[ There is a brief, brief moment where Phil considers trying to be there for Maeve, an idea quickly met with the reality that he cannot do that for her. Not now. Someone else will have to. He has... he can't. ]
[There's a small part of her that's disappointed, but she just stares ahead of herself for a brief moment.]
Okay.
[And then she lets the phone drop and goes back to what she was doing before. The feeling of it all is overwhelming and she's anxious, but she can't make herself function now.]
[ In the silent morning, left at the foot of Maeve’s room (once Phil manages to track it down), is a square of folded cloth. A paper left on top of it reads “TO MAEVE - FROM PHIL”.
The good thing about the Tommy Bahama being mostly summer and vacationwear is that much of what it sells is light, breathable, and airy; the good thing about Phil is that he is handy with a needle. He’s left her a headscarf to wear. It’s a simple but lovely thing, handstitched and hemmed together from two different garments. ]
Is that offer to guard my hot spring venture still valid even though it took me so long?
I know, logically, no one would try anything. But I can't bring myself to try without taking bare minimum precautions. I'd regret it too much if something ever did happen and I ignored my most basic instincts.
- Nobunaga Oda ♥ you're great, and Klaus is talking to me again. But he's trying to be sober, so he might come too, maybe not.
hey maeve i got a q abt how u managed the music @ my bday party im gonna throw some shit together 4 a pride party @ richies uh renlys whatevs i got all the music i need just want 2 kno if u cn help me set up the sysem 2 autoplay or some shit so neither of us gotta pay attention 2 the music yk????
Yes? Ah. I see. Of course I'd be happy to help with your party Is there something we're celebrating? I've never heard of parties for pride? Is this a mortal sins sort of thing? Or are we proud of ourselves for surviving things recently?
LOL no not a sin thing well i mean depends on who u talk 2 but the only ppl who think that r shitheads u throw a big party n shit to celebrate bein queer as fuck like LGBTQIA i think thasts wat it was last i heard its a thing earth does n me n prat never got 2 go IRL so were doin it here technically its abt survivin ppl bein shitty 2 u abt ur orientation but also YKW we DID survive that BS and we SHOULD have a party 4 it
ya basically its abt sexuality but like in a nonsexual way no folsom street fairs n bdsm lectures just 4 ppl to be reminded that their OK bein who they r
its also a big FU 2 cops but were makin an exeption bc of pratt LMAO
Just a heads up, there’s a new passenger here named Demona. Blue skin, big bat wings, red hair, turns to a statue during the day. She almost immediately tried to commit murder because someone taped paper pigeons to her as a statue and is pretty literally genocidal towards humans. I had to pin her down to get her to stop.
I know enough of her story to understand her feelings towards the humans. It isn't mine to tell, but maybe they shouldn't have taped things to her it's similar enough to my own that I can't really blame her for her feelings.
But I will be mindful.
In the future, perhaps we should dissuade people from taping paper pigeons to her during the daytime. I'm not certain I'd be particularly fond of having things taped to me either because someone didn't see me as a real being.
So it runs deep. He got this from Erin already, but with Maeve he gets a better picture. It's not just overzealous bloodlust and paper pigeons because of course it fucking isn't. It's never that easy, he knows this lesson by now. Fine, he grumbles to himself, promises to himself, through gritted teeth.
No, me neither. It was a violation of her personhood and her privacy, but I'm also not accepting /any/ threat to my kids on this side of ship life, no matter who and for what reason, if I can help it. I've had enough.
But you're right.
Which is all he can get himself to admit in the moment. He'll come around later, he's sure, because Maeve is right, but. "In the future," god god god god he wants to put his head through his bathroom mirror or tear out his feathers or bite his fingers off or scream or something Jesus Christ why can't he just be mad at someone.
[She can understand not wanting them to be harmed and wanting to protect them. She's felt that way with her own daughter and Ruby, but...there is little to be helped. Sometimes humans really are the creatures they were in both her and Demona's worlds. Despite the assurances that they aren't. She might check in and see if Demona needs someone to keep an eye on her during the day. It also takes quite a bit of restraint not to immediately tell Phil to have his child apologize. She doesn't wish to start an argument.]
I understand your frustration and your intentions. I will make a point to offer my services to keep her statue clear of such things in the future and we can hope to avoid any further attacks.
Darcy did apologize, is the thing. Tried to deescalate. Whether it was "good enough..." well, Demona made it clear that nothing was good enough.
No, I can't, but the things I can do something about, I'll do.
I was wondering about that. That would be much appreciated. Anything we can do to make each others' lives safer and less frustrating. And if you need help with that, like bringing you something while you're on duty, let me know.
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Date: 2022-10-19 02:27 am (UTC)// System system | Query: status
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Date: 2022-10-19 03:04 am (UTC)I'm fine. Minor programming concerns, but nothing worrying. Can't check everything without tablet, but otherwise, okay.
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Date: 2022-10-19 03:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-19 03:15 am (UTC)I don't know if anything can be done.
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Date: 2022-10-19 03:19 am (UTC)//Query: performance reliability level
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Date: 2022-10-19 03:33 am (UTC)Tendi healed stab wounds and did a scan. Uncertain if it is something delayed?
No direct functional differences, but vocal shifts occasionally. Unusual behavior?
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Date: 2022-11-01 07:41 pm (UTC)Sorry about that.
It feels like everybody needs a break, anyway. I hope you're okay.
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Date: 2022-11-01 11:08 pm (UTC)Okay.
I'm
I don't know what I am.
It's fine. I hope you feel better. Whatever happened.
I can't
seem to remember anything.
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Date: 2022-11-02 12:29 am (UTC)You're Maeve. My student. And friend.
[ It certainly sounds like her, thank God. ]
This is just for now.
Please take care.
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Date: 2022-11-02 04:56 am (UTC)Okay.
[And then she lets the phone drop and goes back to what she was doing before. The feeling of it all is overwhelming and she's anxious, but she can't make herself function now.]
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Date: 2022-12-25 09:56 pm (UTC)The good thing about the Tommy Bahama being mostly summer and vacationwear is that much of what it sells is light, breathable, and airy; the good thing about Phil is that he is handy with a needle. He’s left her a headscarf to wear. It’s a simple but lovely thing, handstitched and hemmed together from two different garments. ]
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Date: 2023-01-17 01:17 am (UTC)I know, logically, no one would try anything. But I can't bring myself to try without taking bare minimum precautions. I'd regret it too much if something ever did happen and I ignored my most basic instincts.
- Nobunaga Oda
♥ you're great, and Klaus is talking to me again. But he's trying to be sober, so he might come too, maybe not.
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Date: 2023-01-17 02:32 am (UTC)It is fine. I don't mind.
Thank you for the additional information. I'm glad you've managed to work things out. Remember to eat your vegetables.
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Date: 2023-01-17 12:53 pm (UTC)[Totally his mom now.]
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Date: 2023-01-18 12:22 am (UTC)[text] start of june
Date: 2023-06-05 12:38 am (UTC)im gonna throw some shit together 4 a pride party @ richies
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renlys
whatevs
i got all the music i need just want 2 kno if u cn help me set up the sysem 2 autoplay or some shit
so neither of us gotta pay attention 2 the music yk????
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Date: 2023-06-05 03:11 am (UTC)Ah. I see. Of course I'd be happy to help with your party
Is there something we're celebrating? I've never heard of parties for pride?
Is this a mortal sins sort of thing? Or are we proud of ourselves for surviving things recently?
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Date: 2023-06-05 03:21 am (UTC)well i mean depends on who u talk 2 but the only ppl who think that r shitheads
u throw a big party n shit to celebrate bein queer as fuck
like LGBTQIA i think thasts wat it was last i heard
its a thing earth does n me n prat never got 2 go IRL so were doin it here
technically its abt survivin ppl bein shitty 2 u abt ur orientation
but also YKW we DID survive that BS and we SHOULD have a party 4 it
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Date: 2023-06-05 05:28 am (UTC)Ah. So it's a sexuality thing?
I didn't know the humans had those kinds of parties.
YKW?
But yes. We did surive.
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Date: 2023-06-05 10:13 pm (UTC)in a nonsexual way
no folsom street fairs n bdsm lectures
just 4 ppl to be reminded that their OK bein who they r
its also a big FU 2 cops but were makin an exeption bc of pratt LMAO
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Date: 2023-10-04 05:35 pm (UTC)So. Watch out for that.
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Date: 2023-10-05 07:12 am (UTC)I know enough of her story to understand her feelings towards the humans. It isn't mine to tell, but
maybe they shouldn't have taped things to herit's similar enough to my own that I can't really blame her for her feelings.But I will be mindful.
In the future, perhaps we should dissuade people from taping paper pigeons to her during the daytime. I'm not certain I'd be particularly fond of having things taped to me either because someone didn't see me as a real being.
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Date: 2023-10-05 07:40 am (UTC)So it runs deep. He got this from Erin already, but with Maeve he gets a better picture. It's not just overzealous bloodlust and paper pigeons because of course it fucking isn't. It's never that easy, he knows this lesson by now. Fine, he grumbles to himself, promises to himself, through gritted teeth.
No, me neither. It was a violation of her personhood and her privacy, but I'm also not accepting /any/ threat to my kids on this side of ship life, no matter who and for what reason, if I can help it. I've had enough.
But you're right.
Which is all he can get himself to admit in the moment. He'll come around later, he's sure, because Maeve is right, but. "In the future," god god god god he wants to put his head through his bathroom mirror or tear out his feathers or bite his fingers off or scream or something Jesus Christ why can't he just be mad at someone.
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Date: 2023-10-05 07:57 pm (UTC)[She can understand not wanting them to be harmed and wanting to protect them. She's felt that way with her own daughter and Ruby, but...there is little to be helped. Sometimes humans really are the creatures they were in both her and Demona's worlds. Despite the assurances that they aren't. She might check in and see if Demona needs someone to keep an eye on her during the day. It also takes quite a bit of restraint not to immediately tell Phil to have his child apologize. She doesn't wish to start an argument.]
I understand your frustration and your intentions. I will make a point to offer my services to keep her statue clear of such things in the future and we can hope to avoid any further attacks.
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Date: 2023-10-05 08:27 pm (UTC)No, I can't, but the things I can do something about, I'll do.
I was wondering about that. That would be much appreciated. Anything we can do to make each others' lives safer and less frustrating. And if you need help with that, like bringing you something while you're on duty, let me know.
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