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misfire!text un: vi

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mid-sex she goes "oh my god you aren't even going to remember my name in the morning, are you? and i was so wasted that i straight up told her "honestly i don't even remember your name right now"

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[ Oh no. ]

Uh.

That sure sounds like a problem.

text un: vi

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[one thing that happens when a text misfires: the person receiving it doesn't realize you are telling a joke.]

yeah totally
but thats why its funny right

un: gamemaster

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Is not remembering your partners like a problem you have a lot of the time?

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what no
its not about me
its not a personal joke

id have to be real bad to forget like one name

[since when does sansa use the work 'like' in that way? maybe she's tryi---

----oh. gamemaster is not sansa's user name. though she does like to use many. and her horrible man of tiny fingers did play many a game? he was a gamemaster. but why would she use...

...maybe it's not sansa.]

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Wait a sec.

vi.

V I.

Huh. ]

Oh, OK. I was kind of confused. Did you mean to send this to me? I didn't realize it was a joke...

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yeah its a joke but

what would u say if i said i totally didnt mean to send it to u
but i guess my omni did

im not shy but i dont text sleepers i dont know out of the blue
well maybe if someone told me to or it was an emergency

maybe a dare
i might do that if the right person dared

[ok so maybe she would text a stranger. but she didn't.]

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It's not a problem, it's just kind of weird!

And uh

this is a weird question. your name is Vi, right? or VI? The Roman numeral?

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yeah kinda
thats trench for ya

yeah why?

[she just figures he read her username. usually she does that, too.]

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So this is a weird question

but were you a catbat for some reason last month??

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i keep waiting for the questions to be weird

i was
the reason tho
there was something wrong with my facepaint
or my mask i dont know

did i steal your hat or your fish
or sleep on u

did i steal ur beer
sorry if i did

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nothing like that.

we just kinda played on the beach a bit. and you tried to write your name for me.

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i remember u!!!

u were nice and smelled good

thanks for participating in my cat bullshit
it really helped with the blood stuff
the blood anxiety

u know that monthly crap thats a whole toss up of will this be terrible or great

text; un: ushiromiya (backdated to early april)

[entreats]

[ It takes a while for Ange to snap out of it. It only happens at the very end of the month, and considering just how much magic she used, Ange ended up collapsing for days right after she snapped out of it.

It's only a few days into April already that she becomes conscious once more, though it still leaves her to deal with the wake of it all. The corruption, the creation of that other world, everything she told people--

It's so overwhelming that it's almost nauseating, especially when Ange feels weak even now, but she knows she has to contact some people to talk to them.

.. and there's one person near the very top of that list, right? Someone who has always been at the top of her list of priorities.

Ange considers calling him, but it feels too bad. She's too worried and guilty for what she put him through, even if she didn't physically hurt him. So-- ]

I'm so sorry, onii-chan. For all the nonsense.

I was corrupted. I never meant to shut you out.

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ange!

[ There's an intense feeling of relief in him when he sees her username. He's been worried sick, honestly. And mentally preparing himself to never see her again. ]

It's OK. I didn't really know what was wrong, but I wanted to respect whatever choice you made and what you wanted to do.

But as a big brother, I had to tell you my opinion straight.

[entreats]

You were right. It's fine.

A place like that never could have been sustained. No one has enough magic for that. I couldn't see that.

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I'm just glad you're ok, Ange.

that's all that matters to me.

[entreats]

[ .. is she okay? Ange isn't so sure of that. She guesses she's physically okay though, when she doesn't count just how exhausted she is, so maybe she can let what Battler is saying pass that way without commenting on it, and yet still not feeling like she's lying about it.

It's not like she wants him to worry about her, after all. ]

Onii-chan, you shouldn't care so much.

All of this was my fault in the first place. I'm not the person who should be getting sympathy right now.

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I'm not going to say i wasn't worried for you, you know.

you weren't acting like yourself! so i'll be sympathetic if I want to be.

[entreats]

Sure, I was corrupted.

But shouldn't I have seen that sort of thing coming? Everyone knows it's a possibility here. [ Especially someone like Ange, who's been here for so long now.

It's how she's able to excuse blaming herself in her head while knowing she would never blame Battler for the same thing. He's relatively more new than her, even though he's been here for quite some time now. He deserves more slack, clearly. ]

I was spinning right into this carwreck for months and I didn't even realise it until it was already too late. I was an idiot.

[ Sure, it's being a little bit more honest about her feelings about all this than she'd be with most people.

But-- this is her big brother. Maybe she's just weak enough to not be able to stop this all from slipping out around him. ]

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Maybe that's true. Maybe you should have seen it coming. But you can't beat yourself up, can you? We all have our blind spots.

[ Honestly... to him it's like someone got into a car wreck or something. Maybe it was her fault. Maybe it wasn't. But at the end of the day she's safe. Isn't that the important part? ]


You're OK. We're all OK.

That's all I care about.

[entreats]

[ There's a pause - before the texting stops, and instead Battler will find his Omni telling him that he's got an incoming call.

If he answers it, there's Ange's voice on the other end of the line, a little softer than the usual. ]

Do you mean that..?

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[ Oh. There she is. There's a moment and he picks up. ]

Of course I do. With all my heart, Ange.

[ There's a sad smile in his voice. ]

I've always loved you. And I always will.

[entreats]

.. you're too nice.

[ Despite the fact that she means it, there's almost a hint of scolding in her tone. It's not always a good thing, after all, even if it's something she admires about him at the same time. ]

How come you're not even a little bit mad at me..?

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Well... it's hard for me to be mad at my adorable little sister.

[ Ehehe. ]

...and you didn't end up hurting anyone. You thought you were protecting people. We all do weird stuff when we're frightened. Especially when we're frightened for the people we love, I think. So that's why I can't hold it against you.