And hell yeah baby we don't have a problem we're not Camille (yet)]
Oof. Yeah...I was trying really hard with them when I was over there too, but I kind of had to accept maybe I wasn't always going to make things better? Which is hard, I don't like seeing them suffer. But talking with them and being there has to count for something.
[Though she hasn't always been able to follow through on that, either. Rosamund sighs and takes a drink.]
I know you've probably got your eyes on a few, but...if you can, check on Kaworu and Kate for me? [A beat.] And Rin and Alex. Who aren't kids, but...well. Alex especially, I feel like I flubbed up every time I tried to connect with her, even if I really do just want to see her happy.
And Rin, he just had to come out of that trip and then this whole murder thing this weekend? After being possessed before? I wish I could be there for him now.
Yeah, of course. They were already all on my list. [ a beat. ] Alex is hard to talk to, I wouldn't feel bad for not being able to connect. Only reason I can manage is because she reminds me of my sister.
[ a sigh, then: ]
The only thing that's going to make things better is getting out of here. We've got to get those changed endings. For them, at least.
...Not just for them. Everyone. [She leans on her elbows, looking to the other woman with a titled head. A little divot sprouts between her brows.] Yourself too.
[ she doesn't answer the first bit, because that's still hard to talk about for her, but. ]
Yeah. Not exactly the same. But it's hard for me not to see her that way. She doesn't care about anything and she makes it everybody else's problem, but I know that not all of that is real.
[ memshares you what's up with her sister (no) (unless)
vi sighs, and rubs at her face, pushing her hair back. ]
... No, it's fine. I brought it up. She's - we went through a lot as kids. You know how it was, I told you a bit about how it was in the Undercity, but.
She changed a lot. I didn't see her for years, and when I did, she'd been working for the guy who killed our dad so long that it poisoned her brain. Wasn't really her fault. I shouldn't have left her.
You did, yes. [She nods. The whole picture isn't there, but enough to start the painting, sure.
But oh. Vi can feel the soft pang of empathy at that. Sorrow too.]
...I'm so sorry. That must have been dreadful to come back to. ["Come back to." "Left her". As if she might have abandoned the girl on purpose, which...very much would be a shock, if it were the case. Vi bleeds so much love and feeling, it's hard to imagine her abandoning her flesh and blood for any reason.]
it absolutely was not on purpose, but vi does not like to paint herself in any good light, so! y'know! she takes a big drink after this one - probably finishes her cup. ]
[the way i have seen arcane but not in literal ages so me watching these just like :pikashock: at plot twists I should already know...
Rosamund comes out of the vision with wide eyes and an ill pallor. She's no stranger to violence, or violent heartbreak, or sudden loss. Just the same, she never finds it easy to sit through the most gutting moments of someone's life. And they're both just so young.
Vi takes a drink. Rosamund takes a breath, flexes her fingers. Eyes fixed on the counter and blinking back tears.]
...I...Vi, I'm so sorry... [A useless thing to say. Something she'd already said not ten seconds ago, even. Rosamund looks to her, setting a hand soft on her shoulder. Easy to shrug away from, should she not want it.] I don't know what I would have done. That's...I can't imagine. You were both just children...
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And hell yeah baby we don't have a problem we're not Camille (yet)]
Oof. Yeah...I was trying really hard with them when I was over there too, but I kind of had to accept maybe I wasn't always going to make things better? Which is hard, I don't like seeing them suffer. But talking with them and being there has to count for something.
[Though she hasn't always been able to follow through on that, either. Rosamund sighs and takes a drink.]
I know you've probably got your eyes on a few, but...if you can, check on Kaworu and Kate for me? [A beat.] And Rin and Alex. Who aren't kids, but...well. Alex especially, I feel like I flubbed up every time I tried to connect with her, even if I really do just want to see her happy.
And Rin, he just had to come out of that trip and then this whole murder thing this weekend? After being possessed before? I wish I could be there for him now.
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she takes her own shot, easily enough. ]
Yeah, of course. They were already all on my list. [ a beat. ] Alex is hard to talk to, I wouldn't feel bad for not being able to connect. Only reason I can manage is because she reminds me of my sister.
[ a sigh, then: ]
The only thing that's going to make things better is getting out of here. We've got to get those changed endings. For them, at least.
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...Not just for them. Everyone. [She leans on her elbows, looking to the other woman with a titled head. A little divot sprouts between her brows.] Yourself too.
You've got a sister, do you? And she's like Alex?
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Yeah. Not exactly the same. But it's hard for me not to see her that way. She doesn't care about anything and she makes it everybody else's problem, but I know that not all of that is real.
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No, it isn't. You could feel a bit of it this week even, and some of the things she says and does...
[but also wonders if she dares to ask.]
If you don't want to get into it it's okay, but...may I ask about your sister?
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You can. [ ... ] I don't know what to say about her, what do you want to know?
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It's a little hard not to wonder if something had happened to her? Or to the both of you?
[...]
But maybe that's getting a bit too personal, if we just wanted to have a nice drink before your flight. So.
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vi sighs, and rubs at her face, pushing her hair back. ]
... No, it's fine. I brought it up. She's - we went through a lot as kids. You know how it was, I told you a bit about how it was in the Undercity, but.
She changed a lot. I didn't see her for years, and when I did, she'd been working for the guy who killed our dad so long that it poisoned her brain. Wasn't really her fault. I shouldn't have left her.
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You did, yes. [She nods. The whole picture isn't there, but enough to start the painting, sure.
But oh. Vi can feel the soft pang of empathy at that. Sorrow too.]
...I'm so sorry. That must have been dreadful to come back to. ["Come back to." "Left her". As if she might have abandoned the girl on purpose, which...very much would be a shock, if it were the case. Vi bleeds so much love and feeling, it's hard to imagine her abandoning her flesh and blood for any reason.]
What happened that separated you?
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Yeah, it was a sucker punch.
[ and then because it's easier to explain with memshare, makes you experience four parts of arcane through the glory of youtube:
part one
part two
part three
part four
it absolutely was not on purpose, but vi does not like to paint herself in any good light, so! y'know! she takes a big drink after this one - probably finishes her cup. ]
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Rosamund comes out of the vision with wide eyes and an ill pallor. She's no stranger to violence, or violent heartbreak, or sudden loss. Just the same, she never finds it easy to sit through the most gutting moments of someone's life. And they're both just so young.
Vi takes a drink. Rosamund takes a breath, flexes her fingers. Eyes fixed on the counter and blinking back tears.]
...I...Vi, I'm so sorry... [A useless thing to say. Something she'd already said not ten seconds ago, even. Rosamund looks to her, setting a hand soft on her shoulder. Easy to shrug away from, should she not want it.] I don't know what I would have done. That's...I can't imagine. You were both just children...