🌈 chroma — w5 curfew

[decisions]

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[fretbro]

[his shoulders come down from around his ears, at least.]

... Hey. [muffles it into his pillow.] Sorry. I'll be quiet.

[countermeasures]

[pats his back a little.]

...you don't need to be quiet. I just - I'd like to help, somehow, if I can.

[fretbro]

[he relaxes a little more.]

Today has sucked. [that's about as good as he can manage.]

[daggering]

Sucked balls.

[countermeasures]

[she nods her agreement with this, and since it seemed to amuse vax when she said "fuck" the other day, she will very dryly say -]

Yes. It sucked balls.

[decisions]

[ just ruffles her hair a bit oops. ]

[countermeasures]

[she pouts a little and brings her hand up to smooth down her hair]

[decisions]

Did you get that turn of phrase from him?

[countermeasures]

[she nods]

Yes, I heard him say it just now. It seemed appropriate for the situation.

[decisions]

Truthfully?

[ fuck it ]

It's a good turn of phrase to learn.

[countermeasures]

It would probably surprise people if I said it back in Daxing.

[decisions]

Not for polite company, but it certainly says everything that needs to be said.

[countermeasures]

[thinks about it]

To be honest, if I am having a bad enough day that I feel the need to say it, I will almost certainly not be in polite company.

[daggering]

[

a single feather poofs off of his wings. ]

[countermeasures]

[she sees that feather poof and looks proud of herself]

[countermeasures]

Yes, it has.

[no arguing against that!]

Would talking about it help?

[fretbro]

[he squirms, and then:]

... Maybe? [god talking about things sucks though]

[countermeasures]

Say what's on your mind, then. I'll listen.

[she smiles]

If it doesn't seem like it's helping, we can stop.

[fretbro]

[he flops down on the couch.]

Yamsy, Marcy, Emet-Selch, Estinien and Garou all came out and were like, half dead. And I'm getting that it's something in my brain that screwed them up. And then I couldn't even - feel it. It got taken.

[he kneads at the couch.] It's stupid. Maybe I'm overreacting.

[countermeasures]

I don't think it's an overreaction.

[she sits down on the couch next to him. (me wondering if damien's name isn't on here because his injuries weren't as bad, or if fret just doesn't know him well, or if something plot relevant happened and he no longer knows who damien is. help.)]

If I were in your shoes, I'd be furious.

[fretbro]

[no damien was mean to riff once and bass is still mad about it, dw]

I don't know if I really have... words for how I feel about it.

[countermeasures]

[bass is valid]

...even if they hurt, your feelings are your own. So - it must have been strange, to not feel anything, when seconds before, you...

[she shakes her head]

But you're... able to feel again, now?

[fretbro]

Mmhm. I can feel now. [a little sigh.] Maybe too much.

[countermeasures]

None of this is easy. But... I can promise you, we'll take good care of everyone who got hurt. We're all in this together.