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[myagic]

[Rita would probably still insist the circumstances are different, and they're talking about a freak who probably doesn't even deserve to live if she keeps going after Natsuno--things that are all too easy for Rita to think and say, when she's never had to directly kill someone before.

But she's never had an issue fighting back (except against Estelle, but it's not like having to fight their friends is a problem they've had to encounter here yet).

She stares at the messages Clarke finally sends in confusion. There's some vague deja vu about them--huh, hadn't Yuri been arguing something like that? That he'd do it himself, so he'd be the only one hurt? That jerk, trying to lone wolf it when they were all friends who could share the pain together--]

I'm capable of doing what I need to do. Don't leave me out of it if it comes to that.

[Nothing is concrete until that situation actually happens. Maybe Rita wouldn't be able to murder someone. But she doesn't want to be out of the loop.]

[skaikru]

( in it's own way, that's an answer in and of itself. a non-answer, that still tells her everything she needs to know.

so don't worry, rita. in the future, if you hesitate in dire circumstances, clarke's got your back. you don't even have to change your attitude and be nice to her, lord knows half her homeworld companions were argumentative pains in the ass, and that never stopped her caring about them. she thinks she understands the dynamic here a bit better. )

I understand. I won't leave you out.

[myagic]

[A guy like that is better off dead--she'd started to say to Yuri, and it was so easy to say when Barbos was already dead. Could she have been capable of killing him herself? She never wondered, never cared--it was a moot point when the matter was settled, anyway.

She is determined to protect her friends, though, and willing to enact vengeance on those who willingly hurt them. How far that retribution would actually go, when it comes time--ugh, she never thought it needed consideration. How irritating...

Still, as weird as this conversation's been, it's at least...better than theirs have usually gone.]

It's good you get it.

[...That felt...awkward to type in response, but...it feels appropriate. Should she...extend the same offer to Clarke? Probably...]

I'll let you know if something happens.

[skaikru]

( everything's worth the consideration, especially the worst case scenario options. but she'd expected more vehemence from rita in return to posing this question, so clarke'll take whatever she gets from her in response. and it's not the most disappointing answer, so. it's fine.

i'll let you know if something happens. )

Same.

( just because blatant honestly bit her in the ass with the other girl before, doesn't mean it will again. and besides, with everything that's happened here? everything that will happen, as is fated on a haunted ghost ship? it's basically a tactical decision, they can't leave one another in the dark anymore. )

[myagic]

[...It's still weird, yet it also...feels like a slight relief. That maybe Rita can have a reason to start...not always fighting with Clarke (because clearly it's not her fault for starting fights or anything...). She doesn't have to like her, but they can have this truce.

She says nothing further in response, but she'll remember this exchange.

And it'll hurt to look back on it, later.]