meme #007 | classic word association ( murder: employment )

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Word Association is a common word game involving an exchange of words that are associated together. The game is based on the noun phrase word association, meaning "stimulation of an associative pattern by a word" or "the connection and production of other words in response to a given word, done spontaneously as a game, creative technique, or in a psychiatric evaluation." ~ our lord and saviour wikipedia GUIDELINES ① post with your character's name & series. ② include a word of your choice and optionally the definition in the body of your comment. -- visit the random word generator if you need help! ③ other characters will reply with the first word their character associates with the one you chose. ④ continue back and forth until one of you just has to know the story behind an answer. based on this meme and stripped down yep sorry

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[motherofnemesis]

[ They're both a little bad at it. ]

Government.

[alldeduction]

Corrupt.

[Oops. Levity, you say?]

[motherofnemesis]

Prison.

[ Yeah, levity was probably a pipe dream when it comes to them and she knows it. ]

[alldeduction]

Escapable.

[motherofnemesis]

Fantasy.

[ a pause. ]

No, I mean - no. I can't think of anything better.

[alldeduction]

[and because he really can't bother to keep it up:]

We've escaped this far.

[motherofnemesis]

[ shrugging as she leans back, takes another drink. ]

I'm immeasurably lucky to be sitting here instead of dead or still in a cell. It won't last forever.

[alldeduction]

Death is inevitable, but prison, at least, is never permanent.

[He offered her something that could almost be called a smile - a half smirk twitching at the corner of his lips.]

As if I'd let you rot in a jail cell when there's work to be done.

[motherofnemesis]

[ She raises her glass in a mock salute of him, a little wry. ]

Is that reassurance I'm hearing? From you?

[alldeduction]

I think getting you out would be the least I could do for getting you in.

[because what are feelings]

[motherofnemesis]

[ hard, okay. that's what they are. she can't do them right even drunk. ]

If that's the least, what's the most?

[alldeduction]

[A tight smile, a pause, and then:]

Who's turn was it?

[real subtle]

[motherofnemesis]

[ Glancing up at him with amusement in her eyes. So subtle. ]

Don't remember. You're dodging the question.

[ Anything worth being dodged is definitely worth hearing the answer to, she thinks. ]

[alldeduction]

It depends entirely on the circumstances.

[The tone is a little dark. He hadn't done enough, for John. He wouldn't make the same mistake twice.]

[motherofnemesis]

[ Tilting her head as she takes another long drink. ]

I think the owing is actually on my side, anyways.

[alldeduction]

I think at this point, it's too late to keep a tally.

[a pause. might as well go first, before this gets any deeper.]

Requirement.

[motherofnemesis]

I like tallies. I like knowing.

[ shrugging, because fine, okay. whatever. ]

Alcohol.

[alldeduction]

Disabling.

[A pause, and then, because he can't keep his mouth shut:]

- And Disguise.

[motherofnemesis]

Emotion.

[ Fired back without a second thought, cold and fixed. ]