"Get outta here if you don't know"

[takeitslow]

Who: Peter (takeitslow), Wanda (seeingscarlet), and You
When: 15th to early 18th in the medbay, late 18 to the 23rd in the hold
Where: Medbay and the Hold
What: Directly after this. Peter really screwed up and now he's hanging out in the medbay until he recovers. Later he hangs out in the hold. Wanda's around to feild all your questions about how stupid her twin is.
Warnings: Discussion of character death, violence, and severe injuries



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[gainedlove]

That's not what I mean! If you can be nice to one person, you can be nice to everybody. It doesn't have to be kill or be killed.

[Frisk has clung to that for...so long. Too long, too long for them to remember how long ago this started. Over and over, no matter how much Frisk was hurt they always hold out their hand, always grant mercy. And it's worked, it's worked even to someone that had fallen so deep into LOVE that he could kill the whole Undergound without even blinking.]

[Everyone can be a good person, if they just try. They've never heard those exact words before, but it still rings in Frisk's heart all the same.]

Did you even try to talk to him? To help him?

[takeitslow]

Being nice to one person doesn't mean I have to accept everyone. Who taught you that?

[Because that's the kind of behavior he could see getting the kid killed. There's a reason parent's teach kids caution and reason fear was part of any biological creature. Whomever was letting this child believe that kindness was an all or nothing, was someone Peter saw as a hindrance to Frisk's survival.]

Help him? After he tried to kill me twice? Frisk this wasn't just some little argument, you understand that don't you?

[He's crouching now, getting to Frisk's level behind the bars. He can't believe the kid really knows what happened, to be asking questions like that. The child has to be thinking this was something simpler, lesser. That's the only explanation he can see.]

[gainedlove]

I learned that myself. I don't wanna hurt anyone, so I don't.

[And it just sounds so simple when it's stripped of the complications of the world, doesn't it? But it's clear that Frisk means it...and from that tired look in their eye, they know the price paid to keep that vow.]

I know it wasn't. People wanted to kill me too, back home. Some of them hurt me really bad when they tried.

[It's admitted quietly, but in a deathly serious voice. There's no nervous fidgeting, no scuffing of boots. Just a calm, even gaze to meet Peter's own. It's odd, though...if Frisk really was hurt so badly, there should be some scars left behind, shouldn't there?]

But I didn't hurt them back. I was nice, and I helped them, and they realized they were wrong. It just...takes longer with some people. A lot longer. But you have to try.

[takeitslow]

No you don't. Kid, no. You don't try to talk to people who you think will hurt you.

[The child looks to small and whole for Peter to think they've seen anything really bad. But the point has to stand. A child that doesn't learn how to run away will only run into trouble. The kind of trouble that can't be gotten out of.

He's older, that makes him feel some sort of responsibility in explaining.]

When someone hurts you, go find an adult. Someone you trust. You get them to take care of it. You don't try to reason with someone who wants to cause you pain. Frisk, that's dangerous. That kind of thing sends people to hospital.

[Or to something worse.]

[gainedlove]

[Frisk frowns and sighs, shaking their head. Why doesn't anyone ever listen?]

I couldn't. And that would just get them hurt...I don't want that. Everyone deserves mercy.

[Frisk squares their shoulders, a faint crease appearing between their brows. They won't back down from that.]

[takeitslow]

What about you?

[He has to fight to keep his voice gentle. The lack of self preservation he's hearing from the child is frankly alarming. He'd be throwing a fit already if he heard something like this from his sister.]

Frisk, what about when you're the one who gets hurt? Don't you deserve mercy too?

[gainedlove]

[Frisk...actually looks confused for a moment. Why is he...?]

'S okay. I'm good at dodging.

[takeitslow]

Frisk, you can't dodge everything! You're a kid! You could get really hurt. Seriously, badly hurt!

[gainedlove]

[Oh, Peter. If only you knew.]

[Frisk smiles kindly.] I won't. I haven't died even once.

[takeitslow]

[It takes a lot to not smack himself in the face.]

That doesn’t mean it can’t happen. People typically only die once. Just because you haven’t yet doesn’t mean it won’t happen if you keep doing dangerous shi- stuff.

[gainedlove]

[Frisk huffs out a breath, frowning at Peter.]

I won't. I know I won't. 'S how it goes.

[takeitslow]

Frisk. You can't know that. Unless you're about to tell me you're actually psychic and see the future.

[gainedlove]

'A 'course I can't! No one can do that.

[They just savescum until they get it right. Totally different.]

[takeitslow]

Then you don't know. You're not invincible, kiddo. You can't go around thinking you won't get hurt.