[agodr] A bone to pick with the proctors

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Broen finished his cigarette well before they got to the museum. But he stayed quiet the entire way. When they found Cornelius, he quietly rolled his eyes at him. Oh yeah, it was this hack. The one who'd originally started this bullshit.

He stood beside Aslan, one leg kind of cocked at an angle so his weight was shifted to one side.
 
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"I have no idea who this is," Aslan pushed on determinedly, meeting Cornelius's eyes. "But as far as I'm concerned, this is the least you can do. So get to it."

Cornelius gave him a hard stare. "Aslan, what are you even doing?"

"Taking control of my life?" Aslan replied rhetorically. "Look, just do it. We both know you don't actually care about me. You just care about the fact that in theory, you should be bothered that a coworker is about to sign his life away to a total stranger that he hopefully will never see again after this event is complete."

A pause. "Fine," Cornelius said. "Stand still and I'll have it done."
 
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The pact went through without a hitch, or at least Broen thought it did. He wasn't sure what to expect, but he felt like something happened?

When it was over and he and Aslan were leaving the museum, he waited until they were out of earshot of Cornelius, shook his head and said, "Man... what a fuckin' asshole. I can see why you're done with this tournament bullshit."
 
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"Cornelius is a selfish, short-sighted fool," Aslan sneered in agreement. "Uncaring of others and how his actions affect them, ready to blow off the repercussions at a moment's notice with some grand sounding excuse that tries too hard to transcend basic morality."
 
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"Sounds like a dozen supervillains from my world. Pontificating, strutting jackassery. Superheroes too, for that matter." Broen yawned a bit and scratched his hair. "Never trusted people with big, grand ideals. They tended to be super fuckin unhinged."
 
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He grimaced. "There's something wrong with that family," Aslan complained. "Claudius came out of it a barely functioning wreck and then there's just. Cornelius," he said, as if that explained everything. "I look forward to being rid of him for good."
 
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"That sound ominous..." Broen said, pulling out another cigarette from his pocket and lighting it. "What the fuck is going on there?"

Part of him didn't care if Aslan was planning on killing Cornelius or not. Part ofh im did. But bigger than both of those was the part that said oh fuck I better not get caught in any fallout.
 
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"I do not intend him any harm," Aslan said with a snort. "But the sooner this tournament is over, the sooner somebody can take the throne and get Cornelius off of the island for good. I honestly see no reason why he would stick around after that." Although, Cornelius was awfully attracted to the art museums on the island. Perhaps Aslan could point him to other countries with bigger and more diverse museums. Perhaps not.
 
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"Throne... assholes in positions of power. Always." Broen paused, physically stopping in his tracks and taking a long drag off of his cigarette. Thinking. He kind of narrowed his eyes a bit. "Like... next in line will take the throne? Are they less of an asshole?"
 
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"The next in line is Cornelius," Aslan deadpanned. "I am hoping that this tournament succeeds and he manages to pass the throne off to some poor fool who has no idea what he is getting into." He looked Broen up and down warily. "Please tell me you have not been winning many challenges lately. I would demand that you fail some on purpose."