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[sansa, in her room, in a day dress and eyepatch, while lady pants amiably in the background.]
Hallo Vi, I hope you're well, I only wanted to tell you I have to go dreamwalking with Lazarus, and not to come looking for me. Well, unless something's gone wrong and Lady comes to fetch you, I suppose. You should probably call another Paleblood, if that seems to be the case. Adaine would likely be best. We should be back by morning, in any case. Try not to set anything on fire.
[her tone is light. she doesn't expect either of these things to happen.]
Hallo Vi, I hope you're well, I only wanted to tell you I have to go dreamwalking with Lazarus, and not to come looking for me. Well, unless something's gone wrong and Lady comes to fetch you, I suppose. You should probably call another Paleblood, if that seems to be the case. Adaine would likely be best. We should be back by morning, in any case. Try not to set anything on fire.
[her tone is light. she doesn't expect either of these things to happen.]
[when vi switches on her own video she's in what looks to be a some sort of studio space, a curtain behind her, various inks and a tattoo gun on a table behind her.]
Got it. I guess I'll see you guys when you get back from dreamland. [??] If anything goes sideways then I'll call Adaine. Good luck and good ...dreams.
[vi's not very worried. she's not 100% sure what's involved with dreamwalking, but that's a day ending in y. sansa is more than capable, knows a lot more than she does, and then there's lazarus. it's not like they're not going to be careful. ]
Got it. I guess I'll see you guys when you get back from dreamland. [??] If anything goes sideways then I'll call Adaine. Good luck and good ...dreams.
[vi's not very worried. she's not 100% sure what's involved with dreamwalking, but that's a day ending in y. sansa is more than capable, knows a lot more than she does, and then there's lazarus. it's not like they're not going to be careful. ]
[you know what. no one's home and she will absolutely not hit an animal so that is technically true. she can promise she will not hit anyone in the house.]
Vi? It's Jun. The one from the post.
Are you free this afternoon?
Are you free this afternoon?
[oh dear lord this is terrible timing but fuck if silco is going to ruin this. he is not going to be the reason she flakes out on this kid. he is not going to be a reason for anything, nope. she is FINE. she is not mad at all. her whole shit has not been turned upside down in an eyeblink and she is not twitchy or on edge at all. IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR THIS. REALLY.
...well, maybe it could be a good distraction.]
i know who you are
all day i don't have to be anywhere dangerous til it gets dark
where you at
...well, maybe it could be a good distraction.]
i know who you are
all day i don't have to be anywhere dangerous til it gets dark
where you at
I'm at the Roost right now - it's where I work. A bar in Cellar Door.
I can meet you wherever though.
Are you going somewhere dangerous after dark?
I can meet you wherever though.
Are you going somewhere dangerous after dark?
well shit kid we probably live within spitting distance
i live at the rookery
we could start in somewhere in cellar door i know the alleys there pretty well
your pick
outpost duty.
[also hunting. also mutual punching bag meeting with bakugou because everything is terrible.]
i live at the rookery
we could start in somewhere in cellar door i know the alleys there pretty well
your pick
outpost duty.
[also hunting. also mutual punching bag meeting with bakugou because everything is terrible.]
I live a little further out. With my boss, actually.
Cellar Door seems like a good pick.
Don't die.
[It's his version of 'I care about you', at least.]
Cellar Door seems like a good pick.
Don't die.
[It's his version of 'I care about you', at least.]
see? youve got people. kinda?
130 ok?
meet u outside of the roost
not planning on it but no promises
130 ok?
meet u outside of the roost
not planning on it but no promises
Kind of, yeah.
1:30's fine. I'll see you there.
If you die I'll be mad.
1:30's fine. I'll see you there.
If you die I'll be mad.
[It takes Silco a few days before he even understands how to use the Omni and its network, even as intuitive and tailored as the device is, and he likely has to ask someone for help with private measaging. Which means she gets a few days of stewing before he contacts her again.]
You left before I could say thank you.
[Not that he would have, or really intends to now, he's just delighted to be able to taunt her from an unpunchable distance and faking good graces to take the high road seems like a good start.]
You left before I could say thank you.
[Not that he would have, or really intends to now, he's just delighted to be able to taunt her from an unpunchable distance and faking good graces to take the high road seems like a good start.]
Edited 2022-08-08 01:09 (UTC)
I heard you met our new arrival from the undercity.
oh yeah?
heard from a little bird or straight from the horse's ass?
horse's mouth
heard from a little bird or straight from the horse's ass?
horse's mouth
Edited 2022-08-08 02:23 (UTC)
From the horse, whatever part of it you'd like. It took some time to realize who I was talking to.
Listen Vi, when you were first here you were a touch volatile about the man. I suppose I came to fuss if you can bear me asking if you are well.
Listen Vi, when you were first here you were a touch volatile about the man. I suppose I came to fuss if you can bear me asking if you are well.
nope
but im better than i was when i helped him out of the ocean
that was a day
yeah im not doing real great
oh he sent me a message too
but im better than i was when i helped him out of the ocean
that was a day
yeah im not doing real great
oh he sent me a message too
I can imagine. It's clear you have a history with him.
I'm fine, Vi. If anything I was shocked he was as civil as he was once he learned who I was.
I'm fine, Vi. If anything I was shocked he was as civil as he was once he learned who I was.
[and after a long moment of consideration, a beat between messages, and almost purely because of hug and understanding of their first meeting he decides to be entirely forthcoming]
I see this world as a different life, separate. A second chance, perhaps. It is easy to say that and much harder to put it in practice.
Which is a long way of saying our world, our lives, they were a mess. In truth Vi? I do not know what to think, of any of it. I know well enough he makes me nervous, and that much of that comes from personal bias and my own experiences, not sense.
I see this world as a different life, separate. A second chance, perhaps. It is easy to say that and much harder to put it in practice.
Which is a long way of saying our world, our lives, they were a mess. In truth Vi? I do not know what to think, of any of it. I know well enough he makes me nervous, and that much of that comes from personal bias and my own experiences, not sense.
he's not like me
he wont just
the message he sent was real civil too
i dont think he meant to thank me at all
[okay, well there's a small chance in hell he meant it. but she's not going to entertain that because ...no.]
he wont just
the message he sent was real civil too
i dont think he meant to thank me at all
[okay, well there's a small chance in hell he meant it. but she's not going to entertain that because ...no.]
[this makes her sit up and put her thoughts down more slowly.]
I do too. Mostly. It's hard, but most of the time I feel like this is a chance for me to make things better. For myself, for my friends, for all of us, and for the regular people that live here, the ones that don't get to maybe wash up on the beach again as squids.
[typing that out makes her headtilt, but that's ...trench.]
Mostly that last one. We can do things here. We can make change. Yeah, the ocean is pissed off and this place is a LOT but we have all this power. We're changed, and I can't think of anything better than trying to make this place more safe, and less of a flaming shithole.
They were. You're right. And I don't know what to think half the time, either, I just keep rolling with it because I don't know what else to do. He should make you nervous. He's dangerous. He twists things. He twists people.
I have no reason to think he's different just because he's here. I wanted to kick him back into the sea and hold him under with my boot.
[that is not, however, what she did.]
I do too. Mostly. It's hard, but most of the time I feel like this is a chance for me to make things better. For myself, for my friends, for all of us, and for the regular people that live here, the ones that don't get to maybe wash up on the beach again as squids.
[typing that out makes her headtilt, but that's ...trench.]
Mostly that last one. We can do things here. We can make change. Yeah, the ocean is pissed off and this place is a LOT but we have all this power. We're changed, and I can't think of anything better than trying to make this place more safe, and less of a flaming shithole.
They were. You're right. And I don't know what to think half the time, either, I just keep rolling with it because I don't know what else to do. He should make you nervous. He's dangerous. He twists things. He twists people.
I have no reason to think he's different just because he's here. I wanted to kick him back into the sea and hold him under with my boot.
[that is not, however, what she did.]
[oh silco definitely seem capable of being marked civil, that's for sure. he focuses on the rest though, grim as he types]
That's been my goal since I started here. Or, in truth, I was aimless for a while and then came to feel the same. At first it was a matter of legacy, now I find I genuinely care for this place. I hope I can see it grow.
[and ah, this seems both the right time and an odd time to tell vi, but he's been meaning to so why not?]
I'm dying. Lung disease even sleeper blood can't heal fast enough. I'm sure you've seen it before, plenty in the undercity end up lost to it each year. I have plans at the end of the month to try something of an experimental transplant, and I am hopeful, but yes, I suppose it's hard to say what will happen.
And, for what it is worth, I think you are one of the people I would trust to keep trying for this place. You have a good heart, Vi.
[woof, heavy. a lot. moving on to silco again barely is any better.]
I think with Silco it will be a matter of balancing. I don't like the idea of running off to warn everyone he could be dangerous and destroy any chance he has of building a new life, if that is what he plans. But I believe you when you say he's dangerous.
A mess, as I said. I suppose we will just have to be careful, both of him and jumping to condemnation because it is easier.
That's been my goal since I started here. Or, in truth, I was aimless for a while and then came to feel the same. At first it was a matter of legacy, now I find I genuinely care for this place. I hope I can see it grow.
[and ah, this seems both the right time and an odd time to tell vi, but he's been meaning to so why not?]
I'm dying. Lung disease even sleeper blood can't heal fast enough. I'm sure you've seen it before, plenty in the undercity end up lost to it each year. I have plans at the end of the month to try something of an experimental transplant, and I am hopeful, but yes, I suppose it's hard to say what will happen.
And, for what it is worth, I think you are one of the people I would trust to keep trying for this place. You have a good heart, Vi.
[woof, heavy. a lot. moving on to silco again barely is any better.]
I think with Silco it will be a matter of balancing. I don't like the idea of running off to warn everyone he could be dangerous and destroy any chance he has of building a new life, if that is what he plans. But I believe you when you say he's dangerous.
A mess, as I said. I suppose we will just have to be careful, both of him and jumping to condemnation because it is easier.
[the reply is at least an hour later, because vi has had herself a quiet cry, first where she sits on her bed and later on the roof, which is where she answers from.]
If you were someone else, I'd have so many things to say. Suggestions. Questions, even. But you're you, and I know you've already tried it all, or at least scribbled it out on a board and on papers, and you've run it all by people that know a lot more than I ever could. People that know different things.
This experimental transplant. Pal knows, right? Is he helping?
I haven't warned anyone. Except Sansa, because I live there, and if he thinks I'm a problem, or if I become a problem then I just don't want her caught up in it. I'm all for everyone getting a second chance, a chance at being something or someone new. I just don't want him to do it near me. But we don't always get what we want, and if this is how it is I guess I have to deal with that, too. Even though I don't want to. I hate it. I hate him so much.
vVander told me t hhat, you knowww. [caitlyn had said it too, just before the pain had swallowed her and she'd been woken - not with a kiss but with shimmer - and cait's gun notably absent. she has had a lot of time to think on this, too, since she's been here.] That I had a go od heeart, before every thing went to shit tt. before he died.................
I' m trying to be better.
I'm going to keep trying, but it's really hard. I should probably tell you everything. I owe you that, and honestly a lot more. Like, two ears if you wanna talk about anything for starters s.
We can make a promise then. To keep each other careful. You have my back, I have yours.
Keep each other from doing anything stupid.
[she can't believe she's even suggesting that he help her rein herself in when it is silco they are talking about, but here she is, doing just that. surprise surprise not really viktor she is worried about when it comes to doing anything stupid. it's vi. she is 100% talking about herself here.]
If you were someone else, I'd have so many things to say. Suggestions. Questions, even. But you're you, and I know you've already tried it all, or at least scribbled it out on a board and on papers, and you've run it all by people that know a lot more than I ever could. People that know different things.
This experimental transplant. Pal knows, right? Is he helping?
I haven't warned anyone. Except Sansa, because I live there, and if he thinks I'm a problem, or if I become a problem then I just don't want her caught up in it. I'm all for everyone getting a second chance, a chance at being something or someone new. I just don't want him to do it near me. But we don't always get what we want, and if this is how it is I guess I have to deal with that, too. Even though I don't want to. I hate it. I hate him so much.
vVander told me t hhat, you knowww. [caitlyn had said it too, just before the pain had swallowed her and she'd been woken - not with a kiss but with shimmer - and cait's gun notably absent. she has had a lot of time to think on this, too, since she's been here.] That I had a go od heeart, before every thing went to shit tt. before he died.................
I' m trying to be better.
I'm going to keep trying, but it's really hard. I should probably tell you everything. I owe you that, and honestly a lot more. Like, two ears if you wanna talk about anything for starters s.
We can make a promise then. To keep each other careful. You have my back, I have yours.
Keep each other from doing anything stupid.
[she can't believe she's even suggesting that he help her rein herself in when it is silco they are talking about, but here she is, doing just that. surprise surprise not really viktor she is worried about when it comes to doing anything stupid. it's vi. she is 100% talking about herself here.]
[she can respect the straightforwardness of the username. that's where her respect ends, though. there is no little emote that captures any of her feelings on seeing this (which is better than hearing it if she's honest) and she's taken a long while to respond. had she briefly entertained several rows of the middle fingers? yes. was it possible for someone tech (or magic?) savvy to jam up his entire inbox with middle finger emotes? possibly. she doesn't seriously consider it, but it manages to make her smile a little. it's a bitter flicker of a smile, and it is hard won. a scream had come before it, not too long after: a flurry of fists against beastflesh (more screams lost to the noise of that fight), and finally tears - but, again ...if she's honest: those had been there throughout.]
Fuck you.
Look at you turning over a new leaf
oops it's FAKE THOUGH
You looked like you needed some time to yourself. I get it. [true. now to redirect the bullshit. okay. what would sansa say? what would vi say to someone she didn't hate? if this were anyone else at all.]
There's no need to say it, but I appreciate the time you took to do it anyway. I won't forget that.
You're welcome.
`•.¸¸.•´´¯`••._.• 🎀 🖕 🎀 •._.••`¯´´•.¸¸.•`
🙂
You looked like you needed some time to yourself. I get it. [true. now to redirect the bullshit. okay. what would sansa say? what would vi say to someone she didn't hate? if this were anyone else at all.]
There's no need to say it, but I appreciate the time you took to do it anyway. I won't forget that.
You're welcome.
🙂
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