these thoughts run through my head

[grappler]

Who: Vi and open
Where: Lupin, around aldrip
What: she is Not Happy
Warnings: alcohol mentions, otherwise nothing yet



i. text un: punchesu

alright, roll call. who all disappeared after all that bullshit last month? Cait and Ekko are gone. they haven't showed back up.

i know they're probably not the only ones, so there's gotta be some info on where they are.

ii. lupin

[she could be found around Lupin first of all, and when she's there she's aggressively cleaning the glasses that're being used, except for a glass that she takes a drink out of every now and then.

if she hears someone approach, she looks over to the side so that she can see them in her periphery.]

What do you want? Or if you're trying to pay, don't bother.

[she doesn't really care about money of all things right now.]

iii. gym

[when she's not at Lupin, she's at the gym. she could be seen punching the shit out of a punching bag, and at some point... the chain breaks, and it goes falling to the floor. she groans when it happens, kicking the shit out of it now and then throwing it into the wall. she stands there, breathing heavily after that, putting her hands on her knees a bit and starts to catch her breath.]

Leave me alone.

[if she sees anyone coming by, anyway.]

I'll fix it later.

[this is a sort of catchall/post deal! if you'd like to do anything with Vi for the month of October, just hmu in the discord or angelonia @ plurk!]

Comments

[laserguy]

i'm sorry vi.

[for letting this happen and everything.]

maybe it's taking longer because of the reset? she'll. she'll come back though. people always do.

[grappler]

it's fine. you're worrying too much.

[she's 100% acting tougher than she actually feels right now.]

yeah. my cases were kinda weird anyway... and y'know, sometimes this place just likes to fuck with us. make us worry to see how we'll react.

[laserguy]

[he doesn't think it's really fine but he doesn't want to say otherwise right now.]

when people died during the gnosia infection. the time there was all weird too, right? so. it's definitely possible that it's just another weird case.

i was hoping that we would be able to talk to the AI after the reset and figure more stuff out, but it's unreachable.

[grappler]

... yeah. that was weird, too.

[says one of the people who definitely died during the Gnosia event, whoops.]

that'd be too easy. something else will probably explode, and then more people will die, and then MAYBE you guys will get some info. you and me have both been here long enough to know how this shit goes.

[laserguy]

[stop dying vi!!]

glad we both think that all of that reset business was 'easy.'

[ANYWAY]

i was kind of wanting to skip the 'explode' and 'people die' parts this time around. i know a lot of crap has happened, but this was the first time we got in full contact with the AI. like, other than sending messages to it.

[grappler]

yeah. between home and here though, I know stuff like that isn't going to be easy. there's gonna be more exploding and death.

[she's a realist, okay.]

who knows? it'll probably come back around to bite us in the asses again, though. nothing good comes from fucking with stuff people don't understand.

[laserguy]

great pep talk. i look forward to more.

apparently it really wanted to help us. so, hopefully that thought will still be on its mind when it returns. and without all the glitching too. i'll take a pass on that.

[grappler]

i'm a realist. I make sure people aren't blind to what they're getting into.

[because she'd been blind, once. and it led to her losing everything.]

yeah, i'll pass on the glitching. it's not so bad when the world isn't coming apart at the damn seams.

[laserguy]

we're so thankful.

yeah it's usually pretty okay otherwise.

[for a moment he almost forgotten about why he reached out to vi like this in the first place, just because of their bitching, but.]

so. you'll be okay, vi?

[grappler]

you're welcome. jaded violet always at your service.

yeah, i'll be fine.

[she's most definitely NOT FINE because she's probably already punching things and drinking alcohol. but it's a lot easier to disguise when she's just on text.]

and if I hear you keep blaming yourself, i'll punch you. don't do that shit.

[laserguy]

[OOP]

but i was supposed to be the leader. and she's my friend.

[grappler]

shit happens. you're not always going to be able to save everyone, even if you want to.

[she knows that one more intimately than most. being a leader... people getting hurt and killed because of it.]

life doesn't work that way.

[laserguy]

you know i'd actually prefer if you just got mad at me.

[grappler]

it's easier to deal with when people are mad at you for that kind of shit.

but... i'm not going to be. i've done that before and i fucked up a relationship i almost didn't get back.

[laserguy]

what happened?

was jinx involved? [If so...] guess i sort of get that then.

[grappler]

i lashed out after something really bad happened. broke trust.

... yeah, she was.

[laserguy]

i had a fight with jinx once. probably not the same thing, but it sucked.

never want to have that happen again.

[Partly because she pointed a gun at his face and partly because Scott doesn't really want lose her strange friendship. She's one of the longest people he knows now.]

guess i understand the not getting upset thing.

[grappler]

whatever reaction she had, you probably had to thank me for. i've fucked her up.

[like she's fucked everything up. every single thing in her life turns to shit the moment she touches it, she thinks.]

yeah. anyway. Cait will be back around soon, and everything will be fine... so don't worry about it.

[even though she's definitely still worried about it... but y'know. acting tough and all that.]

[laserguy]

you two are still sisters and everything. and have each other now, right? that's something.

[Fuck, he suddenly misses Alex. It's been over a year since he's seen him. At least he knows that his older brother will be waiting for him back home and they can spend time with each other laughs]

okay. later vi.

[grappler]

yeah.

[for now.]

later, scott.

... and thanks. for letting me know.