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[trilluminati]

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I'm sorry for whatever I did to you. Leave a message.

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[killsyouquickly]

You have appalling taste in friends.

[underthesurface]

I should spend the day with Mustafa?

[Yeah, guess who knows about the towers thing.]

[trilluminati]

Fuck, what did you do?

[killsyouquickly]

Tried to be civil. My mistake.

[trilluminati]

Come on. I don't want you to go, okay? I'm sorry. I should have said.

[trilluminati]

OK. New plan. You don't talk to nobody no more.

[ You can tell Q is pacing. ]

How pissed is the cap'n?

[underthesurface]

Why shouldn't I? The way Wesker described it, this is hardly going to be a groundbreaking effort. If anything, it's a simple guerilla strike.

[killsyouquickly]

[_{His voice is getting quieter and he's enunciating more. This is a bad sign.}]

I'll guarantee you he's not as angry as I am.

[trilluminati]

I don't... Can't you do something here? What if a somnua sneaks in and we're all alone here with just me to guard the compound? Only one here's gonna be me and I'm useless. No, the best offense is a good defense.

[trilluminati]

Yo, what happened?

--wait, you're mad at me? I... I don't know how I feel about that.

[killsyouquickly]

I'm not mad at you. Outside of your gift for befriending people whose necks I want to snap.

[trilluminati]

C'mon, c'mon, that's our cap'n. He's a good guy. A little dorky, maybe, but he don't bother nobody.

Besides, all that matters now is this trip runs smooth. Sucks that now he'll be eyeing you up.

[ Q's voice drops. ]

Maybe we oughtta postpone.

[underthesurface]

Unless all the Amalhua leave as well, I don't think it will be a problem. That's not a reason, Q.

[trilluminati]

[ Q just-- growls for a moment on the other end of the line. He sounds far away, so he's probably pacing around his phone.

Aaaand back. ]

If you go, can I give you something to take with you? You gotta promise me you'll use it without a second thought, no matter what.

[killsyouquickly]

There's no point. He probably just likes me less than he did before I spoke to him. Besides, I only made an effort to be friendly because you wanted him to see me in a better light.

[_{He lets out a slow breath through his nose.}]

We'll just go ahead as planned. You'll have eyes on me, you can let me know if I have a tail I need to lose.

[underthesurface]

What is it?

[No promises. Not yet. He's learning now that he needs to second-guess what Q tells him, sincere or not.]

[trilluminati]

Mm. Aiight.

[ But Q can't stay all fussy like this forever. (Mika's too good on him.) ]

Good-lookin'. You tried.

[killsyouquickly]

Haven't felt this violent in awhile. That's all.

[trilluminati]

Don't you dare. I will wild the fuck out if anybody's hurt.

[ Breath. ]

I know, I know, you wouldn't compromise nothing. You're dependable. I'll figure out some way to treat you for your abstinence.

[killsyouquickly]

Why do you think I left so quickly.

[trilluminati]

That thing the Amalhua have. You know how to use 'em? Compound bows.

You see a somnua out there, you gotta shoot without thought.

[trilluminati]

Smoov. Well, no problem. We are doing a good thing here. Best way to cool him off is help clean all this up, right? You and all them gonna be big damned heroes tomorrow, it'll be great. I'll have Mustafa throw a banquet or some shit.

[ More forced eating. ]

[underthesurface]

I know vaguely. [He's better with a gun, but like he and Wesker discovered early on during that first encounter, guns attract somnua attention.]

I can promise that.

[killsyouquickly]

[_{He's just going to breathe for a moment. Venting at Q is helping him calm down.}]

No force in this world is going to make him warm up to me.

[_Beat.]

It doesn't matter. I'll do whatever I must to accomplish our objective.

[trilluminati]

That's all I ask. Maybe along the way y'all might find yourselves appreciating each other. Probably... not tomorrow, but you never know. Just keep your eye on the prize, tiger. Nothin' else matters.