Awakening Supports/Severa Brady

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C Support

Severa:
*Sigh*

Brady:
Something got ya down, Severa?

Severa:
No. I'm just...sticking out.

Brady:
What, like flashin' a little leg or somethin'?

Severa:
No, you pervert! I mean socially! ...You and I don't fit in with the others.

Brady:
Get outta' here. Ya think?

Severa:
Everyone else in this camp is so happy and bubbly and nice! Ugh! Gag me with a spade!

Brady:
Hey, yeah! Plus they all act like they're best chums!

Severa:
Chums? Ugh, gag me again! Anyway, between us, one cynic to another, I think we should team up.

Brady:
What did you have in mind?

Severa:
I'm thinking that we'll start a totally exclusive club and leave them out of it! Severa and Brady's S&B Society has a nice ring to it, hmm?

Brady:
The heck is an S&B Society supposed to be?

Severa:
Isn't it obvious? It's a play on our initials.

Brady:
I get that part, ya mope! Now what's it really mean?

Severa:
It means... Um... Snark & Bark Society! It's totally our personalities! ...Plus the word "society." We need a sophisticated word like that to make everyone else all jealous.

Brady:
This is starting to sound like a big pain in the keister.

Severa:
Ugh, rude! And crude! Gods! Look, if you want to be that way, then you can be all cynical on your own. Or you can join my awesome society and have cynical backup whenever!

Brady:
I got an uneasy feeling about this, but...well fine.

Severa:
Then it's decided! Our contrarian collaboration officially begins today!

Brady:
Just try not to make me regret this, yeah?

B Support

Severa:
Oh, Brady!

Brady:
What's wrong?

Severa:
I'm so glad you're here! It's an emergency!

Brady:
Are we under attack?!

Severa:
Worse! I'm building the official S&B Society tent, and we're out of materials! Oh, it's just awful!

Brady:
Just use one of the spare tents! We got plenty.

Severa:
Ugh, no way! Our noble organization deserves better than plain, ugly canvas!

Brady:
So whaddya want me to do about it?

Severa:
Well, maybe we can start off with a spare after all...

Brady:
Uh, what changed from a second ago when that was unacceptable?

Severa:
Duh! Embellishments! We'll take a drab old tent and transform it into a palace. We'll need silks, and colorful lanterns, and fine, gilded tassels! Oh, and maybe some of those little hangy-bead thingies for the door!

Brady:
You want all that on a stupid tent for two people?

Severa:
It's not a stupid tent, and we are not just two people! We are the S&B Society!

Brady:
This plan's startin' to rub my fur the wrong way...

Severa:
I don't care about your fur, which you don't even have anyway! Here's your list. Go fetch everything on it, and then come back for more orders.

Brady:
List? Let's see... Jumping jesters! I'll have to go to a big city to find half this stuff! Look at these quantities! Twenty tapestries? Thirty-five diamond-tipped canes? ...Forty-five golden bricks? Oh, come on! You can't even buy gold bricks! I think I need a drink...

Severa:
Ooh! Thank you for reminding me. We'll be needing a nice set of teacups as well. Oh, and since I handled all the planning, you don't mind footing the bill, right?

Brady:
You're dreaming, lady! We're splittin' the cost at the very least!

Severa:
Hey, we voted on this, remember? I am the society president and CEO! ...You are the treasurer.

Brady:
Being treasurer doesn't mean you pay for everything out of pocket!

Severa:
Um, I think I know what a treasurer does, Brady. Gods! Hmm... Okay, so we'll also need some shelves for books and such...

Brady:
Hey! ...Are you even listening to me? ...... Fine, I'll go see what I can get from the local markets. But you're paying me back for half! You hear me, ya mooch?

Severa:
Sure, sure. Off you go.

Brady:
I knew this was a bad idea...

A Support

Brady:
Hey, Severa!

Severa:
Greetings, Society Member Number Two. Are we done with today's procurement run?

Brady:
Stop callin' me that! ...And yeah, all done. Still don't see why I'm always the one what's buyin' junk. I mean, what've you been doin' this whole time, aside from loungin' around?

Severa:
I've been very busy, I'll have you know! I've been assembling everything you bought into decorations for the tent. ...See?

Brady:
...Actually, that doesn't look terrible. Although it's all a bit...gaudy, isn't it?

Severa:
No, it isn't! It's elegant and sophisticated! We are a SOCIETY, after all. If not for the gold, silk, and lanterns, it'd lack panache. We have a name to live up to! If it all happens to be a hair over the top, it will just make people all the more jealous!

Brady:
A hair? This thing is a full wig shop over the top, Severa. I can barely see in here! All the gold leaf is blinding me!

Severa:
Well, get over it! ...Gods, I don't see why you always have to complain.

Brady:
Said the contrarian to her partner in a contrarian society! Look, I've already spent way more time and money on this than I thought I would...

Severa:
Would you stop your grumbling already? ...Ooh! Brady, those teacups are darling! I didn't know you had an eye for those.

Brady:
Well, you know...

Severa:
Or did you just have the seller choose them for you?

Brady:
Urk...

Severa:
Oh, please. Don't try to deny it. I can read you like a book. Anyway, back to sewing! It won't be long now. I know it's difficult, but try to contain your excitement.

Brady:
Stubborn as a mule, as always... Still, if this makes her happy, I...guess I can do it.

Severa:
What was that, Number Two?

Brady:
I didn't say nothin'!

S Support

Severa:
Brady! *sob* It's t-t-terrible! Waaah!

Brady:
What in the... Augh! Come on, let go! You're crushin' my ribs!

Severa:
B-but it's... *sniff* It's gone! *sob*

Brady:
Calm down! Sheesh... Now, what's gone? What happened?

Severa:
Y-you remember a few days ago? When that storm came through?

Brady:
Yeah, that was wild. Thought my tent was gonna up and fly away.

Severa:
It did fly away, you moron! The S&B Society tent blew away, and now I can't find it!

Brady:
What? There was half a ton of decorations on that thing! How'd something that gaudy ever get off the ground?

Severa:
Gaudy?! It was elegant and sophisticated!

Brady:
R-right! ...Course it was. But hey, that's a shame. I know ya worked real hard on it.

Severa:
A shame? No, it's a tragedy! It's the worst thing that's ever happened in the history of everything!

Brady:
Aw, buck up there, little camper. Don't let it get you down. So, uh, maybe time to forget the Society idea and go mingle with the others, eh? Try to play nice with the group for a change? ...I'd go with ya, if ya wanted.

Severa:
N-no! I don't want to!

Brady:
Why do you always have to be so antisocial? Not like I'm one to talk, but even I—

Severa:
Because I want it to be just you and me!

Brady:
Muh?

Severa:
Gods, you are an idiot! I never cared about that dumb society stuff! ...I just made it all up so we could spend time together.

Brady:
Severa...

Severa:
But that dream up and blew away. So fine! Go! Run off and be with everyone else! I'll just stay here and eat this dirt! *munch, munch* ...Ptooie! ...Gods, I can't even do that right.

Brady:
Oh good grief! Cut that out! I ain't goin' nowhere, doll. Honest! Can't leave half of the S&B Society all on her own, now can I?

Severa:
Wait, then you...

Brady:
You think I'm an idiot?! I'm crazy for you, Severa! Who else would have put up with all your crazy demands this long?

Severa:
Wow, I... I don't know what to say. ...That isn't all snarky, I mean.

Brady:
Hey, we're the Snark & Bark Society, but even we gotta' be honest sometime, right?

Severa:
I guess I'm...happy. Happy you feel the same, I mean.

Brady:
Watching you has taught me something, though. Call it leading by bad example, but I think it was wrong to cut ourselves off. Two cats can't live alone, and there's no reason to keep tryin'. Anyway, I don't think it'd kill us to make nice with the others a bit more.

Severa:
Well, I guess. ...If you help me.

Brady:
Of course! I'll help with whatever you like! ...As long as it's not shopping for the Society again, that is.