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	FERN	Ooo slang part the second
	FERN	i think we just shared electrons, because i'm feeling a covalent bond between us
	LANCE	Pidge, I need your help. I gotta send a meme to Chloe but ...
	DIPPER	Hey Varian. You know those crazy alchemy bombs you used...
	PETER	Hey Varian, this is Peter. Um, Peter Graham.
	USAGI	Soooooooo~ How'd the date go?
	MAKO	Varian— Checking in.
	SHIRO	i think one of us put a chicken patty in my toaster
	EDDIE	Hey. We need to talk.
	MELIUS	𝐻𝒾. 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝒾𝓇𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉
	EDA	Hey, kid. I... owe you an apology.
	LUZ	Valentines
	MAUL	I have a proposition for a project I think you'll be interested in
	USAGI	I LOVE YOU
	FERN	DUDE you still have your bandana!
	BUZZ	Morning. I heard from Fern you wanted to go out into the blizzard.
	FERN	dude your profile changed
	USAGI	Ruby told me about the breakup.
	GLITCH	Varian, I'm gonna go live somewhere else for now
	MAKO	A "nerd" is somebody smart...
	MAUL	Gifts
	FERN	heeyyyy quick question
	FERN	Christmas is coming up!!!
	CHLOE	god who the FUCK ever thought emojis were a good idea???
	KRISTOFF	Varian,It's getting colder so I thought you could use this
	FERN	heyyyy Variable
	RAPUNZEL	okay not to put you on the spot but...
	EDA	Potion time
	NEO	Dude, I can mine antidote shit here!
	GLITCH	Got this in my basket.
	EDA	hey smart kid
	TEN	Hallo
	ADAM	Hey, k-- uh, Varian. I just wanted to check in
	USAGI	I'm sorry I worried you and fainted on you yesterday.
	AMARA	i lived, bitch
	NEO	Debatably good news, asshole
	USAGI	Hey Varian! It's Usagi
	OSCAR	I'm sorry, Varian. Tell me what you need
	FERN	a dark past huh
	MAUL	Varian. I am in great need of your assistance
	FERN	Varian VARIAN I CAN EAT FOOD
	USAGI	How much moon essence do you have?
	USAGI	VIVI-KUN, VIVI-KUN GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT!
	RICHIE	well I promised
	FERN	A TOTALLY INCOMPLETE LIST OF OOO WORDS 'N SLANG
	GLITCH	VARIAN ARE THERE BUGS IN THE WATER?!
	USAGI	To help with restless nights and the...
	VIRA-LORR	Little alchemist. I have a gift for you.
	MARTIN	Hi, Varian. This is Martin. I wanted to reach out...
	USAGI	Hi Varian, sweetie! I have a question for you.
	GLITCH	varian I need to talk to you. it's important.
	USAGI	I need you not to panic after what I tell you.
	FERN	dog you have so many vests
	IRONHIDE	HONK HONK
	USAGI	... I'm sorry I couldn't help you better, Varian
	EMERALD	Hey, V. Not that I care that much or anything...
	FERN	tell me when you're alive
	FERN	Varian i stabbed two people
	AMARA	hey weirdo i have something for you
	FERN	is the Rapunzel in town your Rapunzel?
	PENNY	Salutations!! You do not know me, but my name is Penny Polendina
	YANG	Hey, is this Varian? I think we've met once before.
	FERN	hey can we talk
	FERN	you told ruby
	MAUL	Surviving another year is always an occasion worth celebrating
	USAGI	Hey I wanted to apologise
	USAGI	VARIAN-KUUUUNNN!!!!
	FERN	birth
	MAUL	Look what just arrived for me.
	KATHERINE	Do you want to get paid to make more purple goo things?
	FERN	ok i know you're good with plants but what about animals
	FERN	dog interested in means girls or guys

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	USAGI	So. Maul dropped by, he's got his memories back.
	ADAM	I'm worried about Shiro
	FERN	Hey handsome
	OSCAR	You've been weirdly quiet lately
	FERN	Guess what I haven't told you lately?
	USAGI	Hey. I'm back from the dead and I feel like trash.
	FERN	I made meatloaf that may or may not poison us!
	Emerald	Hey. I know you probably don't want to talk to anyone right now...
	BELLA	Hey Bella. You've dated someone who's a different species to you right?
	BILL	Hi, Fern mentioned you were interested in interdimensional portals...
	FERN	Aw, your pictures are nice!
	KURT	Hey. Are you around?
	RICHIE	Is it just me or is Eddie acting weirder than usual?
	QROW	Hey. Checking up on you.
	EDA	Hi Eda. Hope Ruddiger found you okay.
	GLITCH	Hey. What happened between you and Maul?
	LUNA	Luna- I uh... I think I need your help
	EDDIE	So hey, I finally worked out how to replicate the Antidote
	OSCAR	So, I noticed Ozpin has shown up.
	ROGUE	Hey, I managed to replicate the Antidote
	KURT	Hey. We're back. None of us are dead.
	QROW	Uh... hey. How are you guys holding up?
	PETER	You gave Ruby the haunted dolls
	GLITCH	Hey, Bud. Sorry I tried to murder you with a robot
	KURT	I'm probably the last person you want to talk to...
	JON	I'm sorry I attacked you
	JON	Stay away from Fern.
	FERN	Hey you still haven't got me those baking ingredients
	FERN	Okay so the Betties are upping their war...
	USAGI	Hey. So. Update.
	NEO	You tried to bury her alive? SERIOUSLY?
	USAGI	Emotions are really difficult
	FERN	OH MY GOD YOU HAVE ONE TOO
	FERN	Okay this better be to Fern this time.
	WYNONNA	So guess who got into the fridge and ate literally everything in there.

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[Honestly she was glad to see that he was up and about and dressed to the best of his ability. The memories of Yang after she lost her arm were still fresh in her mind. The way she had shut down after losing a piece of herself and how the people she loved hadn't been there for her through the whole thing. Ruby had made the choices she believed she had to at the time but it didn't mean there weren't regrets tied to those choices. She wasn't about to do make them all over again.]

Hey. I just had a couple idea. I thought they'd help out.

[She rolled the chair in first setting it up beside his bed.]

First off if you're going to be doing any work up here you're going to need this.

[She then steps back and picks up a couple of the boxes and sets them down beside him on the bed.]

I've got some stuff for a work bench and some rolling shelves, along with a few other things.

[There's a part of him that does want to shut down. To slam up his walls and just give up. But Varian's is a stubborn asshole, and more of than not, his desire not to be beaten overrides everything else. He might be functioning largely on pure spite against Deerington right now, but functioning he is. ]

Oh, the chair has little wheels on it. That's clever.

[Not like a wheelchair. That would feel limiting, like admitting that his life has changed forever. It still has, but he appreciates this middle ground to at least let him pretend he can gain something of his old existence back. ]

Wait... really? [A smile tugs at his lips.] Like... like a genuine workspace?

[She certainly wouldn't blame him for shutting down if he had. She had watched the people she was closest with struggle with that often and he had suffered a lot of hurt to justify it. The fact he was willing to fight on as hard as he did was encouraging to her.]

It's pretty neat, right? Just a little push with your foot and you should be able to get around the room no problem.

[A wheel chair would be a bit more limiting with what directions he could go in at any given time. The desk chair could swivel in and turn in ways that the other couldn't. She had put some thought into what she was picking him up.

She sees that smile and returns it with a warm one of her own.]

That's what I was thinking. It'll be kind of like what we have at the warehouse, but in here. And for you.

I thought we could build the table and shelves together and then we can take a trip down stairs and pick out anything you need from the lab. How does that sound?

[The temptation is there, and it's always likely down the line- when something else lands in his lap and pushing him just that little bit past breaking point. But for now, he's dealing with it- even if he's not really dealing with it.]

That is pretty neat. I could get around the room no problem.

[He'd rather be able to walk around, but that's not an option, so he's going to have to live with this. Reluctantly. ]

Thanks, Ruby. This is... pretty good. I've been getting cabin fever stuck up here with nothing to do for weeks.

[If she can give him the means to deal with it at his own pace than she's happy to do just that. She wont force him into anything he's not ready for yet. She remembers the pushback she got from Yang when that happened. She's a little older and a little more understanding this time around.]

Glad you like it.

[She feels a warm smile tug at her lips when to hear him say that.]

It's the least I can do, really. I know you're not the type to just sit still while life is happening around you. And... Well it's been tough given how the last month has been.

I thought setting you up so you could get back to work was important.

[She's careful not to say back to normal. Normal... isn't normal for him anymore and it's going to take time to find out just what his new standard will be from here on out.

She shifts the boxes a little closer to him and pulls out a handful of tools to help them with assembling the contents.

She moves to step out of the room and returns with another box containing a basket ball net and a laundry hamper that has the words "Mr.Fluffer's House." Stitched into it.]

I also noticed Mr.Fluffers seems to end up under your bed most of the time. You've got a good arm so I figured you could throw him into the net and he'd land in his own little home.

I guess you could throw your laundry in there too but that's kind of up to you.

I love it, thank you. It so, so much better than sitting still forever. I think I'll lose it if I have to do much more of that.

[He's read all his books at least five times each and he's counted all his ceiling tiles about twenty times over. This is saving his sanity.]

Yeah, I have a lot of important projects that have had to be put on hold.

[Like Eda's potion. That's a BIG one. That's on a timescale and not a big one.

He snorts out a laugh at the basketball net and laundry hamper. ]

That would be more satisfying than shoving him under the bed, that's true. It's good practice for my throwing arm, too.

[After everything that's happened it's just nice to see him happy. It's nice to not be worrying for everyone's lives and to just have a moment to take stock of where they're at.]

Well having just tried that, I really don't recommend it. So let's just keep you busy for at least a little while. Last thing we need is no science and no alchemy turning Varian into a dull boy.

[If he could make jokes about his leg than she could joke about going insane. It was only fair.

Ruby sets the basket ball net and the hamper down and goes for the boxes on his bed. Starting to cut those open to reveal the pieces of the desk, shelving and rolling cabinets they'd be making.]

Well let's get started on these. Then we can make a trip down stairs and you can point out what you need to bring up here.

[She's just beaming to hear him laugh. She's glad she had made the right calls.]

No ones going to know what hit them when you start throwing those alchemy bombs again.

I think Mr.Fluffers will like the airtime too. What kind of crazy demon doll wouldn't?

I doubt it would make me dull. Pretty sure it'd make me the opposite of that which is just as unwanted in all honestly.

[Bored Varian tends to do things he really shouldn't- like toy with the laws of nature and the cosmos at large. Let's not let him get bored.

He grabs his crutches, getting up (albeit a little wobbly) moving over to her.]

Great. And yeah, I don't wanna get rusty while I'm stuck on bedrest.

To be fair the guy in the movie went more crazy than dull too. He had an axe and everything. But yeah, you've got a point.

[She waits for him to get closer wary of the wobbling but not jumping to him immediately to assist. It was strength he was going to have to build up on his own and she didn't want to treat him like he was fragile, it was one thing to do that in a fight it was another thing to do it now.

But she waits for him to get closer before she starts opening up more boxes with work desk pieces. She sets the long wooden slab that would make up the desk top on the floor and starts to search for the sides of it.]

Think you can track down the instruction and bag of little screws and pegs?

[She flashes him one more smile.]

The last thing we're going to do is let you get rusty. I promise.

Okay, that's a fair point he did go pretty crazy. I don't want to end up trying to murder any of you with an axe.

[He'd deeply appreciate her holding back. The last thing he wants to feel right now is fragile, lesser. The portrait of his parents sits on one of the walls now and the thought of his father watching him in any capacity does wonders for his resolve.

He peers into the boxes, shifting his weight onto one crutch to poke around in them- not quite ready to start to try to bend over yet, he's pretty sure his balance isn't there.]

Here you go. This one.

[He does love him some schematics. He offers a smile, it's a touch apologetic, a touch amused- but there's frustration lurking at the corners of it.]

Uh... can you grab it for me? I don't think I can lean down yet.

I'd rather not either. I've been clear of people wanting to do that for a couple months now and I don't want to add anyone to the list.

[She had seen the portrait once or twice coming in. His father looked exactly like the kind of knight she had expected him to be and well... Baby Varian was adorable too.

She eyes the bag of screws and the schematics and picks them up to hand to him.

She catches the look in his eyes and that smile and she can't help but feel the wind get sucked out of her sails a little. Her heart ached to see him like that and she knew she stepped into this sensitive subject herself.

She swallows and presses on.]

Right-Sorry. My bad.

Do you want a hand getting down?

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[He watches her for a moment, noting the demeanour change. This feels uneasy and wrong. He's not comfortable with needing this much help yet. He's been pretty independent for the vast majority of his life - his dad had always just... left him to it. Having to rely on other people so utterly and completely is a blow to his pride.

He's nothing if not ceaselessly stubborn, though. He frowns at the ground like it's issued a direct challenge to him. Can't get down here alone, ha ha. ]

I think I've got it.

[He absolutely does not got it. There are a few false starts as he tries to work out how the hell to get down, a little shuffling of his remaining foot and his crutches. Eventually, he settles for trying to shimmy his arms down his crutches while bending his knee at the same time, but he's not used to the change in his centrifugal balance yet and he inevitably crumbles forward, catching himself on one of the boxes before he hits the deck completely, crutches clattering to the ground. He swears softly under his breath, trying to ease himself down from there.

He hates all of this. ]

[Part of Ruby wants to jump up and help him. It wasn't just the Huntress in her, she worried and cared for him too much and it made her heart ache to see him struggling like this. She didn't want to force it on him and by the look of that frown she's knows it wouldn't end well to try. This was something he felt he had to do.]

Alright.

[She keeps back and lets him try with worry in her eyes. She wouldn't know where to start on actually giving him advice so she doesn't try. She cringes when he suddenly crumbles against the box. She jumps up but doesn't immediately go to his aide, instead she moves to collect his crutches first. She then moves to his side and offers her arm and one of the crutches if he wants to take the support.]

You're almost there.

[A part of him wants to snap that he's fine- that old touch-paper temper of his. But it's not her fault- none of this is her fault, and he doesn't want to lash out at her for trying to help. Especially when she's not smothering him. So he bites down on his anger, sucks it back.

He takes the arm offered, lowering himself down onto the floor. He puts his crutches to one side, sucking in a deep breath. He should probably talk about it, that would be the healthy thing- that's what people keep telling him he needs to do. But he doesn't want to, not yet. So he buries it all inside again, opening out the schematics. ]

Right. So. Let's get to it.

[She catches him bite down on his anger and she has to make an effort to not let the concern on her face show. She was the queen of internalizing her problems and she was at least somewhat aware of that it wasn't healthy for OTHER people to do. She doesn't quite know how to broach that topic at the moment though.

So she helps lower him down and moves to get everything they need together.]

Yeah. Do we start with the desk drawers or the legs?

[He knows it's not the right stance to take. He and Fern had a good, long talk about refusing to deal with a lost limb. He knows he needs to find a healthier way of handling this. But right now he can't face the dark, open chasm of hurt he has to cross in order to deal with it. So repression it is.

He squints at the schematics. ]

Well, I think it would be a good idea to go for the drawers first. Make all the requisite pieces together, legs can always come last.

Gotchya. Let's do that first.

[She knows it's hard and complicated to deal with what he's gone through. Which is why she isn't pushing him to talk about it quite yet. He'll get there when he's ready and the best she could do was support him along the way.

She starts to fumble through the pieces they have to find the ends to the drawers. She moves to place the two walls along when it looks like they should go on the bottom end of the table.]

Is this right?

[There's a little knowing look when he makes the remark of legs coming last.]

They don't have to either. We can work on them whenever you're ready.

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[He starts shifting through the pieces, making sure they have everything they need. This is... nice. Easy, straightforward work. Something to focus on that's NOT all the awful mess they've been through.

He glances up, offering a smile.]

Looks good to me. We need to get these screws into each of the corresponding holes. That are already drilled for us, yay for the future of flat pack furniture.

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[It's refreshing to see him smile like that. After everything she was worried it might be a little harder for him to do that, but it looked like putting him to work was the right move to make.

She nods at his explanation and shifts to hold the boards closer to the holes. She'll move to grab the screws and put them in the holes.]

It's pretty darn handy, right? I'm glad Earth has these too. Super handy back home.

Alright, how about you screw those ones in on that side and then I'll get the ones on this side?

If you wanted a piece of furniture made back home, you'd have to go to a woodworker and they'd build the whole thing from a solid piece of wood, usually.

[He's usually quick to discredit the future and its need to go for convenience over quality, but he has to admit, this is useful. He smiles, giving her a little salute.]

Sure thing, works for me.

Wow. That sounds really time consuming and expensive, but I guess it explains why ye olden days chairs look so nice. It's kind of like that at home. Well the further away from any of the kingdoms you get at least. Harder to get supplies and that out there.

[The Remnant Equivalent to amazon delivery isn't so great because of all the Grimm.

She smiles and takes the screw driver and turns to tighten things up on her end, then she passes it over to him.

She'll hold the two boards steady for him to get his work done. It's a little for show with her side screwed in but she's helping, she swears.]

And there you go.

How's everyone else in the house holding up?

It is. That's why the people who do it are known as artisans. It takes years to learn how to do it right. But you get something that lasts for several generations, so-

[Cost outweighs everything else, usually.

He moves (slightly awkwardly- he's still getting used to a new way of balancing after all) to screw his boards into place. He appreciates her 'help' all the same. He's pretty sure he wouldn't be able to hold them in place and screw at the same time anyway.

At her question, though, his mouth forms a thin line. ]

Not... great. Fern still doesn't remember either of us and Glitch is pushing himself to exhaustion trying to take care of everything.

That's honestly pretty cool. Kind of a shame that it's more of a dying art, even if it is a life saver right now.

[She holds it steady and keeps a watchful eye on Varian to make sure he doesn't slip up or fall. She smiles seeing him work the way he does.

She feels a frown when he mentions how the others were doing. She knew about Fern's memory loss but there wasn't much she could do about that. She could only imagine how hard Glitch was pushing himself.]

Hopefully he'll remember soon. I... Well I'm not sure how long that normally does last around here.

[She was not an expert on the death effects outside of the initial deathflu and that memories got foggier the longer it went along.]

I can try to help Glitch out though, or at least try to take a bit of the weight off his shoulders. He's gotten pretty close with Clover too, I can ask him to have a talk with him?

I've found a lot of things I'm used to back home are dying arts in the future. Everyone wants things fast and easy, so stuff that takes time and skill just... fades away.

[Tragic, really, but that's the future for you.

He moves carefully, stiffly. He doesn't have his usual fluidity of movement and his balance isn't up to snuff- but he manages to stay upright this time at least.]

Yeah. I hope so. From what I've been reading, it could last as long as three months.

[Which feels unthinkable. One is almost impossible to bear, two more? Not at all. Still, he manages a tiny smile in her direction.]

I'd appreciate that. I've been trying, but he can only take so much worrying from me before he gets snippy.

[Ruby thinks on that briefly and frowns. It was a little sad to think about it like that. She was sure her world wasn't much different, they had likely lost so much in the Great War but it was over shadowed by how far their technology had become since then.]

Well hey. At the very least we have you around to remember it. It's not really gone and as long that's the case. Maybe someone else will come around that'd rather do it the old way too.

[She watches carefully as he works. Happy to see that while he isn't at one hundred percent he's still managing the work just fine. She keeps a hand on the drawer and moves to gather up some of the inner shelf pieces with her free hand.]

Three months? ...That is a long time.

[She couldn't imagine going through something like. Or having to watch as one of the people she cared for went through it.

She manages a brighter smile.]

He's trying to look out for you. Which is great, but he can't keep doing that to himself. I know he'll probably act like I'm trying to look after everyone if I just try and take it off his shoulders. But maybe some team work and some outside help will get him to ease up a little.

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