o2 | Dictation/Action

[nohalfway]

[ Ellie is silent for a moment, before sighing. ]

I give this place about twenty points just for not being too high on the bullshit meter.

And I get there's a price for making wishes, but still?

Here's the bullshit: I've got something to celebrate, and from what I've gathered in those "days of old" stories before the world ended? You get a cake when you've got something to party about. I already spent a wish on a pizza party, and since I'm basically trained to not trust anything, I won't let myself go any further.

So.

Baking. How does one accomplish it, and where the fuck does one start?

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[dictated]

[fearbringer]

Thick skin or not, not fearing fear itself is just about one of the most reckless things you can do. I may not be a threat in the sense that I don't go around mutilating mortals for fun and giggles, but that hardly means I'm nice and benevolent.

[But oh no she's calling him awesome; what do you even do when people call you awesome?

Awkwardly not respond, of course.]

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

[ Ellie huffs. ]

Alright, alright. I'll stop being nice. But you're not allowed to get butthurt over it like you did the first time we talked.

Awesome-title revoked.

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

You can be "nice" if you want. I'm just warning you not to start expecting me to be nice.

-- And I didn't get butthurt.

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

[ Laughing. ]

That's totally the words from someone with butt-pain.

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

Do you want your flour or not.

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

You gonna wish it away because your butt's sore?

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

[OH MY GOD YOU'RE ANNOYING WHY DOES HE EVEN LIKE YOU]

I'm just saying that if it sits on the counter for too long, somebody else could come and take it first.

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

[ YOU LOVE HER. SHE'S A CHARMING LITTLE BRAT. ]

Hah. Done and taken. Hid that shit like it was buried treasure.

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

... Then you got there before I did. Go back; I want to see if I'm invisible to you.

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

...

[ Okay. So she might have been all talk about not being scared. ]

You think I was born yesterday?

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

Ah, so you are being smart about it. Good.

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

Pffff, look who you're fucking talking to.

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

Now, don't get me wrong, I do want to make sure the entire castle sees and believes in me...

But I also want to reward caution. If I happen to see you in the kitchen later, I won't confront you.

[But there might be a small box of sprinkles sitting on the counter, in the same place the flour was. Just a coincidence, of course.]

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

Here, I'll give you some caution back.

Don't ever meet me in a dark alley.

[ She laughs. ]

Either way, I'm sure I can see you, dude. I believe in you.

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

Good.

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

Kinda... Shitty that that even has to be a thing.

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

What? Belief in me?

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

Yeah. Doesn't that make existing a bit annoying? Like half can't even acknowledge you and half are... What. Scared?

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

Half? Hardly. These days, back on Earth... I come across a true believer once every few years.

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

Well yeah, who believes in ghosts?

I mean, the only reason I believe in you at all is because I've seen other people talking to you. I can't be losing my mind that badly.

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

That, and as soon as I find a believer, their parents are quick to run in an assure them. "Oh no, there's nothing to be afraid of. There's no such thing as the Boogeyman. Please, allow me to go to great pains to only expose you to the bright and cheery things in life, even though it won't actually do you any good in the long run."

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

Uh, yeah?

Sounds about right. You scare the shit out of them and they go running to their mommies. I've heard about the boogeyman, but mostly as a joke. Hard to be afraid of something that doesn't exist.

There are real boogeymen where I'm from. Infected are a lot scarier.

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

Except I do exist, and I am the real Boogeyman.

[dictated]

[nohalfway]

Okay.

[ Yeah, she can't help but be at least shaken by this guy, but... ]

So do you actually hurt the kids you scare?

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

Only if you're the type to think that anything but rainbows and sunshine is irreparably damaging.

[And then there was that kid who was fighting with the Guardians, but he's not going to talk about that.]