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[silverislander]

day 29: sevika

it's not like sevika had never thought about it before- silco dying, that is. hell, she'd been considering knocking him off herself just a few days ago. she'd had her time to consider where she'd go next, who her next best option to advance the cause would be.

she's just pissed off that the answer was jinx.

she's hated the kid for years, but zaun chose, and it chose her. her options were jinx or abandoning the cause, and she's not willing to do that. it makes logical sense, really: she's the next closest tie to silco, and now with the council in jeopardy, if there was a single person in zaun who didn't know her name, they sure did now.

"do you think it should have a scoreboard, so you can get points when you punch people really hard?" jinx looks up from the scraps of her arm for a split second. she doesn't wait for a response- she never does. "of course it should, what am i saying?"

the way sevika sees it, zaun wants the jinx they've convinced themselves exists: the girl who's some kind of mad genius with a grand plan, capable of subterfuge and show in equal measure, silco's daughter, ready to lead them into glorious battle. they don't know jinx like she knows jinx: genius, maybe; mad, definitely; but ultimately aimless, impatient and childish. when jinx graffitis half the city, it's not to strike fear into the hearts of topsiders, it's for attention. everything she does is for attention.

she tries to keep her voice even through her irritation. "how long is this going to take?"

jinx hums, wide eyed and sarcastic. "i don't know. do you want it to work or just be for display?"

fucking childish.

there's nothing to be done now, though. sevika rolls her eyes and sits back in the chair again, taking a drag from her cigarette and rubbing her shoulder above the wound where the burn starts.

she's never really had leadership aspirations. working under someone who has a good enough plan has always been enough for her; as long as it gets her where she wants to go, she's willing to do her part from the background.

the keyword, though, is plan. jinx doesn't have that.

between the two options she's been presented with, sevika's decided on the third one. zaun chose, and so she'll fall in line, but she's not going to take it lying down.

maybe jinx doesn't have a plan. sevika, though? she's been working on this for most of her life. she has one. sevika's become very familiar with pushing jinx's buttons over the years, too, and gods, does she make it easy to push her. all she's got to do is steer the kid in the right direction.

it won't take much to make her the hero zaun thinks she is. sevika's just got to put up with her until she gets there.