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[feistytrader]

If I'm going to try them all, I'd rather try that first.

[He holds out his hand patiently. This is going to suck, isn't it.]

[barredheart]

[This is gonna suck hard. She'll give it to him after a moment, nodding.]

Just the same as before, it'll last ten minutes and if you need a cleanser just say so.

[feistytrader]

Right.

[He drinks it up...

...And for a moment, he wonders if this one was a dud, because things don't feel much different.]

...Was that one not as strong?

[There's a slight chill around him, but at least it isn't as bad as the fear.]

[barredheart]

No, they're all the same intensity. Why?

[Like, she's not gonna test it again because that was an Interesting Experience, but still.]

[feistytrader]

It doesn't feel much different.

[The fear one sucked, and this one is... Normal?]

[barredheart]

[...]

Are you telling me you're in a constant state of paranoia, Silver?

[feistytrader]

[...Listen]

...I don't think so?

[Of course you don't think so, buddy.]

[barredheart]

[... Honestly the hatred didn't do anything for White herself, so who is she to say.]

Well, alright then. If you're always cautious anyway it makes sense why it wouldn't work... but if it's a dud, it's a dud. Let me grab another one.

[She's got a couple in the back. It's just a short trip before he can take another shot.]

[feistytrader]

[...White has no reason to do anything to that drink, he's already had two, if he dies then he can come back and-

Down goes a second drink. That chill's a little stronger, but he's still pretty calm.]

[barredheart]

[...]

You're so weird. Let's try another one, since all I'm getting is a chill.

[Have your antidote earlier, Silver, it's going to be a nice mix of love and light happiness.]

[feistytrader]

I don't need it.

[...Silver you stupid paranoid fuck take the potion-]

[barredheart]

You do. It might've been a dud, it might've not been a dud, but I'd really like it if you would take that so I don't accidentally mix two different negatives in you.

[feistytrader]

[But he doesn't want to take these anymore, what if you-

Look at the color, Silver, the other one that was this color was fine, this one will be fine, you're fine.

...

He drinks it with a little hesitation.]

...It wasn't a dud.

[barredheart]

So you really are just paranoid. Do you trust anyone?

[feistytrader]

...I trust some people with some things.

[...That's not very reassuring, is it.]

The first one was fine, but I didn't like doubting you that much.

[barredheart]

[That... is just about as trustful as she is, so she can't knock him.]

I don't like you doubting me that much either. We're best friends, so you've gotta be able to trust me a little! [that is her requirement] Tell me when you've settled out and choose your next one.

[feistytrader]

...We are?

[He'll settle for a moment, but he'd rather not prolong the negative potions and picks the dark green one.]

[barredheart]

Absolutely! You, you know...

[She has the actual audacity to seem embarrassed by this, but in reality it's still just... a thing to her, looking away as she fingers the dark green before handing it over.]

You've seen a side of me that I haven't shown anyone before. That I wouldn't want anyone to know at all, really, even if it's not all that bad. And you know about the barrier, too, which is something I'm sure doesn't matter here but it's still...

[... a thing. White shrugs.]

Anyway, yes, we are. You've been a really good person to me! Why wouldn't we be? Also, um, that's envy, so you'll be unsatisfied with something until you seek to quench it. For me it was companionship, but I had to drink the cleanser since nothing I tried worked out.

[feistytrader]

...I understand. It's something important to you.

[Unsatisfied with something...

...

He shakes his head and sets it down, picking up the dark red one instead.]

Could I ask you something?

[barredheart]

[Maybe she should've just marked these.]

Sure, go for it.

[feistytrader]

Your name's Mary, right?

[He fiddles with it in his hands for a little while and opens it, but doesn't drink from it just yet.]

Why do you go by White?

[barredheart]

[That's not a question she expected, blinking at him for a moment before looking down.]

Oh, well, it is. White's just a nickname my dad gave me when I was younger to match with the one he gave my brother, Black. It's a whiskey.

[... But that's not why she goes by it.]

After Mom and Dad started letting us go places with them on League business, my brother and I decided that we'd use them as aliases since everyone else had them too. It stuck after they died and I was kept in the hospital so the League wouldn't be able to find traces of me, or so Black told me when I found out the whole... me dying thing, but up until then I'd just thought it was because we were the only Casters left in our family -- even if I didn't have any powers of my own, my family still accepted me as part of that.

[Their love really is a curse, but it's still warming up nicely despite her thoughts.]

I guess I don't really have any reason to use it here, but it's just habit, I guess. You can call me Mary if you want.

[feistytrader]

[...That's a really practical reason to change your name.]

What do you want me to call you?

[barredheart]

[It is! It is.

Also she is so touched?? And appreciative.]

I'm used to you calling me White. Why do you call yourself Silver? What's the story behind that nickname? That one's hatred, by the way. It'll make you do things out of pure spite.

[Though for her it did literally nothing, so.]

[feistytrader]

It's not a nickname. It's my name.

[...Well, bottom's up-

...By the time Silver's finished drinking, his expression suddenly goes cold and he heads right towards the door. Despite the cold, everything's rapidly heating up...]