071414katesami

 -- abyssalArrow [AA] began pestering arcaneArtisan [AA] at 16:38 --

 [04:38] AA: Kate walks up to Sami's closed door and knocks three times, softly.

 [04:39] AA: A bit of umbling ensues, and Sami eventually answers the door. Her hair is wet. She seems to have taken a bath for the first time since getting on the ark.

 [04:40] AA: "Oh, hi Katie."

 [04:40] AA: Sami's voice is sad, but not trembling anymore.

 [04:40] AA: "You look like you're doing... marginally better, at least."

 [04:41] AA: Sami thinks about it for a second. "Yeah. I guess a little. It still hurts like fuck, but I'm tired of being such a useless shit about it."

 [04:42] AA: "How are you? I haven't even asked you how you're holding up since it happened." Sami looks a little ashamed about this.

 [04:42] AA: "I was hoping to confide in you and... tell you how sorry I am."

 [04:43] AA: "It's not your fault Kate. We killed the motherfucker who's fault it is."

 [04:43] AA: Kate looks up from the floor. "If I had been more agressive against the glitch, attacked it instead of running, I could have killed it sooner."

 [04:43] AA: "Yeah....me too. I was scared to grimdark, so I waited..."

 [04:43] AA: Sami looks like she's about to cry again for a moment, but then shakes her head.

 [04:44] AA: "But we can't think that way."

 [04:44] AA: "We did the best we could."

 [04:44] AA: ((I'm like counting out syllables as kate STAHP))

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:45] AA: "You're right, we have to weigh our options here."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:45] AA: Kate smiles weakly. "There's still hope."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:45] AA: "Yeah, options. Why, have you got any ideas? Everything I've thought of so far hasn't panned out."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:45] AA: "The only thing left to me right now is to ask Libby about these dream bubble things that Doir mentioned."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:46] AA: "Well, I could rewind her, but I have a feeling that won't work."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:46] AA: Sami nods sadly.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:46] AA: "Alternatively, when we reach the new session, we could throw her body in a kernelsprite."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:46] AA: Sami's eyes widen. "Yeah....hey, yeah. Kernelsprites do that, don't they?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:46] AA: "They most certainly do."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:47] AA: Sami deflates again. "But Jack didn't leave a body, did he?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:47] AA: "We can look for it, and even then, I could find pull a body from the timeline."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:48] AA: "I can't transport a living Beau, but I can bring her body across timelines."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:48] AA: Sami winces a little.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:48] AA: "But you're talking about OUR Beau, right? Not some other timeline's Beau?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:49] AA: "The right timeline would have everything the same except she wouldn't be disintegrated."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:49] AA: "Also, if we find her ashes, I can rewind them back into their non-ashen state."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:50] AA: "The wind probably blew them away..."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:50] AA: "Hey! But I can control winds!" Sami looks excited.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:50] AA: "That....might be beyond my powers though. I'm okay, but I'm not a god tier like you guys or anything."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:51] AA: "And I would probably have to call up wind from all over the planet to retrieve her ashes."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:51] AA: "

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:52] AA: Kate puts a hand on her shoulder. "I think the two of us can get her all together, and then we can have a proper..." Kate thinks of a word she overheard a while ago. "corpse party."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:52] AA: "And then we'll see her again in the... spriteflesh in a short 5 years."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:53] AA: Sami nods. "Okay. I'll try. How do we do this?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:54] AA: "First, we need Ryspor to send us down to her land."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:54] AA: "Then we'll review the footage scarlet gave us an scour the land for that location.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:54] AA: "Then we'll go from there."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:54] AA: Sami nods. "I kind of wanted to visit her room anyway. And I kind of promised her I'd collect her sylladex if anything happened to her."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:56] AA: "Well, then we almost certainly have to go."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:56] AA: "When I made that promise, I guess I didn't realize what a useless ass I would be if it happened."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:56] AA: Sami looks ashamed of herself.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:56] AA: "But let's not dwell on that. We've got things to do."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:56] AA: "It hasn't been all that long, Sami. You're recovering quickly."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:57] AA: "Yes, let's find Ryspor." Kate smiles and stands up, then something occurs to her. "Have you noticed a wierd troll around here?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:57] AA: Sami cocks her head. "I mean they're all a LITTLE weird..."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:57] AA: "They're aliens, after all."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [04:58] AA: Kate laughs. "Yes, you're right, I just mean, one that wasn't there before?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:00] AA: Sami thinks about it. "I haven't really left my room much since I got here. When I first arrived, before I realized....IT had happened....I think I only saw the usual ones. Maenam, Rilset, Ryspor, Meouet, and Seriad.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:01] AA: "I know I didn't see Null. I've been so hung up on Beau, but....I think Null's gone, too."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:01] AA: "Seriad, that's the one."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:01] AA: "Huh? What's wrong? Are you two fighting?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:01] AA: "So wierd."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:01] AA: "What are you talking about?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:02] AA: "This isn't some sort of bedroom thing, is it?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:02] AA: "Because I don't think I want to know about that, Katie."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:02] AA: "Excuse me." Kate looks extremely confused and moderately... insulted?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:03] AA: "She just keeps coming up to me and crying at me and I don't know what she wants but every time she comes up to me I feel strangely sad. Sadder than I am anyway, that is."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:03] AA: "I'm sorry! It's not that you're gross or anything, it's just....thinking about you guys together sort of reminds me of me and Beau and that still hurts a bit."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:03] AA: "Sami I've never even seen this troll before."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:04] AA: "...Katie, is this some sort of metaphor? Are you saying she's changed since you started dating her?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:04] AA: "You're probably just getting cold feet because things are getting serious or something."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:04] AA: "Lord knows I got nervous sometimes about how much I cared about Beau..."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:05] AA: "Wh... No! Nevermind I can tell this is bothering you."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:05] AA: "Sorry I brought it up."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:05] AA: "It's okay. I wish I could be more help, but I'm still not quite ready to give much romantic advice right now."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:06] AA: "And to be honest, I always thought you understood it all better than me, anyway."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:07] AA: KAte shakes her head, dumbfounded. "Sami, I've never dated anyone."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:07] AA: Sami blinks.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:07] AA: "How could I possibly have better knowlege than you?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:08] AA: "...huh?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:09] AA: "Sami this isn't a joking matter... come on."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:09] AA: "No, it really isn't." Sami looks concerned. "I'm....okay, I guess it's POSSIBLE I misunderstood your relationship with Seriad and Kikate, but you guys looked really serious. And it didn't look like some sort of 'Friends with Benefits' thing or whatever."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:10] AA: "Who the hell is Kikate?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:10] AA: Sami looks dumbfounded.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:10] AA: "Uh....your first boyfriend? Kikate? Or whatever trolls call them, I don't know."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:11] AA: Sami closes her eyes and thinks for a minute.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:11] AA: "Katie....do you remember when Jack trapped me in that box with him?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:11] AA: "Yes."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:12] AA: "He did a thing to me. I'm not exactly sure how it worked. But I don't think it worked very well. I think I resisted, or he missed, or something."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:12] AA: "But it felt like I was losing little parts of myself when he did it."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:12] AA: "When he got you alone on your planet....he didn't hit you with anything like that, did he?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:14] AA: "I don't... think so."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:14] AA: "But I don't... really remember."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:15] AA: "Fuck. Even when he's dead, Jack keeps causing problems." Sami shakes her head in frustration.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:15] AA: "What happened, Sami? What did he do?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:15] AA: Kate looks terrified.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:16] AA: "I think maybe he voided out parts of you. Or maybe all of us. If you don't remember, then I guess he could've done it to any of us and we wouldn't even know."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:17] AA: "Oh my god. I have to talk to Seri-NO! I don't even know her!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:17] AA: Kate anxiously runs her hands over her head.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:18] AA: "I'm sorry. You DO need to talk to her, Katie. I....I don't know what you should say to her, and I don't think you should do anything with her that feels weird, like letting her kiss you or anything..."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:19] AA: "You're right. What about the other one, Kakite, you said?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:19] AA: "Uh..." Sami looks uncomfortable.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:19] AA: "Yeah. He....died a few months back."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:19] AA: This simultaneously hits Kate like a ton of bricks and means nothing to her. She doesn't know what to say. "Oh."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:20] AA: "I think Seriad used to be into him too, actually. For all I know, you two bonded over your loss."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:20] AA: "But now that's gone..."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:20] AA: "I don't know. You had something special with Seriad once. Maybe you can feel that way about her again. But..."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:21] AA: "...this is uncharted territory. Even if we had ALL THE EXPERIENCE in dating, I don't think anyone would know what to do about this."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:21] AA: "But I do think you have to talk to her."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:22] AA: "You're right. I'll go talk to her. Thank you Sami. I'll... figure something out."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:22] AA: "Good luck. I'm sorry this happened to you Katie."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:23] AA: Kate holds her arms out.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:23] AA: "And take as much time as you need. We'll figure out what to do about Beau. We've got time."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:23] AA: "I... think I need a hug."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:23] AA: Sami nods.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:23] AA: She goes in for the hug. It's been a while since she's been the one comforting someone else.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:23] AA: Kate hugs Sami and rubs her back gently, knowing they both have some PRETTY FUCKED UP SHIT right now.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:24] AA: "When I get back, we'll go get Beau."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:24] AA: "Yeah. I'll go get some breakfast. And I guess I may as well ask Libby about the dreambubbles. If only as a backup plan."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:25] AA: "Good call. Until then."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:25] AA: "By Katie."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:25] AA: (( *Bye ))

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:25] AA: "Bye Sami."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [05:26] AA: Kate moves quickly out the door, closing it behind her.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> -- abyssalArrow [AA] ceased pestering arcaneArtisan [AA] at 17:26 --