{004} dictated

[ol_northy]

[There's a little uncomfortable throat clearing, as though the speaker hasn't really spoken in a while.]

Alright, now that I'm out of the freezer... How about that new lawn ornament in the yard?

[Awkward, sure. It's his way of asking what in the actual heck just happened while he was out.]

Hermione:
Sorry about that. I guess I'm in a little bit of trouble for not reporting in to work, right? Don't worry, I haven't lost the enthusiasm for it.


Six:
You're in one piece, I hope. I need to work some kinks out from being down for so long. Let me know if you have time.


Freelancers + Church
Right. Please tell me you're all in one piece.

Comments

[i_got_this]

[Ah, well. South is going to spend some time opening and closing her journal before she finally reponds. In writing, because she's pretty sure if she spoke North would suspect something, twinsense being what it was and all.]

took you long enough.

[ol_northy]

Sorry. I couldn't really help it. Don't worry, no frostbite.

[i_got_this]

yeah yeah i get it

'castle did it'

everyone's free 'get out of shit' card.

[ol_northy]

[Is this worse than her usual sarcasm? Hard to tell. Twinsense is tingling.]

Nice to hear from you, too.

[i_got_this]

i bet it is.

[She knows better, but she's still bitter and hurt. She's hiding behind the writing, holed up in her room and trying to bottle down the conflicting emotions.]

[ol_northy]

I'm not apologizing again. It wasn't my fault, South.

[i_got_this]

it never is. it's never anyone's fault, but i still get shit on in the process.

[ol_northy]

Do you want to talk about it?

[i_got_this]

no i don't want to talk about it. i want to forget it ever happened, but that's not my luck.

[She's somewhat terrified what he'll do if he finds out she died, but at the same time she's too jaded from her trip back to Freelancer to be more careful.]

[ol_northy]

What happened?

[i_got_this]

shit happened. like it always does.

[Most Unhelpful Sister Award goes to ...]

[ol_northy]

Specifics, please.

[i_got_this]

yeah. see i experienced it firsthand and i don't want to go through it ever again so fuck that. you'll have to get your specifics from someone else.

[ol_northy]

You know damn well I'm not going to ask anybody else. I'm your brother, and you can trust me.

North

[dontpatr0nizeme]

You really don't want to know how we got that thing, North. Or what happened.

[ol_northy]

I'm getting that, slowly but surely. Leaving out the details for now?

[i_got_this]

can i? you damn near forgot about me when you got theta.

[And she's snapping the journal closed. Her various conversations may have taken some of the edge off, but she was still confused and hurt about a lot of things.]

[That, and the last thing she wanted to do was discuss her death with anyone else, least of all her own brother.]

North

[lonenoble]

I'm in one piece physically, North.

Let's just say that the event that led up to the new lawn ornament wasn't so easy on the mind.

North

[dontpatr0nizeme]

You feel up to the details? Or do you want the short version?

Also? You need to talk to South.

[ol_northy]

I won't ask. And I'll leave you alone if you're not up for it. Wish I'd been around to help.

Wash

[ol_northy]

Shortest version possible, but leave South out of it. I'm on my way to talk to her right now.

North

[lonenoble]

No you don't, North. Because if you'd been there? I would have killed you. I wanted to kill everyone, because all I saw around me was enemies.

If you really need me... I can try to help. [But she'll be holding back]

North

[dontpatr0nizeme]

The ship out there was attached to another ship in space, but we couldn't easily get in. Some people were trapped on the other ship, which had something on it that was driving people insane and resulted in them hurting or in some cases killing each other.

Six

[ol_northy]

No, no. I don't need anything. You just... take care, alright?

North

[courageous_wit]

Oh, no, it's quite all right. I was busy with my son.