Wha-- Vi. I just almost turned you into a shambling mushroom monster. You should want me as far away from you as fucking possible.
[ it's not a no. she trusts Vi, as much as she has managed to trust anyone so far. she's just...not used to people giving a shit the way they do here.
vi could keep a place safe. how long has it been since she was able to really sleep, not waking up constantly to watch the door, paranoid? she didn't really lose much losing her room when she didn't feel safe enough to have anything to start.
just a few nights of decent sleep and then she could figure things out... ]
I sorta-adopted Scott too, and he was shooting his eye lasers at me the first time we met. So I guess I'm just like that. He doesn't live with us, he's got his girlfriend.
[there's a bit of a silence now, her expression turning from light hearted to something a little more serious.]
This place fucks with people all the time. I know what kind of person you really are, so it's fine.
[ she's trying very hard not to choke up a little, but the last few weeks have been an ordeal.
it feels kinda stupid to be relieved. she'd been used to being alone in FEDRA, before Riley and Joel had gotten her more used to company. she hadn't had more than a few hours away from Joel is months.
Couple days, couple weeks, whatever you need. I'll even fix up the guest room if you wanna stay longer, so you actually have a bed and not a couch.
[she strays to lonely girls like a bug to light, apparently. but she means it -- if it helped her, she wouldn't mind. someone who acts tough and has to deal with so much shit... she can definitely relate.
maybe that's why she gets drawn to them. so she can be for them what she didn't get for herself, after she turned fifteen.]
a place for her in someone's home. that's...fucking wild.
...but Vi should know, shouldn't she? the risk she's taking on? A2 had been chill about it, and she's going to have to tell everyone because her sentencing anyway, so maybe-- ]
Uh. The infection might...happen again though. If this place fucks around again. [ a deep breath. ] I'm immune, but that means I'm always infected.
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Ellie, did you make it through everything okay?
[the last time she'd seen her was super concerning...]
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[ that's all she has for the moment, really. she's not even fully on the screen, slumped against some wall looking tired. her apartment is gone. :( ]
Someone stopped me. I asked them to.
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Stopped you? How?
[even though she might know what she's getting at-]
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I'm sorry.
[she wants to say still that they could've figured out another way. but it's kind of useless to say now over something that had already happened.]
Do you need anything? You have a place to stay?
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[ she'd managed to save the food she'd been hunting to hoard since her arrival, at least. ]
If you need some food, I have spare. I planned for this kinda shit.
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[don't make her turn into a big sister--]
We have a bit, too. But you can bring some to trade for the couch crashing.
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Wha-- Vi. I just almost turned you into a shambling mushroom monster. You should want me as far away from you as fucking possible.
[ it's not a no. she trusts Vi, as much as she has managed to trust anyone so far. she's just...not used to people giving a shit the way they do here.
vi could keep a place safe. how long has it been since she was able to really sleep, not waking up constantly to watch the door, paranoid? she didn't really lose much losing her room when she didn't feel safe enough to have anything to start.
just a few nights of decent sleep and then she could figure things out... ]
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[Vi...]
I sorta-adopted Scott too, and he was shooting his eye lasers at me the first time we met. So I guess I'm just like that. He doesn't live with us, he's got his girlfriend.
[there's a bit of a silence now, her expression turning from light hearted to something a little more serious.]
This place fucks with people all the time. I know what kind of person you really are, so it's fine.
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[ she's trying very hard not to choke up a little, but the last few weeks have been an ordeal.
it feels kinda stupid to be relieved. she'd been used to being alone in FEDRA, before Riley and Joel had gotten her more used to company. she hadn't had more than a few hours away from Joel is months.
it's been lonely here. she misses Joel. ]
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[she strays to lonely girls like a bug to light, apparently. but she means it -- if it helped her, she wouldn't mind. someone who acts tough and has to deal with so much shit... she can definitely relate.
maybe that's why she gets drawn to them. so she can be for them what she didn't get for herself, after she turned fifteen.]
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Sure. Cait won't care. You're pretty cool when you're not munching on people.
[oh Vi, don't joke about that-
the thought occurs to her a second later:]
Too soon?
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[ if her laugh is a little watery, no it isn't.
a place for her in someone's home. that's...fucking wild.
...but Vi should know, shouldn't she? the risk she's taking on? A2 had been chill about it, and she's going to have to tell everyone because her sentencing anyway, so maybe-- ]
Uh. The infection might...happen again though. If this place fucks around again. [ a deep breath. ] I'm immune, but that means I'm always infected.
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It's fine. This place does all kinds of shit we can't help. If I stopped being friends with people who did shit to me, then I'd have no one.
[not even Caitlyn or Jinx.]
So. Don't worry about it, 'kay?
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[aaaand after a couple more seconds, she's sending them.]