foolishwren | 74. [Text/Action for Club H] Backdated to Monday

_{[Oh, man. Oh man, oh man, oh man.]

[It had taken an entire year.]

[For a couple months past 365 days, Heather's life had been blessedly free of something she'd always known was possible but had never seriously considered would happen. Lulled into a false sense of security by her general good luck regarding which people from her own world showed up here, she supposed.]

[All decent folks. No cultists. No creepers.]

[... Until now.]

[It takes her a bit to decide exactly what she's going to do about it. She can't just sit there, after all. She has to tell some people. ... Not everybody. That would be stupid, and attract unwanted attention. Not to mention, he'd probably just find it funny. No, she'll just... tell a few.]

[Some people who already knew a little about... that place. She'd already GOTTEN a message from L, which meant that she wasn't the only person paying attention. But she's not so sure about the rest of her friends. So without any further ado...]}

[PRIVATE TEXT to: Kaito Kuroba, Rise Kujikawa, Envy, Liquid Snake, Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich, Dale Cooper, Ironhide, Ken Amada, and Miles Edgeworth]

Hey

If you've got a free moment, I gotta talk to you. It's important.

_{[... There. That'll do for starters...]

[Shutting the 'Gear, she sets it down on the bed for the moment. Now to take care of the OTHER thing.]}

Hey, Dad? Henry?

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... First you gotta promise not to do anything crazy.

Especially not while you're all... broken-boney

_{[Henry suddenly feels like he's in one of those D.A.R.E. talks from elementary. THIS IS WHAT A CULTIST LOOKS LIKE, KIDS. IF HE TRIES TO TALK TO YOU, TELL AN ADULT RIGHT AWAY. There are questions he wants to ask but for now he settles on looking thoughtful.]}

Okay...

_{[Deep sigh.]}

Someone from home showed up.

Someone not trustworthy.

I already talked to Miles a little about it. I want you guys to stay as far away from this guy as possible, all right?

[Harry used to give Heather those talks all the time. Only replacing cultist with 'stranger', or 'dangerous person'.]

[Harry looks grim.]

If he does try anything, we'll just have to stop him.

[Because you do not mess with his daughter.]

Why? [oh my god ken is not one of those kids who question everything.

but this is an occasion where he will]

Are you okay, Heather?

That's fine, kiddo. I'm not saying you should approve. I'm just reminding you that I'm tough enough to fight my own battles, all right?

I'm only telling you about this because I don't want you to get wrapped up in old problems from my world.

... We're all in the same world now, Heather. If something happens to you, you can't stop us.

We'll be careful.

_{[Yeah, the comparisons aren't lost on Heather, either.]}

Yeah.

Between us... he doesn't stand a chance.

... But he'll screw with your head if he can. Because he's a jerk like that.

He didn't even treat the other culties well from what I could see.. 'pparently he was extorting money from them and stuff.

... Define "crazy".

I'm not your mom so I can't tell you what to do.

But I've got a lot of people watching my back who know what they're doing.

_{[Liquid, Ironhide, her father... just to name a few.]}

You guys? I just want you to keep safe. That is LITERALLY the best thing you can do for me.

[ ...But Heather, your father died :c ]

... Ken knows what he's doing. [ Probably. ]



But I promise. We won't do anything stupid.

I'm fine, buddy. Don't worry.

But seriously, keep your guard up, all right?

... Violent?

_{[Henry ponders on all this for a while before piping up again.]}

Did he do anything to you?

_{[... BI Are you implying that her father isn't strong enough to protect himself and her from a measly human being?]}

I know. You guys are tough kids.  I don't care. Keep safe, and don't worry about me. I've got like three or four grown men who are willing to pound the head in of anyone who looks at me wrong, and that's if -I- don't do it first.

What. Happened?

[He growls this. He's just worried. Really.]

[ maybe ]

We'll be safe... I'm sure if he does anything to us, Pess would be willing to bite.

_{[If she knew that's what you were thinking, she'd whop you a good one, bucko. Harry Mason killed a god. It's not his fault a woman in command of a monster broke into his apartment without any sort of warning when he had his guard down. NO ONE speaks bad about her father, not even kids.]}

Good.

I don't think he'll do anything to you.

But be careful anyway.

Okay, okay.

_{[A deep sigh.]}

Someone from home showed up in Johto yesterday.

... Someone from... you know, there.

_{[She means, of course, the place that Ironhide saw in her dream.]}

Did he do something to you? [lol vengeanceshota.]

[ THAT ISN'T MILES SAYING THAT it's just Yun /)__(\ ]

Yes, well, I tend to meddle. You too. Be careful.

_{[lol not technically.]}

No.

_{[And she says that with a straight face. She's not going to tell her little brother that Vincent had once plotted to kill her. Or that he had delighted in messing with her head. Or that his eyes had gotten stuck on parts of her she didn't particularly care for anyone leering at more that once. He doesn't need to know any of that.]}

But he's not a good guy, and I don't want you and Miles gettin' mixed up in that crap.

... We can take care of ourselves, Heather. You don't need to worry. [He sighs.] Besides, why would he care about messing with a couple of kids?

He probably wouldn't.

I just don't trust him as far as I can throw him, so I wanted to make sure you guys knew that ahead of time.

_{[THEN SHE WOULD WHOP YUN. Nobody talks bad about Heather Mason's father, yo.]

Don't meddle in my stuff until you're tall enough to stop me from hanging you upside-down until you say 'Uncle', kiddo.

'Cause I'll do it.

_{[She wants to end this on a light note, and for Heather, 'light note' means teasing. 'Cause he's her little bro.]}}

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