first one to make that doctor who joke loses

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

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shhh i will take this tag and cherish it

[reek]

[ Theon is taken by surprise at first, somewhat shocked by the familiar voice behind the mask. Of course. Of course it would be Robb. His anger flares immediately, and he wants so badly to rip the mask off of his old friend's face and give him another black eye just to shut him up.

But he refrains, trying to calm himself with a smirk that no one can see and a muffled laugh. ]

I've wiser words for you yet, Stark. War should not be put in the hands of a child. You and I know that from experience, don't we?

[ Theon's words are cruel and spiteful, but there's a touch of melancholy behind them. Things would have never taken the turn they did if Robb hadn't been given the power of a king. ]

bestow all your love upon it

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[Robb has no desire to die in this poisonous air and he keeps his mask on. Gods be good, that he did not notice this before!]

I started the war. Child or not. [It is a simple and curt answer. If Theon wants to chide him for his age, well, it is not that he can sink any lower at this point.] I called upon the North out of my own free will. And they answered that call and thus a war came.

[And in a way Robb does not regret it. He could not forgive himself to sit by idly while the Lannisters tried to take Riverrun while his lord father got branded a traitor.]

You know of that, not?

love and rudeness only

[reek]

[ As much as he would like to rip the mask from Robb's face, he refrains. He only wants to hurt Robb, not to kill him. ]

I don't need to be told what happened. I was there just the same as you, was I not?

[ Theon had put a certain amount of blind faith in Robb as a leader back then, being one of the first to pledge his loyalty and bend the knee. Now he's grown so bitter and inundated by his own self-loathing, he's almost forgotten. All he wants to do is fight, really, to punch Robb in the face until he listens and actually admits that he understands. ]

Until you sent me home.

[ It was a mistake. One of your biggest. ]

Surely your lady mother had something to say about that decision. Did she question you about it when she was tucking you in at night? Or did she tell you stories about the old wars to lull you to sleep instead?

[ More cruelty seeping into his voice even still, and he's obviously sneering beneath that mask. Someone needs to go cool off and calm down. ]

the best friendship

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[This is going to be another tedious meeting and it annoys him even more now there are all these people standing around them.]

Is it so? I cannot recall.

[Robb straightens his back and shoulders, looking like a very stiff young man as he does.]

Gods be good, just say what you want to say. I do not have the time to listen to such rambling.

the purest friendship is one where u punch your bff regularly

[reek]

[ Theon is already annoyed. Apologies and explanations don't work--Robb won't listen. Cruel japes and anger are all he has at his disposal right now. ]

Perhaps you can make time for this, then.

[ As has become customary for their meetings, Theon's anger explodes. Clenching his teeth beneath his mask, he pulls back his arm and aims a punch at Robb's face. Best friends forever. ]

i think that is the purest friendship of all. the friendship of punches

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[Deep inside Robb knows very well that he should understand Theon's motivations. But as a Stark he cannot condone the treachery and as a king he cannot let a traitor go free.

It is as it always is. The wants of Robb the Boy versus his obligations as a King. And the latter always wins. Always.

When Theon's fist comes in contact with Robb's mask the crowd cheers. Of course he loses his balance and tumbles backwards. Finally he sits up again and takes his mask off. The front is cracked anyway.]

Is that all?! [It has been told it is not wise to go without a mask for long.] Is that all you have?! A bloody punch!?

[reek]

[ And Theon knows he shouldn't expect so much from Robb when their strained relationship is truly his own fault. He can't help it, though, not when this is weighing so heavily on his heart. He just wants things to go back to what they were, no matter how impossible that may be.

It's even more impossible when he's so angry. ]

I've another bloody punch for you if you're up for it.

[ He snarls, tossing his own mask aside. It only seems fair. At least if Robb dies from inhaling the poisonous fumes, Theon will be right behind him and completely blameless. ]

What's wrong? Are you too frightened to retaliate with all these people watching?

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[A king would turn his back and leave Theon be. A king would also take Theon's head for being a turncloak and a bloody traitor. But at this point Robb is just an angry boy and the best thing angry boys can do is to return the favor.]

These people do not matter to me. [The fact that he realizes that all he wants is to have Theon back again as his friend and ally pisses him off even more. Robb Stark knows very well that he cannot go and just want things.

It is true that Theon is taller than he is, but Robb knows he has strong arms and he knows he can land quite fearsome punches. And, most importantly, Robb Stark is no craven.]

You wish you could leave here without getting beaten to a pulp. [Robb hisses the words, his own voice unrecognisable to his own ears.] I have no sword but I could rip off your head with my bare hands! [The crowd cheers a little at that, probably happy to hear they might be in for a beheading as well. Robb knows he cannot do that. He cannot ever do that.

Still he lunges himself at his former friend and lands a fist against his nose.]