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Pepper dropped a whopper on you, that’s for damn sure, and as much as you’re having a hard time trusting her right now, you’d be lying if you said you didn’t believe her a little bit…
Sob story or not, you grunt as a frown forms on your face, it doesn’t change the fact that she lied to you…
Huh. Now Mina’s attitude makes a little more sense…
A-anyways, you continue, you’re still mad at her.
The redhead deflates a bit.
“... as is your right…”
But once you’ve cooled down a bit, you add, you’ll be open to try again… as friends, for now!
Pepper lights up like someone flicked a cigarette into a fireworks factory! “<span class="mu-s">DIESEL!</span>”
Hey, hey, <span class="mu-i">HEY</span>, you growl as you take a few preemptive scoots away from her, that doesn’t mean she’s off the hook! Quite the opposite, in fact! If she’s so keen on burying the hatchet, you continue with a firm glare that would make Mina proud, she’ll help you out with something you need. <span class="mu-i">NOW</span>.
Pepper’s enthusiasm fades a bit. “... what do you need, exactly?”
That picture she took of that <span class="mu-s">EMAIL</span>, for one, you reply! The journalist responds with a quizzical glance.
“For what, exactly?”
Suffice it to say it’s going to be in her best interest, you answer in a stern voice. Can she give it to you or not?
“Well… <span class="mu-i">kinda</span>...” She mutters, wiping the tears from her cheeks one more time before she takes out her phone and shows it to you, “No service, remember?”
<span class="mu-s">D’OH!</span>
In that case, you continue, you’ll just take a picture of her picture! That’ll do it!
Acquiescing with a shrug, the girl holds her device out as you add the correspondence to your album. Good, you nod, that’s a good first step…
“Let me guess,” Pepper remarks as you stow your phone back into your pocket, “Your next request is for me to delete all the evidence I’ve gathered.”
Remember that whole part about this being in her best interest, you ask? What little enthusiasm returned to the redhead’s face is quickly replaced with indignation.
“I’m not deleting it, Diesel. I thought I made that clear.”
The only thing that’s clear to you right now, you counter, is that Mina seems hell-bent on turning her into a <span class="mu-i">statistic</span> if she keeps that evidence for herself!
A wary expression forms on Pepper’s face. “Diesel… what exactly are you telling me right now?”
What say you?
>BE CLEAR: MINA IS GOING TO SILENCE YOU IF YOU DON’T DELETE IT.
>ALLUDE: SOMETHING BAD MIGHT HAPPEN IF YOU DOESN’T GET RID OF THOSE.
>PROTECT: I WANT TO HELP YOU, PEPPER, BUT YOU NEED TO TRUST ME.
>BE FIRM: JUST DO IT. I’M DONE PLAYING GAMES.
>WRITE-IN!
