[lackadaisy-pest]

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# mr. bull　.　- eddie.

# mr. runaway　.　- benny.

# mx. cosmetologist　.　- vega.

# mr. gardener　.　- cobyn.

# mr. sailor　.　- sailor.

# ms. equestrian　.　- rook.

# mx. enigma　.　- maneki.

# ms. maiden　.　- cecelia.

# mr. underdog　.　- sandbag.

# mr. dreamboat　.　- bones.

# mx. jokester　.　- elise.

# mr. tycoon　.　- vick.

# ms. detective　.　- c.d.

# mr. king　.　- cupid king.

[lackadaisy-pest]

Can i play with your hair

poppy's a bit confused at your comment, since you're a stranger she's never met before, but then rolls her eyes. “ ... sure. ”

[paranoid--cosmologist]

there's a gentle bump against vega's side, again. when vega looks down, he sees poppy leaning against his side, almost tired.

“ vega, ” she mumbled quietly, “ what are you doing right now? 'm bored. ”

as she says this, poppy looks up at vega. seems like she just wants to spend time with them.

— @lackadaisy-pest 🍓

☆⨾ 。“ well, nothing really. I was just thinking. ”

Vega subconsciously started to run his fingers through their hair after seeing them pressed against his side. . Vega probably should’ve asked first.

☆⨾ 。“ we can go do something if you want. ”

[lackadaisy-pest]

well, vega can probably assume that poppy was fine with it, because they were, with them not complaining about it. if anything, poppy seemed to visibly relax under vega's hand and even snuggle their head against his side further. hm.

poppy nodded at vega's suggestion, “ mhm, ok. i've walked around this place a few times over to find something to do. nobody interesting is around. ” she gently touches vega's sleeve, tugging it a little.

“ i just don't wanna fall asleep right now, i wanna do something that'll keep me awake. or we can just talk, that's okay too. ”

[paranoid--cosmologist]

☆⨾ 。“ well there isn’t much to do here unless we talk. Or waste our chips at the in-fun-o thing. . And I’m not letting you do that. ”

the statement was huffed out and said with declaration. Although Vega did control what their team did, they tended to make sure that they didn’t get into trouble. With poppy spending some of her chips before at the shop, the thought of poppy spending more chips make them anxious.

☆⨾ 。“ you don’t know how to play pool, do you? ”

[lackadaisy-pest]

“ oh come on. i'm sure after they pointed a gun at me and cobyn, i doubt there'll be any legal issues with me gambling. ” oh, whatever. she'll put it to rest.

poppy tilted their head and thought about it. well, the last time they actually played pool was with their ex-partner. other than that, they haven't played pool at all.

they looked up at vega with a raised brow, “ i sorta have an idea how to play. it's been a while, though. do you know how to play? you don't seem like the type to play often. ” or, atleast, that's the assumption. of course, she could be wrong, but vega just … doesn't seem like that type of person.

[paranoid--cosmologist]

there's a gentle bump against vega's side, again. when vega looks down, he sees poppy leaning against his side, almost tired.

“ vega, ” she mumbled quietly, “ what are you doing right now? 'm bored. ”

as she says this, poppy looks up at vega. seems like she just wants to spend time with them.

— @lackadaisy-pest 🍓

☆⨾ 。“ well, nothing really. I was just thinking. ”

Vega subconsciously started to run his fingers through their hair after seeing them pressed against his side. . Vega probably should’ve asked first.

☆⨾ 。“ we can go do something if you want. ”

[lackadaisy-pest]

well, vega can probably assume that poppy was fine with it, because they were, with them not complaining about it. if anything, poppy seemed to visibly relax under vega's hand and even snuggle their head against his side further. hm.

poppy nodded at vega's suggestion, “ mhm, ok. i've walked around this place a few times over to find something to do. nobody interesting is around. ” she gently touches vega's sleeve, tugging it a little.

“ i just don't wanna fall asleep right now, i wanna do something that'll keep me awake. or we can just talk, that's okay too. ”

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy

are you doing anything rn

kinda. crashing atm

but if you're busy it's ok

@nonsensical--jokester

oh

no not rlly

whats going on?

[lackadaisy-pest]

POPPYYYYYYYY hi honey :DD

how's my little ladybug??

oh hi via !

i'm working on a project, hbuu

[the-trivial-tycoon-system]

it's not that poppy thought vick was acting weird recently.

… but he's been acting weird recently.

like, ok. a bit weird, sure. but to the point where his demeanors change? that's something that makes poppy raise an eyebrow. and she so happened to see vick outside of his room. so, like any person would do, poppy went up to vick and bumped her head against his side, then looked up at vick with big eyes. almost like a cat.

— @lackadaisy-pest 🍓

vick is… quiet for a moment. weirdly quiet. yet another alarm bell rings out in poppy’s head. then, he blinks, staring down at poppy. his expression softens.

“ oh, hello. ” his voice is softer; higher. noticeably so. “ sorry, my back hurts to much to lift you right now. ”

…honesty. that’s not — vick is never honest. like, ever. especially not when he’s in pain. what’s going on?

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy tilted her head at vick.

that was odd … and the fact that he's being honest about it is— that's weird.

“ oh, uhm. no, i just wanted to say hi. vick. ” the name feels wrong on her tongue, like that's not his name when … it is, right? “ are you? good? thumbs up or down? ” their expression showed slight concern.

[the-trivial-tycoon-system]

vick’s eyebrows furrow. this little lady is probably awfully confused, but it’s not really vivianne’s job to educate them, either. she just shrugs, trying to ignore vincent’s voice practically screaming at her in the back of her mind.

“ as alright as i can be, i guess. ”

more yelling, louder this time, although what he’s actually saying is rather incoherent. she groans, rubbing her temples and mumbling something under her breath. “ oh my god, shut uuuup… ”

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy blinked at the man. she doesn't know if he's talking to her or not. however, seeing vick rub his temples and mumbling to himself, poppy feels like they get it. kind of.

of all the people poppy thought would have any sort of dissociative identity disorder, vick was not one of them. of course, they know about having a disorder like this. they know it better than the people who don't. she has her suspicions, but wants to observe more before assuming.

“ mmhm. what are you doing? did you find anything interesting? ” poppy asks, trying to keep the conversation going.

[the-trivial-tycoon-system]

unfortunately, vivianne has gone quiet. she takes in a shuddering breath, hardly processing the question, doing everything she can to internally reason with vincent. it’s not working, as always. she’s having to focus really hard to stop him from taking front — she doesn’t want him to beat up the poor girl when she hasn’t even done anything wrong.

“ …sorry, dear, just a second. ” she says, going to give poppy a shaky pat on the head and nearly missing it.

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy blinked up at vick, rubbing her eye. she doesn't speak to vick, only observes.

she notices that vick goes quiet for some period of time, hardly processing his surroundings. poppy also notices the way vick almost missed their head as his shaky hand made contact. and the way he talks to himself in a lower volume.

the pest doesn't know if it's just her, but these are very real things systems do, atleast in her experience. they only patiently wait for vick to speak again.

[the-trivial-tycoon-system]

…finally, after what feels like forever, vincent gives up. he practically rage quits on her, becoming unresponsive and running off somewhere else to go and throw a tantrum. she breathes a sigh of relief. she’s still slightly stuck in her own head, though, taking another minute or so to come back to reality. she takes long, drawn out deep breaths the whole time — another thing vick never does. at least not openly.

she turns back to poppy. “ sorry about that, dearie. what were you saying? ”

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy blinks up at vick and lets out a quiet sigh. she wants to ask about the potential dissociative disorder, but she seems very hesitant to actually … ask.

everything about vick seems off. they're not even sure if that's him.

she takes a deep breath before she speaks, “ so, this is gonna be a very awkward and invasive question. ” what a great start, “ but are you actually vick? ” poppy asked, it was the best way she could put it. heavy sigh.

[lackadaisy-pest]

hey poppy

you up to chat? its about benny. it’s chill if not tho

— @edwyn--gates 🎯

oh hey dad

yeah im up

whats going on?

[lackadaisy-pest]

For ladybug themed character, you act like a cat a lot

‘ character. ’ just a character.

poppy blinked and shrugged at you. “ eh, whatever. i get that a lot. ”

[lackadaisy-pest]

(Random thing before maybe therapy appointment, projects my cramps onto you/silly)

Eddie hadn’t seen Poppy around much. When he did, she seemed to be in pain. He noticed she more hugged herself, specifically how she’d sit and lean forward. Maybe cramps?

He’d stolen a few chips from some of the other contestants, just in case. Then went to the shop.

Some point that day, he dropped a little bag next to Poppy. A hot water bottle, pads and tampons. The usual stuff.

“They didn’t have pain killers, don’t know which you prefer to use either.”

- 🎯 ( @bullish-brute )

poppy was struggling with her cramps for a bit. usually, it's nothing she can't handle. she could go on full days without complaining about her period. but right now? hell no.

the pest had nothing when she came to bet and forgive. and she didn't have enough chips to actually get any materials for it. so she was just suffering. they were more irritable, emotional, and quiet. and it suuuuuucked.

so when eddie walked up to poppy with water, pads, and tampons, she blinked at him and rubbed her eyes. she almost couldn't believe he did that for her.

“ oh, that's — thanks eddie. i needed that, genuinely. ” poppy said, in the most genuine way they could. they bumped their head against eddie's stomach and then looked up at him with big eyes. like a cat.

[the-trivial-tycoon-system]

it's not that poppy thought vick was acting weird recently.

… but he's been acting weird recently.

like, ok. a bit weird, sure. but to the point where his demeanors change? that's something that makes poppy raise an eyebrow. and she so happened to see vick outside of his room. so, like any person would do, poppy went up to vick and bumped her head against his side, then looked up at vick with big eyes. almost like a cat.

— @lackadaisy-pest 🍓

vick is… quiet for a moment. weirdly quiet. yet another alarm bell rings out in poppy’s head. then, he blinks, staring down at poppy. his expression softens.

“ oh, hello. ” his voice is softer; higher. noticeably so. “ sorry, my back hurts to much to lift you right now. ”

…honesty. that’s not — vick is never honest. like, ever. especially not when he’s in pain. what’s going on?

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy tilted her head at vick.

that was odd … and the fact that he's being honest about it is— that's weird.

“ oh, uhm. no, i just wanted to say hi. vick. ” the name feels wrong on her tongue, like that's not his name when … it is, right? “ are you? good? thumbs up or down? ” their expression showed slight concern.

[the-trivial-tycoon-system]

vick’s eyebrows furrow. this little lady is probably awfully confused, but it’s not really vivianne’s job to educate them, either. she just shrugs, trying to ignore vincent’s voice practically screaming at her in the back of her mind.

“ as alright as i can be, i guess. ”

more yelling, louder this time, although what he’s actually saying is rather incoherent. she groans, rubbing her temples and mumbling something under her breath. “ oh my god, shut uuuup… ”

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy blinked at the man. she doesn't know if he's talking to her or not. however, seeing vick rub his temples and mumbling to himself, poppy feels like they get it. kind of.

of all the people poppy thought would have any sort of dissociative identity disorder, vick was not one of them. of course, they know about having a disorder like this. they know it better than the people who don't. she has her suspicions, but wants to observe more before assuming.

“ mmhm. what are you doing? did you find anything interesting? ” poppy asks, trying to keep the conversation going.

[the-trivial-tycoon-system]

unfortunately, vivianne has gone quiet. she takes in a shuddering breath, hardly processing the question, doing everything she can to internally reason with vincent. it’s not working, as always. she’s having to focus really hard to stop him from taking front — she doesn’t want him to beat up the poor girl when she hasn’t even done anything wrong.

“ …sorry, dear, just a second. ” she says, going to give poppy a shaky pat on the head and nearly missing it.

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy blinked up at vick, rubbing her eye. she doesn't speak to vick, only observes.

she notices that vick goes quiet for some period of time, hardly processing his surroundings. poppy also notices the way vick almost missed their head as his shaky hand made contact. and the way he talks to himself in a lower volume.

the pest doesn't know if it's just her, but these are very real things systems do, atleast in her experience. they only patiently wait for vick to speak again.

[lackadaisy-pest]

What are your favorite movies to watch with your dad (Eddie)?

“ i liked watching the saw movies with him. i need to watch more movies with him, gotta watch fear street. ”

[maneki-quiet-corner]

(OPEN ENDED STARTER)

[This had been very disorienting for the enigma. His head was fuzzy.]

[well.. this should be fine, it was normal by now. They knew their fate. They’d be betrayed by soemone and die. Maybe by Vick, his own father. Or maybe Cupid gets fed up with them and execute them in front of everyone.]

[dizzy.. had Maneki eaten that day?.. no.]

[Not like he deserved it anyway. No one would care. They always found someone better than him.]

[Maneki looked down at himself. Very.. plush. He hated it.]

[..they can’t tell if the dizziness was from not eating or something else..]

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy was walking through the corridor from the shop to the big room near it when she saw maneki. they were … swaying, she thinks? that's not supposed to happen, right? people aren't just supposed to sway in place?

she walked up to the enigma and bumped her head into his side. she looked up at him and sighed, “ you look like shit. are you good? ” not the greatest way to ask, but they tried.

[lackadaisy-pest]

there’s a knock on poppy’s door, and sniffling coming from the outside. it belongs to a masculine voice, voice rendered slightly higher due to his tears. it’s an unfamiliar sound, but she has a feeling that she knows what’s going on.

— @trivial--tycoon 🪻

poppy opens the door to vick, who she recently adopted as her dad. when she opens it, she sees the distressed man. at first, she's surprised and unsure of what was happening. she didn't expect vick, of all people, to cry in front of people. facades are weird things, she guesses.

but then poppy realizes that something's going on. and she might know what's happening. she's not very well-equipped to take care of littles, but she tries her best from her own experiences.

“ h– hey, vick. what's going on with you? wanna come inside? ” they sounded nervous as they opened the door further for vick and stepped to the side so he can walk through. she knew what was going on, but was still confused on why it was going on.

[trivial--tycoon]

vick feels pathetic — completely and utterly pathetic as he walks into poppy’s room. seeking comfort in a child, all because he was too weak to handle himself. he should be able to on his own. and yet, whenever his mind starts to go fuzzy, he begins to crave the attention of others. that type of craving that is insatiable, the type that eats him alive from the inside out if he does not follow it.

he feels so small, like the world is too big for him. he didn’t have anyone else he could go to. he completely sabotaged all of his relationships, and he has nobody to blame for it but himself. tears flow down his cheeks in waves. he swore he wouldn’t do this again, yet here he is, doing it again. again and again, the cycle continues. isn’t it ironic?

“ ‘m sorry… ” how funny it must be, to watch a man of such power and excellence, reduced to a crying child in an eighteen year olds bedroom. an apology escapes his lips before he can stop it; an instinctual reaction. he can no longer push down those instincts anymore.

he hates feeling. he hates guilt. he wishes he could be that emotionless, selfish person whose only purpose is to manipulate others into getting what he wants, the man he’s been trying to be for a very long time. but he can’t. at least not right now. all he can do is cry into his hands like a pathetic little kid.

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy blinks at vick and frowns before closing the door behind him. she knew that vick was regressing, and it makes her feel a bit sad. like yeah, vick's not the best person in the world, far from it really … but the way vick apologizes and shrinks in on himself makes poppy feel a certain way, almost maternal in a way.

sigh, they guess that no matter what age you are, instincts hit.

“ hey, no worries. i'm just surprises you came here despite … y'know, not liking me too much. anyway, lemme help you out. ” poppy takes vick's hand and gently leads him to her bed, helping him sit and her standing in front of him.

once vick is sat or laying down—either one would be fine—poppy looks at the poor baby and frowns, “ what's going on? ” she asks gently, reaching into her pocket for a chocolate and placing it next to vick, incase he wanted to eat something sweet.

[trivial--tycoon]

vick lets poppy sit him down without too much fuss. his eyes are watery — not that you can tell when they’re stuffed in his hands. he curls his fingers in on his own face, nearly scratching at it, until they’re balled into fists. the little glances down at the offered chocolate, but isn’t hungry. he completely lost his appetite days ago.

he sniffles. “ ev’ryone hates me… ‘cause i was mean… ” how funny. he swore he didn’t care what they thought. he swore he’d never become the type of person who let relationships and feelings dictate his life. he did this all to himself. yet here he is, crying over his own grave he dug. how well and truly pathetic. “ ‘nd now ‘m alone… ”

it’s made very clear to poppy just how small vick is based on the way he’s speaking. poppy didn’t think it was possible a man with such a deep voice could sound so… little. he curls into himself as if to make himself seem smaller, sobbing into his knees. “ scary… wan go home… ”

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy listened with a sad look on her face. she gently took vick's hands away from his face to hold them in hers. she honestly had no idea that it was possible for someone who seemed like he had his life together to fall apart like … this.

after vick finishes, poppy takes a second to register what he just explained. so, he was being mean to a few people and now they hate him. makes sense, she thinks impulsively. vick wasn't the most friendly person in the world, quite the opposite actually. but poppy wasn't going to say that in front of a baby. because that vick wasn't this vick.

“ okay, i see. do you wanna talk about why you were mean? who were you mean to? ” she asked gently, rubbing his hands with her thumbs.

[lackadaisy-pest]

:33 >> wdym theres no sailor x poppy content. im gonnafreak out

[deadly-dreamboat]

poppy looks up at you and tilts her head. seems like she's noticed something about you is off, but she doesn't say much other than a, “ what's up with you? ”

— @lackadaisy-pest 🍓

[Bones only gave her a strange look.]

"What'd you mean? I've been fine."

[lackadaisy-pest]

poppy frowns, “ you've been acting weird lately. i dunno how to explain it. ”

[crybabyunderdog]

poppy bumps her head against your side, almost like a cat. you look down and poppy's staring back at you with big eyes.

— @lackadaisy-pest 🍓

{ Poppy usually only talks to Sandbag to tease and mess with him, so its a little startled. }

✛ᬊ ོ∘ ` ` Uh- Hello to you too? ` `

[lackadaisy-pest]

the young girl tugs on sandbag's jacket. she doesn't say a word, but it doesn't take a genius to know that she was exhausted.

“ 'm bored … and tired. nobody's around for me to talk to. ” she says, bumping her head against sandbag's side again.