapertas]

he is really sneaky about that, isn't he?

you know, i saved some halloween candy! if the corn dog fight doesn't end as you'd hoped. [ Things Dash does not say: Isn't there a vegetable right there in the name? Corn dog?

Hmm. Things to think about. ]

[hoodwinker]

it's like he wants us to be healthy or something.

really? is it any of the good stuff or just stuff like the candy corn?

[hapertas]

i think eating our vegetables makes him happy.

good stuff, of course! i'd always be sure you had options. chocolate, caramels, gummy worms, suckers, all that.

[hoodwinker]

eating certain ones makes me extremely unhappy.

wow, i can't believe you have that much of it left.

[hapertas]

extremely? which vegetables are those??

i practiced rationing it out as a kid and the habit stuck, haha.

[hoodwinker]

not to sound like an eight year old, but mostly the green ones.

that's smart. you have a survivor's mindset.

[hapertas]

you don't sound like an 8 year-old! is it all the green ones that you don't like or are there green exceptions?

i'm sure it could be applied better to things that aren't candy. most likely.

[hoodwinker]

green beans are the least offensive.

maybe. but i think it's fine if you only apply it towards candy too.

[hapertas]

do you like them with bacon? that's a good way to get rid of the feeling of eating vegetables!

you think? is that fair to everyone who hasn't had a choice in the matter?

[hoodwinker]

you can eat them with bacon, are you kidding me?

i think everyone who hasn't had that choice would agree even more.

[hapertas]

yep! you cut up bacon and cook it with the green beans. it's really good.

i think you're a good person. i'll be grateful that i've had the choice. oh, and you really can have as much of it as you'd like. the candy, i mean.

[hoodwinker]

i really haven't lived, have i

i won the corn dog war. but i'll still take some candy, if you don't mind.

[hapertas]

let's ask minsu to make some. i bet you he knows how!

of course! you should have candy to celebrate your victory. you really didn't get hurt, right?

[hoodwinker]

i'm fine. after getting clawed by a demon, this is nothing.

[hapertas]

wait.

getting clawed by a demon?

[hoodwinker]

oh, you didn't hear about my very not-smart day.

[kwang definitely has discretion. he's grateful.]

[hapertas]

no, i did not. care to tell me?

[hoodwinker]

there's a new demon in the swamp and we had a bit of a disagreement.

he thought he had a right to be an asshole. i disagreed.

[hapertas]

jiho, that seems dangerous. are you all right now? did you get it patched up?

i don't like the sound of this. what was he saying or doing?

[hoodwinker]

rook took care of me. kwang patched me up.

he was on rook's couch.

[look it sounds ridiculous BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATED. FEELINGS. STUFF.]

be careful around him. he's not to be trusted.

[hapertas]

wait, he was in the house?? and he hurt you?

i'm so glad those two took care of you.

[ He'll be saying his thanks soon! ]

what do you think we should do?

[hoodwinker]

me too.

i don't think we should do anything right now. i think he would love it if we tried.

[hapertas]

i guess that makes sense. but is he really living here? i want everyone to be safe.

[hoodwinker]

he was in the house, but i haven't actually seen him since.

with as much magic is as is woven around the house, i'm not convinced he could hurt anyone who didn't strike first. but i feel like he's pretty good at getting people to do that.

no offense, but you might want to keep him and neve separate.

[hapertas]

oh, i get it. so he provoked you. i don't like the sound of people getting driven to defend themselves that way, not that it would've been better if he hadn't tried that and you'd gotten hurt another way.

i think you're right about the house, or that's what i've always thought. i guess that's why i worried so much when you said it.

i'll remember what you said about neve, too.