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

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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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_{[Yeeeaaah, she sorta figured Miles would've spotted him on the network...]}

That'd be him.

You didn't talk to him already, did you?

Unfortunately.

_{[Oh, great...]}

... ok.

Well.

The first thing I need you to understand is that if he says anything... ANYTHING... about me or my father


It is in all likelihood a LIE.

So don't listen to it. At ALL.

[ Well, now. ]

I understand. He did not seem like a very honest person, anyway.

Anything else?

_{[A pause...]}

Yeah


Don't tell him you're friends with me.

_{[He's Vincent, so he'll likely find out somehow anyway, but for the moment... she's not interested in giving him any reason to specifically target the folks she's pals with.]}

This guy is a total bad egg

I'm not saying he's gonna go on a murderous axe rampage or anything

but I NEED you to be careful, ok?

Don't give him any reason or means to hurt you.

_{[She's overdramatising this a bit, and she's fully aware of it... Vincent's a sleaze, but he's not THAT dangerous... but all the same. She doesn't like to think of the guy who leered at her incessantly and let his eyes linger far longer than was appropriate on parts of her best left unmentioned, interacting with someone she cared about like a kid sibling. Even if all he'd probably do was try to mess with the little guy's head.]

[It's just... aughgh gawd.]}

Is he going to try to hurt you, Heather?

[ Miles is sure he can take care of himself, and he and Ken will watch out for each other. But he's gotta ask Heather, too. ]

_{[... That's the problem. She doesn't really know.]}

I'll be fine.

I've got plenty of people watching my back, and I'm more than capable of taking care of myself.

But you and Ken are kids.

Promise me right now that you won't let anything happen to each other.

We take care of each other, and we have Pess with us. I promise, Heather.

Good. 

Stick with her.

And let me know if anything happens that makes you feel weird ok?

[ ... ]

He's hard not to feel uncomfortable around.

Yeah

That's how most sane people feel around him.

Has he hurt you before?

No.

_{[She's not going to go into the fact that he'd found it fun to fuck around with her brain, or the fact that at one point, he'd been planning to kill her.]}

But that doesn't make him safe.

It changes whether Ken and I have to refrain ourselves from confronting him.

[ Assuring? Of course we are. ]

 ... Miles, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that either of you should be 'confronting' him.

I love that you guys care but I don't need protection from a couple of eleven-year-olds.

I won't go near a man that you warn me is dangerous, after what happened in October.

But for future reference, I don't really approve of people mistreating those I care for.

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.

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.

_{[... 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.

[ 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.

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

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

_{[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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