 "un/finished") |
FERN |
Ooo slang part the second |
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FERN |
i think we just shared electrons, because i'm feeling a covalent bond between us |
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LANCE |
Pidge, I need your help. I gotta send a meme to Chloe but ... |
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DIPPER |
Hey Varian. You know those crazy alchemy bombs you used... |
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PETER |
Hey Varian, this is Peter. Um, Peter Graham. |
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USAGI |
Soooooooo~ How'd the date go? |
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MAKO |
Varianβ Checking in. |
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SHIRO |
i think one of us put a chicken patty in my toaster |
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EDDIE |
Hey. We need to talk. |
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MELIUS |
π»πΎ. πΌ ππππ πΎπ πππππ πππΎππΉ πΆππΉ πΎπ πΎπ πππ ππ½πππ |
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EDA |
Hey, kid. I... owe you an apology. |
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LUZ |
Valentines |
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MAUL |
I have a proposition for a project I think you'll be interested in |
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USAGI |
I LOVE YOU |
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FERN |
DUDE you still have your bandana! |
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BUZZ |
Morning. I heard from Fern you wanted to go out into the blizzard. |
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FERN |
dude your profile changed |
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USAGI |
Ruby told me about the breakup. |
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GLITCH |
Varian, I'm gonna go live somewhere else for now |
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MAKO |
A "nerd" is somebody smart... |
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MAUL |
Gifts |
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FERN |
heeyyyy quick question |
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FERN |
Christmas is coming up!!! |
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CHLOE |
god who the FUCK ever thought emojis were a good idea??? |
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KRISTOFF |
Varian,It's getting colder so I thought you could use this |
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FERN |
heyyyy Variable |
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RAPUNZEL |
okay not to put you on the spot but... |
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EDA |
Potion time |
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NEO |
Dude, I can mine antidote shit here! |
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GLITCH |
Got this in my basket. |
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EDA |
hey smart kid |
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TEN |
Hallo |
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ADAM |
Hey, k-- uh, Varian. I just wanted to check in |
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USAGI |
I'm sorry I worried you and fainted on you yesterday. |
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AMARA |
i lived, bitch |
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NEO |
Debatably good news, asshole |
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USAGI |
Hey Varian! It's Usagi |
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OSCAR |
I'm sorry, Varian. Tell me what you need |
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FERN |
a dark past huh |
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MAUL |
Varian. I am in great need of your assistance |
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FERN |
Varian VARIAN I CAN EAT FOOD |
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USAGI |
How much moon essence do you have? |
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USAGI |
VIVI-KUN, VIVI-KUN GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT! |
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RICHIE |
well I promised |
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FERN |
A TOTALLY INCOMPLETE LIST OF OOO WORDS 'N SLANG |
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GLITCH |
VARIAN ARE THERE BUGS IN THE WATER?!
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USAGI |
To help with restless nights and the... |
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VIRA-LORR |
Little alchemist. I have a gift for you. |
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MARTIN |
Hi, Varian. This is Martin. I wanted to reach out... |
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USAGI |
Hi Varian, sweetie! I have a question for you. |
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GLITCH |
varian I need to talk to you. it's important. |
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USAGI |
I need you not to panic after what I tell you. |
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FERN |
dog you have so many vests |
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IRONHIDE |
HONK HONK |
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USAGI |
... I'm sorry I couldn't help you better, Varian |
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EMERALD |
Hey, V. Not that I care that much or anything... |
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FERN |
tell me when you're alive |
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FERN |
Varian i stabbed two people |
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AMARA |
hey weirdo i have something for you
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FERN |
is the Rapunzel in town your Rapunzel? |
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PENNY |
Salutations!! You do not know me, but my name is Penny Polendina |
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YANG |
Hey, is this Varian? I think we've met once before. |
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FERN |
hey can we talk |
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FERN |
you told ruby |
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MAUL |
Surviving another year is always an occasion worth celebrating |
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USAGI |
Hey I wanted to apologise |
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USAGI |
VARIAN-KUUUUNNN!!!! |
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FERN |
birth |
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MAUL |
Look what just arrived for me. |
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KATHERINE |
Do you want to get paid to make more purple goo things? |
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FERN |
ok i know you're good with plants but what about animals |
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FERN |
dog interested in means girls or guys |
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It is! I kind of wanna wrestle him when he's like that sometime!
Trust me. I'm an expert on things like this. They definitely go together. It's with you being from the olden days and stuff like that.
[And then one day they'll both fall asleep on it and it will be adorable.]
Maybe it means there is some sort of connection to all our worlds. Some way some how.
The gods did say our world was like a failed experiment. Maybe they picked up and started again somewhere else.
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[She can't hear it, but he definitely lets out a soft, fond 'heh' at that. They will absolutely end up falling asleep on the thing and it'll be adorable. ]
Then I consider myself very lucky yo have you around to consult on all hip and cool modern-day things. Helping me navigate through my olden days confusion. Truly, you are a saint.
Maybe? I know we for sure have our own legend concerning light and dark magic. And how they are supposed to be joined together but split apart.
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[This gently gets added to the to do list of things they have to do.]
Don't worry, gramps. I'm here for you. You'll be cool with all the young kids in no time, I promise.
That sounds vaguely familiar to my home... Or at least we had a God of Light and a God of Darkness. They're the ones who made our world.
We sort of have a representative for both at the moment.
Kind of.
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You're good to me. However can I ever repay you?
Ours were... are the Sundrop and the Moonstone. It's... really complicated and my world is in a lot of danger because the person who has control of the Moonstone is... well, she's on the warpath. She's got me locked in a cage right now- I mean, back in the waking world right now, using me as bait to get Rapunzel to come to her. Rapunzel has the power of the Sundrop, y'see. It's messy.
What are yours? As... representatives, I mean?
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[Ruby reads that over once or twice. The two of them tended to share of non specifics about their worlds, tidbits without actually getting into the details about what they were actually doing. It crushed a little to know he was in danger back at home. It hurt even more knowing there wasn't really anything she could to do help him there.]
That does sound complicated.
She's a capable girl though and you're not too shabby yourself.
I'm sure you'll both get you out of there.
It's kind of a tricky situation.
There are multiple things kind of playing a role some way or another.
Remember when I told you about Salem and Ozma the other month, during the rain?
Well... The Grimm. Salem has control over them and they were originally the creations of the God of Darkness.
Ozma-Or Ozpin as I knew him got his power to reincarnate from the God of Light.
Along with the Relics that are back at home. Well... I have one with me right now. Both here and in the waking world. I'm trying to get it to safety.
And I guess I fit in there somewhere too. My eyes are the same as the God of Light's. I'm not really sure how that works yet.
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[He considers his answer carefully. He's always very vague about Cass, he doesn't want her coming here and facing people thinking she's dangerous- not when she could be pulled at any point. Because, even after everything, he still desperately wants her to be able to find her way back to the light.]
Soon as I figure out how to get out of the cage over the two hundred foot drop without falling to a horrible, horrible death, I'll be fine. But Rapunzel has this. And the other person... well, I've not lost hope on her yet. She can come around.
Oh wow. So that's a lot. On something that was already A LOT. I met Oscar, by the way. On the subject of Ozpin. He told me about the whole living in his head thing. That's also a whole lot of terrible.
it doesn't sound like it's gonna get any easier for you guys any time soon, huh?
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[For as rough as Varian was on himself, Ruby couldn't help but admire the fact that he hadn't given up on whoever he was talking about. He was good people and she hoped he'd see that more in himself.]
Well if you that about here than I do too. Which means there are three people there watching your back. So I have more faith you'll make it out of there.
Ugh. It is. It's so much and it's so bad that I just don't understand how it got the way it is.
He did?
Oscar has had something awful forced on him that he doesn't deserve in the slightest. He's a good kid and I know he's trying best considering what has been put on his shoulders.
When I get home I have to find a way to help him too. It's on a long list of things I have to figure out when I get home but it's on there either way. I'm not going to let Ozpin just abandon him until whatever's happening to him runs it's course.
I'm not sure... I don't think so but I hope so. Everyone is from further along than I am. It sounds like everything is looking up from when I went to sleep, but that's only what's directly effecting us. ...We might be in better shape in the next few weeks depending on how things go.
I'm not sure. I haven't actually seen any of these things to know.
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[He knows he can be a little much with all that.]
I appreciate that. I could probably use it.
I feel sorry for him. He's had a lot dropped on him and he's got no power over any of it. It's not like he can even walk away from what's in his own head. He didn't have a choice to be in any of this. Doesn't seem fair. But I have faith that YOU can figure something out. You're about the most tenacious person I know, and I know someone who genuinely fights with a frying pan.
That's not fun. I don't know if you've noticed, but Rapunzel is here. My Rapunzel. She's... from a different point in time from me. As in she hasn't even met me yet. Which sucks. A lot. So I get these time shenanigans now and I do not appreciate them one bit. But I'm glad to hear that things are looking up. That's something at least.
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It's great watching you work and get excited about the things you like.
You can always count on me to believe in you and your friends.
He was dragged into our fight and he is really strong for going through it like he is, but I know he's really bothered by what's happening to him.
It means a lot to hear that. Thanks. I'm going to do my absolute best for him.
Yeah. We've talked actually. I talked her out of touching a weird orb in the forest and we ate cookies instead. ...She mentioned she didn't really know you though. I'm sorry for that. I know how much she means to you back home. Just give her time, I'm sure you can build the same sort of relationship you have with her back home. Or maybe even something better.
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I don't blame him. Learning your life isn't completely your own any more has to be pretty awful. You lose a lot of your agency then. So here's hoping you can do something for him. This one's a little out of my wheelhouse.
Oh. THAT Orb. Yeah, warning you there, Jaune and I touched that orb so he's seen of my stuff without context. Kind of avoiding talking about that. Saw some of his, too. That wasn't fun.
Thanks for keeping her away from the orb. The point she's at isn't as bad as what's coming for her, but she's still been through a lot. Being kept in a tower for 18 years while being gaslighted by your kidnapper isn't the best way to start your life. And yeah. I mean, at least right now she's not aware I tried to destroy her entire existence? There's that?
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Jeez. I know the feeling about being out of your depth on this. I'm doing my best and that's all I've really got at the moment.
If it makes you feel any better. You can trust Jaune. If you ever choose to open up to him and I'm definitely not saying you have to. But he'll understand and I can help you with that if you want.
As for what you ever you saw. I'm sorry. He's been through a lot too.
No problem. It's what I do!
[There's a pause in responses as she just stares at the mention of being locked in a tower for that long and she feels her fingers start to shake a little.]
We have a fairy tale kind of like that back at home. About a girl in a tower.
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I think so long as you do that, you're okay?
He seemed like a pretty good guy. It really does look like he's been through a lot. Who was the redhead?
Yeah? That's... weird. Rapunzel was kidnapped there when she was a baby. Her hair could... can now, I guess, heal. It's complicated how she got the power, but there was this evil witch who wanted it to keep herself young. So she stole Rapunzel and kept her alone in a tower until Eugene found her and saved her. They fell in love, escaped Gothell for good, Rapunzel found where she belonged.
[Doth it sound familiar, Ruby? Sure bet it does :D]
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Here's hoping.
[Oh. The next two messages hit a little harder. There's a few minutes before she sends a response back.]
Her name was Pyrrha. She was a friend of ours and a member of Jaune's team. She was here for a month or two.
[She had already mentioned to Varian that she had a friend who had died here briefly. She wasn't sure if he'd catch onto that but she didn't have it in her to type it out yet.
Not with the next elephant in the room. She doesn't really know what to say with this one either. She kind of dreads explaining it to Varian because she really doesn't know what this could mean. Their stories were too similar. It couldn't be coincidence, could it?]
There was a girl in a tower.
Who was held there by her evil father.
Until one day a brave hero arrived.
He stormed the castle and rescued her.
Together they defeated her and escaped.
They hadn't expected it but the two of them fell in love.
They planned adventures around the world,
And were said to have lived happily ever after.
Or that's what should have happened.
It turned out the girls name was Salem.
And the heroes name was Ozma.
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What can I say? I have an appreciation for my art.
[FUCKIN' SMOOTH. ]
I did wonder if she was one of the friends you'd mentioned. Sorry. That has to suck for all of you. Does Jaune know she was here?
[Because she clearly meant a lot to him. And knowing she was here and he missed her... well, that wouldn't be an easy conversation at all.
Oh. Oh and that's quite the story. It's not the exact one, but it's damn close. Close enough to make him really dang concerned. He doesn't understand. How can a story traverse different worlds like this? ]
These are the people you told me about in the rain. The ones that defied the gods and made everything go to hell in a handbasket, right? Salem is the one that's causing you all this trouble now? That's REALLY close to Rapunzel and Eugene's story. Eugene didn't storm the castle so much as climb up the tower and got stabbed. And Rapunzel brought him back to life. But they still fell in love - definitely didn't expect it. I mean, before the whole stabbing thing, he was just hiding in the tower with the crown he stole. Rapunzel wanted to see the lanterns we light every year on her birthday, she wanted to know what they were about= so off they went.
The uh... stabbing came after that. I don't think they've defied any gods lately, but I missed a year of their adventures so who knows.
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It's good. :>
[Ohh... Now everything gets rough.]
Not yet... I haven't found a good time to tell him. I don't know how to tell him.
I don't think we were at our best when she was around. I'm trying to figure out how to tell him.
[It is really close. Enough that even Ruby's concerned.]
Those are the ones.
It's not the same, but it's so close...
Salem wasn't able to bring Ozma back to life.
...That might be where the differences started.
Salem just wanted out of the tower. To live her life.
Afterwards she fell in love with Ozma before everything went the way it did.
Maybe they haven't gone against them yet.
Maybe they wont at all.
I don't know.
But that's so scary clsose.
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I don't think there's ever gonna be a good time to tell him that. But it might be worse for him to hear it from a total stranger- maybe someone who knew her while she was here. I'm sure if it were me, I'd want to hear it from someone I trusted.
[Sorry, Ruby, just here with the hard truths.]
It is scary close. Don't like that one bit. Not with everything going on at home already. Rapunzel definitely brought Eugene back though. We're still not sure how? Magic tears? Her hair was cut then, and in my time, even though her hair's back her healing abilities are not. I don't know if she could do it again.
CW: Death and grief
I just...
I already completely screwed up with this before... I didn't get to her in time. I was too slow. Jaune begged us to help her and I couldn't. I gave it my all and I all I could do was watch.
I had to watch her die.
Then I spend all this time talking about what I'd do if I had one more chance to see her. If I had one more day to see her again and I all did was mess up over and over again until she was gone again. I couldn't get my act together long enough to make right or really appreciate the second chance we had.
...I don't know how to tell him just how much we screwed up and how sorry I am.
[Yeah. She hates this a whole lot.]
Maybe there's something different that triggers it? Maybe it was a one time thing? Maybe saving him that once was enough? I'm not sure. Not everything in your world matches up with what happened in mine. So it's possible it might not happen like it did in mine. Rapunzel doesn't give off the same vibes that Salem does. But I guess Salem wasn't always the way that she was either.
I don't know.
CW: Death and grief
The fact you were there and trying probably means more than you realise. I'm sorry you had to see her die. That couldn't be easy. I can't even imagine how hard it would be.
But he'd probably appreciate your honesty rather than avoiding it. Not talking about it will just let it fester- the longer it takes, the worse it'll feel when you tell him. I know it's hard, and I don't know how he'll react. But it's that step you'll need to take.
For what it matters, I don't think you screwed up. Having someone you SAW die be here and alive has to be impossible to get your head around. None of us knows how long we've got here, you didn't know she'd go so quickly. You can't blame yourself for something this town did.
[He's so very, very worried about her.]
Maybe it's just a SUPER WEIRD coincidence? I mean, Rapunzel can be SCARY when she wants to be and the Decay Incantation is a whole lot of badness and maybe if she never snapped OUT of that it would be... very world-ending. But no. No pretty sure she wouldn't.
[But what WOULDN'T she do for Eugene? That's... that's one heck of a line there.]
CW: Death and grief
I know he would. I just... We started travelling together shortly after what happened. I'm don't think he'll be angry or upset with us. I just know how much he hurts after what happened. I'm just not ready to reopen the wound and pour salt all over it yet. I know I should. No, I know I have to tell him. I just have to get up and actually do it.
I guess.
Thanks.
I just wish I could have told her how much we missed her. I wish we could have made those days she was here special because she deserved that. She deserved better than what she got in the end in my world and she deserved better than what we gave her here.
I know I did the best I could have done with what was going on. I just wish I could have went above and beyond that to give her something better.
[She's just going to take a minute to herself before she moves on.]
It could be as simple as a difference in character. Salem just let herself fall deeper into darkness as time went on. If Rapunzel was able to snap herself out of something like whatever the Decay Incantation is that could be the difference there. I guess it's something we wont know for sure.
CW: Death and grief
Ruby, take it from someone who knows, if you let those what if's haunt you, you're never going to be able to deal with what happened properly. You'll just let the blame rest on your shoulders and that gets heavy after a while. But I know that's easier said than done. You know I'm here to talk to- you know, if you ever want to take the load off for a while.
[He's well used to carrying heavy baggage for now. He can share hers for a little while, if she needs it.]
I know. I'm sorry you didn't get the chance. That this place took her away before you could. I wouldn't be surprised if it was done on purpose. This place DOES love to make us feel awful.
Yeah. Maybe. Sure isn't a comforting thought, with everything going on back home. But I have to have faith Rapunzel can pull herself away from whatever darkness Salem fell into.
CW: Death and grief
I don't know.
I just don't know.
You're right though. This place might have done it on purpose.
Talking might be... It might be nice?
I'm just not very good at this.
CW: Death and grief
Well, if there's one thing I'm used to at this point it's soul-crushing guilt. I'm an ace at that, so I've got you on this one, okay? Whatever you need. Even if it's at like four in the morning because we BOTH know I won't be asleep.
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It looks like we have a bit of that in common. I'm counting on you to help me with out that.
Someone really has to give you a bed time.
Thank you, Varian.
I really mean it.
It means the world to me.
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I will never go to bed at a normal time. That's a pointless battle.
Just glad to be able to give back a little bit of what you give to me.
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I might have to take that one up. Just because it's pointless doesn't mean it's not worth fighting.
You do. More than you know. You're the best. <3
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