week 4 - austria - graveyard, tuesday

[completelycrazy]

[Newt would maybe feel a little bad about Austria being stuck in graveyard sausage fest 2k17 if he had any social awareness but he doesn't so HEY AUSTRIA!! Time to bug you when you are trying to have some peace and quiet!!!

He knocks on her door. He has things to talk to you about, friend!]

Hey! It's Newt. You busy?

[let him in!!]

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3/3

[completelycrazy]

[He pauses. She understands, right?

Mm. But he still feels crappy about it. What if she really had died after that? Like, permanently? And that was the last thing he'd said to her. That's what he thought had happened for the week between their deaths, after all. That's how it typically works.

He sighs.]

That's not... I mean, when you put it that way, it sounds--[Bad? Yeah, Newt, it's bad. Try again.]

I didn't think that, not exactly, but... Well, yeah, I guess I doubted you. I couldn't understand why you were doing what--I mean, like I said, I figured it out later, but that wasn't until, um. It was too late by that point. And that stupid cat had already taken you away, and we didn't get a chance to talk again...

[He trails off, picking at his nails.]

Whatever. I guess none of that matters. I'm sorry. I should've trusted you.

[ladyofthehouse]

...I have a terrible temper and I'm overly demanding, but I never know how to react to true confrontation.

...I didn't know what to do.

I just thought. Since everyone was so angry and confused already-- at that point... It didn't matter.

[I didn't matter.]

[completelycrazy]

[There's something about the way that she parrots that that doesn't sit well with him.]

Hold on, that's not what I meant. You were put in a shitty position, Austria. Like, what happened with Yato sucked, but... Your trial was different. The odds were stacked against you from the beginning. At least the Chiefs owned up to it with Yato.

[He sighs, trying to collect his thoughts. He's getting angry about this all over again.]

The Chiefs implementing that rule sucked, but honestly, falling back on the partner as a crutch just made everyone lazy. Everyone was giving up too easily. And... Taking the fall like you did, that definitely mattered. I just wish I hadn't fallen for it, y'know?

[He laughs a little in an attempt to lighten the mood.]

[ladyofthehouse]

Nein. [Austria pulls at the soft fabric of the floor, not wanting to meet Newt's eyes with her own.]

You were right to be angry with me.

... [She's certainly partially why he's here right now, isn't she?]

[completelycrazy]

[He makes a face, watching her play with the carpet as he thinks. What? He hasn't quite put two and two together yet.]

I wasn't angry with you. I never was. Maybe a little frustrated, okay, but more at the situation than, like, you.

[...]

Is there something I'm not getting here?