I got it on the Sunday before last... It just showed up in my room, on the desk. I don't know how it got there.
[a pause.]
I have no idea what it's for, but being able to unlock something is probably going to come in handy sometime... And I get the feeling you're better at investigating stuff than I would be. So. I hereby bequeath it to you.
Something could happen to any of us. Just in case something does, and you need to get it back. That's where it'll be if it's not on me. Bringing it somewhere like the trials will just make people ask questions.
[He has his fingers crossed behind his back (no, it's fine).
He is WAY too tired to dodge shitty stardust, so he doesn't bother. He can't believe it's in his room after he literally got buried alive, but whatever. This hotel is shitty! There is a momentary spike of panic, though, that he thinks it might be him starting over from digging out for the hundred time...
Rupert gets a nice memory, even if it's embarrassingly personal.]
[NO, DON'T SMILE. He puts his hand, like, across his nose sorta. Like you do when you are clearly embarrassed. Then he rubs his nose like he wasn't doing that and lowers his hand.]
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[??????????
He looks suddenly confused, but also serious and curious. Did someone hit him too hard before...? He looks it over slowly.]
Where'd you get this?
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[a pause.]
I have no idea what it's for, but being able to unlock something is probably going to come in handy sometime... And I get the feeling you're better at investigating stuff than I would be. So. I hereby bequeath it to you.
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Ru, I can't-- [He looks briefly conflicted, almost like he wants to try holding the key back out.] Maybe you're supposed to have this for a reason?
...Have you tried it on anything?
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Did you just call me Ru? [anyways,] No, I haven't, yet. Seriously, though, I'm not doing this on a whim. You should take it.
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[Immediately losing the cute Ru privileges. (no) He frowns at the key and keychain, then sort of frowns at Rupert.]
Suspicious. You tell anyone else about this thing?
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No. I felt like I shouldn't...?
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[He sort of hesitates again, or maybe he's thinking, and then he puts the key in his pocket.]
If something happens to me, and you can't find it on me, [he nods toward his bed] I'll leave it under my mattress.
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...Do you think something's going to happen to you?
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Though I probably would hide it in my boot.
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[points at eyes points at you and holds out hands for a memory]
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He is WAY too tired to dodge shitty stardust, so he doesn't bother. He can't believe it's in his room after he literally got buried alive, but whatever. This hotel is shitty! There is a momentary spike of panic, though, that he thinks it might be him starting over from digging out for the hundred time...
Rupert gets a nice memory, even if it's embarrassingly personal.]
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Friends, or family?
[well - bruce is obvious, but.]
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…Family.
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They seem pretty great.
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They're a pain... but most families are.
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Yeah, you seemed really pained. [...] You know it's not a bad thing to care about people, right?
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He just sort of looks at Rupert. Like... after all the things Rupert has seen despite what Jason says. Kind of pointed.]
I know. But... it can get the people you care about hurt in my line of work.
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...How so?
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[As Rupert has seen...........]
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...Have you?
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