fourcolorlove | open rp | smash bang post: psl revival edition

"I still think I should have killed the rest of them."

It's certainly what she had wanted to do, but Richie had insisted that the system couldn't be completely destroyed, the culebras needed leaders, they needed guidance, he had even offered her a spot if she had stayed --

Kisa is no leader. She is no merciful goddess despite how many people pray to images of her. She doesn't know how to save or help anymore.

"The last thing I want to do is help, you know that."

"I know."

Which is why he isn't asking and more implying, but the question is still there, hovering silently between them. He knows she wants nothing to do with what remains of the Nine Lords, but at the same time, the Geckos really need her.

He won't twist her arm into it, though. It needs to be her choice.

"I'm not going to force you. I'm just ... putting it out there. We don't have a whole lot of culebras we can trust."

"And you can trust me." It's not a question like it might have been at one point -- trust doesn't come easily for people like her or Seth but after everything she trusts him and she knows he feels similarly, it's something they don't need to acknowledge often out loud for it to be true.

"I'm not exactly Miss Popularity with most other culebras. I may not be that much help."

Which was her way of saying okay, she'll stick around. At least for now. In all honesty she's been a little adrift since being on her own, she dedicated herself to her revenge for so long she feels lost without it.

There's a bit of tension that eases in his chest when she agrees to stay, something he wasn't quite acknowledging but grateful for all the same. He nods in agreement at what she says later, because she definitely burned some bridges in her release from the Titty Twister and everything that came after, but that doesn't change the fact that she was in the inner circle.

"I don't really think we need you winning any popularity contests. But when it comes to the major players, you know a lot more about them than we do. And I think we both know that knowledge is power."

"It's true, it's not just who you know, it's what you know about them."

And whether she likes it or not she knows a lot about the Lords still -- and if that knowledge makes them suffer a little? Even better.

Seth nods in agreement, before holding up his drink towards her in a bit of a toast to their new temporary business venture. "To knowing things?"

She clinks her glass against his with a nod. "It sure as hell beats being in the dark about things."

"Agreed." He pulls back to knock his glass back, before stretching back to look at her more. "Seriously, though. Thank you."

The gratitude makes her uncomfortable, she finds herself unsure of what to do with it. "It's fine. It's not like I have anything better to be doing."

"Oh yeah?" He raises his eyebrows a bit at that as he leans back in the booth. "Not off being the Culebra Queen somewhere?"

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