014's Dorm
Firestarter: "Alright, welcome to my house, you grumpy ass." She says, running into her dorm and practically throwing Arsenic onto her bed. She closes the door behind her.
"What the hell were you THINKING out there!? Can you stop trying to kill yourself for five seconds!?"
Arsenic: "You don't understand!" Arsenic cries back, tail lashing on Firestarter's gray bedsheets. "That fucker caused the meltdown that took...everything from me! My family, my sanity, my fucking job, my-"
Firestarter: "Jeez, jeez, slow down Ass-enic!" She teases, sitting next to her. "I can't really understand you with how vague you're being. Walk me through it, tell me what happened. We all know about the explosion of Business Sector, but I want to know the WHOLE thing. Can't help you without it."
Arsenic: "...Why the hell do you want to help me!? I thought you hated that 'help-me-help-you" shit."
Firestarter: ...She's quiet for a bit.
"Well, you're the exception. I don't need anything but me and my fire...and I GUESS you. So go on. Spill the beans. Traumadump for me."
Arsenic: "...Well," She speaks up. "...I was a dumb construction worker back there. Working day in and day out for my mom, dad, and two brothers. Then I went on a small work trip out of the city, and came back to...well, nothing. Everything blew up."
She growls as she recalls the story, tail still throwing around. "I couldn't take it. I got laid off because our work site was basically gone...so I did what I had to do. I killed anyone who ever wronged me. First I destroyed whatever was left of my old employers, then went on to try and fuck over DonCorp...but I failed. They got me behind bars for tax evasion, and nothing else. Stupid bastards..."
Firestarter: "...So you took out an entire company...and tried to fuck over DonCorp...but failed because you didn't pay your taxes?"
Arsenic: "Yes."
Firestarter: ...Oh god. She was very visibly trying to hold her laughter back.
Arsenic: ...She sighed. "You may laugh."
Firestarter: And that she did, bawling into laughter as she lies on her bed, kicking her feet in the air. "Oh, oh, I'm sorry...that's just VERY anticlimactic....still," She eventually calms down, sitting back up again. "...I can at least relate to everything else. I lost my family in a house fire, you know?"
Arsenic: "...And yet you like fire?"
Firestarter: "It took everything I ever knew, including my name and my memories. So I conceded to it, and we became friends! The hunted's now the hunter~!"
Arsenic: "..."
She gave a small chuckle. "You know, I think we both might be insane."
Firestarter: "Hey!! You just don't get it, still!!" She whines...until an idea pops up in her head.
"...How about I show you what I mean. You know, fire can wash away EVERYTHING bad, and good, from your life. If you can't build those memories up, burn them down. Leave it all behind."
She stands up, grabbing her flamethrower.
"Let's go burn your dorm down."
Arsenic: "Wh- What the fuck do you mean!?" She jumps off the bed as well. "Last time you burned something down here, it went VERY badly. And what would doing that even do-!?"
Firestarter: "I've been in your room before, you know. Looked like a sad little jail cell. We need to burn down ALL of those past ties. Make it unrecognizeable, yeah? Then nothing can control you anymore! No sense of revenge, no rich assholes, nothing! Cause nothing tied to those things will be left!"
Arsenic: "...Goddamit, you're starting to make sense."
She sighs. "Fine. Go on with it. Just don't kill me in the process."