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[gutties]

That's not really a thing that happens, is it?

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[theflashyfool]

I guess you also have a lot of determination too...

[bubblegumheart]

That's pretty high praise coming from someone who wouldn't even agree to be my birthday clown.

[theflashyfool]

I'm not anyone's birthday clown!

[bubblegumheart]

It might be fun! Have you ever tried it?

[theflashyfool]

I wouldn't demean myself in any such way.

[bubblegumheart]

That's fair. You don't really strike me as the making balloon animals type, anyway.

[theflashyfool]

No, not quite. I do love a good show, but not really the balloon type...

[bubblegumheart]

What type are you, then?

[theflashyfool]

What kind do you think I am?

[bubblegumheart]

I asked you first.

But since we're sharing, I think you want very much to be the scary kind. It's important to you, so you act big and loud and over-the-top.

[theflashyfool]

Maybe I'm just a scary clown. What makes you think it's an act?

[bubblegumheart]

I'm not afraid of clowns. And I don't know you well enough to know whether or not it's an act.

Also, there's a boy at my school that likes to act big and loud and over-the-top so people will leave him alone. It seemed like a safe assumption to make.

[theflashyfool]

Piracy isn't exactly soft. You don't let yourself be weak or you die.

It's not as simple as a teenager puffing his chest up to be left alone.

[bubblegumheart]

If it's so dangerous, why do you do it?

I didn't say it was. I was just explaining why I thought what I thought.

[theflashyfool]

Well, it is a good way to get riches beyond your wildest imagination, status, respect.

And I'm explaining in return. Especially since you're running around, trying to join my circus.

[bubblegumheart]

That's a fair point. I'm not sure I care about status or respect, though.

[Or riches, if she's being honest. But having money would make it a lot easier to get away from Hawkins.]

I appreciate the honesty. Most people look at me and assume I can't handle the truth. It's kind of annoying, actually. And you haven't given me an answer yet.

[theflashyfool]

About what? Joining my crew?

[bubblegumheart]

Yea! Unless there was something else I'm not aware of.

[theflashyfool]

Depends. Are you gonna be willing to follow orders? I'd be your captain after all.

[bubblegumheart]

That depends on the order.

[theflashyfool]

Oh, we have limits, do we?

[bubblegumheart]

Doesn't everyone? Have you always wanted to be a pirate?

[theflashyfool]

I've been in the life since I was around nine years old, so safe to say.

You gonna say what those limits are?

[bubblegumheart]

You've never wanted to do anything else?

I don't know. What kind of orders should I be expecting?

[theflashyfool]

I'm happy with what I've got right now.

Depends on your talents. What do you even know about pirates?