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Post by Akkordian on Sept 22, 2023 18:24:32 GMT
Ava does that angry crazy girl growl noise and kicks the rim of Rebecca’s tire.
“GAWD you’re so annoying!” She gestures towards Rebecca while picking up her pace a little, “You’re a big girl, why don’t you look at your own arms and stomach and figure it out for yourself if you’re so fucking smart or whatever?! Ugh!”
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Post by Panda on Sept 22, 2023 19:09:14 GMT
"I prefer facts to guesses," Rebecca replied, quite unconcerned. She increased the speed of her vehicle to match Ava's stride. "I assume you were insecure about your figure, and got surgery done to rectify that. It seems like a very you thing to do. And hey, I'm not judging. I respect anyone who wants something and does whatever's necessary to get it."
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 22, 2023 22:19:20 GMT
Ava’s rage boils over, and she stops walking and thrusts her finger at Rebecca as she probably drives past, since y’know, inertia and shit.
“I worked to lose all that weight! I didn’t have the fucking privilege to get lipo or some shit, I spent an entire year going from a chunky, fugly geek to the vision of cuteness that I am today. And I won’t let some self-important lonely cunt undermine everything I did to get here, especially not after I threw myself in a lake trying to show you up just to fail again!”
If she was flushed with anger before, she’s completely red in the face and starting to cry, now.
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Post by Panda on Sept 22, 2023 23:58:42 GMT
"Pff, seems I was mostly right though. Very insecure," Rebecca responded, quite amused despite Ava's distress. She had to pull back on her ATV to get level with Ava again, clearly not wanting to lose the feeling of superiority she got from riding it while the other girl had to walk.
"Regardless, I think you've misunderstood something. Well, two things if you think I'm 'lonely', as I'm very happy by myself, thank you very much. But more importantly, I'm not trying to undermine you. Not for that, at least. Other things, certainly, but not that."
She paused, looking down at Ava and considering something. "I'm doing pretty well for myself financially. It wasn't always like this, though. Growing up, thanks to that shithole father I mentioned, I had almost nothing. I didn't even have meal stability, let alone anything fancy like access to cosmetic surgery. Everything I have now, I worked for. Worked myself to the bone for. So trust me when I say I respect that kind of devotion to a goal."
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 23, 2023 20:24:04 GMT
“What do I not have to be insecure about?” Ava asks, but not really, she’s just having a full Sad Girl Breakdown now.
“A fat, pasty geek from the perfect white trash household in the middle of the suburbs, with a mom that comes home from work and washes her sleeping pills down with a box of wine and a scumbag step-dad that hasn’t done jackshit his entire life. Everyone leaves me behind when they decide Pokémon is lame and only ever talks to me again to call me a hog or some shit, and after years of humiliation and me busting my ass to become a totally different person, I’m still just the weird dyke that no one gives two fucks about! And now that I’m around some of the only people that seem to accept me, I’m gonna get fucking murdered on international TV!”
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Post by Panda on Sept 23, 2023 20:53:16 GMT
"Sucks to be you," Rebecca responded unsympathetically. "We both really drew the short straw, ending up on this damned show. But I, apparently unlike you, still plan to make it through this."
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 24, 2023 7:06:56 GMT
“I’d push you off that ATV if it was even worth the effort.” Ava retorts, angrily stifling her crying but notably not commenting on her sudden lack of motivation Rebecca sussed out.
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Post by Panda on Sept 24, 2023 9:12:05 GMT
"You're the one who refused a ride home," Rebecca shot back smugly. "All that mud on you is starting to dry. Is moving about like that starting to get difficult? Oh, but maybe this is all part of the plan! If you camouflage yourself, maybe none of the scary murderers will find you."
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 25, 2023 7:22:52 GMT
Some relief seeps into Ava’s posture as the cabin comes into view, and she lets out a long, weary breath.
“So what’s the deal with your shitheap of a dad? Since you keep on mentioning him.”
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Post by Panda on Sept 25, 2023 9:37:10 GMT
"Oh, you know. He was a drunk, a womaniser, a gambling addict... Which might not have been a problem in and of itself. But then he was betrayed by someone he thought was his best friend, and took on masses of debt. He had to go on the run from debt collectors after that. As a result we never stayed in the same place for long, and never really had all that much money," Rebecca said, focusing on the track ahead of her. "Hence, my fairly crappy upbringing. I do what I can to ensure I never have to go back to that."
She looked back to Ava, then. "Winning $100,000,000 from this damn show would have set me for life. It's not some grand goal like some of the others seem to have, but to me there's nothing more important I can imagine doing. Pity it turned out the way it did..."
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 26, 2023 20:22:59 GMT
“Pity is one way to put it… so, what, did you pull yourself outta poverty by being real good at making spreadsheets and answering phone calls?” Ava asks, like her only concept of what a secretary is comes from The Devil Wears Prada.
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Post by Panda on Sept 26, 2023 20:39:01 GMT
Rebecca shrugged, which was a bit awkward on the ATV. "Pretty much, yes. We moved around so much that I was always switching schools, and we couldn't afford much in the way of school supplies. I'd have loved to get a proper education, and go on to become a high-paid lawyer or something, but I didn't have that opportunity. I just took what I could. Until I managed to get onto this show, I figured I'd steadily work my way up the company, and find success that way."
The story didn't quite check out. Was it really possible for her to find so much success through sheer hard work alone? Though whether Ava realised that was a different matter. At least the story was probably good for the show's ratings; not that it seemed to have improved Rebecca's score at all.
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 29, 2023 17:42:06 GMT
“No wonder you’re so cutthroat despite looking like the biggest softy here…” The little shit grumbles under her breath as she finally walks up to the cabin’s porch. With a huff she turns her head to give Rebecca the side-eye.
“Well, thanks for the fun day of humiliation and defeat, Becky. I’m gonna go wash the mud and lake stink off of me and go hang out with Eleven or Raphy until I don’t have to pretend I’m in a good mood anymore.”
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Post by Panda on Sept 29, 2023 18:21:42 GMT
Rebecca gave Ava an odd look. "Do whatever makes you happy. A calm mind gives you the best chance of survival here. But if you take one thing from our talk just now, it should be this: don't trust either of them. No matter how much you like them, not matter how much of a good mood they put you in, they might betray you."
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