language, coded . part II [ love x julian ] - day 2.
Jul 12, 2021 13:49:23 GMT -5
Post by napoleon, d2m ₊⊹ 🐁 ɢʀɪғғɪɴ. on Jul 12, 2021 13:49:23 GMT -5
Dusk, Day Two of the 88th Hunger Games. Love Bellisario and Julian Le Roux finds a working shower in the cabins and helps rinse the blood off of each other.
It's oddly intimate, but not in a romantic way.
J U L I A N
"Don't hog all the shower water. Don't drink it too, yeah? I'd hate to have my lover dead before I can master my bereaved face. It looks a little something like this."
L O V E
“You’re right. It does need work. Any blood on my back?”
“You’re right. It does need work. Any blood on my back?”
J U L I A N
“Yeah, uh — there. Let me rinse it.”
“... I can't help but notice that although it's your birthday, you aren't necessarily happy. I'm sure it isn't the fact that we're in the Games, so spill.”
L O V E
“Hm? Oh, no. I’m fine. Just focused- something you should be more inclined to. I saw your attacks in that fight.”
“Hm? Oh, no. I’m fine. Just focused- something you should be more inclined to. I saw your attacks in that fight.”
J U L I A N
“I am sorry, I was a little startled from a wolf biting my neck. And this isn't focused, this is something else. Bad childhood memory? No one came to little old Love's party when you were a kid?”
“I would have bought a whole bakery for you. Start diabetes from a young age.”
L O V E
“Fuck off, Jules. I said I’m fine.”
“Fuck off, Jules. I said I’m fine.”
J U L I A N
“That’s what someone who’s not fine would say.”
L O V E
“Would it really affect you if I wasn’t?”
“Would it really affect you if I wasn’t?”
J U L I A N
"As your ally, yes."
"Come on. No cameras in the showers, or at least ... I would assume so."
L O V E
“I’m not a confessional booth. If I say I’m fine, I’m fine.”
“I’m not a confessional booth. If I say I’m fine, I’m fine.”
J U L I A N
“Alright, look. Let’s play a little game. You like games, I like games. Winner gets to be the little spoon. And in order to win, you just have to answer three questions but here’s the catch: no lies. I’ll know.”
“I’ll know.”
L O V E
“Will you?”
…
“But alright, Jules. If you think you want to play that game, let's play it.”
“Will you?”
…
“But alright, Jules. If you think you want to play that game, let's play it.”
J U L I A N
“Okay. Three truths, one lie. You get one because I’m nice. Why don’t you like your birthday?”
L O V E
“I never said I didn’t like my birthday.”
“I never said I didn’t like my birthday.”
J U L I A N
“Pft. We aren’t playing for you to deflect.”
L O V E
“Fine.”
…
“Bellisario birthdays aren’t supposed to be celebrated. More of… a test, I guess.”
“Fine.”
…
“Bellisario birthdays aren’t supposed to be celebrated. More of… a test, I guess.”
J U L I A N
"A test of maturity? A measurement of how much you've grown each year?"
L O V E
"Both."
"We have a legacy to uphold for our family, and the tests are meant to reflect that. Failure isn't an option."
"Both."
"We have a legacy to uphold for our family, and the tests are meant to reflect that. Failure isn't an option."
J U L I A N
"What's the story behind the diamond tattoos? The left one ... stamped into your skin."
L O V E
"You pass or you fail, but either way you're morphed into diamond. Pass and it's a perfectly smooth diamond edge.
Fail and.. well, you get the idea. Scuff marks."
"You pass or you fail, but either way you're morphed into diamond. Pass and it's a perfectly smooth diamond edge.
Fail and.. well, you get the idea. Scuff marks."
J U L I A N
"Do you enjoy it? Killing others? Hurting others? Or is that something your family taught you to do?"
L O V E
"Are you really wasting one of your questions on asking me if I enjoy being a Career?"
"Even if I didn't, what choice do we have Jules? Kill or be killed."
"Are you really wasting one of your questions on asking me if I enjoy being a Career?"
"Even if I didn't, what choice do we have Jules? Kill or be killed."
J U L I A N
"It's a question I've been mulling over ever since I saw you."
"Did you really try to save Emerson?"
L O V E
"Emerson was dead long before either of us could do anything. Even if I wanted to save her, I wouldn't have been able to."
"Emerson was dead long before either of us could do anything. Even if I wanted to save her, I wouldn't have been able to."
J U L I A N
"I should hate you."
"... I really should. I should detest you in every way that I possibly can, but I can't, and that's sickening. None of us deserves this. All of us deserves better. When - if - I win, that's what I'm going to do."
"I am going to make it all better."
L O V E
"You and what army, Jules? Emerson's corpse? Ridley Le Roux, who hates you already? I've heard the stories, little birdies spreading rumors.
Your optimism is draining and misplaced. It's kill or be killed in here, and your kindness is nothing but a burden."
"You and what army, Jules? Emerson's corpse? Ridley Le Roux, who hates you already? I've heard the stories, little birdies spreading rumors.
Your optimism is draining and misplaced. It's kill or be killed in here, and your kindness is nothing but a burden."
J U L I A N
"Armies can be gathered and bought. And not every man truly lives, Love, not even if they aren't killed. I only hope that if I get the chance to leave this place, I'll do it with my spirit intact."
"What about you? What happens if you get the crown? A better tattoo?"
L O V E
"Fool's gold can only buy just that: the fool. You should keep that in mind."
…
"Don't fucking patronize me, Julian. It's more than a tattoo, it's.. it's more than that...-"
"Fool's gold can only buy just that: the fool. You should keep that in mind."
…
"Don't fucking patronize me, Julian. It's more than a tattoo, it's.. it's more than that...-"
J U L I A N
“It’s more than what any child should ever brave through.”
L O V E
"Stop this. Stop... doing this fucking noble thing that you do, Julian. You stand there on a fucking pedestal like your family hasn't thrown themselves into their own coffins in the Games, like you're above it all and like you're this goddamn prince. We're both bad people, Jules, but at least I fucking own it. And why..-...why do you care so much? About these people, about yourself, about me-"
"Stop this. Stop... doing this fucking noble thing that you do, Julian. You stand there on a fucking pedestal like your family hasn't thrown themselves into their own coffins in the Games, like you're above it all and like you're this goddamn prince. We're both bad people, Jules, but at least I fucking own it. And why..-...why do you care so much? About these people, about yourself, about me-"
J U L I A N
“Because people are all we’ve got. And If I die here, I refuse to die a monster. That’s one of the few choices we have. When everything tries to make us fucked up, I want to do everything in my power and achieve the opposite. I guess you could … I guess you call it a quiet rebellion.”
“You’re a cautionary tale, you know? Of what careers can turn into."
"I am the pamphlet of a good career and you’re the cautionary tale they whisper about."
L O V E
"“We’re both monsters already, Jules. Ask anyone outside of our alliance and they’d confirm it. You’re just too devout and too weak to consider yourself anything other than holy.“Good careers and bad careers… are you trying to convince me or yourself of that, Jules?”
“I never asked you to care about me. Stop using that to tell me I’m horrible.”
"“We’re both monsters already, Jules. Ask anyone outside of our alliance and they’d confirm it. You’re just too devout and too weak to consider yourself anything other than holy.“Good careers and bad careers… are you trying to convince me or yourself of that, Jules?”
“I never asked you to care about me. Stop using that to tell me I’m horrible.”
J U L I A N
“Maybe. But I can choose to be otherwise. That’s enough for me.”
“I don’t think you’re horrible. You … I think you could have been a better person if you didn't grow up like this.
I think we both could have had better. Been better.”
L O V E
“You should let yourself hate me, Julian. It’ll be a lot easier for both of us.”
…
“I’m going to take watch. Don’t wait up.”
“You should let yourself hate me, Julian. It’ll be a lot easier for both of us.”
…
“I’m going to take watch. Don’t wait up.”
