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Nemesis!: nm more importanly
Nemesis!: i guess you lost
Nemesis!: since bad
Nemesis!: ?
Nemesis!: who and why

requiem: got straight wrecked
requiem: by my own dang axe
requiem: some guy on bad=end
requiem: can u meet me out front? of hotel
requiem: need a lil help
requiem: easier to explain what happened in person

[ a pause ]

requiem: im a little messed up
requiem: just a bit

Nemesis!: uh
Nemesis!: ok im a ways out still but hold on
Nemesis!: ok ? holdon

requiem: ur ok
requiem: no worry
requiem: im not bleeding out or anything lol

[ anymore, anyway. ]

Nemesis!: wow thats reassuring
Nemesis!: thx so much for that completely unnessary clarification i deffo feel better nwo

requiem: hahahahaha
requiem: ♥ thank u
requiem: ur worry warms my cold undead heart
requiem: i can almost feel it beating
requiem: hey u want cocoa? im making u cocoa

Nemesis!: you cant even eat cocoa
Nemesis!: or drink it its not eating until it gets that weird skin on the top if you used your milk ration
Nemesis!: anwya i donno where worry even came in to this equation
Nemesis!: im just saying its a clickbait way to say it

requiem: hahaha
requiem: it'll be ready when u get here
requiem: see u soon

[Nemesis! is typing... shows for a long time... long enough that eventually her username goes dark and stays that way]

[and stays]

[and probably a little past the time it's getting legit worrisome:]

Nemesis!: wtf the map app sucks can you just stick your head out the window and wave or sth shit

[ omg sweetie ]

requiem: oh
requiem i'll come outside yeah send me a pic like the next building or smth i'll find u

Nemesis!: dunno how hlepful this is but

[a photo comes. it's a picture of a nondescript shopfront...much like the one about two doors down from the hotel, so close and yet so far]

[ oh my god. baby.

She gathers up her stuff and the cocoa (after reheating it) for nem and heads out there to meet her.

For her part she looks paler and exhausted but. Not any more grayscale than usual. But just moving kinda slowly. She's also got a blanket bundled up in her arms. ]

[Nemesis looks kind of washed out and low-key distressed, but once she catches sight of Requiem that changes to weak relief, and she trots over to meet her]

H-hey. Geez, sorry. --What happened, you're moving like an old granny.

Ah. Seeing that relief in her face, even that small, makes something warm rise in her chest.

But she smiles a bit, weakly, and hands nem the mug. ]

Hey... don't worry. Let's chill? Somewhere where i'm not gonna get burned when the sun comes up. Things went really nasty earlier and I kinda... lost it.

Oh, yeah?

[frowns, looking her over rather than making any moves towards someplace that isn't the middle of the street]

You okay?

[ just looks like req. She leans over to gently bonk her head on nem's.]

Just tired from that. That's all.

[doesn't quite fluster, but wrinkles her nose]

I told you to stay in bed. You shouldn't be out if you're gonna be all sick and wobbly. You'll be pissed if you catch a cold.

[begins ushering her in some direction, as if she knows where she's going]

[ letting herself be herded, laughing softly ]

Can vampires even get sick? I'm gonna be fine, it's not THAT cold.

Drink your cocoa before it gets all nasty.

Edited Date: 2018-12-06 10:29 pm (UTC)

Maybe your immune system is already at risk, since you go around eating pipe cleaners and stuff. Come on, in here.

[It's still a bit before the sun will be an issue, but she drags them into one of the building sets nevertheless. It's not exactly the swanky cafe the signage implies, but there's like the odd chair or like a crate or something, and the windows are intact, so in theory it should serve as adequate shelter for both chill and light. Nemesis finally chances a sip of cocoa, seeming somewhat pleased with herself for remembering a location]

[ ohhh. Looks around curiously(she's yet to go in one of the empty shops) and heads for a corner far away from the windows enough that light won't seep that far in.

She awkwardly shuffles the bass off her back and leans it against the wall, unwrapping the blanket -- there's a pack of strawberries wrapped up that she sets aside-- and shakes it out, gesturing nem over. ]

C'mon, let's get warm. When's the last time you ate?

Edited Date: 2018-12-06 11:55 pm (UTC)

[She waves off the question, but does follow over to the corner, only a little awkward]

What about you, you said you got banged up and all.

[ req shoves the strawberries into nem's free hand anyway, and then tosses the quilt over her shoulders so her own are free. she lifts up the edge of her shirt on the left side; there's a fresh scar there, a thick solid line from front to back, looking much like someone just sliced right into her. ]

Yeah, this happened. But uh... you gotta be careful if you see anyone on Bad End.

[ puts her shirt down, motioning for her to sit. ]

They were having a live earlier and Doodles mentioned they were acting weird-- talking about "sticking to your image" or something like that. And then the Hearts had a live after, and they started saying the same weird stuff. I guess Doodles was trying to prove something about the BE's to one of them, because he started mouthing off-- y'know, like he does-- and this one just...

... he came out of nowhere, and. He didn't have a weapon or nothin'. But he cut off Doodles' head. And I...

[ her jaw tightens a little-- she shoves her hands into her pockets and looks away, expression dark. ]

I don't know. I don't ever think I've been that angry. I tried to kill him. Powers didn't work on him. I hit him-- I swear I did, my axe went right through him-- but then I felt something cut me, and I looked down, and... it was like I hit myself, instead. And he said if I didn't back off he'd "finish it". I guess like he did to Doodles.

[ her expression twists a bit, more distressed than angry. ]

... so I did. I'm not proud of it. I got scared. I thought he was gonna kill me, and maybe the others too, if they tried to help. I couldn't do anything against him.

Manny helped me get healing. I guess one of the Peps rez'd Doodles, I didn't see it. But we went home. That part's kinda fuzzy. I lost a lot of blood? All I could smell was blood. I was so hungry.

... I guess they got me fed and laid up for a while, though, cuz everything's still kinda fuzzy up until you texted me.