[ it’s not that jinx doesn’t know who she’s fighting — enforcers, takers, piltover’s prize pigs — but it was silco’s purview to memorise their names and weaknesses, to pick the best targets. all his notes written in his tidy hand, inevitably improved by her scratchy graffiti.
that all to say, when the name flashes on her screen, jinx recognises it distantly. the councilor with the pretty face, daughter of the warlord come to play at conquering. ]
the one and only daughter of darkness villainess of the undercity the monster of all monsters got a screw loose? i’ll put it to use
( of course she knew from the name. the behavior. the pictures. this was the girl who had been terrorizing them for months now. who had literally launched a bomb on her.
and she was just a girl. )
I see you've fashioned yourself new monikers. I'd have your posters amended with the titles, but it seems we're both a little caught up in this new trap.
oh, they’re working exactly the way u and caity cakes want
[ the way the council always wanted, silco would say. ]
which is pretty low, even for topsiders but i guess that’s why u kept control of the vents, right? just in case u needed to put us down u shoulda been there the day u let the gray back in
the kids who didn’t grow up breathing any of that shit? boy, they were ones hit the hardest
she almost forgot about that plan. her mind has been elsewhere, lately, she forgot the exact methods by which caitlyn had planned her strike team.
she rubs her temples.
a part of her still knows her duty. she's a councilor. they're meant to be united.
in public.
this isn't Piltover. this isn't the masses. she thinks to Jayce and his direct action and the very near peace he almost achieved just speaking to Silco one to one. )
We are a council. We run by majority vote.
I was outvoted.
This is what I had hoped to avoid. What I was barely managing to hold back until the actions taken at the memorial pushed cooler tempers out of my reach.
[ whatever answer she expects, it isn’t the one mel gives. an apology.
to jinx, topsiders are a monolith — set apart by their privilege and cruelty. none have ever cared for her, not even the one who barnacled onto her sister in her reeking desperation. they certainly don’t care for the people of zaun. silco always knew that.
an apology doesn’t change that. it doesn’t mean anything. it’s just — there, looking at her. it takes a long moment for her to face it and reply. ]
i didn’t have anything to do with the memorial besides, well, yknow
[ her status as the reason it was held in the first place. ]
what was ur plan? hunt me down all by my lonesome?
And look what more violence gets us. Only more and more with war on the horizon.
I'd like it to end.
And no. Of course not. I simply wanted to know the girl that's been terrorizing Piltover. But this place isn't our home. And I suspect that means you have less reason to repeat your actions from before in this place.
Unless you plan to try to finish your work with me?
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that all to say, when the name flashes on her screen, jinx recognises it distantly. the councilor with the pretty face, daughter of the warlord come to play at conquering. ]
the one and only
daughter of darkness
villainess of the undercity
the monster of all monsters
got a screw loose? i’ll put it to use
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and she was just a girl. )
I see you've fashioned yourself new monikers. I'd have your posters amended with the titles, but it seems we're both a little caught up in this new trap.
You seem to be fairing well here thus far.
no subject
[ a beat. ]
it’s pretty cushy compared to what i know
what with the breathable air and all
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It's hard to enact any change when half the council is dead.
mild s2 spoilers, cw: gas attacks / violence.
[ the way the council always wanted, silco would say. ]
which is pretty low, even for topsiders
but i guess that’s why u kept control of the vents, right? just in case u needed to put us down
u shoulda been there the day u let the gray back in
the kids who didn’t grow up breathing any of that shit? boy, they were ones hit the hardest
no subject
she almost forgot about that plan. her mind has been elsewhere, lately, she forgot the exact methods by which caitlyn had planned her strike team.
she rubs her temples.
a part of her still knows her duty. she's a councilor. they're meant to be united.
in public.
this isn't Piltover. this isn't the masses. she thinks to Jayce and his direct action and the very near peace he almost achieved just speaking to Silco one to one. )
We are a council. We run by majority vote.
I was outvoted.
This is what I had hoped to avoid. What I was barely managing to hold back until the actions taken at the memorial pushed cooler tempers out of my reach.
I truly am sorry.
no subject
to jinx, topsiders are a monolith — set apart by their privilege and cruelty. none have ever cared for her, not even the one who barnacled onto her sister in her reeking desperation. they certainly don’t care for the people of zaun. silco always knew that.
an apology doesn’t change that. it doesn’t mean anything. it’s just — there, looking at her. it takes a long moment for her to face it and reply. ]
i didn’t have anything to do with the memorial
besides, well, yknow
[ her status as the reason it was held in the first place. ]
what was ur plan?
hunt me down all by my lonesome?
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You aren't the only target. The memorial made it evident you aren't the only threat.
The team was meant to target the individual threats quickly and directly. To prevent near all out war.
( and by final admission- )
And yes. To target you, specifically. ( she's just a child. she did all of that on her own? )
You did kill people, Jinx. That can't be overlooked. ( who is she trying to remind? Jinx or herself? )
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a whole lot more people than u know
but u started it
or ur council did
left us to rot
killed my mom and dad
took my sister
[ and silco, even though she fired the gun. he should have just given her up. ]
gonna arrest me now, sparkles?
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I'd like it to end.
And no. Of course not. I simply wanted to know the girl that's been terrorizing Piltover. But this place isn't our home. And I suspect that means you have less reason to repeat your actions from before in this place.
Unless you plan to try to finish your work with me?
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besides, i hear u would come back anyway
[ she did read koby’s post, eventually. and she rereads mel’s messages now. the cycle of violence. what does she want, if not more pain? ]
we could meet for real
if u want
no subject
but also... )
I think that might be a good idea. While we both have a semblance of peace.
no subject
there’s a store outside
[ jinx has maybe been enjoying the fresh air. blue skies, even with the winter chill on the crowds, a sight that belonged to piltover alone back home.
and people will be there, so mel won’t worry about being murdered or whatever. ]