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[willyouwalk]

[Someone's pissed.

And also looks like he didn't sleep well last night]

Whoever in the Hermes cabin thought it'd be cute to steal my headrest? You've ten minutes to return it before I unleash all the power of Bast on this cabin. I didn't get any rest at all last night because of this little prank and I'm not inclined to be forgiving right now.

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[wokethedragon]

It has been ten minutes, but you've not retaliated.

[willyouwalk]

[He raises an eyebrow]

And how do you know? Magic isn't always flashy.

[wokethedragon]

To begin, I hear no screams coming from the direction of your cabin.

[An almost knowing smile plays at her lips.]

Your patron is...Bast, yes? Cats can often cause quite a commotion.

[willyouwalk]

We do, yes.

[He can't help it. He will always use "we".]

But clearly you've never had a cat if you think there'd be screaming.

[Honestly, he actually hasn't done much except let September the calico claw a few pillows right now. The lion'll come later]

[wokethedragon]

[She may not use 'we', but she has three dragon sons and the dragon is the symbol of her family. She understands.]

I've never had a cat, but I have heard many tales of broken vases where the human shouts and scolds the cat.

[willyouwalk]

Very rarely do we strike when people are watching.

[wokethedragon]

Then I believe it's within my right to say your ways are quite underhanded.

[willyouwalk]

And I believe it's within my right to say "I don't care what you think" and go back to looking for my headrest.

[wokethedragon]

I don't care what you think, either. I just find it difficult to believe you'll have much luck getting help from your cabinmates if you give them the same sort of...

[She pauses for a second, searching for the word.]

...respect you choose to give me.

Perhaps you haven't had anything stolen at all. Perhaps you've simply misplaced your headrest. Would you be so quick to place the blame on others then?

[willyouwalk]

No, it's been stolen. I had a cloth over it and the cloth is missing as well.

[wokethedragon]

The Hermes cabin is overcrowded even today. Things get misplaced frequently.

[She'd lost a lot of things before she was claimed, so she's going off experience. She still doesn't know if they were lost or stolen.]

[willyouwalk]

It is a solid marble headrest big enough for my head. It literally cannot be "misplaced".

[wokethedragon]

And what use would any Hermes child have for a slab of marble?

[willyouwalk]

They're thieves and tricksters. Do they need a use?

[wokethedragon]

It seems to me a stupid trick to steal a slab of marble without any sort of use for it.

[She'd think they'd carve it or deface it in some way. That was a trick.]

[willyouwalk]

It's not a slab, it's more a statue. It looks valuable. They're the children of your god of thieves. They don't need a reason.

[wokethedragon]

How can you possibly sleep with your head atop a statue?

[willyouwalk]

Seventeen years of doing nothing but. Worth it, if it keeps my ba in my body.