week 3, sunday w/ steph

[alchemenace]

[ SO I ASSUME SHE'S IN HER ROOM OR SMT. but Varian is going to go see Steph to reassure himself that she is not dead.

and then he's going to awkwardly stare at her because what the fuck does he even say. stares at lack of leg. ]

It. Does it hurt a lot?

[ perfect nailed it absolutely what he wanted to say why did he even bother coming here ]

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[alchemenace]

[ jokes is how she copes and varian just never copes? they're fine. ]

It's... still not the right number.

[vigilantics]

It's just a little off.

[ it's fine? ]

[alchemenace]

A little, she says. ...You don't have to downplay it.

[vigilantics]

[ ... ]

There's not much else I can do.

[alchemenace]

... You don't have to pretend. You can admit that, that it's awful. I don't mind.

[vigilantics]

[ she's quiet after that. ]

Doing that kind of thing just causes people more stress, you know.

[alchemenace]

... So does pretending to be okay just so people don't worry. Besides, it's, it's just me.

[vigilantics]

[ with a sigh, she sinks back into her pillows. ]

... I'm still trying to figure it out.

[alchemenace]

And that's, that's fine too. I just. I can be there for you... if, if you ever want to talk about it.

[vigilantics]

Thanks.

[ her voice is quiet. ]

[alchemenace]

... But if you just want to talk trash about Tiger, I, I can be there for that too?

[vigilantics]

[ that gets a smile out of her. ]

That's now officially one of my favorite things to do.

[alchemenace]

Well, I'm, I'm here for it. ... Always.

[vigilantics]

... and back at ya. If you ever need it.

[alchemenace]

I think, I think I've cried enough for today. ... But I'll keep it in mind.

[vigilantics]

Yeah I definite hit my tear quote for the week.

[alchemenace]

It's been... a day.

[ he rly wishes he could quantify it as his worst ever ]

[vigilantics]

[ honestly same. somehow losing her leg is not the worst thing to ever happen to her. ]

Do you wanna talk about it?

[ rapunzel, she means. ]

[alchemenace]

[ GOD no. ]

Not really. We talked about it yesterday, but I...

[ it's weird. ]

[vigilantics]

[ steph isn't entirely sure of how close rapunzel and varian actually were to each other. she knows they know each other from back home, but when she actually thinks about it, they didn't really talk as if they were best friends. ]

No, that's fine. It's... a lot to process.

[alchemenace]

[ that's because at all times Varian was too busy imagining Rapunzel suffering in various ways to make himself feel better.

And now he can't even have that anymore?? Rude??? ]

... Yeah. I don't... She...

[ he licks his lips before he leaves out a sigh and leans away from Steph a bit ]

She gave me a bunch of letters. To make sure I don't get in trouble if I come back without her.

[ and he's stuck on that. like those letters would make a difference. ]

[vigilantics]

Oh. Right, because she's a princess.

[ she has no idea what their relationship was like back home, but stephanie can assume that a princess disappearing and the only person who knows what her whereabouts were is some peasant kid might not go over so well. ]

That was... really kind of her.

[alchemenace]

I guess.

[ it's a lot more concern than she'd ever showed before, Varian thinks because he's a petulant brat with issues,

... but he shrugs ]

I don't know. It's. It's a lot. It's ... been a lot.

[vigilantics]

It's... it's different, when you have someone from home here.

[ stephanie has grown attached to people here, but she knows there's added background if you knew each other before you came here. it makes things slightly more complicated. ]

[alchemenace]

Yeah.

[ ... ]

They executed her Corona style. I'd never seen a public hanging before, and they're not common, but. They happen.

[ unless there's a daring rescue last second, Flynn ]