week 0 - hermann - monday

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[Well.

This certainly is a pickle.

Newt hangs out on the outskirts as that kid--Max? Like what's-his-name the Australian jerk's dog. Great. Max does his spiel and then it's done and, first step: Gotta talk to Hermann. Double great.

Once he susses out his partner in the crowd, Newt grabs him by the arm and starts tugging him off in the direction of the nearest private-ish place. Otter Nonsense it is. Unless you have a better suggestion, Hermann??]

Hey, look, we gotta talk. [He says it with an implied "so get over your butthurt on the whole dying thing, dude." Not saying it outright is enough of an olive branch.]

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[Newt nods, forcing himself to agree because... Well, like Hermann said. They don't have a choice. But that doesn't make this any easier to stomach.]

Right. Right. Let's just hope we, uh, don't have to get hands-on.

[He wouldn't have any idea where to start with something like that. At least he and Hermann are on the same page, though. Is it messed up that this is pretty much the first thing they've ever agreed on? Oof.

Anyway, shoving that thought aside...]

Have you met that little girl? Mary? She's blonde and like this big? [He holds out a hand to illustrate her bigness.]

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[Honestly, neither would he. Hermann's never thought about killing someone in earnest, as much as he's insinuated it whenever Newt leaves things on his side of the lab or eats his lunch out of the fridge.

He's sure it won't come to that. Certainly not.]

I have, yes. Poor thing. Shouldn't be here with the rest of us. [He stops short.] She should be... off the table, in relation to our previous discussion.]

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[Newt reels back, offended that Hermann has deemed it necessary to state that which should be obvious.]

For Christ's sake, of course she's off the table! Jeez. That goes without saying. But she might not be off the table for the Reapers, is the problem. I was going to say we should try to protect her. Get her into the pool at the end that gets brought back to life. Plus, that gets us an ally. Two if you count her partner. That, uh, cat thing. Haven't talked to him much, but he has a vested interest in keeping her alive, too.

[Hooray for the buddy system?]